New Model

         The thing that stands out for me in the video, New Model, is that it is not like a jail which is good. In this program all of the kids and staff are like family and they don't want to disappoint them. Family is usually the one thing that these kids are missing in their life. There they feel wanted. Also since it is not like a jail the kids don't feel like they have to do something. If someone feels cornered or forced then they fight back (this is what usual dentition centers do) this is what the New Model is trying to prevent. The New Model works with you to help you through a rough time in your life. So I think that this system is great and it can change peoples lives.

Totem

I choose the Falcon because it represents new beginnings and adventure. Every day is a new beginning so I experience new beginnings all the time. Also every day is an adventure. You can go hiking, be in a concert, or do sometime amazing like invent something. The falcon is a representation of everyday life and that life is what you make it.

Healing and Change

"People change in two ways-with slow persistent pressure, or with a single and sudden traumatic experience.  That's why people often change so much when they have a near-death experience.  I believe something significant happened to Cole on the island". Edwin

 

         Healing and change can take place in life in many forms. For this quote the healing happens slowly after the traumatic event. To heal physically is easy and nature just takes over but mentally is harder. To mentally heal the person must come in terms with the person or thing that caused the event. They must realize and accept what has happened to them. Change happens when the event is over and you are near death and the person realizes that true meaning of life and how it should be lived. The process of change after a traumatic event is sudden. It is like you finally understand how the world works there is no process of change for a traumatic event. Healing and change is not always the same but it can be. You can change by healing your soul like Cole does in the book.
         Healing and change reflect on your culture by the process of the change or healing. Americans have a different method of healing/change than people is other countries and other states. The same is for change. People from different parts of the world have different things that they change in their life/personality.