Today, I had my health students reflect on the last year. All students in this class are girls. I gave them this handout I found on Pinterest. I wanted to know over the course of the last year, what did they learn, what was the hardest thing they went through, what did they love about the year. Then I had them think about this coming year and what they are looking forward to.
Greatest Lessons Learned in 2013:
Being someone you are not is going to get you nowhere but lost. Don’t let others control your emotions.
Not everyone is kind to you, but you should be even nicer to them.
Not everyone is going to like you, and that’s okay. Just be yourself.
Growing apart from someone isn’t always a bad thing.
That we are forgiven no matter how bad the sin, but strive for not doing it again.
Not everything in life is going to be easy, but you have to keep your head up.
I don’t have to be afraid of people and what they think. Their opinion of me is irrelevant.
No matter how many reasons you have to fall, show everyone that you are stronger – and get back up.
What I really want in 2014 is:
To give people a chance and not judge them by physical features. Accept everyone like I would want to be accepted.
Confidence in my body. I believe confidence is key. But I do not love my body. I will though.
Forgiveness and to forget the past.
Is for people to stop being so cruel. Then maybe more teenagers won’t commit suicide.
To have people treat me the way they would want to be treated.
To learn to be less self-conscious and more self-confident.
I need to look on the bright side of things, change it up and make it 1 step back and 3 steps forward.
To learn how to forgive and forget and think more positively.
Their responses touched my heart, I had to take a moment to soak it all in. What an amazing group of girls I have in my classroom every morning. They just get it. I think we can all learn a little from their wonderful words.
You must be doing a great job teaching them, if they have learned such important lessons this year! It is impressive that many of them said similar things about learning not to care so much what others think of them, and about the importance of kindness.
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