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Blog Post #3 Emotional Intelligence



Blog Post #3

After reading Professor Bogad article on “Framing Youth: Writing ‘Youth’ in Social Context”.  The word that kept coming to mind was “self-fulfilling prophecy”. A term I learned in Education psychology. Assumptions can become self-fulfilling in a teens life, especially being socially immersed into believing you are “incomplete”, “emotional”, “inexperienced” and “hormone-driven” (pg.1).

In the leadership world, the skill you mostly hear that you need to succeed is emotional intelligence. According to Dictionary, emotional intelligence is having the capacity of being aware of your own emotions and have the ability to control them (dictionary 2018). This puts some teens at low-stakes in being in a leadership position. Earlier, I mentioned self-fulfilling prophesy. This came to my mind as I read the chapter on “Framing Youth” on page 4. A young actress by the name Katie Holmes, poses on the front cover of “LIFE” magazine. Alongside a headline that says “The Secret Lives of Teens”, bringing the special attention to the audience that reads the LIFE magazine. Parents who have teens might have a suspicion of what their child might be doing in today’s time. Of course, the magazine does not represent the whole population of teenagers. What this magazine headline ends up doing is creating false ideas and self-fulfilling prophesies in a teens life. This means, society will start questioning the teenagers they come in counter with. Creating belief systems that limit the opportunities teens can get too. When you doubt a Teenager and look down upon them as inferior, they will start to feel inferior.

That in its self is very dangerous, but also worth shaking. Growing up I was always told “Don’t listen to what other people think of you!” That is hard as a teenager! You are always told you need to act, talk, and be a certain way. Bombarded by social media and at the same time represented by social media. I wonder sometimes if we are put under pressure on purpose, in order to achieve societal expectations. If so, we must get out that norm and go beyond what we are believed to be.
"Si Se Puede!" and "Yes You Can!" 

Source:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/emotional-intelligence

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2018 at 11:28 AM

    I love the fact you mention how growing up we are told to not listen to what others say. It defiantly is a struggle when society is based of cultural norms and if you do not follow them then you are considered an outcast or weird.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 11, 2018 at 12:01 PM

    I really appreciate the fact that you are tying back our YDEV classes to other classes from our program! It's really apparent that you are working towards bridging the knowledge between core classes. Great job!

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  3. Jalen DupreSeptember 11, 2018 at 4:59 PM

    It was nice hearing from a teen point of view, when I read the article it brought me to elementary/middle school so it was cool hearing this side, especially from a womans perspective.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 11, 2018 at 6:08 PM

    Awesome connection to something you learned in your psychology class and now using it in your everyday life. Nice job!

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  5. UnknownSeptember 12, 2018 at 7:31 PM

    I liked the connection you made back to self-fulfilling prophecy, I was thinking the same thing while reading it!

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