December 3rd, 2010
I work with at-risk youth. I LOVE my job! I am in charge of the programs they put on for their parents when they visit as well as their academic field trips (which they take on Fridays). I LOVE working with these kids. I love it so much that it has influenced my academic future (when that time comes). I plan on getting my Masters in Children's Literature & English (yes, a double Masters... I should have done a double Bachelors with a double Minor when I was in school...) and then a PhD in Educational Psychology. Anyways, for now I work with at-risk youth and love it.
One of my favorite academic activities to date was taking them on a field trip to a space simulator in Pleasant Grove. It. Was. Awesome!!! Basically you show up, learn about your mission (the space world is all patterned after Star Trek) and you take on a role. Some one is the Admiral, First Officer, Ambassador, Security, etc... I wanted to do this with the kids and I was the Intelligence Officer. Basically I plotted the courses for where ever we went and I scanned the area for signs of life. It was one of the coolest experiences I've ever had. I seriously (as a 30 year old woman I am saying this) I seriously want to have my next birthday party there! Anyways, the students had a fantastic time! It was definitely one of the best academic activities (or, as we call them there, Experientials) that we have ever had!
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| Here is our crew standing at the back of the bridge on the Starship Magellan. Although you can't see it, behind us is where the Caption and First Officer sit. (Also, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. I made the students faces look glassy so you won't see who they actually are... the only faces that are clear are mine and the staff with me...) |
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| Here we are again wearing our Star Trek "uniforms" that I made for us all. We are in the briefing room after the mission was completed. |
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| This is the back of my head. I am currently in training to learn how to be the Intelligence Officer. The student sitting to my right was the CounterIntelligence Officer. Seriously fun stuff guys! |
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| I like this picture because you can see us holding our "weapons" that we had to steal off of the enemies who boarded our vessel. Seriously. There was a person who monitored the "battle" and would tell us if we were hit or if the boarder was hit. (The place supplied this person). If you got hit you had to play dead for a few minutes before they would tell you that you could come back to life. If a boarder was hit, it was a good idea to steal their gun so that they couldn't use it again when the came back to life. At one point, there was one other student and I who ended up being the only ones alive except for our Admiral (who we were trying to protect). This student and I ended up each killing about 5 or 6 boarders before we died. It was hilarious. Thankfully, by the time we died, others had come back to life and we ended up rounding up all the boarders and taking them to the brig (well, our security officers did that of course). It was pretty sweet! |
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| These are our uniforms and some of the weapons... The weapons just flashed lights and made sounds when we pulled the trigger. :-) |
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| This is the other side of the room (opposite of where I was sitting). It's identical. Just different jobs... |
If anyone is interested in doing their own group party at the Space Simulator in Pleasant Grove, go to www.spacecamputah.org and check it out! Pretty awesome that there is something like this for kids (and adults) to go do! :-)
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