Faga and I have had a slight hiccup in our plans to meet, in that we are both suffering from mysterious 'flu-like' symptons (shivers, vacumm-heads and kidney pains). And seeing as we both work in the highly contagious environment of a boy's school, we have decided to do the responsible thing and stay off work. Faga's drawn the short straw also in that she is preparing for finals on a PGCE and up to her eyeballs in applications and dissertations. So we've ended up communicating about the collaboration 'in passing' via mobiles and emails:
Hi Barbara, i will try again to send this to you again, there is alot more!
How do we as teachers,
Teach young people emotional intelligence! (faga's thought)
some of the snip bits i got: [Friday]
Year 7:
When was they last time you cried?
1. " the last time I cried was 1 year ago because a ball hit my face very hard and started bleeding"
Paint a colour that you think fits this?
Red
"I think this colour is sad because it is like blood"
2 " last time I cried was because I lost my phone"
Purple:" I think this is a sad colour because dark is like a scarey thing when youre alone. I thought dark violet because I always see a violet colour in my dreams that makes me scared"
Year 9. when was the last time you cried, and why?
" I was crying over eastenders"
" the last time I cried was when I was made fun of and picked on in school when I clearly didnt do any thing"
" when my brother beat me up"
" the last time I cried was because looking at the situation in life. God will get you through hell to get you to heaven"
" the last time I cried when my granda died"
" the last time I cried was when i got told of by Mr waxman"
There are more…
Year 11
" the worst thing ever is when my mum cries"
Some of the questions asked to 3 boys:
who do you think cries more girls or boys?
1."girls cry over anything"
2."girls are more emotional than boys, they care more, if a girl gets dumped by a boy they always cry- boys dont"
3. "i dont take things personally"
What do you think of boys crying?
1. "you dont want to cry -but you cant help it especially when you are angry"
2." i might cry over my results if they are really good I might"
3."I would cry over money"
As for me I feel crying is a good emotional outlet, as a child I cried with my mum over Lassie films, I'm not scared or embarrassed to cry. I can cry at at britains got talent when someone does well or at an advert for a starving sick child.
love Faga
