Sophomore Humanities

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Sophomore Humanities

• Marie Minisee
• Calvin Center
• 2nd Semester Portfolio
• May 16, 2005

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Personal Introduction

• My Name is Katherine Marie Minisee. I am a
  sophomore and in Mrs. Bacons class. She is a
  Wonderful teacher! This year but mostly this
  semester we used the J2E goals. I have learned a
  lot from the assignments given. I enjoyed this
  year. It was fun as well as educational.

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Table of Contents
Acceptance of God
Personal Management
Intellectual Development
Responsible Citizenship
Commitment to the Church
Aesthetic Appreciation
Healthy Balanced Living
Last slide
Career and Service
Interpersonal Relationship
Communication Skills
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Acceptance of God

• Surrender ones whole life to God develop a
  relationship with Jesus Christ and allow the
  Holy Spirit to work in ones life.
• I think that this goal is number one for a
  reason. It tells us we need to first be able to
  have a relationship with God. We must surrender
  our whole life to Him. This way when we are able
  to accept Him we are allowing the Holy Spirit to
  work in us. In the class this year we had prayer
  every morning. We gave our prayer requests on
  Monday morning. If you wanted to share or if you
  just asked for a simple thank you or talked about
  it we did something about it. I think that this
  is how we allowed Jesus in our class. I know that
  it isnt the only way but it is one of them. I
  think this goal has to be able to start in the
  students own heart. I think that in the year/
  semester we addressed this issue. We have a
  prayer room for just the sophomore class and one
  for AE-21 too. This allows us to say our praise
  and to talk about our prayers. I think this
  allows for self-acceptance and for others who
  learn from others. I think that this is a
  wonderful way of exercising this goal. It allows
  for others to help and understand their
  classmates. I think that at the beginning of the
  year I didnt know that this was possible, but
  now here at the end. I see that the Lord had a
  plan and this is what will happen and allow us to
  live with him through our relationship that was
  built this year. I think that God had a plan and
  through this year it was starting to get
  accomplished and it soon will be in the rest of
  my life.

Bible Journals
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Commitment to the Church

• Desire to know, live and share the message and
  mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
• I think at the beginning of the year I was at the
  beginning of this. I think I knew and I almost
  shared, but I dont think I was to the full
  capability. I think that this goal has helped me
  in doing Bible. In our lessons we studied how
  missionaries went over seas and they shared the
  message with others. I think that more and more
  people do these things now a days. I think that
  these lessons helped me realize that we must live
  and share the message as if that was the only
  thing we knew. I think in the future this goal
  will allow me to be able to be anything that
  Jesus wants me to be. I think that this goal will
  help me as I live with my Lord and Savior.
• I think this goal means to me that I must be a
  missionary. Then again I think it means exactly
  what it says. Commitment to the Church. I think
  we all must really appreciate what the Lord does
  for us and allows us to do. I think that sharing
  the message is sharing the blessing. Witnessing
  is so varied. It allows many people to express
  what the Lord has done for them. I think that
  this way of witnessing is the way the Lord
  desires it. As you go through your life I think
  that you should share the message with all you
  come to. In our bible lessons we learned about
  the mission of the Seventh-day-Adventist church.
  We did retells on them and they all were
  wonderful. This is what commitment to the Church
  means to me I think that we should be more
  willing to do what the Lord asks.

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Intrapersonal Relationships
Servant Leadership

• Develop a sense of self-worth, skills in
  interpersonal relationships, an understanding of
  the responsibilities of family membership and the
  ability to respond with sensitivity to the needs
  of others.
• I think at the beginning of this year I didnt
  know what exactly this goal was talking about. I
  will explain what I found out this year. I think
  I didnt know how to be responsible to a certain
  extinct. I think that as the year progressed I
  had a feeling of self-worth, not just in school
  but at home also. I think that I am sensitive to
  others needs however maybe just not all the time.
  I didnt really understand this goal till
  recently. The research paper that I did on
  Servant Leadership helped me understand to be
  considerate. As I did this paper I realized that
  everybody not just me or not just the leaders of
  the world or of a big company. I realized that we
  all are servant leaders to whom ever we work for.
  For example a Farmer works for the people who buy
  food he serves them. I think many people dont
  exactly know how to do this. I mean I was able to
  have sensitivity to all the people that I
  encountered. I think through this experience I
  was able to understand why we must have
  intrapersonal relationships. We must be able to
  know what it means or have an idea of what it
  means. I think that I didnt know about this
  until recently when my paper was completed and
  also after my ADRA leadership assignment. I think
  that in the future I will have a complete
  understand of how to encourage others and myself
  to have a sense of self-worth. I think this is
  important along with the skills of this kind of
  relationship.

