YDev Times

Rhode Island College has many different courses and various levels of degrees. This can often make advising a challenge. While many advisers require students to make individual appointments, YDev students get the benefit of group advising, in class or during free period. Group advising allows you to receive help from your peers when deciding which courses to take and when. For example if a social work class is heavy in writing and reading materials, you may not want to take the same time as introduction to writing. Your peers could help you decide this, because many have already taken the course or have made that mistake. This directly relates to the article "What is Youth Work", in it the author describes how youth development professionals often prefer to work in groups, especially when working with the kids. This allows them to build bonds, work in teams, learn about each other, and develop new skills. Another special thing about group advising is that you get to help ne...

Throughout my life, I have been fortunate enough to not have experienced injustice in terms of corruption or inequity as defined by Webster dictionary. Although  I have experienced oppression and racism, very recently. I live in a predominantly white neighborhood, in which there is a popular walking trail. One day my mother an I decided to go for a walk, trying to meet our fitbit goals for the day. For the most part it was a pleasant day. The sun was shining, it wasn't too hot or cold, and we had walked pretty far. The trail is mostly secluded and surrounded by trees. It does however open up to a local park. While walking through a car passed by and shouted racial slurs at us. My reaction at first was shock. I could not believe that in 2017 I would still be called a n*gger, in such a repulsive way. I then became angry and contemplated confronting the teens in the car, which was now stopped at a stop sign. Instead I realized that it was better to take the high road and continue my w...

After reading  Mapping Interconnected Care, I really resonated with three forms of care teachers provide their students. One way is providing snacks to the students, in this particular case the teacher originally thought that her class was boring and so students would fall asleep. She then reflected on it more and considered the students lives outside of the classroom and realized that they may have had a long night and they just need a snack. The second way was providing a clean space, essentially telling the students that you deserve a clean environment to learn. The third is very interesting because it connects a teachers appearance/ identity to her career. This teacher identifies as queer, and that is reflective in her style and hair cut. This allows other students who identify as LGBT to connect with her and open up about any problems they may be facing. I have found one example of care in my after school program called C.O.Z., if they had a student that was misbehaving or hav...