Learning Objective 7

Consider the Ethical Implications of Your actions

It's the last day of Thanksgiving break and I have had a good week. My family came on Thursday and we had a big dinner, watched TV, went for a walk, it was good. Thinking about my Thanksgiving makes me wonder about the dinner my advisory and I put together. I wonder if that family had a good Thanksgiving. (For my part, I got the pick up day mixed up, so the family didn't get any jello, but more about that in the other post.) I hope they appreciated the rest of the food.

As you sit close around a table enjoying good food, conversation and family, a meal can bring people together in a way nothing else can. I hope that by catering to a family's physical needs my advisory and I also bought love and fellowship to that home. yeah, it sounds ridiculous, but I hope it is also true.

Thanksgiving also reminds me of all the hungry people in the world. I was wondering, is it fair to donate my time and money so that one family can have a nice meal when there are thousands of hungry people who would be happy with any kind of food, no matter how nice or gross? I don't know. Maybe the family we donated food to is really poor, maybe not. This is at least a good issue to think about.

Turkey Program Planning

So far for the Turkey Program, we have made a list of all the foods we need for a Thanksgiving dinner and assigned the foods to everyone in our advisory. I am in charge of keeping the list and reminding everyone of what they should bring.

We have collected a couple of items, but we still need a lot more, so I hope that everyone brings their food tomorrow. So that we can be ready for Tuesday.

This activity is really helping me to realize how hard it can be sometimes to lead an activity. Although we have a good plan for bring the food in, there is no way I can control whether the plan is followed through. I just need to stay organized and remind everyone of their responsibilities.

Turkey Program Goals and Description

The Turkey Program will help families all across Cape Cod. Thanksgiving is an important holiday in my family and I would like to make it special for other families as well. I will help plan and lead the activity as well as contribute food. I am in charge of making sure everyone brings the foods they were assigned. This will be a challenge because although I am in charge(along with the other Juniors in my advisory) of planning what foods we will bring, it is ultimately the responsibility of the other students in my advisory to bring it in. I can plan this activity, but I can't "control" whether or not everyone follows the plan. I think this will personally affect me by making me a better leader through practice. It will also help me to appreciate my thanksgiving dinner more. I am realizing how much planning goes into a Thanksgiving dinner and what a privilege it is to have one.

One goal is for me is to stay organized during the activity. Sometimes I lose track of what I'm supposed to do. I will know that I have reached this goal if I bring in the food and money I agreed to bring. My other goal is to help others stay organized as well. I want to support them by reminding them of what to bring in and if necessary, bring it for them.

Learning Outcome 3

The Juniors in my advisory and I are in charge of this activity, so we have to plan and initiate it. I am in charge of the list of foods everyone has to bring. I have helped to assign the foods to everyone. We are also taking the initiative for this activity. We are expected to lead it and take responsibility for its success or failure.

Learning Outcome 7

I think this Turkey Program will also help me to consider the ethical implication that my actions can have. By simply sharing food with another family, I can show them love and do something good for them. I think that whenever you do a service activity, it could also arouse other ethical issues. For example, is what you are doing really the best way (morally) to spend your time, effort and money? Will your act of service really benifit the people you are trying to help?

This activity will help me to practice leading an activity. I will also learn to value what I have more. Finally, I will get the benefit of feeling good for helping others. This activity will also help a family to have good food to eat and to enjoy their Thanksgiving holiday.