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Responsible Citizenship
ADRA Leadership

• Develop an understanding of cultural and
  historical heritages, affirm a belief in the
  dignity and worth of others and accept
  responsibility for local, national and global
  environments.
• I think at the beginning of the year I was a
  little not knowing what this goal really meant. I
  think that I didnt have much of a clue at all. I
  think as time went on I started to learn a little
  more about it. It actually started to make a
  little sense. I think that this was a little
  baffling. Nonetheless as time went on I found out
  what it meant. I think the assignment that has
  helped me move forward in reaching this goal is
  ADRA leadership. I have learned so much from this
  assignment. I was able to send an email to a
  country leader in Azerbaijan. I think this
  assignment was able to let us all know the worth
  of other in different environments than us. I
  think that many people dont know this and they
  need to know this to understand it. The leader I
  had was Randy Purviance. He was extremely helpful
  in helping me answer the questions that I had
  regarding servant leadership. I think in the
  future I will be able to help others understand
  just as Randy had helped me. I think that I will
  be able to at least have little responsibility
  for local environments or national environment. I
  think the more I am exposed the more help I will
  be able to give. I think this goal means that we
  arent just a citizen in our country. We want to
  see our country get better and have a better
  since of citizenship and allow us to live since
  we have a sense of dignity to others.

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Healthy Balanced Living

• Accept personal responsibility for achieving and
  maintaining optimum physical, mental and
  spiritual health.
• I think that at the beginning of the year I knew
  that everybody must have personal responsibility
  for their self. I think that many people dont
  know exactly what this meant. I think the
  distribution of the goal helped others realize
  what they must do to have a health balanced
  living. Throughout this year I think I had tried
  to achieve optimum in my health, but I dont
  think I have actually reached it. I think the
  assignment that helped me through this would be
  our bible journals. They made us think
  physically, mentally, and spiritually. I think in
  time I came to appreciate this goal. I think I
  had an almost somewhat healthy balanced living. I
  think that as the time went farther and farther
  on I had a little sense of what type of healthy
  balanced living I could have. I think that I made
  an effort in trying to get it to work. I think
  that I was able to know what was happening. I
  think that these bible journals helped me to know
  that I could achieve and maintain that optimum in
  my health. I think that it allowed me to know
  that I could do it and all I had to do was
  believe in me. I think this is where. I had a
  sense of knowing come up on me. I was able to
  realize it is possible for me to have a healthy
  balanced living. I think that through this year I
  did realize it but I dont think I have made
  action upon it yet. I think that in the future
  since I know how to get a Healthy Balance Living.
  I think I will be able to have one and to share
  with others how to get one.

Thesis and Outline
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Intellectual Development
HOM/CLQ

• Adopt a systematic, logical and biblically-based
  approach to decision-making and problem-solving
  when applied to a developing body of knowledge.
• I think at the beginning of the year I had a
  little developing body of knowledge. I know that
  as you go through life you learn more and more. I
  learned a bit this year. I learned in my journals
  how to be logical and how to be decisive in all
  ways in life. I think what helped me the most was
  the HOM and CLQ. Each unit sometimes each week we
  had a different one to write about. I learned a
  lot about being tactful and being honest. I mean
  it helped me in being able to make decision and
  to apply it to problem-solving. I think this is
  how you become intellectual. You have to be
  logical. I think even our Food for Thoughts
  helped us in this direction. I mean we had
  intelligent people summing up what tactful was in
  one or two sentence. I think these helped me
  because every week there would be different ones
  even some from my fellow classmates as well as me
  too. I think this allowed everybody to view
  others viewpoints on what they thought about what
  was asked. I think the more and more we thought
  about them the more and more they developed into
  something bigger than what they already were. I
  think in the future I will have a logical mind
  and able to be approach problems and be able to
  understand what it all means and able to make
  sense to others as well as my self. I think that
  we all have the ability to be intellectual.
  However some of us arent even willing to try for
  some reason or another. We have to be willing to
  try to be able to be intellectual and get into
  our developing stage.

