Shelbi


 * Record of Assignments**
 * Name of Student:** Shelbi



This picture explains a lot about myself personally. In this picture are my teammates, Kayla and Jasmine (I am the one in the middle). I chose this picture because Basketball is a huge part of my life and my team means everything to me.

** Adolescence **

** W : What you want to know (curiosities/inquiry questions) **
HI, My name is Shelbi Chandler. I am a second year here at the University of Cincinnati. I am excited to be in this Human Development course for the fall. The topic I want to learn the most about is Media and Pop Culture influences. ( Chapter 12) Before getting deep within the chapter I want to learn more about a few questions I have.

Main Question : **How does the media influence adolescence behavior so much?**

** Resource #1 **

 * Read:**
 * The article I chose was based on cultural and media influences towards adolescence. They had a few good points; they said that many parents are fearful to discuss the topic of sex with their teens, which is why teen pregnancy is so high. Teens tend to seek the media for information about sex and about how a perfect relationship should look, rather than addressing their parents. It also said that the media gives teens the wrong impression on how "relationships" are supposed to be. They relay false information that teenagers believe.
 * Another topic they discussed was the reasoning as to why kids get so influenced by the media. They say that teens believe the media so much because their culture around them believes it. Teens are so consumed with doing what the next person does, rather than being them self. Their whole mindset is wrapped around "fitting in". This causes teens to want to be like the next celebrity that they see on the cover of the hottest magazine; rather than being just them.


 * Respond:**
 * After reading this article I was not shocked at all. Being a teen myself, I see stuff like this everyday. I see my friends trying to be the next "Rihanna", smoking weed like her and dying their hair just like hers. I would always wonder, why do you want to be like someone else? Why not create your own image rather than trying to mimic this media icon? I never really understood these thoughts in my head, but once I started to realize everyone else in the outside world was doing the same things I just decided to let it all go. I agree with this article completely. Until parents crack down and take control and give advice and demonstrations on how you are suppose to live life, then each adolescent will rely on the media pop culture for help.


 * APA Citation:**
 * [insert APA citation]


 * Read:**
 * =====The article I read is about teens having sexual intercourse and what influences it. The article says that 80% of teens are sexually active in their younger years. These teens normally range from grade 9 all the way up to grade 12. Note that many of these statistics are in the U.S alone. Compared to the hispanic culture, our numbers are quite high. Sociologist say that many teens act accordingly depending on their environment, and social background. This means that many teenagers are INFLUENCED by what they are constantly around everyday. There have been ongoing studies trying to figure out why teens in the U.S. are becoming sexually active at such a young age. This article really focuses on the theories and statistics towards these unanswered questions.=====


 * Respond:**
 * After reading this article I was not shocked. I knew for a fact that many teens in the U.S. were sexually active at such a young age. It was just a matter of proving my thoughts correctly before assuming. When I was in high school, majority of the girls were trying to have sex and mess around with alot of guys just to be "socially accepted". And as the article says, if you hang aorunf an environment like that you tend to fall into the same patterns.It was normal to be having sex in the 9th, 10th grade. No one looked down upon it unless you weren't doing it. It is sad that many teens feel obligated to fit in with the "crowd". But little do they know, that crowd is popular because YOU say it is. There is not handbook that determines what's cool and what's not. So therefore no one should be the judge of when it is "cool" and okay to become sexually active. Once the media and our social surroundings (which is similar to the media) stop influencing us then we will be better off as a whole.

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 * APA Citation:**
 * Mary, R. G., Archibald, M. E., Morrison, D. M., Wilsdon, A., & al, e. (2002). Teen sexual behavior: Applicability of the theory of reasoned action. Journal of Marriage and Family, 64

** Resource #3 **

 * Read:**
 * The article I chose to read is really brief but it is REALLY GOOD. It gives out many interesting facts and information. I felt the need to paste it below just so anyone could see

> The amount of time adolescents spend with other types of media and technology continues to grow. Cellular phone use has grown from 45% in 2004 to 75% of 12- to 17-year-olds in 2009 ( [|Lenhart et al., 2010] ). [|Rideout, Foehr, and Roberts (2010)] estimated that 20% of media consumption occurs on mobile devices, such as phones, IPods, and handheld video game players. Additionally, these authors reported that adolescents average 24 minutes a day on video games and 38 minutes for TV content. > >> Adolescents compress a total of 10 hours and 45 minutes worth of media content into 7.5 hours daily. >>
 * Media are entwined in the lives of adolescents today. In 2007, 90% of eighth grade students reported having a home computer, and nearly 59% of adolescents' age 12 to 17 reported having their own home computer ( [|Child Trends, 2009] ). According to the 2010 Pew Internet and American Life Project report, 93% of adolescents go online, and of these, 63% report daily Internet use ( [|Lenhart & Madden, 2007] ). Of significance, 65% use social networking sites, 27% blog, 18% visit chat rooms, and 11% have their own webpages ( [|Lenhart, Purcell, Smith, & Zickuhr, 2010] ).

