Robin Hood Project: Samantha Brake Hr-7th

 

Ms. Clark and me doing my good deed.

Well today I had been in my 4th hour, and i remembered I needed to get the flash drive from her so I could put a picture on it so she could print it off for me. As I went up the stairs and went over to her desk I looked over to her work station and it was a straight mess, and so I was like Ms. Clark can I clean that up for you, she was like yes you can. So after I was done cleaning it she said thank you so much, I said your welcome anytime just let me know if I can do anything for you and i'll do it. I honestly would help her out if she needed anything. So that's my good deed I will for sure do it again cause I loved helping her. 

I am the Messenger Blog #1- Tony Garcia

1) What does Ed learn about his friends and how does this change how he relates to them? Do you see a correlation (connection) in how you see your friends       Ed finds out that his friend are not all that reliable? Because they don’t help him out when he needs them. His friends are only there for the good times and not the bad

    

    2) Describe Ed's family relationships and how they differ from his friends. Do you feel they will evolve? Why/Why not? Ed's family is very distant from him. Him and his mom don't really get along. She calls him dick head ed. he calls her some name back and their just distant. Him and his friends are always together and do a lot of things but sometimes his friend’s use him.

   

   3) Do you think the Doorman is an important element to the story? Explain.  

Yes the doorman is very important. it shows that the doorman is important because when the two guys came in to beat up Ed they took really good care of the doorman. The other thing that makes him important is that when the lady gives the boy the card she said that its for the owner of the dog and not for a certain person.

Robin Hood Project

My job had a sign up list to volunteer to go help set up The breast cancer 5k Walk, We went early in the morning downtown and helped set up then we each got put in certain places. I got put towards the end of the walk so I could help cheer them on to finish up. This was a great experience because I got to see so many people taking time out of there day to go walk for a good cause <3

It was a Good Day...

This Saturday I had planned to take my little brother and my cousin to Paradise Park along with some kids from Niles group home. The kids from Niles group home could not attend; I took my cousins friend Brian (B-eazy). We had played in the foam pits for about 30 min it was okay but I don't know why the kids thought it was funny to try to shoot me in my unmentionables. After the foam pit I spent 50 dollars and we played endless games and me and Malachi had a "race" on the rock climbing wall. We ate pizza, ice cream and cake in real birthday fashion. We went to this place in the back but the kids weren't feeling it, they said it was for real little kids so we went to bumper cars until I got a headache. For the grand finale I bought everybody a drivers ticket for go-karts; the lady outside was really cool so she just let us ride go-karts as long as we wanted. I guess that was good karma!      

I Am The Messenger Blog #1 - Jacob Ensley

Ed received an envelope in the mail containing a poker card, which was the ace of diamonds. The card had addresses and times written on it. He had no idea what any of it meant. He looked to his friends in hope for someone knowing something. But no one helped seemed to know anything so he asked if any of them sent it as some type of prank. Everyone gave excuses on why it wouldn't have been them but Audrey said it might have been her, all though they both knew it wasn't her. Through this he found out his friends don't really care about what he has going on aside from them. I can relate to this because I know some friends that won't care about what you have to say or want to do unless it involves benefits for them. Also Ed's mom doesn't treat him the best either. She treats him with a lot of dis respect. She started to act a little different towards him when she saw him in the newspaper stopping the robber but quickly went back to treating him bad when he forgot to get her the coffee table she asked him to pick up. I don't think she'll ever permanently stop treating him bad since he had such potential for school and gave up on it. The doorman doesn't seem to be very important right now but I think something in the future will happen where the doorman ends up saving Ed. I say this because the way he is presented in the book it seems as if he's foreshadowing something.

The Robin Hood project Blog #2 Devon Trevino

For the robin hood project i had wrote a card to a soldier for the holidays. The other night my tia and me were talking about the war and veterans and how some cant come home for the holidays and i brought up the Robing hood project we had too do in english and little light bulb above my head went off i was like yup im going to write them a holiday card. so on the card i told them happy holidays soilder i wish you and your family a happy holidays and thank you for your service.

