On October 21st, I went to a virtual event through zoom that talks about time management. It was an event hosted by my College Crusade advisor from Rhode Island College (RIC). This event has taught me to how to be flexible with timing as well as thinking about how my own plans will affect the way I use my time. Some of the things we did during the program was expressing how we planned our day, "What affects out time management" and what we do to stay positive and ready when using time for school and other important things. As I answered some questions my advisor asked during the event such as "What affects my time management", I told her school, internship, religion, etc. Some possible answers she posted after we told her our responses was "Easily overwhelmed, procrastination, doing too much at once" which were some things I did not get a chance to learn myself. This made me realize how feeling anxious a lot could lead me to needing as much help from supportive educators or tutors.
As a youth development major, my goal is to help youth/young adolescents become successful. I want to support them in their educational needs and lead them to a better path/life. Knowing the fact that every student is unique, I want to be there for each one of them, which is why this event helped me think about how I should plan my time, the same way I plan to study for my courses and do homework. I usually keep things in my head and work when I feel ready, but coming to this event has made me think about being proactive, which makes me want to ask myself, Am I using my time correctly, Did I study enough, How will I know if I am doing a great job, which is something important for me to consider when wanting to become a professional youth worker. This event was about planning out time better, how we can change the system of things, and seeing what helps us see where we are when we organize our plans.
This event has brought me back to I know What I Believe: Using Theory to Prepare Youth Workers, where I learned about how youth development majors stay positive in their beliefs when supporting others as professional youth. One quote from the reading that stood out to me the most about being a youth development major and having support by my staff members was, "Our 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" (p.3) where I feel as the same support I am receiving to prepare as a professional youth development worker will help me feel ready to support youth in their academic challenges they will be up against in school. Time-management has been challenging, and it will be important for me by the time I become professional. If I do not use my time carefully, I am not giving myself time to be with each student. Each student is important in this community and I must be able to see each one of them for a good amount of time. I want to help students of all different cultures. Maybe there will be a time I can speak to everyone as a whole, but the most important thing is to treat each of them equally and have time to be there to support them. I do not want anyone to be oppressed or feel left out if I do not get a chance to see them, I want to be responsible for all of them. As mentioned in Mini Lecture #7: Care, "Most of us come to this work because we love children. We think of ourselves as empathic and loving and funny and friendly" and I feel the same way. After going to this virtual event, I was able to see how time-management will be an important step of my life when I want to go work with youth in the future. I remember seeing myself making the same mistake each day when I was volunteering at Inspiring Minds KidsBridge Summer learning program two years ago where I did not get to each student and some were mad that I did not have the opportunity to help them. This happens to me when I try to study for school, which makes me want to plan ahead, be responsible, and show how much of a caring person I am.
Overall, this virtual event went well. The citations I found in I know What I Believe: Using Theory to Prepare Youth Workers and Mini Lecture #7: Care were citations that stood out to me and felt as it could connect to the event. In this course, we have discussed about the ideologies such as risk, resiliency and prevention, positive youth development, civic youth development, and social justice youth development. I could relate this to time-management, which is something I am still focusing on as not being there to support the ones we love feels as we are oppressing them for being different, or because we do not like the way they learn. I know for myself that every student learns differently, which makes them unique in their classrooms. Not only does time management impact me in college, it will also impact me when I want to support youth. This is what got me interest in attending this virtual event by my college crusade advisor today. Hopefully, I have the opportunity to become a better person and have a better path towards my academic goal/career, which means I must "Set time limits for tasks, keep everything organized" and plan ahead to feel ready to handle my own business.
Time management is a great thing to consider. Although it was not discussed as a topic in this course, I think it would be something interesting to discuss in the future. In the future, I want to teach my students how to use their time. Some of them will find stress in their academics. Stress is one way I can tell they are not feeling well about the problems they are up against, and I might have that similar experience. As a teacher, I want to share my experience of how I use time, "As human beings, all of us want to feel various and cared for by the people of our lives" (Teachers Connect, 2019) and having time to care for all of them is important. As discussed in class today, we all talked about our difficult situations and how we do not put enough time to handle those tasks. Sometimes, classes can be tough as well as studying for them, which could lead us to fatigue or over studying. I know for a student like myself, we all want to learn to use a time, especially when handling the tough courses in school. This event was well-organized and made me want to do something like this for my students in the future. I wish it was discussed in Youth Development as well, as we are all here to be supported and become successful.
References
"7 Powerful Ways to Reach Every Student in Your Classroom". Teachers Connect for Teachers. 29
January 2019, Retrieved from https://www.teachersconnect.com/2019/01/29/7-powerful-ways-to-
reach-every- student-in-your-classroom/
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