We all make mistakes! Think about a time when a close friend criticized you for a specific behavior. That friend probably just wanted to help, but somehow his or her intention fell short.

Activity 5 in our book deals with this common situation. Think about the effectiveness of a specific criticism given by a friend by responding to the following questions.

What specific action/actions were criticized? What changes did the friend want you to make in your behavior? Did you accept the criticism constructively and change? Did you get angry? Why or why not?  What could the person criticizing you have done differently to make the suggestion/criticism more constructive? What could YOU have done to make the situation more constructive?

We all make mistakes! Think about a time when a close friend criticized you for a specific behavior. That friend probably just wanted to help, but somehow his or her intention fell short.

Activity 5 in our book deals with this common situation. Think about the effectiveness of a specific criticism given by a friend by responding to the following questions.

What specific action/actions were criticized? What changes did the friend want you to make in your behavior? Did you accept the criticism constructively and change? Did you get angry? Why or why not?  What could the person criticizing you have done differently to make the suggestion/criticism more constructive? What could YOU have done to make the situation more constructive?

5th hour students…Please respond here…

We’ve focused much of our time for these first few weeks on getting to know each other better.  Let’s use our first entry to dig a bit deeper. 

If you could invite three people (living or dead) to dinner, who would they be and why?  What questions are you dying to ask?  What would you love to discuss with these people?  Would they interact with each other?

Focus your response on the reasoning behind your guest list.  Remember, if you’re inviting Justin Beiber, we need to know about your fascination with him – not just facts about his talent or comments about how cute you think his haircut looks.

We’ve focused much of our time for these first few weeks on getting to know each other better.  Let’s use our first entry to dig a bit deeper. 

If you could invite three people (living or dead) to dinner, who would they be and why?  What questions are you dying to ask?  What would you love to discuss with these people?  Would they interact with each other?

Focus your response on the reasoning behind your guest list.  Remember, if you’re inviting Justin Beiber, we need to know about your fascination with him – not just facts about his talent or comments about how cute you think his haircut looks.