I Am The Messenger Blog #1

Ed notices his friends are like his family but sometimes dont care about his problems, Ed's mom treats him how she wants and calls him names, she has no respect for him and shows no affection towards him. The doorman i think is an important element to the story cause he's important to the main character.

Robin Hood project

During thanksgiving my family and I put together dinners for people who needed assistance and wouldn't have a thanksgiving meal. So we went down to the church and handed out meal to families. Doing this made me see that everyone needs a helping hand every now and then. Even though my first thought was this is awkward but it turned out to be a cool experience. So this is my good deed!!

Robin hood project- Merisa Klinac

My good dead was making chocolate chip cookies and giving them out to my next-door neighbors. While I was making the cookies and just thinking about my neighbor’s reaction I knew I was doing something generous. Once the warm and delicious cookies were done I bagged them so I can give them away. I went to my neighbors and seeing all their reactions made my day to know I made theirs. It made me feel good to know doing something so small could make someone so happy. Doing this small deed has motivated me to continue doing deeds in the future. I plan to do deeds all over just to see that I made someone’s day. I feel that if people around me are seeing me do good deeds for others then I can motivate them to also do good deeds. If this happens then in my own special way then I’ve slightly changed the world. J

The Robinhood Project- Luis Rodriguez

I wasn't too sure what I could do additionally for this project, so I went ahead and documented something I already do almost every week. For a little context, I'd like to mention that I, alongside several others, work as a mentor with Mrs. Marcia Pomeroy, director of KUMC's Office of Cultural Enhancement. As part of her goal to better people's lives and provide diversity as well as educational enrichment, she directs a program called Saturday Academy. About two Saturdays a month, we have students from many high schools as well as middle schools attend math and science classes geared toward health education. A regular day at Saturday Academy may consist of breakfast, a team-builder exercise, either a math or health awareness class, lunch, poetry writings, recess, and then everything is wrapped up with the departure of students. A program as big as this requires a lot of planning and extra help. As mentioned before, I work as a mentor along with a few others to help set everything up for the day. We get up well in advance and get picked up in order to arrive at KCKCC before anyone else and get an idea of what will be going on throughout the day. Then, we get all the food and setup a line for breakfast and in the meantime get all the supplies that will be needed to carry out class operations. We also supervise while class is going on for example. Here, we are serving lunch and having a bit of fun by doing synchronized squatting after everyone has been served:

And here I am attempting to fix an issue with someone's laptop:

So, now that a bit of context has been established, I can say that this is merely superficial. There is a large network of programs that Ms. Pomeroy directs and organizes and as part of her goal to increase health awareness and to help people lead a healthier lifestyle, she supports a program called the Organic Teaching Gardens where every Tuesday mentors from her programs help out. In fact, anyone can contact Mrs. Pomeroy in order to receive community service hours if need be. Or, if you just want to help out and have a good time, that would be awesome as well. Basically, Mark Manning, who runs the Gardening program, sets up gardens at different middle schools where science teachers tie the program in with their curriculum so students can learn about plant parts and what it means to grow food organically. He sets up an array of different plants such as sweet potatoes, peanuts, cabbage, tomatoes, etc. and when they are harvested, the students are allowed to examine them and even consume them. That's where we come in. In order for the students to eat these foods, of course they have to be cooked and seasoned and all that stuff, but prior to that, they must be washed and on occasion peeled and sliced. So, these past few weeks we've been helping Mark do as such. Later on in the year we'll be separating worms from castings now that the cold weather has started to set in. Here are a few snaps of us cutting up sweet potatoes:

 And to top it off, here is a picture of a time when we invited professors as well as students from the Psychology Department of KU to take a look at what we do:

So, long story short, I help out Saturdays as a mentor, setting things up, storing things back where they belong, organizing and supervising. On Tuesdays, I do a bit of community service by helping prepare foods for educational purposes.

I rather call it mentally challenged Bianca Jacobo

You know i always hear people say "ohh he is mentally retarded" or "he's retarded"! Well in my opinion i think we shouldnt disrespect them like that, i think we should say mentally challenged. I know it might not be better or nicer but at least it wont hurt their feelings as much. So I was given an assignment of doing something good for somebody else. To ne honest at first I didn’t know what to do or what to write about. Then something special happened and I have to say it changed me in some ways.

