Service Learning

• I started in November 15, and went every Monday for 2 hours.

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Interpretive:
I think my most important experience was actually seeing the low and high self-esteem in the girls. Seeing some of the pressure put on the some of the girls by other girls is probably one of the biggest things that I saw because when researching, the book said that peer pressure, and how peers see you has a big influensce on girls.

Applied:
With this, it relates to my essential question because my essential question is what is the best way to help a girl with her self esteem, and what I have learned doing on of my activites I did with the girls that not only do peers effect them. But media does in a huge way. A lot of the girls feel pressure to be smaller. One of the girls had said that she likes to do good in school, because that's the only thing she can feel confident about. So with my first answer, watch what you watch not only does knowing about media help girls feel confident about herself knowing that media is a bad influence. But with healthy living maybe the girl would feel better about them selves and not only feel confident in one area.

2 hour Presentation Rough Draft

Sponge Activity: (Have them sit junior senior)
I’m going to have them draw a picture on what they think girls should look like, what society wants them to look like and how they want to look as partners.
Introduction:EQ +Define ItFoundation: (Career or History)Talk about how in 1960 the model Twiggy started the skinny look, or talk about Photoshop?Body: Answer 1: (15)
Being Aware of what media puts out there. So my first answer is being aware of what media puts out there. Media has put this idea out there that skinny is the “it” thing, which isn’t true a all. So I will be showing things about photo shop such as pictures and videos, I may also pass magazines around.
Activity:
I’m not sure yet, I was thinking about doing like a group peer chat, where we talk about what in media bugs us. Or how much pressured we feel as teenagers by media.
　
Answer 2: (15)
Healthy living consists of eating right, but also not beating your self up for having ice cream every once in awhile. But also exercising in a healthy way. Not over doing it, and knowing your body’s limits when doing strenuous exercises.
Activity:
I was thinking of having food and showing them what’s good to eat and what’s not. Or maybe doing partner exercises with the partner they feel comfortable with.Conclusion:In conclusion my three best sources where, Liz Frost and her book Young Women and the BodyWhat is the best way to help a girl with her self esteem. What I mean by it is a lot of girls especially in their teenage years do not feel confident about them selves with all the pressure around them. They have to do good in school, while having friends, and having to be the hottest girl in school. Along with all the media that is shoved in her face everyday. So what I want out of my essential question is what is the best or the most effective way I could help a teenage girl feel good about the way she feels about herself.
Why the topicOver the summer when the senior team asked us to think about what it is we would like to do as our topic, I knew what I was going to do from day one. Sickle cell anemia, I mean I have it and I know I could do my service learning at my hospital and this will be a walk in the park. But after I thought about there are two reasons I don’t want to do it. Not only do I not want to be sick of my own disease after six months of working on it, but I wanted to do something that would make an impact on more then one persons life. So I figured that if I choice self esteem, something everyone struggles with would have a way higher impact that sickle cell.
Plan for the day
So as far as today goes I will be going over things that lower a girls self esteem and then explaining simple ways she would be able to raise it. We will be doing two activities that correspond with my answers.

Independent Study 2

Log: I created a blog on tumblr, I created it on February 09 2011, and I have spent a lot of time with it. I am really proud of it, because I spent everyday or at least every other day working on it and posting stuff. 

2. Posted Evidence: http://watchwhatyouwatch.tumblr.com/ 

3. Literal:

(a) “I, Atiana P. affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

(b) As of February 9th, I created a blog analysing pictures just like my last independent component, but this time I commented about quotes, and saying and pictures as well.

Interpretive:

I really feel like this blog that I have created not only helped me with my component because my essential question is how can you best help a girl, and the people who are following my, I feel like I have helped them out in some way. When some one re-bloged something I post, or likes it i feel like the message I was trying to get across worked. I posted pictures about both of my answers. My blog talks about healthy living, and how to eat healthier and exercise with out over doing it. I also posted different scenarios that could happen if you were a leader of a self esteem group and girls had problem. I made a little guide to help the "leader" handle the situation. Such as, she doesn't feel comfortable around guys. Then I explain how she could go about the situation. I even put songs that I feel are inspirational songs that could make a girl feel good about her self. So i'm really proud of it.

