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06/01/2018
Long before I teach the Human Growth and Development unit (Sex-Ed), I have the students write/explain: What LOVE is? What does love look like? How do you know someone loves you? How do you show love? The students talk about feelings. It’s rare when they initially talk about sacrificing for someone else. You sacrifice for what/who you love. This is my opinion, I don’t think a person really knows what love is until they have a baby. For the first […]
04/05/2018
An important unit of study in the Health Curriculum is Human Growth and Development (AKA-Sex Ed). We neglect one very important aspect of Sex ED—the male sexual nature. Once upon a time people knew that the “Male Sexual Nature” was / is predatory. Let me define predatory — The male sexual nature is programmed to view women as sexual objects and also to desire to have sex with as many women as possible without consequence. (one major current example — […]
02/01/2018
Here is an activity where you can pose this simple question to your students the first few minutes of Health Class. Project this on the board or give your students a copy. Ask your students to consider if they ever think these thoughts or have acted them out. Jealousy is a health issue. It leads to unhappy, depressed and lonely people. This information can lead to a discussion if they see evidence of it at school, at home, in […]
09/07/2017
What is Sexting? There was a front page (that continued to the entire back page) article in the local paper today (April 27, 2017). The local police are going to middle and high schools to explain social media consequences in hopes of preventing future cases of cyberbullying and child pornography. Did you know, one in five teenagers is sending sexually explicit photos electronically? “I didn’t know the consequences, I just knew it was bad” confessed a student after listening […]
05/15/2017
I’ve noticed more of our students arrive at school preoccupied / focused on themselves and their feelings. They are ruled by their emotions which is a recipe for their unhappiness, and everyone around them. This is more than a teenage passing phase. We do live in a feeling based culture where people are urged to get in touch with their feelings and you have a right to express them freely (sometimes in class). I don’t see a lot of joy, […]
04/25/2017
Have this personal Health question on the board for your entering students to see, reflect upon then write an answer in preparation for the beginning of class. This is an important question to think about for all of us (not just teens) because our tendency is to do what our friends do. They influence our behavior. So it is important to investigate the different types of friendships while you evaluate your friendships. How do I know if MY friendships are […]
04/11/2017
Parents want their children to have the right type of friends for a very good reason. We know how important friends are. They are the people we got into trouble with when we were kids. We did things with friends we would never have done with our worse enemies. When you are with your friends, your guard is down and you go with the flow and hope you don’t get caught. We tend to do what our friends do. It’s […]
03/22/2017
The trick in teaching is give students just enough information to do an activity. Where they have to apply knowledge to a situation they / friend / or stranger will likely experience. Their job is to figure out — a) What is the wise thing to do? b) What did I learn from this………………? In other words, the student internalizes the experience / problem / situation and because they are not emotionally involved they come up with an answer as […]
03/08/2017
Place the sentence below on the board. As your students enter class, ask them to write a paragraph answering this philosophical question. Are you a victim of your circumstances or a product of your choices? Once this is done: • ask for students to discuss their thoughts • discuss the Teacher Notes • use a story from local news Where you can discuss local news articles in terms of was this person / these people a victim of their […]