Thanks much Julie - that is what I was wondering about. Blessings, Toni Sar'h ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 3:31 PM Subject: Re: The magic that happens...
> Greetings again, Toni and all ~ > > I remember two of the topics from last week's high school OST event. > One topic focused on students wanting more respect from the > administrative staff of the school. The other topic focused on students > wanting to show more respect for other students. (In this particular > school, students who are developmentally different from other students > have a class that pays them to pick up other students' garbage after > lunch. Some students in the mediation class felt this practice sends > the wrong message to everyone, and wanted to talk about how they could > get this changed.) > > The group that wanted to talk about getting respect from administration > was the largest (about 15 students). The other two groups were small (3 > - 4 students each.) > > Once the opening and marketplace were completed, I invited them to meet > in their sessions, and then I physically distanced myself from all the > groups. Some students visually checked in with me in the very > beginning, but once it became clear I wasn't going to participate in > their small groups, they ignored me and started talking with each other. > >From talking to students afterwards, it sounds like everyone liked the > self-selection into sessions. Many students also said they felt much > more comfortable talking in the smaller groups. > > Julie > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
