I learned that we should all come to class prepared to participate in all activities with positive attitudes. with a good attitude, the amount of fun that you have in this class will increase and your good attitude will rub off on others and get the whole class to have a positive outlook on the things we do in class. Also, we should accept everyone so no one feels left out and include everyone. everybody will be much happier. Carla Kus
As an observer, I learned that we should all be ready to participate everyday and try to encourage everyone into doing the same. As a participant, I learned that there will probably always be those one or two people who just don't want to do anything or are holding back the class from moving forward, but it's not that hard to get them involved. We shouldn't just ignore them and move on. As long as we keep up our positive attitudes, eventually they'll join in. Anushka Vazirani
From the skits, I learned that we all should be respectful to one another and participate. Also, listening is one important thing for us to practice and improve on as the year goes on. In this class, we should help and trust each other to accomplish any goals that we'll have. If we can follow all the categories in the skit, we won't have any problems. -Yoon Han
I learned that holding a positive attitude while keeping others accountable for their actions (or lack thereof) is the best way to make the class run smoothly. From observing all the skits, I got a good sense of the way some of these characteristics should look on a daily basis. -James Ingold
As and observer i learned that its important to give your full attention and to be a good listener. As i was participating, i learned it is important to stay involved! -Marissa Flemming
After observing and participating in the skits, I learned that you have to have fun with it. No matter how awkward we may feel being in front of the class, we have to maintain a positive attitude. I also think that the small groups are great because I feel closer my group members. -Mike Mallon
As a proctor(participant), I saw that participation is the key to success. With participation we need to accept everyone. We need to respect them and listen to all ideas. In the activity, everyone participated and that broke down the wall of insecurity. Everyone had a good laugh and had fun. SonnyPatel
After seeing the skits, I learned we all need to be respectful of others and need to participate our ideas in order for everyone to work together and be on the same page. We all need to get out of our comfort zones, and I think this activity did that. We all saw each other in a new way and it was interesting to see how everyone interpreted their word they were given. -Lauren Betti
As an observer, I noticed that the reactions were obvious and the problems/issues were made as plain as the noses on our faces. Sometimes it may not be as plain and we will need to notice these small nuisances of character (negative attitudes, not-trustworthy, etc.) and point them out so we can fix them as quickly as possible so we can move on and do whatever cool thing we're gonna do. Also, as a performer of the trust category, I learned that there are several factors that compose the true trustworthiness of a person. We did a skit of two children asking their parents for the car. "The Father" and I, "The Mother," considered the facts that their grades were in good condition, they were responsible, and they were safe drivers, so we agreed to let them take the car. It's the same with this class: we have so many different factors to submit into the trust category. In this class, we need trust and all of these positive factors of trust to succeed. ~Morgan Rukstales
After watching these skits I realized that we're all going to reach the limit of our comfort zone at some point this year if we havne't already. We need to respect that everyone is going to react differently to different situations, and by participating and having a positive attitude at all times that will help people even the slightest bit. Every little thing that everyone does in this class matters. The more comfortable we are with eachother the more comfortable we will be going through these challenges. -Alyssa Sprengel
I realized that even though some people may not participate often, they eventually can/will. It is up to the rest of the class to continue to include them in all the activities. I was in the acceptance group, and while what we performed was a pretty obvious situation, there will be other situations that aren't so obvious. We just need to include everybody. I liked doing the skits with a small group. Lauren Finegan
As man has passed through the ages, so has the art of the thespian. Troubadours before us and the wit of those early Greeks was no match for the apex of theatrical arts that was Hinojosa's seventh period class on the day that is to be known as October 5th, 2012. Lo, as I stood in the crowd as a sheep stands in sheep before even more sheep, I saw the truths of trust and participation. Thusly, I am participating in this blog post in such an over dramatic manner, as to succumb to the lessons of the stage of gym mats. Better, when I was invited to share in the revelry of the aforementioned gym mat stage. I projected and enunciated, but no look of awed enlightenment struck my classmates. I remembered my mentor, Harry Truman, telling me once that I could do anything as long as I jumped up and down in place. Fortuitously, inspiration struck true with my fellows of the theater, with whom we had taken the prime advice "just wing it". So we began to act gaily (to all you who just snorted, read a novel older than 1960) and with the spirit of true good hearth, jumped up and down in place.
Yours In Confidence and Good Faith, Patrick Michael O'Haugh
Watching everyone perform their skits made me realize that living up to your full potential in this class really shouldn't be that difficult. All it really requires is a positive attitude and a determination to make yourself better. It's sort of like if you change your mile time from 20:15 to 19:50, that means you've made good progress and you should keep it up. It doesn't matter that other people in the class have 5 minute miles and 20 minutes is a bit slow; it just matters that you tried your best and you've improved yourself. Also, you need to be okay with yourself and other people around you. Feeling uncomfortable is probably not because of your classmates; it's probably because of you. We need to interact with the other people around us because chances are we're all pretty strange and we don't care that our walk is sort of weird or our lip gloss doesn't match our shirt or whatever. Being comfortable with yourself and willing to work hard will probably make this class a better fit.
I learned that we should all come to class prepared to participate in all activities with positive attitudes. with a good attitude, the amount of fun that you have in this class will increase and your good attitude will rub off on others and get the whole class to have a positive outlook on the things we do in class. Also, we should accept everyone so no one feels left out and include everyone. everybody will be much happier.
