Stress Management

My stress level is quite high at the moment but it isn't as high as I thought it would be. Exams are approaching quickly, I have to check in on my crew to make sure they are studying and getting their work done, I have to apply to a collage very soon, if I don't do very well on my exams I'm going to fail all of my classes, I procrastinate and end up behind in my work. All of this piled up with my personal things that need to be done, I'd imagine that I would be very stressed but actually I'm not. I have cut back on somethings and have found more time to do my work. I'm still behind in a lot of stuff, and I have to study a lot more but I'm getting there. My family and boyfriend helps me stay focused on my work a lot which helps me a lot.

Joker to Royalty

In class we did this activity where we all get a card and the number/face that is on the card represents your level of popularity. During this activity you had to walk around and talk to everyone, but you had to treat them as if they are their card. The people with low numbered cards were hardly spoken to but the people who had the high numbers or face cards were very respected and everyone tried talking to them. This is like with the grade 9s because there are certain people who are more "popular" and everyone want to know them but they don't always want to have anything to do with other people, like the small numbered cards.


My partner and I thought that MF is a 3, TV is a 6, CM is a 4, AM is a Queen, KD is a 4, RM is a 7, CT is a 10, and J is a Jack. The kids I need to get a connection with are MF, CM, and KD. I already have a kind of connection with MF and CM, MF texts me and we talk in the halls a lot. CM doesn't like that I make her do her work, so she doesn't really like me. 


As for academics, I have recently checked with the science teacher to see how my crew's grades are. All of them are passing, the teacher did tell me that there are 2 certain kids I have to check up on and my partner has found out that another one of our kids has a low grade. We are going to check in on those 3 quite a lot and then check in on the others occasionally just to make sure their grades are staying up.   

Leadership

“We need to stop viewing the leader as a type of person in charge of a group. Instead, we need to see how leadership can come from anyone who shows it as in an occasional, discrete act of influence.”

In my experiences, my partner and I have shared the work. I listen to her and followed her lead so we can make use of her strengths. At another point she followed my lead. Eventually this helped us to get to our goal faster and better. It isn't bad at times to let our kids take part in the decisions. Leading doesn't have to be following one person. Leading can also be making descisions with the whole group, which includes our kids.

There were times when one of our kids started the activities because they knew how the activity is played and love it. I love when they step up and lead the activities because it shows the other kids that this is actually a fun thing and more want to participate.

My partner and I usually work together but there are times when I'm shy and she steps up and takes the lead, there are also times when she is shy and I take charge.

A leader isn't always the sterotypical "leader", but usually these non-sterotypical leaders because they aren't as loud, up front, or of "higher power". Anyone can be a leader if they have the right ideas and people like what they say.