Today the Personality Collages are due. We establish 2 circles: an outside circle and an inside circle. You will talk about your pictures and you can tell your partner about the answers to the questions. We rotate every 2 minutes. We talk about the Resiliency Assignment and then start watching MacFarland, USA.

Today we discussed Self-Esteem. We watched Jessica's affirmations. We also discussed steps to Goal Setting.

1. What is Goal? Be Specific
2. Write it down
3. Give it a time frame.
4. What are obstacles?
5. What are skills necessary?
6. Who is your support team?
7. Make a plan

Today we read about the the 7 habits of highly effective individuals and discussed the first 2: Be Proactive and Begin with the end in mind.  We had a great classroom discussion. You began thinking about some short and long term goals in Social, Mental and Physical Health and wrote down some thoughts. We discussed the steps to decision making. Your Collage is due Next Wednesday.  We also watched a short clip from Coach Carter that includes this quote . "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light , not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?


You are a child of god. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.


We were born to make and manifest the glory of god that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Steps to Decision Making
What is the Decision?
What are your options?
What are the possible outcomes?
What are your values?
Make a decision using your values.
Evaluate your decision
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Today I give an overall introduction to Health this semester. I hand out disclosure documents and ask you to have your parents sign them and turn them in next time. I gave you a Personal Identity assignment that will be due on Wednesday, January 15th. Then I broke you into random pairs and you interviewed each other for about 20 minutes and then presented your partner to the class with your five favorite answers. We watched a video by Prince Ea and I gave out your classes Remind information.

We are finishing up Human Sexuality unit. We watched some clips about anatomy and how it works during sexual reproduction. We covered anatomy and some pregnancy. We are taking an open book test today and then we are finished with this unit.

Today we discussed some of the anonymous questions that you had. We also discussed strategies for saying "no" and setting our own personal boundaries. We filled out some of our note packet for Human Sexuality. 

Today we read from The 6 Most Important Decisions You Will Ever Make by Sean Covey, pages 171-194. You took notes in your Human Sexuality Packet. I asked you to write something on a small paper. A question, a comment or nothing but everyone put one in the jar. Then we discussed the info and did a pre-test survey on polleverywhere.com 

Today we had a presentation from an adoptive mom. She explained the laws around adoption in Utah. 
If you were absent. Please research this information.

• What are your options for unplanned pregnancy?
• What is the difference between open and closed adoption?
  • Which was more common pre 1990's?
  • Which is more common now?
• What are mom's rights?
• What are dad's rights?
• Does this differ from state to state?
• What is the Utah Safe Haven Law?
• Who do you know that has been affected by adoption?
• How long does a biological mom have to change her mind in state of Utah?

So I listed in an earlier post, if you missed the drug officers and recovering addict you will have to write me a paper. If you miss Tuesday, 19th you will need to write a paper about vaping. All NATURAL HIGH videos are still due sometime during the 19th even though we didn't present today due to Vaping presentation. Thursday is a CPR presentation. If you miss you will have to write a paper on CPR.

HUMAN SEXUALITY PERMISSION SLIP DUE THIS WEEK.

We did a quick questionnaire on polleverywhere.com and filled out packets on LSD and Ecstasy. See drugfreeworld.org for information. We will cover more drugs on Monday. Wednesday is our Drug Officer/ Addict Recovery presentation. If you miss you have to write me one page single-spaced paper. 

• What is addiction?
• What happens to the brain?
• What are the laws in Utah regarding; Alcohol, Tobacco, Heroin, Cocaine, LSD and Ecstasy?

Friday is a presentation on Vaping
If you miss write a one-page typed single spaced paper on

• Most current vaping research.
  
• Find 3 articles about vaping and dangers from reliable news source from last 2 weeks.
• Does vaping increase or decrease use of cigarettes?