ReplyDeleteCarla Kus
As an observer, I learned that we should all be ready to participate everyday and try to encourage everyone into doing the same. As a participant, I learned that there will probably always be those one or two people who just don't want to do anything or are holding back the class from moving forward, but it's not that hard to get them involved. We shouldn't just ignore them and move on. As long as we keep up our positive attitudes, eventually they'll join in.
ReplyDeleteAnushka Vazirani
From the skits, I learned that we all should be respectful to one another and participate. Also, listening is one important thing for us to practice and improve on as the year goes on. In this class, we should help and trust each other to accomplish any goals that we'll have. If we can follow all the categories in the skit, we won't have any problems.
ReplyDelete-Yoon Han
I learned that holding a positive attitude while keeping others accountable for their actions (or lack thereof) is the best way to make the class run smoothly. From observing all the skits, I got a good sense of the way some of these characteristics should look on a daily basis.
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As and observer i learned that its important to give your full attention and to be a good listener. As i was participating, i learned it is important to stay involved!
ReplyDelete-Marissa Flemming
After observing and participating in the skits, I learned that you have to have fun with it. No matter how awkward we may feel being in front of the class, we have to maintain a positive attitude. I also think that the small groups are great because I feel closer my group members.
ReplyDelete-Mike Mallon
As a proctor(participant), I saw that participation is the key to success. With participation we need to accept everyone. We need to respect them and listen to all ideas.
ReplyDeleteIn the activity, everyone participated and that broke down the wall of insecurity. Everyone had a good laugh and had fun.
SonnyPatel
After seeing the skits, I learned we all need to be respectful of others and need to participate our ideas in order for everyone to work together and be on the same page. We all need to get out of our comfort zones, and I think this activity did that. We all saw each other in a new way and it was interesting to see how everyone interpreted their word they were given.
ReplyDelete-Lauren Betti
As an observer, I noticed that the reactions were obvious and the problems/issues were made as plain as the noses on our faces. Sometimes it may not be as plain and we will need to notice these small nuisances of character (negative attitudes, not-trustworthy, etc.) and point them out so we can fix them as quickly as possible so we can move on and do whatever cool thing we're gonna do. Also, as a performer of the trust category, I learned that there are several factors that compose the true trustworthiness of a person. We did a skit of two children asking their parents for the car. "The Father" and I, "The Mother," considered the facts that their grades were in good condition, they were responsible, and they were safe drivers, so we agreed to let them take the car. It's the same with this class: we have so many different factors to submit into the trust category. In this class, we need trust and all of these positive factors of trust to succeed.
ReplyDelete~Morgan Rukstales
After watching these skits I realized that we're all going to reach the limit of our comfort zone at some point this year if we havne't already. We need to respect that everyone is going to react differently to different situations, and by participating and having a positive attitude at all times that will help people even the slightest bit. Every little thing that everyone does in this class matters. The more comfortable we are with eachother the more comfortable we will be going through these challenges.
ReplyDelete-Alyssa Sprengel
I realized that even though some people may not participate often, they eventually can/will. It is up to the rest of the class to continue to include them in all the activities. I was in the acceptance group, and while what we performed was a pretty obvious situation, there will be other situations that aren't so obvious. We just need to include everybody. I liked doing the skits with a small group.
ReplyDeleteLauren Finegan
As man has passed through the ages, so has the art of the thespian. Troubadours before us and the wit of those early Greeks was no match for the apex of theatrical arts that was Hinojosa's seventh period class on the day that is to be known as October 5th, 2012. Lo, as I stood in the crowd as a sheep stands in sheep before even more sheep, I saw the truths of trust and participation. Thusly, I am participating in this blog post in such an over dramatic manner, as to succumb to the lessons of the stage of gym mats. Better, when I was invited to share in the revelry of the aforementioned gym mat stage. I projected and enunciated, but no look of awed enlightenment struck my classmates. I remembered my mentor, Harry Truman, telling me once that I could do anything as long as I jumped up and down in place. Fortuitously, inspiration struck true with my fellows of the theater, with whom we had taken the prime advice "just wing it". So we began to act gaily (to all you who just snorted, read a novel older than 1960) and with the spirit of true good hearth, jumped up and down in place.
ReplyDeleteYours In Confidence and Good Faith,
Patrick Michael O'Haugh
Watching everyone perform their skits made me realize that living up to your full potential in this class really shouldn't be that difficult. All it really requires is a positive attitude and a determination to make yourself better. It's sort of like if you change your mile time from 20:15 to 19:50, that means you've made good progress and you should keep it up. It doesn't matter that other people in the class have 5 minute miles and 20 minutes is a bit slow; it just matters that you tried your best and you've improved yourself.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you need to be okay with yourself and other people around you. Feeling uncomfortable is probably not because of your classmates; it's probably because of you. We need to interact with the other people around us because chances are we're all pretty strange and we don't care that our walk is sort of weird or our lip gloss doesn't match our shirt or whatever. Being comfortable with yourself and willing to work hard will probably make this class a better fit.
SLevey
I thought the skits were a good way to show teamwork while making us uncomfortable enough to kind of get to know each other.
ReplyDeleteDerek Tell
i thought the skits were a good way to show teamwork while making us get closer
ReplyDeleteanthony
The skits were a fun way to get meaningful messages across and real-life examples of our values.
ReplyDelete_Sara Lawler