July 18th and 19th

Questions:

• 18th - What are your best qualities? What makes you unique?
• 19th - What did you think about the speaker and what do you think about where you landed on the political ideology chart?

Kevin Jang - TASK

My name is Kevin. I'm a happy a cheerful kid and occasionally I have my moments where I can be a complete jerk, but I try my best to control them. At times, no matter what I say, people laugh. I am funny even when I try not to be funny. I also work hard too and never give up on anything no matter how bad the situations. Funny, happy, hard working are my best qualities!

Cloe Tardiff – TASK

Kevin says that my good qualities are that I am a happy person and I am a good problem solver :) I try my best to be a good person and help people when they need it. I try to talk to almost everyone in our group as much as I can and be friendly to people. I'm a habitual person who likes things to be scheduled and organized but on a good day I can be easy-going and flexible (about most stuff). I'm a hard worker that never lets work go incomplete.

Emily LaRosa – Habitat

I thought that last night's activity was very interesting. It is a really important topic and many people do not pay attention to politics. So I think that it was nice that she taught us about it.

In a way I was surprised at where I fell on the chart. I was in the exact middle but a little closer to the left side. I was surprised because I always had thought that I was leaning towards the right. However I wasn't surprised that I was in the middle because I do not think that I agree with one sides ideas more than another side. I think my opinion of whether I lean right or left changes with each issue.

Patricia Krupinski – ASA

I thought the speaker last night was very nice. Her presentation had many things that I knew already just because my mom works for City Hall in Elizabeth and is very active in politics. One thing I found interesting is where exactly our Democrats landed on the graph. I wasn't expecting that. I landed on the green section and was not at all surprised by that.

I do not want to leave ASA! I absolutely love the kids and they don't want me to go. Even the boys have started to show a liking to me - it's very sweet. They got all defensive when they thought Joe was trying to make me do girl scouts. I spent time today working with Sebastian. It was interesting. The other young adult workers usually reprimand him and point out what he's doing wrong. Today I worked with him on the Language Arts packet and at first he was so unsure of himself. Once I helped him realize he was getting the right answers, he lit up and loved to work. I also talked to him about things and made sure the real "trouble maker" left him alone. It made me realize that sometimes the adults "miss" it. He doesn't want me to leave and I feel badly, because I really want to help him. All the kids!! I don't want to leave! If I come to TCNJ I will definitely go back to volunteer at ASA.

Jaine Danlag – El Centro

The political workshop yesterday was really interesting. I thought it was going to be another lecture-type scenario where she would talk and we would listen, but I was very grateful that she kept us involved with the survey and questions. It made it easier for me to keep my eyes open and my thoughts off of my paper. I was sort of surprised to find myself 4.75 left and 5.50 down into the green square. I know I am not a super republican, but I didn't think I would be so deep into the green. I'm glad to know I am and I hope I stick to my beliefs as I grow.