As you should know i am a very loving and caring person. I am telling you this because i had the privilege to meet a lovely 23 year-old. She is a women but she is mentally challenged.

Ok so it was a Saturday morning and I was working at my mother in laws restaurant, I was the waitress. As always I was just there talking an not doing my work, then I noticed a girl came in looking all ratchet and messy. The first thing I thought was “she’s a tweaker”. She kept on talking to the other customers about stuff they didn’t even care about. She was talking about how her grandma this and how her mom that but customers were getting mad and stuff. Then I went up to the table she was sitting at and said “what would you like to drink”? She said “Hi Breana I would like diet coke” but she said it in a really annoying voice and she kept stuttering. I then told her “Its Bianca”. When I came back with her food, that was when I realized something was different about her. She was mentally challenged that’s why she was acting like a little kid. When I realized that I felt awful for ever thinking that way about a person without knowing them. When she was going to pay her total came up to be $14.95 and she said I only have $13 and she was so nervous and scared. She even said “are you mad at me” and I said “no”. what I did instead was pay the remaining amount and she started crying and telling me thankyou. I felt so good that I had actually done something nice for someone.

One quote I can really relate to is “Don’t judge a book by its front cover”. I say that because somebody should never be jusged by the way they look. That’s one thing I learned. I also learned that helping somebody does not only help the person being helped but helps the other one. It helps them think about stuff another way and that’s what happened to me. Another thing I learned was that I don’t have to be payed back with a favor I do because somebody will help me when I need it.

The Robin Hood Project-Maria Rodriguez

 During Summer i went to Mexico for vacations. On May it was a big storm that happened  and It let a big disaster.When i saw my cousins with no money to go out and have fun. i invited them and play them  before i went back to Kansas .I felt happy when my aunt told me that i was a nice young lady and also when she told me how they are struggling in life, how she is a single mother with no job. That she have to make dinner to sell. I felt sad because i couldn't help her in something but at the end she told me that she was thankful for what i have done to her daughters.

Selfless Acts From A Good Smaritan.

I help people and do good deeds all of the time. Here are a few examples of my service to humanity.

The first thing I did was help a student Heather Martindale get home in the cold weather. It was five pm; she had gone forty-eight hours without sleep and started dosing off outside near the front door. Since she’s my neighbor I picked her up and carried her from 2400 Steele road to 1889 south 32^nd street. on the way there I picked up trash that was scattered around the special education building and said thank you to the custodian.

Later the following week I assisted Ms. Draper, who was struggling to carry boxes into the next room. She was to proud to ask for help, so I simply took it from her hands and she gasped in relief and said thank you. I then proceeded to help her take in the other 3 boxes and a keyboard.

At the end of the week, last Friday; I was outside heading home, when I realized that I needed to send a email to Mr. Anderson (my mentor). While taking care of this annoying task in the biting cold; I came upon a pleasant face: Daniel Garret. He had come back for something and needed to get inside. We stood there freezing and I could tell he was not dressed for the weather. So I offered my gloves to him so he could stay warm. He refused saying that it was his ears that were cold not his hands. I felt helpless not having a hat myself, but Instead I gave him a comforting remark about being in the same situation. Soon after, a student came outside and I commanded her to keep the door open for Daniel who praised JAYZUS, and went inside. I then began walking home but was overcame by the cold and ran to the nearest door. To my surprise it was open and I stepped inside. John the custodian that never wears pants, was standing there, and I begged if I could stay a few minutes to warm up and he said “Yes. Only if you take this bag to the trash, when you leave.” and handed me a large wet trash bag. I nodded and stood hunched over trying desperately to contain my body heat. He left shortly after and teased me saying “have a good one. Try to stay warm.” When I felt warm enough I took the trash bag and tossed it in the garbage. He honked as he pulled out of his space and drove out of the parking lot.

Then today I was in second hour and a boy William had complained that he was very cold each morning and asked to have my Balaclava. I said no but offered my Shapka-Ushanka which he delightedly took and manhandled me; saying thank you.