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Sharing Personal Information
Time Allowance: Varies depending on number of participants
Equipment Needed: Copies of sections 1-23 (on following pages) you wish to distribute to participants
Pick a section from 1-23 to distribute. Ask the participants to break out into groups. They can be pairs, trios, quads, or up to 8-12 people. Ask them to share with each other their thoughts on the section.
Processing Issues:
Self-Statements
Respecting Personal Differences
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Sharing Personal Information 1. Feelings/Thoughts and Behaviors
- Something that is new and good in my life
- One of the nicest things that ever happened to me
- I feel good and bad about the same thing
- Something I enjoy doing that I do well
- Something I like to imagine
- When I am myself
- The most significant gift ever given to me or that I ever gave to someone
2. Dreaming
- Craziest dream I ever had
- A dream I wish was real
- An idea I got from a dream
- A dream I've had more than once
- Something I solved with a dream
- I did something in my dream that I couldn't do otherwise
3. Values
- Something someone wants me to be
- Two things I believe in that conflict with each other
- When I was criticized for doing or saying something I thought was important
- The time I stood up for something I strongly believed in
- Some qualities I look for in friends
- Something I can't stand
4. Learning
- Something I learned that was enjoyable
- A time I taught something to someone else
- A skill I'm learning now that I didn't have a year ago
- A time I learned from failure
- Something I want to learn in the future
- The best class I ever took
- I could learn better if I
- Something that's getting easier all the time
5. Communication
- How I got someone to pay attention to me
- Once when someone wouldn't listen to me
- A time when I really felt heard
- A time when I accepted someone else's failure
- One of the nicest compliments I've ever received
- A time when listening would have kept me out of trouble
- Someone felt good because of what I said
6. Trust
- A place where I feel safe
- When someone betrayed my trust
- Someone I learned to trust
- I didn't trust someone because of what someone else said
- A time when I wanted to be trusted
- Someone whose opinion I value very much
- I could have hurt someone's feelings but I didn't
- A person I feel safe with I kept a promise
7. Friendship
- How I made friends and it turned out well
- What I like best about the person I like most
- What I value in friends of the opposite sex
- How I handle disagreements with a friend
- One way I changed to be a better friend
- If I'm with a friend
- Things I enjoy doing with my friends away from school
8. Perception
- An experience I had that caused me to see things differently
- A time someone tried to change my perception
- Something I see differently than my parents' generation sees it
- A time when I tried to put myself in some one else's shoes
- A class I took that caused me to see things differently
9. Being a Teenager
- The best thing about being a teenager
- The worst thing about being a teenager
- A new responsibility I've assumed
- A turning point in my life
- A way my personality has changed for the better
- The person I want to be in five years
- When I feel discriminated against because of my age
- When I go off by myself
- Self-Understanding that I've recently gained
- When I like myself most
- I felt uncomfortable with the me that emerged in a situation
- How I want others to see me
10. Winning and Losing
- A time I won and loved it
- A time I won and felt bad about it
- A time I lost and took too hard
- A time I lost and felt okay about it
- A time I competed with myself
- How do you feel about competition
- A time I felt like a real winner
11. Problem Solving
- I solved a problem effectively
- When the easy way out made things worse/better
- When people try to solve each other's problems
- A problem I'd like suggestions for solving
12. Decision Making
- Looking back on a decision I made
- I didn't want to have to make a decision
- When I got (or didn't get) to share in making a decision
- The most difficult decision I've ever made
- I have good judgment
- I decided to change something about myself and did
13. Success and Failure
- They said I couldn't do something, but I could
- Something at which I am getting better
- Something at which I'd like to succeed
- Something I wish I'd tried
- A capability I've recently discovered
- Something I enjoy doing because it gives me a sense of accomplishment
- I started something and finished it
14. Accomplishments and Goals
- Something I did (or made) that I'm proud of
- A project I've got going right now
- Something I've finished that I had a hard time starting
- When I get out of High School, I hope
- If I could accomplish anything I wanted, it would be
- A goal I'm sure to obtain
15. Taking Charge
- A time I proved I wasn't helpless
- A time I put off until tomorrow
- I handled a situation well that was like situations that used to upset me
- I got my courage up
- I made a plan and it worked
- I surprised myself when I got it done
- How I got what I needed
16. Influence
- When one person's mood affected every one else
- Someone tried to make me do something I didn't want to
- When someone expected the very best of me
- Things I don't like conforming to
- When someone criticized me
- Someone did something for me that I really appreciated
- I went along with the gang
- I didn't know what group to go with
- A time when I felt pressured
17. Assertiveness
- Later
18. Feelings are facts
- A time I remember feeling totally alive and in touch with the world
- A time I was alone but not lonely
- My feeling label says
- A time I trusted my feelings
- A feeling of sadness I remember
- A feeling I've had a hard time accepting
- I told someone how I was feeling
- A favorite feeling
- When someone becomes jealous
- When my anger forced me to do something
- How my fear helped me realize a danger
- A time I remember feeling important
19. Reality and other realities
- Something I like to imagine
- Someone wouldn't face reality
- My reality was different from someone else's
- Something unexplainable happened
- What's your astrological sign?
- What else is out there?
20. Responsibility
- A way I'm independent
- An agreement that was hard to keep
- My favorite excuse
- I didn't do something because I knew it would hurt someone
- I did it myself
- I didn't want to accept the consequences, but I did
- I did it because it needed to be done
21. Sex roles
- The thing I like about being a young man or woman
- If I were a member of the opposite sex
- When I felt I was seen as an Object
- As a young man or woman, I'm expected to...
- As a young man or woman, I'm never expected to...
- Ways I plan to be different from adults I know
- The kind of man/woman I want to be
22. Parenthood
- One of the best times I ever spent with my parent(s)
- Someone I know who is a good parent
- Something I think parents should not do
- The things I look forward to most (or least) if I become a parent
- Something my parent(s) did that I didn't appreciate at the time but now I do
- Something I'm grateful to my parents for
- The toughest thing about being a parent