Perceived World!
We talked to our students about perceived world and how that effects their behavior. We gave the students words such as beetle and had them get a picture of it in their heads and then asked them to share by a show of hands how many interpreted it as a bug, the singing group, the car. We also talked about bread, rap/wrap, plane/plain and fat/phat. And all the different meanings of those words. We talked about positive and negative connotations of the words as well.
Next we associated it with perceptions at school. What if someone bumps into you in the hall. Do you think everyone is there to pick on you? Being bullied again. Do you think it was done to make you angry? Or was it an accident, the halls can be pretty crowded? Was it someone lovingly getting your attention? (8th grade boys like to tackle their friends as a way to express their love and belonging need!)
Our perception of the actions that happen to us plays an integral part in our total behavior. If I am always being bullied then I am going to think being bumped into by accident is being bullied. Remember, middle schoolers don't have the best of manners so an "I'm sorry" doesn't always follow.
The kids are getting it. Our G/T students are blogging for Literature class and we ask them to apply Choice Theory to the characters and situations in the books they are reading. They can all do it and use the CT language. Denise and I always comment by asking CT questions. They get a little annoyed with us, but it makes them dig a little deeper.
I am perceiving that some of them are getting it. Not all, but some and that is better than none!
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