Okay, there have been some requests in 2A for a post about gifts...so here you go. Your post this week is to describe the best gift you have ever received AND the best gift that you have ever given. These gifts do not have to be tied to this time of the year, it could be for any reason (birthday, Valentine's, Mothers' or Fathers' Day, etc). You must explain WHY these were the best gifts--provide some context and/or nuance.
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In the PBIS meeting last week, Mrs. Patterson showed the Ted Talk: The Secret Kindness Agents. You may watch the video if you like, but in short, it is about a teacher who created a project for her students to become kindness agents in light of the Sandy Hook shooting that had just taken place. The project took off, and the students found themselves completing random of acts kindness, even when it wasn't assigned. The assignments ranged from smiling at everyone you see, picking up litter outside the school, to writing kind notes to teachers/administrators/students (all of this done anonymously). At the end of each week, the students would reflect on what they had done and how it made them feel. So....you have probably guessed it by now, I would like you to become Secret Kindness Agents. I want you to pull off a couple random acts of kindness over the next week or so, and then I want you to write about what you did and how it made you feel. In the video, she says that their rules were that you couldn't "buy" kindness (can't just give someone $5--you need to work for it a little bit) and that it had to be done anonymously. I am not going to hold you firmly to these rules, I am just putting them out there.
Happy Kindness! I will also be participating and writing a reflection. A stupid phenomena online are the "10 Hacks for ________" posts. In the spirit of this social media click-bait, your post this week is to describe a problem and provide a list of Hacks for that problem. As always, I am leaving this vague to see where you want to take it!
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