Extensions and Reflections

Extensions lesson 9
1) Get yourself into groups of five or six and create a scene, commercial, role play, poem or song that best illustrates the ideas behind The Pause Button

Mary: Yo, what's up??
Jake: Where were you yesterday? I waited at the coffee house for ever!!
Mary: Oh, I'm sorry, my mom's still sick, so I couldn't make it. I left you a message.
Jake: Well it's still your fault PAUSE!! Wait a minute, not getting that message was my fault, why didn't I check? And her mom was sick, that is a really good excuse, alright, fine. UNPAUSE!! Well that's alright, just give me a heads up a little earlier, other wise it's fine.

2)Write in your journal about a quote by Theodore Roosevelt.
Quote of the day:
"Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage." Theodore Roossevelt

Indeed, and you should use the pause button once in a while so that you make sure you are alsway nice. Even if some one is being mean to you, you can ignore it and focus on how you can make this situation better rather than making it worse. And it actually takes courage to be nice rather than be mean. People will look at you as if you can't be aggresive, but instead they are the ones that are making the mistake.

Reflections
Decide on a family code word or phrase to remind each other to count to 10 before sinking into a "reactive rant zone." Post your Press Pause phrase on your fridge.

Ours is "hold it". I've used it three times already, but I think my mom's getting a bit annoyed with it. But haha, she can't do anything about it because she thinks I learn very good morals in the go program and she wants to set a good example.

My usual blog: We have our first real science test on friday. I'm so nervous!!!! But I can study a lot tomorrow, and I mean a lot. I already know my notes pretty well,a dn I can understand every aspect we've learned. And yet I feel like I don't understand any of it. I guess it's because I haven't really sat down for a long time and really studied. I do review my notes every weekend.

I've already done my quote of the day, so yeah.