Consistent media exposure may influence the ways that adolescents develop their self-identity and how they deal with the developmental tasks of adolescence. Youth audition and incorporate media portrayals of interpersonal and social relationships that fit their personalities and their views of the world. In this way, adolescents may begin to model behaviors, positive or negative, that were influenced by media ( [|Braun-Courville & Rojas, 2009; Steele, 1999] ).


 * Respond:**
 * I agree with this article completely. The statistics seem very accurate and they sound about right. The media has slowly but surely overcome our lives. And i say "our" because I am a teen myself and in 2007 I was in middle school, so I feel as though I am apart of the population. I am a statistic just like everyone else. I am honestly speechless, I feel like I continue to repeat myself over and over when it comes to stating my opinion on these articles. They all affect me the same way, and they all say really good/ interesting things that I never knew about our generation. I guess that saying is true after all, "You learn something new everyday".


 * APA Citation:**
 * Harris, A. L. (2011), Media and Technology in Adolescent Sexual Education and Safety. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 40: 235–242. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2011.01218.x

** Resource #4 **

 * Read:**
 * [insert 1 paragraph summarizing what you read here]


 * Respond:**
 * [insert 1 paragraph response/reaction to what you read here]


 * APA Citation:**
 * [insert APA citation]

** 5. Sexuality Activity **
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The activity I decided to do was over the LGBT Name-calling. This activity is for grades 9-12 and it focuses on students either gay, straight, bisexual, or transgender.It designed to help draw students attention toward acts of bullying. The sexual orientation activity causes students to form into groups and discuss how bullying and harassment comes into play in society, and even at their school. They will discuss how bias anti-LGBT schools tend to hurt other students. They also will discuss different strategies and tactics that will help them to prevent bullying in the school. One of the objectives is to familiarize students with the LGBT terminology. Also, to try and prevent bullying, name-calling and harassment from happening all around the world.
 * Describe your resource:**

http://glsen.org/article/using-film-end-anti-lgbt-name-calling-grades-9-12
 * Link to your specific resource:**

**Observation Site Information**
[you must confirm with site it is okay to observe with your location, then delete instructions in brackets]

** A. Site details: **

 * Name of site: Word Play
 * Link to site:https://www.facebook.com/wordplaycincy
 * Contact person: Libby : libby@wordplaycincy.org
 * [[image:ac_wordplay_jf1_widea.jpg width="462" height="306"]]

__ ** B. Describe your setting ** __
- When visiting Word Play it was a very interesting experience. I had gone twice and the first time I went I was just an observer. While Observing I noticed how the children interacted with their tutors and how "some" of them were willing to get help. There were a portion of children who came each day with daily school supplies and was eager to learn more and more about certain subjects; then there were another half of students that just came for the food provided along with board games. Now many people might ask, well what's wrong with that, it is a afterschool program right? And yes, many of them are correct. But what they don't understand is that this is a afterschool program for troubled students specifically. - The setting was very interesting. Many of the children were troubled children and many of then did not have guidance. One of the students I had was very emotional. She was involved with a lot of previous incidents which caused her to be in and out of foster care. This caused her to not have a sense of self. Another student I had was a young boy, he had came from a rough background. His parents were divorced and his mom work a tough shift each day. At one point in time he and his mom were in a witness protection program. This caused him to have to change his name and become distant from everyone. This is all just a brief description of what type of setting I was in each day.

__** C. Describe what you did at the site (free-write/journal formatting) **__
When i went to visit, I was only able to go for a few times, due to my basketball schedule. But the times that I went I enjoyed myself. I was able to interact with the kids and help them with their homework and even with extracurricular activities. WordPlay is a great program that focuses more on just the students and their school work. They focus on the students emotional state, physical well-being, and their conditions overall. I felt like I needed to explain the program a little more because what they are doing is a really good deed. The program is a non profit organization that allows students to come in and get help with whatever they need. They feed the children if they are hungry, and they even provide them with activities if they have finished their homework early. At one point in time I passed out snacks to the children while they did their activities. One of the activities that I got to help the students do was create a book. Each student had to go get a piece of paper and fold it four ways; then the students had to pick a sentence out of a hat and then create a book over it. For example, one of my students picked "Apples fall off the tree". They then had to create a sentence over that. After the students finished drawing pictures and making sections throughout their book, they then went over to the typewriters and began typing up their story. This activity was done on the third time that I went.
 * __ 1st - 3rd visit: __**

** Physical **
What did you notice about the physical differences between boys and girls (pp. 283-288)? - The boys were a little more aggressive but they were more quiet than the girls. A lot of the guys were either athletic or chubby. With the girls, they were either skinny or fat. There really was not an in between stage for them, especially at such a young age.

