Week of Jan 21st

With the school dance originally scheduled for tonight, we thought we would have to move our meeting day.  When the dance was cancelled, we followed back up with our scheduled speaker, a professional saxaphone player, but he was unable to attend. 

In place of the speaker, I led the group in a discussion from a curriculum we are considering using with the programs.  The lesson was on decision making and it revolved around three case scenarios.  In one case, a person stole money not realizing she was being video taped.  In another case, the person was hanging out with someone who had pot and the group was caught.  In the final case, someone was playing with a handgun found in a drawer at home and someone was accidentally killed.  The discussion was lively and the guys impressed me with their insights as we talked about these situations in theory.  Once we started talking about situations I have seen them in here at school, they were less clear on what the "right thing" to do actually is in a given situation.  It just proves how difficult decision making can be when you are in the heat of the moment.

Journal Topic: How can I show others the respect I want them to give me?

Ms. Beryl leads a discussion on an upcoming

community service opportunity.