My Support

I am blessed because I have a lot of support systems. My Mom and Dad support me through everything I do. They encourage me to do more as how things are. My sister Julie is a great support as well. If something is wrong she is always there to help and support me in any way that she can. My best friend Kelly is always here to support me as well. She listens to all my problems and only offers advice when I ask. My church is a great support to me. They accept me for all that I am and don’t judge me for who I was. My coworkers are a great support. They encourage me along the way an always wish me the best in all of my endeavors.   

My connections to Play

My connections to Play

Pet rocks were my childhood best friends. They were not my only friends but a great contributor. I lived in the country and needless to say, I didn’t have much to do. My parents didn’t allow television in my home so my selections of activities were limited. My best friend lived a couple of doors down and we would search the gravel walk way to find the perfect rocks to add to our collection. We had a museum of rocks by the time I was 12.

My second connection to play within a childhood memory would have to be skating around the house pretending I owned an indoor restaurant. In my restaurant we skated to serve food to our guest. I never knew I would one day grow to dislike serving food on skates. I worked at sonic for about two years in high school. I fell so many times.

I included a few quotes because I found so many quotes that described my childhood play so well. My parents were old fashioned they believed in letting me be who I wanted to be as crazy as it may be. I find that as a parent I tend to correct behavior too much. In doing this assignment it reminded me how free spirited I was as a child and made me realize that I tend to try to stop my children when they do some of the same things. I guess we get so use to trying to keep order and make sure that they are safe that we forget that some of these same things have made us who we are today. I loved to dress up prissy and wear high heels while running thru the garden and rolling in mud. I would come in the house and have to strip down and take a bath. All of my friends enjoyed coming to my house because we didn’t have to choose one toy at a time we could just play freely and clean up later. As a parent I try to keep everything and order and clean. Now don’t get me wrong I love to play and have fun but I feel that I may have forgotten how great it felt to just create something out of nothing. For all that goes to let the kids dress up nice and run in mud.

            I like to make fun and games out of everything. I almost feel that I try to ensure that there is something to do and create out of everything to the extent that I leave little for the imagination. I know as a child I had a great imagination and I see it in my children as well. From the pet rocks, flower gardens, dress up flings, and sleep overs my life was always interesting.

Relationship Reflections

Relationship Reflections

I have many different types of positive relationships in my life. My relationship with my parents now is very different than it was when I was a child. I have always had a close relationship with my family; however, until I became a parent I didn’t know how much I valued their opinion. I call my parents between four and six times a day. Sometimes it is just to catch up and see how they are. Other times I call to ask how to cook something or ask if they can help with my children. We often spend a lot of time doing things together such as shopping, going to church, or cooking together. I have a positive relationship with one of my sisters she is my world. My other two siblings however I am not very close to. My sister Julie and I call each other between three and six times a day as well. Our children are close and we live within walking distance from each other. If I ever need anything I know that I call her and she will come.  

            When it comes to friends and relationships I have a really hard time because I have really bad trust issues. I think I also have a hard time communicating or finding people with like interest. I have one friend that I have had for about years. She is my best friend and she lives with me and helps me with my children. Her name is Kelly. We do almost everything together. I have about other people that I would consider friends. I just don’t do a lot with them. I see them almost every day but we don’t hang out a lot. I have six friends that I have known since kindergarten. I guess that you would consider them my childhood friends. We stay in touch, share pictures, and often check up on each other. I haven’t seen most of them in years.

            When it comes to relationships I have been single for two almost three years. I have had a hard time getting over my ex so moving on isn’t really in the question yet. I have a really hard time trusting people.

            Then there are my relationships with the children within my classroom, their families, and the people that I work with. I have a very strong relationship with all of these wonderful groups of people. I often lose touch of my personal life trying to keep all of it together. I feel that have a positive relationship with all of these groups is very import when it comes to your career.

When I think of Child Development

 
I just want to take this time to say thank you to all of the amazing professionals that I have had the opportunity to take this class with this semester. I have learned so many things from your experiences and I am excited to embrace another class with you.

Testing for Intelligence?

Testing for Intelligence?

Intelligence is more than the knowledge of how much you know but also the abilities one can perform. There are often people that we can identify as exceptional just by seeing them or talking to them; Justifiably so there are people that we encounter that even as a child can blow us away with their unique intelligence. What is interesting to some people are not for others. Just as what is difficult for someone may be very easy for someone else. My question is how do we justify testing for intelligence? How do you put an intelligence label on someone by a test score? The person being tested may be nervous or excited which would alter their score. I don’t feel that a score should label an individual as exceptional in either way. If we are going to test a person’s intelligence I feel that there should be another way to do it.

Many people argue that culture is highly influential in IQ testing. I understand that the reasoning behind that could be because people in different cultures practice different things. I just don’t feel that it should be a deciding factor in someone’s IQ scores. I research other countries ways of doing IQ testing; however, most of my findings included that most countries did use the same IQ testing that we use the Welchers exams.