round #2 of culture...I thought that the three other presentations that went today were all very interesting and good. I think it is so interesting how everyone has chosen a different topic so far and have introduced the class to new ideas that we may not have thought of before. The first example being when one was talking about the outdoor education program. I had never heard of this before and thought it sounded like a really neat program that could help kids to learn a lot about themselves as well as what is really needed to live. I thought some of the observations made about the girls who would not want to go just because they would not be allowed to take their phone and hair dryers with them was a little extreme. I could relate to their thoughts though because when I went to London last summer for a softball trip I was not aware at first that I would not be able to use my phone or any of the electronics that I normally use to get ready in the mornings. However, once I found this out I was not going to let it stop me from going on this once in a lifetime trip just because I was not going to be able to call anyone or do my hair in the way that I would have liked. I find it amazing that these girls relied on this items that much to stop them from going camping for a week. I also think this shows that the times have changed becuase I know when I was at that age I was not overly worried about what my appearance was like, and even the most popular girls would not have been overly worried because that just wasnt thought of in the same way that it is now. I also thought that the presentation about the bd classroom was especially interesting since I have not been overly exposed to that kind of class and ways of acting. I always knew that there were kids who acted in a different way than some but I never really thought of how behavior and such would really affect the classroom as much as it did from what I had heard. I thought it was neat how much time and effort the teacher had gone to to try and find some kind of behavioral system that worked for that class and more specifically those kids who were in there and really needed to have that more individualized attention. I liked the plan of having the links the best especially since it seemed as though that was also the idea that the students responded the best to. However, knowing that they were not as concerned to lose them, I think is where the biggest problem came in. I have also learned through my psych classes that the best kinds of reinforcement are those which come right after a good or bad behavior because it is immedate. I think with these kids if there is something that is done how it is supposed to be done and is worthy of a reward then it should be given right then instead of waiting until the link are at a certain spot because if they would continue to lose them they may never get rewarded when they should have since they did do something good at one time. I think that those who are able to work in that classroom are very special and have a special talent to be able to do what they do on a daily basis. I thought that the three were good presentations and I am excited that we are getting exposed to a variety of different cultures that we would normally not even think about.