The thirteen-year-old students danced in a manner that was found by the writer of this work to be erotic in nature and contained dance moves that this writer found to be provocative in a sexual context. The clothing worn by the dancers was revealing in nature as well. It entered the mind of the writer of this work that perhaps the conservative environment in which the writer had been reared, or one of a traditional Chinese cultural heritage had biased these thoughts. It was the realization of the writer of this work that in order to win the respect of children in such a culturally diverse environment that the teacher must possess the mindset that allows for removal of any and all bias that one might possess toward other cultures.
Week Five - November 8, 2006
Week five began a new group of students. This group contained 20 students who were year 10 students. The writer of this work was allocated three of the students. While the beginning of anything new is always found to be somewhat awkward one of the youth workers introduced us to a warm up game which allowed for everyone to become acquainted in a fun and interactive manner. The realization that came upon the writer of this work during this week of the project is that one must be forever a learner and this is particularly important to note because there is always something new to be learned. During this week we did not take students outside of the school area but we did take students around the school to photograph the surroundings of the school.
Week Six - November 15, 2006
Week six was comprised of visits to Thames Barrier Park and walks around the area of the docklands.
Week Seven - November 22, 2006
During week seven the students were taken to visit the Docklands Light Railway control station and courtesy lunch and a presentation of the operation of the network was provided. During this visit all the main offices of the control station were toured which was a privilege as some of the areas were considered to be 'out-of-bounds' for even those who are employed by the Docks Light Railway. It was learned during this tour that the Docks Light Railway is a separate entity to the London Underground. It was interesting in discovering how integral the Docks Light Railway network is to the community through the facilitation of the connection of communities as the Docks Light Railway acts as the transport that connects to the artery of London, or the Underground. The fact that the children were allowed to enter the offices of the private organization illustrated that while the organization is a profit-making organization that it still has an interest in retaining excellent relationships to those who comprise the community that it serves. The Docks Light Railway will be placing the work produced by the students in the advert carriages of the train.
Week Eight - November 29, 2006
Generally one expects that students in this age group are a tremendously rebellious group or that they have attitudes towards others that are other than respectful and particularly toward those in the elderly or advanced age group however, one of the students from the group of year 10 students absolutely provide this theory as wrong. The writer of this work was shocked and amazed when viewing an incident that occurred in the park. Three of the male students were play-fighting chasing each other around the park when one of the stated that an elderly lady was passing through the area. One of the students stated that they should stop and allow the lady to go through first. The writer of this work prior to this incident held the belief that consciousness was closely connected to the age of the individual however, after having witnessed the incident and the action of the boys it occurred to the writer of this work that there should be more faith and hope placed in the new generation of young people that will be the adults of tomorrow's world.
Week 9 (6th December 2006)
During Week Nine there were groups of students that are year 11 students that joined the group. This week the writer of this work and other teachers/mentors realized the importance of enforcing time scheduling. We were scheduled to visit three sites specifically, the Cundy Park, Excel and the Beach. It was managed however to visit only the first two of these locations due to the lack of enforcement of time scheduling and instead of pushing the students to complete their photographic assignments at each of these...
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