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Communications Skills
ADRA Leadership

• Recognize the importance of effective
  communication and develop the requisite skills.
• I think that at the beginning of the year. I had
  little communication skills. I didnt know many
  people from the program except some from last
  year. I think that I had a little of the basic
  skills of communication. I think that the
  sophomore lounge this year has help me to
  communicate effectively this year. I also think
  that our retell assignments help to communicate
  more with others. This ways when it is
  communicated well we have a wonderful retell. We
  are able to tell everybody what we learned from
  our lessons that week. I liked the retell that we
  did just after the ADRA presentation from the
  leaders. I think this especially helped us in all
  we did that week. I think that the main thing
  that is being said in this goal is that we have
  to have the basic skills of communication to know
  how do it effectively. I think many people know
  how to communicate but they dont know how to do
  it effectively. I think throughout this year I
  have learned the importance of communication.
  First you have to be willing to let somebody know
  when you need help or when you dont understand.
  This way they will know when they can help or
  explain it to you. I know that effective
  communications involves people from both sides of
  the track to let them know what it up. I think in
  the future I will pass this goal and know exactly
  how to communicate effectively. This way I will
  have the basic skills and use them on an everyday
  basis. I hope to have this goal planted in my
  mind so when I become older I will know exactly
  how to us my skills to be effective to any and
  everybody I come in contact with.

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Personal Management
Journal

• Function responsibly in the everyday world using
  Christian principles of stewardship, economy and
  personal management.
• I think at the beginning of the year I was in the
  beginning of this goal. I mean I thought I
  functioned responsibly and did what was pleasing
  in the Lords site. I think the assignments that
  helped me move in accomplishing this goal were
  the journals that we have to do. Mrs. Bacon made
  us think about what we want to say and get it out
  in a way that allowed us to personalize it to our
  own type of management without us evening
  knowing. I think another assignment would be the
  legacy project. It allowed us to go out and show
  stewardship to our community. We were able to let
  somebody know that we cared for them and somebody
  always was thinking of them. I know that this is
  preparing us for the end. I think it allowed us
  to know that we have a chance to change our
  future if we put our minds to it. As time went on
  through this year I think everybody knew how to
  manage themselves. They were able to know what to
  do and what not to do. I also know that this goal
  helped them get ready for what will come. I think
  this goal also has a lot to do with self
  management. I dont think people understand the
  importance of that. I think in the future this
  goal that we learned this year will help us
  dearly in the future. I know it is not that far
  away and we do need to know a little more about
  this goal. However, I think that it has helped us
  already and it will continue to help us. I think
  the key to this goal is to use the Christian
  principles everyday. Many people dont but this
  is what the goal is all about. I think that the
  more you use them everyday the better management
  over yourself you will have.

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Aesthetic Appreciation
World History

• Develop an appreciation of the beautiful, both in
  Gods creation and in human expression, while
  nurturing individual ability in the fine arts.
• At the beginning of the year I think that we had
  a little appreciation for aesthetic. I mean we
  knew from previous being taught about this in our
  bible classes. I think that the assignment or
  assignments that helped me in reaching this goal
  was world geography on the dynasty from China,
  and the ones on the renaissance. These ones
  helped me to move in the ability to appreciate
  what the Lord allows people to be able to express
  what they think about it. These assignments have
  helped me appreciate art in a sense. I mean the
  Ying Dynasty and the other Dynasties made some
  interesting stuff. At the beginning of the year I
  didnt know all this stuff, but as it progressed
  I was able to recognize the work even at the Art
  Museum in Washington D.C. I found some pieces
  from the dynasties. I thought that was what it
  was all about. I think that in the future I will
  have an appreciation for fine arts and human
  expression. I think I will be able to know what
  it is. I know I already have an appreciation for
  nature outside. It is a beautiful key to what the
  Lord wants us to know. I think to obtain this
  goal you must have the goals before it to know
  the true meaning of what the Lord wants to offer
  His children. To able to be able to have a true
  appreciation for Gods creation is to be able to
  know that the Lord made everything for a purpose
  and even we are one of his beautiful creations.
  So go and appreciate whatever you see and come in
  contact with.

