The Propelellor Project: Preparing Young People For Work

A young person should strive to support their local community for various reasons. Engaging in community service provides people with the opportunity to become active members of their community and has a lasting, positive impact on society at large. Community service and volunteerism enables one to acquire life skills and knowledge, as well as provide a service to those who need it most.

Making a positive contribution - development of self-confidence, to ensure understanding of rights and responsibilities, the extent to which young people are consulted about key decisions. Opportunity to develop by including community activities. Also a focus on enabling young people to develop appropriate independent behaviour and to avoid engaging in antisocial behaviour. Achieving economic well-being - arrangements for developing self-confidence, enterprise and teamwork, the provision of good careers advice and training for financial competence, and the accessibility of opportunities for work experience and work-based learning.

The conversations and interactions people have with each other is a key necessity in becoming an active member in any society. The bonds and relationships that people make is what forms a community. In Robert D. Putnam’s (2000), Bowling Alone, there are three forms of capital; physical which as physical objects, human so properties of an individual like education, and social which are the connections between individuals. Social capital is what makes us branch out into the world and interact with the ones around us, this is both good for ourselves and for the community. Social capital in America has dramatically decreased throughout each generation of population. With the expansion of technology and social reform, the youngest generation has become the most antisocial generation. This antisocial movement has become noticeable in many of groups interactions that use to have high amounts of interaction like political involvement, civic participation, religious participation, and workplace connections.

Finally, there is a point to be made for the partnerships that are created in this program, specifically in student/youth and educator/mentor interactions. Considering there is surely an opportunity for “mentors” to pass along their expertise and knowledge in this collaborative environment, it should not be understated how valuable such positions are. In this case, the mentor helps one or more project teams find a project vision if they do not already have one, and then to help them realize that vision, and guide them along the way. They should be expected to pass on their knowledge of proper tool usage and safety measures while helping to show the importance of “failure as a means to success” is nurtured.

The project focuses on developing their specific talents and social skills through participation in a varying selection of recreational activities.

The essence of this portion of the project is to outline the challenges confronting young adults and youths in Jefferson City. The state of nation’s socio-economy has created a ripple effect to the grass roots. It has cast shadows on the present and future lives of this current generation of young adults. In In Jefferson City, different social problems still lingers in our community. Social problems like inadequate unemployment opportunity, school dropouts, separated families as a result of crime, insufficient community development activities for the increasing population and reasonable degree of poverty.

The ideas is good, however the I do not see an realistic goal in the project. The question that interviewer asked were harsh and direct for a 7 years old children. As a children I do not believe that they will be able to fully understand the question. For instance, what would you want to be as an adult? It depends of you enviorement. Neil and Jackie suburbians children. They just wanted to work and have a family. Suzy and Bruce there enviorenment was more projected towards getting an education for themselves. They knew that they will go to an university. Enviorenment projects your behavior as a child

Strengthening community action is instrumental in establishing positive health outcomes in young people. In strengthening community action, various support networks are put into place to not only prevent

Like many other teens in Santa Ana we all are looking for ways to support our family financially and working hard at school to go to college so we could have a more suitable future. Project SELF is an incredible way where I can get a real life experience in what to expect in the workforce after college and develop skills that I would need in college and future jobs. I am applying for Project SELF to get experience and develop skills, an opportunity to support my family and it will guidance me to navigate my path to a career.

The YoungHeroes Project is making a difference in the lives of primary and high school children from low-income communities by giving them an opportunity that many take for granted - to develop a healthy lifestyle and passion for regular exercise from an early age.

The authors extend the comparisons using descriptions and adjectives. The past generation of youths was made up of go-getters eager to “hit the road and find freedom”; they were even the inspiration for Bruce Springsteen’s vivacious album, “Born to Run.” The authors claim that today’s youths are far from that, holding nothing back as they describe the young people of this generation. “Risk-averse and sedentary,” they don’t bother to get their driver’s licenses, are satisfied to be at home browsing Facebook, and put too much faith in luck than effort. In other words, “Generation Y has become Generation Why Bother.” The authors appeal to the audience’s sense of patriotism, stating that American is “a nation of movers and shakers” and enumerating the accounts of bravery shown by the youths of previous generations, images that are admittedly different from the image they have crafted of the modern young person. The praises and favorable descriptions that the authors lavish upon previous generations of youths contrast sharply with the lackluster and borderline-insulting descriptions of today’s young adults. The juxtapositions accentuate how far Generation Y has fallen from its predecessors and prove, once again, that its constituents are leading stagnant lives.

CBPR in youth health allows the youth to genuinely speak on their health. Particularly, underserved children can have a voice on their health disparities. Because the youth are exposed to various environmental and social factors, researchers can understand the effects of numerous variables on youth health. Children and teens can also gain valuable experience from partaking in CBPR by helping conduct research, by being a stakeholder and providing feedback about the study, and by helping with interventions in their communities. By participating in CBPR, young people can develop leadership and work skills. Furthermore, the researchers and youth can work together with the information gathered in order to plan interventions. The interventions can help the youth community develop healthier lifestyles through the efforts of youth willing to help with the

However, the younger generation should be the target, because kids are our future. John Dewey (1897) said it best, “I believe that the only true education comes through the stimulation of the child’s powers by the demanding of the social stimulation in which he finds himself” (p. 77). In other words, if you expect a child to become educated in a particular area then place him/her in the area and he/she too will become accustomed. Samuel Wood, Ellen Wood and Denise Boyd (2007) stated, “The simplest evidence of learning in infants is the phenomenon of habituation, and when infants are presented a new stimulus they respond with general quieting, their heart rate slows, and they fixate on the stimulus” (p. 282). To truly get the nation to shift to a sustainable and peaceful lifestyle, which is what the Earth Charter is all about, the youth would not be a bad place to begin.

The intricate nature of youth means that while some argue it is a universal stage of life, it is seen by many as a formation of sociocultural elements. Social construction can be defined as something that has been shaped by the values, interests or practices of a culture or society and this is evident in the youth demographic through its revolution in recent years. The markings of youth are social in formulation; highlighting the way in which young people have been influenced by differing trends and movements. Youth is a transitional phase, its age bracket extending and blurring; transcending global divides and traditions. Thus, it is the social context that surrounds youth which suggests that it is not a universal stage of life. Ultimately, the idea of youth when viewed in a historical and cultural context as well as in relation to other socially influenced concepts such as adulthood, can be observed as a social construction.

The first and primary clientele are the youths who have no hope for the future given the poor educational background in Parubanga. They will participate in the project as project members. This clientele group will be the first priority to benefit from the project objectives.