Kylie's Blog

  My thoughts prior      Prior to reading the article and watching the video care has always been an important word in my life and as a youth worker. Immediately when the word care was mentioned my mind would connect it to how I would care for others and make sure they were okay, such as talking to them or making sure everyone else had everything they needed. Caring is watching other people achieve their goals and making progress in their lives and you being happy for them is part of caring. I've been taught that what other people do for you is the meaning of caring.  After Thoughts     After watching the video and reading the article I came to realize that "Caring" is so much more. I feel that many of us tend to care for others so much we forget how to care for ourselves. While we should still care for others we shouldn't forget to take care of ourselves both physically as well as mentally. Caring is so much more than what others do for you. Caring me...

                                                     Quote #1: ...."theoretically-grounded curriculum and approach grows from our belief that youth are thoughtful, creative people who deserve opportunities to practice leadership with supportive, professional adults by their side."     I really enjoyed this quote because I feel as adults we forget to give the youth the opportunity to share their voice and This is part of what the Youth Development program is all about. It has also made me think about the opportunities I had been given compared to now and I noticed that while I was given the opportunities when I was younger to be creative and use my voice I was still never fully heard. I felt like the adults in my life listened but never fully heard my voice. But that changed for me when I entered the Youth Development Pr...

     Unfortunately Racism is still everywhere. I personally do not believe that we are taught about it enough in school and/or at home. Racism/Race is an uncomfortable topic for many people to discuss for a variety of reasons. I still struggle with myself to talk about it today even just in a general conversation because I am too afraid of offending someone or saying the wrong thing because I was educated enough about their race or racial identity. While my high school was in my opinion very diverse and I was able to learn a lot about others and educate myself to some degree it is still very difficult for me to talk about because if I did not come from where they do I feel as though sometimes I do not have a right to even talk about it because I am not educated enough. While it is and will continue to be a topic that needs to be taught more I fear it will not happen because we are too afraid of offending someone. We don't only need to discuss this inside of school but ou...