November 23

Animal Farm Campaign

Campain Video

During this project I felt that it was quite rushed. I ended up doing the entire video myself at home even though all the group members were supposed to be in it. One of the other group members also picked up the slack and did the entire poster by themselves, but our third group member didn’t do very much except for helping to create the script and contributing ideas, which all three of us did as well. Something that also didn’t help was that I was away on one of the days we had to work on this project, it definitely set us back, but I guess that is just the way things go sometimes. Based on all the curve balls we were thrown, I think that one thing we did well was getting our project done in the small amount of time we had. Although the project could have had some much-needed improvement, I felt that it was still pretty good and convincing. Another thing that could have used work was our ‘speech’ after the video was played, we pretty much just improvised and at points that didn’t work out to well for us. Overall, the one thing I would have wanted to have done better would have been our time management and our organization, as well as paying better attention to criteria.

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November 20

Rwandan Genocide Reflection

After watching both the presentation and the movie on the Rwandan genocide, I definitely have a better understanding of the atrocity that occurred on April 7th – July 14th, 1994. Hundreds of innocent people were murdered in this horrific event, men, women, and children alike. Having a Tutsi genocide survivor come and speak to the class, I found, was very educating as well as being quite sad to hear about. Neighbour murdered Neighbour just because they were different, just because they were Tutsi and Hutu. It’s not only sad to see what kind of pain and horrors humanity can bring to this world, but it is also quite scary. A human being is capable of so much, you can save lives, but you can also take them away. The Hutu army took advantage of their capabilities, they spread so much fear and burned this tragedy into the memory of so many, to many.

I can not begin to imagine the kind of pain survivors of the genocide had to endure, but I truly admire them for their strength. When Elizabeth (a genocide survivor) came to speak to the class, I was truly moved by how she was able to rise above her pain and start a beautiful charity that does a tremendous amount of good for Rwanda. Also, she did the one thing that hundreds couldn’t, she forgave. She was able to forgive the Hutu who hurt so many, and that takes and extremely big person to do something like that. Overall, I thought that this was a pretty heavy topic, but an important one at that. Every single person who experienced the terrors of the genocide deserves to be supported in every way possible, for they will have to live with those awful memories for the rest of their lives.

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November 16

Take Your Kid To Work Day 2018

Name: Sophia F Advisory#: 2

Name of your host: Robin Furby Relationship to you: Biological Father

1. What is your job title?
My dad is a University instructor and the vice chair of the graduate program in the school of business.

2. What is your job description?
My dad oversees the operation and development of the graduate programs within the school of business at Capilano University, this includes two international post-baccalaureate programs and a master’s degree.

3. What are the duties and/or tasks you perform at your job?
On a daily basis my dad manages the questions and the queries of the two hundred international students, and thirty faculty members. He also oversees the growth and development of the business programs for international students.

4. What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas:
a) training?
My dad didn’t have to have to take any training courses to get his job as it is based on your experience that makes you qualified for your position.

b) education?
An undergraduate and a master’s degree.

c) experience?
Minimum of five years teaching experience including teaching and program management for international students.

d) skills and attributes (personal qualities?)
For skills, you need strong communication abilities, effective conflict resolution skills, and you need to be able to balance the needs of multiple stake holders. For personal qualities, you need to have the ability to collaborate with others, have a strong work ethic, and have the ability to demonstrate a range of appropriate leadership skills.

5. What are some of the things you like about the job?
He likes that he has the opportunity to guide, nurture, and develop students, as well as to share in the celebration of their accomplishments.

6. What are some of the things you dislike about this job?
The management of International post-secondary education is often time consuming and emotionally complex due to the number of academic and personal challenges the international students encounter.

7. How do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years or so?
As the international student market continues to grow, this position will evolve to reflect and accommodate the development of a broader range of academic program offerings.

Student Reflections:
1. Give three reasons why you would like this job (be specific):
a) I think I would I like this job because of how many different kinds of people I would have the opportunity to meet from all over the world.

b) I think I would like this job because I would get the opportunity to help students to not only grow as a person, but flourish in their future.

c) I think I would like this job because of how I would have to utilized my skills to solve different challenges.

Give three reasons why you would not like this job (be specific):
a) one reason why I would not like this job would be that every day will always bring a new challenge and or problem.

b) Another reason I wouldn’t like this job would be that although don’t know what I want to do with my life, I do know that I want to incorporate my passion for horses into it.

c) I wouldn’t like this job because of the all the commuting I would have to do, when the traffic is bad, it takes my dad over an hour just to get home.

2. Is this job for you? Why or why not?
This job is not for me because I just can’t see myself standing in a class room teaching something that I’m not exactly passionate about. Also, if I were to become a teacher of a sort, I would prefer to teach younger children. If I were to become a teacher, I would want to teach something that is equine based as I want to incorporate my passion for horses into my life one way or another.

3. Explain the value of the TYKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post-secondary (after high school) plans (education?, training?, travel?, work?).
I think this experience was very useful in the sense of understanding what a post-secondary education might look and be like. I got to sit in on one of the design classes and see how a university course works at Capilano University, and maybe hold it open as one of my options for when I start to look for my post-secondary education. Overall, this experience took off a lot of pressure about what I’m going to do after high school and helped me to understand a bit more about what my future may look like.

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November 6

Why I Remember

Why I Remember

 

Reflection

In this project I tried to dig up as much information as I could on my great, great grandfather who fought in World War II, Arthur Furby. Unfortunately, I was unable to find much information on him, so I was unable to make this project personal to my own history. But to do the best I could do, I tried to make all my information as close to my personal opinion as I could. One thing I could have done better would have been to have made my piktochart more creative and colorful, as well as to have thought more critically in my thinking for the information I have shown. One thing I did well was trying my hardest to make this project as personal as possible and to have quality, detailed information. Overall, I thought that doing the project in piktochart was a fun and creative way to do the assignment, as well as that it was a nice way to let the students make their project their own.

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