Applied:

My blog, I believed helped my answer my EQ because I got to see how other girls blogged. For example a girls blog (http://lightestweight.tumblr.com/post/4977826739) where she talks about eating only 971 calories and then exercising 437 calories off, so for the day she got a total of 533 calories!! This is a problem, why is she striving to be so then. Plus her blog all she posts are girls who are skinny. So for my answer I choose HEALTHY LIVING instead of just exercise and eating right. The difference being their is a limit on how much exercise you should do and how you shouldn't worry about having ice cream for dessert on one night.

Creaive Idea

Atiana Price
Self Esteem in Teenage Girls
What is the most essential way to help a girl feel confident about her body?
I want to do a contempary piece to a song that has to do with self esteem. Pink has a song out called "Less Than Perfect" that I may do my piece to.
What this has to do with my essential question? I'm not sure, but its is a creative idea that i would like to do and i think i can do a rely strong piece to it if I am able to learn how to do it.

Fourth Interview Question Approval

What influences a persons self esteem?
When and why does girls self-esteem drop?
Why does their self esteem change?
Why do some have a lack of it?
Is it peers, or is it mostly one’s background? I.e. if they are abused or come from a divorced family.
Why do they focus on their physical appearance?
Do boys have a big influence on a girls self esteem?
Do girls get or want a boyfriend
To what extent do celebrities cause self esteem issues in teenage girls?
Do you think that celebrities are more at fault then the media is?
What controls the growth of a healthy self esteem in teen girls?
Does self esteem mean being conceited or stuck-up?

How as an outside person can one help someone with a low self esteem?
Do girls self esteem has anything to do with parents?
How can parents help their daughters develop healthy self esteem?
Is it easy to change your self esteem?
Why do you feel size matters to our society?
Do you think girls are pressured to fit in to smaller sizes? Why is it that media pushes for the size 0
Do you think size guarantees success or does self esteem guarantee success? Why?What is the difference between self-esteem and confidence?

Independent Study 2 Approval

1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your second independent study.
Working with the girl scout, they have asked me to actually teach lessons to the girls, to help them earn a badge.
2) How does your independent study 2 relate to your EQ?
My independent component will help me understand what helps the girls feel confident about there selve. With this I can find what activity makes them  feel better about them selves.

Final Draft

20 Minute Presentation: Final Draft

20 Minute Presentation: Final Draft

Introduction.

• 59% of 5th thur 12th grade girls in one survey were dissatisfied with their body shape.

• 20 – 40% of girls begin dieting at age 10.

• By 15, girls are twice as likely to become depressed than boys.

• Among 5th through12th graders, 47% said they wanted to lose weight because of magazine pictures.

Start off with a question : 2 minutes

How many of you have self esteem issues? Why? What made its get that way? Is it because of what you see in media, what you hear everyday, or what you tell your self? My name is Atiana Price. My senior topic is about self esteem in teenage girls.
My essential question is: What is the most successful way to help a teenage girl feel confident about her body?
What do you think my answers could be?: 1 min
Explain my answers:
1. Watch What You Watch
Be aware that every thing out there is photoshopped. Everything from movies, televison show and magazines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U.
Talk about video and what they thinking of it: 2 minutes
2. Start/Create a peer group with your friends.
Start a group with you friends, or join a group. But maybe just talk about what it is that you saw in the media that upset you or you didn't appreciate.

Activity. Give everyone magazines including Ms. Ortega and ask them to find pictures they think are photo shopped. Or ask them out of how many pictures in the magaine, how many girls are photo shopped.
Closing. Re-state essential question and answers. Collect magazines and say thank