Week 13

This past week at my practicum there was not a whole lot new the went on, but it went well in way of interating with the kids here in the program.



Monday - Monday in group we had a good conversation with the boys about some the media they see and how it pertains to their lives. The conversation started because of the movies they were talking about. All the movies portrayed some sort of illegal activity, everything from drug dealing/using to killing people. As we talked we also started talking about the music they listened to and what was portrayed in it. We had them print off the lyircs to their favorite song and we disected the lyrics. One particular song we focused on quite a bit. Within two verses of the rap song there were 41 different uses of racial and sexually durogatory slurs. We discussed how these types of lyrics only instilled more racial setbacks due to the sevarity of the lyrics.



Tuesday - Tuesday was kind of a short day because I left early to attend Phi Alpha National Honors society in which I was inducted into.



Wednesday - Wed. was a good day in the I was able to spend most of the afternoon with the kids in the computer lab. There were a few directional questions that the main facilitator of the day program wanted to get across to the kids, so he had me stay in with the kids on the computer lab. I was able to get quite a bit of work done on one of the free computers.

Values & Ethics/micro or macro: Describe an ethical issue, concern or dilemma you experienced in the field. How was it resolved?

One of the ethical issues I have faced here in the agency has been with an African American boy who seems to be oppositional towards me. It seems as if he does not recognize my leadership within the agency so he tests his limits to what he can do. This has made me wonder if the issue he has with me is racial or if he does not respect the authority I posess within the day program. I have not been able to resolve this as of yet.

Weekly hours: 12.5
Total hours for the semester: 196.5