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11/10/2020
I like to begin class with a Q/A. A Q/A is a question or an idea to be explored. Here is an example: Q/A: What do you want most in life? In other words, what are your GOALS, your Hopes and Dreams for your future? Follow Up Question Q/A: How do your daily choices align with these Goals, Desires, Hopes and Dreams? (If they don’t line up, you have a good intention not a goal.) TEACHER NOTE: My philosophy […]
10/16/2020
I like to begin class with a Q/A. A Q/A is a question or an idea to be explored. Here is an example: Q/A: In Order To Be A Good Person, You Have To Do Something Good. So, Why Don’t We? 1. 2. 3. TEACHER NOTES: In order to be a “GOOD” person, you have to do something good. It’s a lot easier to do the wrong thing (which many times is to walk or turn away or […]
08/27/2020
I like to begin class with a Q/A. A Q/A is a question or an idea to be explored. Here is an example: Q/A: How Do You Avoid Being Pulled Over By a Cop? Any ideas? BE INVISIBLE According to Retired Chief Charles Sewell: 1. “Traffic cops see vehicles as mere traffic and rarely pay attention to particular vehicles unless the drivers do something to bring attention to themselves.”1 2. “ The odds of being pulled over by […]
07/22/2020
I like to begin class with a Q/A. A Q/A is a question or an idea to be explored. Here is an example: Q/A: Why is it easier to say, people have a right to health care than to INSIST that each person has a responsibility to live healthy lifestyle? Q/A: What is a healthy lifestyle? TEACHER NOTE: I have a doctor friend who once said, “ if people ate properly, limited soda (sugar) consumption, exercised, maintained a healthy […]
06/23/2020
Anger can engage and contempt can separate. So, what is more dangerous, anger or contempt?
04/22/2020
Life is a Choice — Here is a selction of 5 minute activities where students copy the advice and compose two to three sentences why they agree or disagree (just pick a thought for the day). 1. No is a complicated word. “No” can mean “No”. Sometimes “No” means “Not yet”. Sometimes “No” means “Too soon”. Sometimes “No” means “Keep trying and / or Maybe Yes”. No is a complicated word. 2. People can’t control what they get in life […]
04/08/2020
I like to begin class with a Q/A. A Q/A is a question or an idea to be explored. Here is an example: Q/A: You Should Act Happy Even When You Don’t Feel Like It? Have student write a short paragraph where they agree or disagree with the idea. Yes, I think I should act happy even when I don’t feel like it because….. No, I don’t think I should act happy when I don’t feel like it because…… […]
02/18/2020
I like to begin class with a Q/A. A Q/A is a question or an idea to be explored. Here is an example: Q/A: If you care about your virtue, there are places you shouldn’t go, there are situations you shouldn’t put yourself into and there are people you shouldn’t be alone with or seen with. True or False Explain your reasoning. TEACHER NOTE: You know your students. I’m thinking this is a high school health […]