Trying to establish classes for the Shimmer Sparkle Shine Project raised itself to be a larger challenge than intended, only further enhancing the learning process for the chosen learning outcome of Consider the Ethical Implications of Actions Taken. We first tried scheduling our classes at a local home business, but as we planned and devolved the classes and schedules we got a feeling that the location wasn't the proper location. The ideas of the shop are ones that I don't personally have a problem with, but parents may be uncomfortable with having their daughters attend our classes there. I decided that to reach our audience we needed to choose a new location because it wouldn't cause possible interference with our message. This was such a hard choice because we had to really think about the overall focus of ethics, and the generous offer we had received and the ethics of having parents comfortable with us to help their daughters.
We later made an agreement with the Boys and Girls club and we went into their Smart Girls group located in Commerce City. This area is a lower economic region and it provided us with girls who have difficult home circumstances. The audience was great for our message, and they really benefited from it! They opened up to us about how their race and backgrounds contribute to the problems they have faced that helped them become who they are today. It was a really great enviroment to really have our message connect to their individual needs. It honestly also gave great insight to how to have them take our message home with them, but still respect their culture. Ethics became a huge part of it as we helped them take our message with their own cultural backgrounds.
In the end we realized that an hour to spread our message and do a class was not enough time. We felt rushed, and we had so much more we wanted to share with them. We decided that if we do classes again we want to make it a series of classes so we can cover everything.
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