The jobs are chosen by what your hobbies are. For example if someone liked to play with little kids they might be a Nurturer. I think that this is not a good idea because some people play with things like toy guns but they would not want to be in the army or be a police man, they might want to be a doctor or a teacher. They play with the toy guns just for fun not because they want use them in real life. The Elders in the society choose what they think would suit you best.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Giver Journal #2
The Giver Chapter 2:
Q: How are jobs or “Assignments” chosen for twelves? What are your thoughts on this process? What job might be “Assigned” to you based on the talents, skills and interests you have shown over the past years?
A: In the ceremony of Twelves, jobs are chosen by what your interests are. The Elders observed the kids, and decide on something that they believe the kids would enjoy and be good at. In the story, Jonas father was chosen to be a Nurturer because as a kid he spent a lot of his time with the newborn kids.
I find the process kind of unfair. The kids don’t get to choose their jobs; the Elders choose them for them. Some people may argue and say that it’s good, because their “Assignments” are based on the kid’s interests. I disagree because it doesn’t let the kids choose their own jobs; it makes them do a certain thing. I don’t like the idea of it, but in the book it sounds like it works well for them, because all of the kids are happy with what they get.
I may be assigned in something that has to do with math, because it’s pretty easy for me and I enjoy it.
The Giver Journal Entry #2
1) It is chosen by the Elders of the community. Over the years they watch the kids to find which job will best suit them. Except for the two years before they get their job, the Elders look very closely at their marks and especially at what they do during volunteer hours.
2) I find this way of choosing jobs good and bad. Since Jonas’ community is small the Elders will be able to know everyone. But, if the community is like the size of Vancouver, there will be too many kids and too little Elders to asses them.
3) I think that in our world I would probably be given the Job of something to do with Investing Money because that is what I am strong at and that is what I also hope to be.
Journal # 2
Journal Entry #2
I think there is a good thing and a bad thing about it.
The good thing is that the job your are assigned is fit around you, and your personality and interests. Which can be a good thing.
The bad thing is that you can’t chose what you get as your job. Why is it bad? Because how about in a year you have a whole new mindset and interests.
What I would think I would be assigned? I think I would be a doctor. I love medicine and helping people. The background is so big and needed.
Journal 2 By Jonah
In the Giver you are assigned a job from the elders. They give you a job on your personality and interest. I think that this is bad and good because you might get something that you like or something that is bad and also if you liked doing something when you were younger and as you get older your interest changed.
Everyone in my family thinks I would be a good lawyer because I am a man of justice and fair. I think everything should be even. I think the elders would make me a professional tennis player. I play tennis from 2 to 4 days in the week and compete in BC tournaments. My training coach says that I will soon be in provincial tennis. If I had to chose a favorite sport I would pick tennis. My favorite activity is fishing. I have been fishing since I was 5. Now I go fishing mostly every weekend. I caught my first fish in Penticton lake Okanagan.
The Giver Journal Entry
When you are eleven the elders take notes about you for a couple of months they base your chosen job on your actions. I do not agree with the way the elders choose the jobs because as you grow and get older you look at life differently, your actions change and so does your personality. I think that age twelve is too young to choose a job for your whole life. Lets say you were given a job that you did not like or thought it wasn’t right for you would not be able to change it you also have to be with the kids in you group for your job.
I think I would be “assigned to be a teacher for little kids because I love being around little kids I also chose this job because that is what I am told by people I know.
Sharon Ardon 7B
The giver journal 2
I personally think I would be a dentist or a doctor. My mom says “with the patient and skillful hands like yours you could use them for anything you want like being a dentist or a doctor.”
The assignments for Twelve are chosen for them according to their strengths and weaknesses. The elders are always watching the kids play around and recording things they do well and things they do wrong. Those notes later go to choosing their jobs.
My thoughts on this are both positive and negative. Positive by when you are stuck choosing a job and don’t know what you are capable of doing, other people decide what you should do according to what you are capable of. Negative by being too young to choose or get a job. You also might have many useful skills in an area and you just don’t show them to the community. Later at the ceremony those skills are trashed and never used.
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