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Career and Service

• Develop a Christian work ethic with an
  appreciation for the dignity of service.
• I think at the beginning of the year I had a
  little work ethic for dignity and all that good
  stuff. However, through the community service
  that was done for this year I think it made it
  even more that what I had. This year we had a
  legacy project and we had to do community
  service. We had to leave a type of legacy when we
  did our project also. I choose to volunteer at a
  nursing home. I was able to help the activity
  department there. I carried books around to the
  residents there that were alert and some that
  werent. I enjoyed every minute I was there. I
  made some friends as I worked there also. There
  are many sweet people there. I think this year I
  was able to go the extra mile in community
  service. I was able to show people in my
  community that I cared about them and that there
  is someone there for them. I think this is
  important and many people need to know this. I
  think that I learned that wherever you work you
  are serving others. That is what we do. We go to
  work to make sure that others are satisfied. This
  is the goal in everything and we have to
  accomplish this goal as we go through life. I
  think in the future this goal has helped me make
  a good work ethic. I am able to know what its all
  about. I think that this is what is important. I
  think that when you work anywhere you have to
  have a sense that you are almost like a servant
  you are there to serve others. I think that many
  people dont understand what it means to do this.
  If we are able to let people know that they will
  have as much fun working as they do when they are.

Legacy Project
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Legacy Project

• My legacy Project was working at a nursing home.
  It was fun. I really liked what I was doing. I
  enjoyed the people and they said they enjoyed me.
  What I did during my legacy project was
  volunteering in the Activity Department. I would
  help with games, and visit some of the people and
  other things like that. The way I left a legacy
  was because the elderly in the nursing home were
  very nice and remembers stuff and everything.
  There is one lady that I met that was very nice
  to me. She in fact was like a friend that I
  visited every time I was there. I gave her the
  welcome balloons and I also gave her Birthday
  balloons. I had a nice time while I was there. I
  was hoping that they would have hired me to work
  there too but they haven't. I'm trying to get
  another job though. I liked it there it was fun
  and interesting to me. I wouldn't mind going
  back. I think that I had an effect on the people
  there also. There was also another person who was
  always saying hi and stuff to me. She even
  remembered my name. I had so much fun with
  everything. It was so nice. I think that if I had
  a choice I would do it again.

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Journal

• Journal FFT
• My food for thought As we become more tolerant,
  we will be like God.
• Well I really just thought about this and it came
  to like mind. With Like or As in comparing. I
  think that with God we are more tolerant, so the
  more we practice tolerance we become like God.
  This is my thought about this and I did however
  take about 5 minutes to write and think this.

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Journal Continued

• Journal FFT "Life is short and it's up to you to
  make it sweet" I think this one goes with the
  CLQ. I think this one make generosity jump out at
  you. Everybody knows that life is short. It is up
  to you to be generous to people. We all know that
  this is a Christ like Quality. This FFT will put
  in my mind that everyday is a gift. During the
  day you should be able to make it sweet as in
  doing something for somebody else. Everyday I
  will do something for somebody to make his or her
  day sweet and mines too. I think this will allow
  my future to be sweeter than sweet. "The errors
  to avoid are those that eliminate opportunities
  to try again." I think that this one refers to
  the HOM. I think I did this FFT before because I
  remember hearing it. To be persistent we must do
  things until they are done right. This is why I
  liked this one I mean we can't be persistent if
  we don't try again so we must not have these
  errors that can't let us try again. It will
  change the way I live because if I am able to
  avoid these errors there will not be anyway that
  I can't be persistent. This way I will be able to
  show that in the future I will be persistent. I
  think it will allow me to think before I do
  something as I go through my life.

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HOM/CLQ

• HOM Thinking about thinking
• CLQ Honesty
• I really dont understand what thinking of
  thinking really is. Maybe by chance it is your
  thoughts that arent really becoming into words.
  It also could be what you are thinking about what
  you are going to talk about. I am not sure really
  to explain this. I am not even sure if I know
  what I am saying. I think it could be how we
  think. Maybe it is our pattern of thinking.
  Honesty is how we think in our mind. It may not
  come out, but it is the truth. That is how I tie
  thinking about thinking with honesty. I am unsure
  as to how to actually do this. I think that our
  honesty in our thinking is maybe how blunt we
  are. I mean if we are really blunt we are being
  honesty about what we are thinking about although
  this isnt exactly out of our minds yet, just in
  our habits or in our pattern of thinking. I think
  this is so very true. If you were able to
  understand what I am saying exactly or maybe if
  you had a glimpse at what I was thinking, you
  would know exactly what thinking about thinking
  really is. Then once you see you would
  understand.

