In this interactive brain twister, the teens are asked, "What does YOUR ideal world look like?" We work on a list that ranges from crazy marmalade skies to no divorce, purple grass to world peace, of course, from no schools to clique-free/discrimination-free schools, no homework/no bullying to a violence-free world and no parents/no rules to being respectful and compassionate. This list is worked on by every participant and is then condensed to what we all can achieve today, in the seminar room.
Gail & Jessie challenge them to create the world THEY say is "ideal" by living it.
What happens by seminars end, our group of budding pre-adults realize the benefit of thinking before they speak, thinking before they act, and that they DID create the list they envisioned, in mutual agreement on the first day of the seminar. They made their The Ideal World! They see their intelligence and power to change their world by changing themselves.
"Good relationships are based on shared virtues. The best circumstances in life come about through developing relationships wherein the best that is in us is shared and we are able to work for a better society." ~Patrick Alessandra, mathematician, computer programmer, student of philosophy and psychosophy.
No comments:
Post a Comment