What did you notice about the adolescent’s mood (p. 289)? - All my children were of a young age, but for the most part they were pretty happy. They never really complained too much about anything.

What did you notice about the adolescent’s relationship with adults (p. 289)? - You could tell the troubled kids from the not so troubled kids. The troubled kids would be giving resistance and fighting the adults because they did not want to do their work and they did not want any help. It seemed like they just wanted someone to ignore them but give them attention at the same time.

What did you notice about the role of body image in adolescent behavior (p. 290)? - My children were only in elementary school, they didn't care too much about their image, or their hair. They just cared about playing with their friends. It seems as though life was much better when you were young because you never had a care in the world.

What did you notice about peer relationships ( pp. 290-291)? -With young girls and boys you notice that they never really interact with other. They are more stuck on the "cooties" thing more than anything.

What did you notice about eating habits (pp. 291-292) - I notice that many of the students could eat a lot. At one point in time their was a little boy who constantly kept coming back to the snack table asking for snacks and asking for something drink. What was interesting though was that he was not eating becuase he was hungry, he was eating to maintain full because he did not know when his next meal would come. What did you notice about issues around sex (sex education, sexual references, sexual activity, teen pregnancy, etc.) (pp. 293-299) - My students never discussed sex or anything of that nature, they were very young. What did you notice about substance use or substance related references (pp. 299-300)? - My students were in elementary school.

** Physical Cognitive **
As mentioned earlier, my students were very young. Their brains aren't fully developed and they of course make silly mistakes. I feel as though this section is self explanatory; I don't want to have to keep repeating myself.

** Emotional **
- The only emotional problems I encountered while shadowing were from the troubled children. As I mentioned earlier, each of the students has had or has currently a personal problem of their own. We aren't really allowed to go into too many details but I listed a few of them above when I was explaining my visit.

** Social **
One thing I noticed was that the girls never really interacted with the boys. Now with older teens you tend to see them yearn for attention and throw themselves at the guys, but when dealing with young children they do not care too much for that. Now I know they eventually will, but as of now they are content with playing with their toys, learning new things, and just growing up.

** Revisiting Your Curiosities **
[Answer your original questions as best as you can, given the course material and your observations. You must make at least 4 references to the text with page numbers.] 1.
 * W : What you want to know (inquiry questions) **
 * How does the media influence adolescence behavior so much?**

The media influences adolescence behavior so much because it is a new trend. When working in groups, I worked with chapter 12 which was basically a cover to media influence. Also throughout the book they talked about cliques and crowds, this could also be an influence to adolescent behavior.


 * 2. [insert title of PowerPoint or Poster]**

My poster was talking about how and why teens are influenced by the media. .
 * 3. Creative Presentations**

- How can i be active in helping my students? - What can I do as a teacher to stay on top of things while making sure my classroom stays focused?
 * 4. What new questions emerge for you as a future teacher?**

Late Adulthood

Describe your Older Adult Project:
 * With this project I decided to interview my grandparents. We did not get to sit and talk face to face because I am away for college but I did get to speak with them a few times this week. I asked them a few question, and I also talked to them about life in general, I will go into details more below. You would think that since I am in college I would be able to go home for the holidays and spend time with my family, no, not as a college athlete. As a student athlete I rarely get to see my grandparents or talk to them on the phone, but when I do we talk about everything.
 * Just last week I was speaking with my grandma and grandpa about life. My parents well-being relates to page 485 of the text. They live in a ordinary home situation. They live on their own, just the two of them. They are pretty old but they do not need that much assistant. But what I found interesting is that they live their life on a day to day schedule. On Mondays they do laundry and watch the Soaps, then on Tuesday they just relax and watch Riffle Man. On Wednesday they don't do too much, they normally sleep in on those days. On Thursdays they go to the bank and then my grandpa drops my grandma off at the hair dresser. Then on Friday they both go to the grocery store to get stuff they need for the next week. They are happily married, as the book mentions marriage on page 487-488. I don't think they have ever thought about divorce, but they also both come from the south. The south doesn't condone a divorce from marriage. Talking too my grandparents is always a great feeling, they have been around for a long time and are very humbling. [[image:grandparents.jpg width="560" height="745"]]
 * My grandparents baby sitting my nephew.