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ADRA Leadership
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Servant Leadership Paper
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World History

• Journal WH (4-08) This was talking about what
  happened at Tiananmen Square.
• As most of you know WE are calling for a
  democracy. I mean why can't we? We live in her
  too yet we really have no right or anything like
  that. I don't think this makes no type of sense
  to me. I see people getting wounded left and
  right. WHAT FOR? I want to know. The police
  killing them don't solve a thing. More and more
  people come out. I think that maybe we should go
  about this a different way, but I think it will
  all be fine in due time. Deng is encouraging free
  enterprise, yet he doesn't grant political
  freedom. This makes no sense can someone please
  explain it to me??!?!?!?!!??

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Thesis and Outline

• Successful servant leaders are considerate. They
  are selfless, they listen to ideas, and they work
  as a team.
• I.  Servant Leaders are considerate of others
• A. They are selfless
• 1. They put others first so they can reach their
  goals.
• 2. They are humble
• 3. Sacrifice their own self interest
• B. They listen to ideas
• 1. Listen to understand
• 2. Trust followers ideas
• 3. They are prepared to change their own ideas
• C. They work as a team
• 1. They create the team by involving followers in
  meaningful projects
• 2. They use the strength of the team to work
  through times of crisis
• 3. They talk through their differences as a team
• II. Conclusion Thesis restated

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Bible Journals

• Journal Bible A
• A.)Which facet of this mission do you think is
  most important? Why?I think the fact that
  everybody around the world is hearing the
  message. I think it is most important because
  this way more people are able to go to heaven I
  guess you can say. I just think this is one of
  the most important things. It also allows them to
  be blessed in hearing the message.B.)Do you
  think the lesson author has overlooked any
  important part of the church's mission? If so,
  what is it? Why do you think it's important?I
  think the basically the lesson was talking about
  the technology in which the gospel is preached. I
  think that the author might have just slightly
  overlooked the power missionaries have. I know it
  was mentioned but it didn't really talk about it.
  I think this is important because them just
  seeing it may not necessarily change them. When
  you have a missionary in the country it helps
  people in there everyday life. I think it is
  important just as much as people listening to it.

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Bible Journals continued

• Journal Bible BI'm not sure what I would really
  say to make it more effectively accomplish the
  mission. I think that maybe we should send
  pastoral missionaries to baptize the others. I
  think that this is important because in Matthew
  2820 it tells us to preach the gospel to all
  nations and we also must baptize them in the name
  of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost. I think
  some of the drawbacks might be that some don't
  want to be baptized. I'm not sure how I could
  implement it.
• Journal Bible CI personal don't think it uplifts
  Jesus more. I think they kind of stress more of
  the laws of the bible. I think they should stress
  how much we must have a relationship with Jesus
  to be able to go to heaven. I think we kind of
  emphasize it less but then again some churches
  emphasize it more. I know like from my church we
  listen to what the Ellen G White says and so on.
  I think that we need to get back to how it should
  be. We need to lift up Jesus as it says in the
  bible I'm not sure where but it goes something
  like If I be lifted up I will draw all men unto
  me. I think that it needs to be corrected but I'm
  not sure if it will actually work though.

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Bible

• Marie Minisee
• Calvin Center
• Bible
• 1.) I think it is because he believed that you
  had to have faith to have righteousness. He also
  believed that you had to keep the law so I think
  he didnt agree with them. I think that is why.
• 2.) I think the New Age is based more on how
  they feel. I think that most people dont really
  think what the law or how others believed was
  true. They go based on their relationship with
  God.

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Last Slide
End Show

• I just want to say through this year I have
  learned a lot. I plant to use all these goals to
  allow myself to further my education in high
  School.
• Thank You Mrs. Bacon and those who made the
  goals.
• HOLLLLLLAAAAAAA