The Voice Finder and a Discussion about Chivalry

Wow, what fun and interesting classes we had today! The freshmen completed and discussed an activity called The Voice Finder. You can look at it online here: http://www.seancovey.com/pdf/teens/VoiceFinder.pdf . Their sharing about their answers was fascinating. For example, question 7: If money were no obstacle what would I spend my time doing? Most of us were interested in traveling. And question 16: What single thing could be my downfall if I'm not careful? The kids answers included: "my mouth," "temptations for things," "my kind heart," "my enemies," "failing high school." We talked about standing up to people, even when it's hard to do and about not letting manipulative people take advantage of us.

The sophomores had a lesson on Chivalry. First we had to learn what chivalry is! Vince helped us with that. Then we read an article called "Chivalry: Dead or Alive?" You can read it here: http://answer.rutgers.edu/file/chivalry_article_v6.pdf I am moving into the Sexuality unit with the sophs, so I wanted to start with how we treat each other and really delve into the issue of respect. We are not quite finished with the lesson, but it was interesting to hear the kids talk about this issue. Maranda pointed out that chivalry, in its purest form, is actually sexist. And Jewan said sometimes women get mad at him if he holds the door open for them. So how do we learn to be respectful to EACH OTHER and treat EACH OTHER kindly? That is where we are going. More on this next Monday!