Asset based thinking

 What does this concept of asset-based thinking mean to you?

To me, asst-based thinking means really seeing the good in people, their strengths, skills, and potential instead of focusing on what they struggle with. I agree with this concept because I think it changes the energy in how we interact with others. When we highlight what people can do, it builds confidence, motivation and a sense of belonging. It also helps shift the mindset from judgement to support. I think more people should think this way because it creates stronger communities and classrooms where everyone feels seen and valued for what they bring to the table, not just what they lack.

Come with three questions about the concept of asset-based thinking.

1. How would you explain this type of thinking to a kid who's 7 or 10?

2. What are some ways we can shift from deficit to asset-based thinking in schools or workplaces?

3. What challenges might come up when trying to practice asses-based thinking, and how can we overcome them?

A CONNECTION:

Asset-Based Thinking Teens - Dr. Kathy Cramer

So in this video its Asset based thinking for teens, but with the alphabet A-Z So for the first one, a girl was Anxious for her test but to change that to Asset Based thinking she uses Anticipated, so now she cant wait to see how much she has learned and what she still needs to focus on. The video has a change of thinking for each letter/word. I thought it was interesting to see a quick and unique way of this type of thinking and see how positive it is. 

"Breathe" from in the Heights

Does this song resonate with me ? 

This song does resonate with me because it about a girl who just returned home from college (Sandford) to her neighborhood of Washington Heights. She's under intense pressure and is struggling with failure, she dropped out and lost her scholarship and now has to face her community and family with the truth. I can definitely resonate with the 2 things the guilt and shame she feels to the people who believed in her. She was known for the one who made it out or the stare of the neighborhood but she has to admit that she failed. I feel like that sometimes because there were expectations I had for myself when I graduated high school but some of those things happened sooner in my life or not at all. But even though I feel that shame my family always reminds me I'm exactly where I need to be. And the vulnerability and the breathing. Her moments when she pauses and said "just breathe" is an attempt to calm herself down and to admit that she doesn't have anything all together right now but I need to chill. I tend to do that or I will call my mother when I feel that my anxiety is going up or I feel like I cant get over anything and I need to emotionally let it go. I feel that pressure she is expressing also through sports I feel like not that I have failed the team when I got hurt but it was a time I could not attribute to my team and I felt useless., like a failure to myself. 

Connection that relates to this song or this topic...  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFJ5XgtOhbI

Here is a link to a clip from high school musical and its troy the main character and while he was shooting shots in the gym, Gabriela this girl who is interested in comes in and they talk and they move on. The dad walks in and he is clearly upset because his son is like the school prodigy, and he emotions that the team wont win their next game if Troy doesn't take his mind off Gabriela. And he even emphasizes that he is more than just a boy, the father tells him that hes something special, and to make a long story short they both disagreed on troy singing and playing basketball ad hes father is very disappointed 

Wood, Westwood and Thompson, Introduction from Youth Work (Week 5)

 Definitions: 

Guises: an external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the true nature of something:

Holistically: in a way that is characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole:

Didactic: intended to teach something, particularly in having moral instruction as a motive: Instructive or educational 

Ideas: 

1) The author says that being a "good" youth worker isnt just about having technique or knowledge, its about having a sense of values, clarity about our role, ability to ethically (morally good manner), and to make choices when there are conflicting demands pg.3 Social justice...

2) The idea that helping young people is more than academic or vocational learning. It involves personal, social and educational dimensions 

Quote:

"Social practice also enables youg people (and practitioners) to test their values, attitudes and behavior in the context of being with others: the essence of something called "pro-social modeling" pg.3

Values Prompt

A Connection: Values in Life | TikTok

I found this Tik Tok where this guy is breaking down different examples of different values someone may have. I think it was just a clear definition of what it means when you hold up a value and how it affects what you pay attention to and what you don't pay attention to. 

OST response to McKamey and Restler

 Prompt: When I was a young person, I think I attended an OST space but I don't really remember much from it, so I am not sure how effective it was for me. I did go to a local summer camp at the nearest park in my Neiborhood and I really enjoyed it. It first got me interested into sports. And before I went to highs chool I went to a sports camp in providence. The camp touched on most sports and organized it like a practice and that really drove me to be competitive. I remember the staff were college kids, so they weren't too strict but also held us accountable and always pushed us to be better. I think McKamey was right when she said these programs develope social emotional skills. I think between waiting for yout parents after school or sometimes almost half the day (in the summer), its easy to get fustrated and easy to misbehave to get picked up early. Sometimes there were so many kids and I never knew who would be my friend, or if I can find a friend. But these moments prepared me for who I am now. Someone who can talk to anyone no matter what they look like. Also to not be intimited by anyone because you never know one what that person is going though and 2 because you never know who someone is until you really know them. I definitely agree with these programs helping parents keep their job, sometimes I would be the last one to get picked up but I felt safe knowing the the stuff cared that I got picked up in general. Also knowing my parents were trying their best to do what's best for us and them that I can wait a little longer. 

Connection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5RUKVkCuv0 

Here is this link to an 8yr girl Ella Ai Zhong in a TedTalk She talks about how after school activities shouldn't be an after thought. Afters school programs arent only to explore new skills and hibbies byt can also teach kids valuable life skills which will benefit them in the future. She overcomes her fear of heights, gained respect and care for animals. 

Identity Map Dray

 

Anit Racist Response

 When I read Anti-Racist, I felt empowered. It made me think about who I want to be and who I am now. It made me think about who I became in the past years. This content is familiar to me because I took a class last spring about banned books and racism was a heavy topic we frequently talked about. We talked about it because the books that were banned were Black authors. People who were shut out in the past and are still trying to be silenced from people that are in this imaginary box where "the dominant culture" stays in. I feel like even though we have books like Anti-Racist it is still hard to be who you want to be in this world where there are stereotypical paths already created for different groups of people. Like people of color fighting themselves out of poverty before they even know what poverty is. I think this book is inspiring to people who are outside of this imaginary box. 

So I found a Tik Tok that was supposed to be a progressive commercial for anti-racism but its not. I feel like this is a fair representation of how our world is trying to make this world more inclusive. (Its not). A big part of why the world isn't doing enough to be anti-racist is because being anti-racist is more than just saying "I'm not racist" it means actively working to break down the systems, habits, and power structures that keep racism going. Like education, housing and healthcare, and criminal justice systems across the world still disproportionately disadvantage racial minorities. even when people recognize racism exists, they often don't tackle the deep structural issues. 

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6W6QUyC/