While I was away the students completed their Life Maps (Pictures below). The mentor and mentee pairs, as well as myself, learned more about their pasts and different things they've gone through. Most students were very open about their pasts and it made for great conversations. They also participated in an ice breaker activity that had students silently separate themselves into one of three groups based on the colored dot they had on their forehead, however, one of the groups only had one student in it. The whole point was for students to realize that sometimes we include or exclude others based on meaningless characteristics.
This past week I had a great conversation with all the mentors and they filled me in on everything I missed while I was out. We went over learning targets for the week, based on our lessons, which were Recognizing Beliefs and Hot Buttons Part 1. Recognizing Beliefs had students take a deeper look at what a belief is and some of their personal beliefs about different topics. We had some great discussions about what one student believed vs what another student believed in. For example, the topic of religion was brought up and discussed. Next we moved onto Hot Buttons and we went in depth to find out what some examples of hot buttons are, what can trigger those feelings, and different ways we can go about handling those emotions.
Overall it was a great first week back and I'm excited to keep plugging away here at Ranum!
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