"Life Skills" Week-Ideas for Teachers and Kids


I realized recently that most teenagers today don't know how to address or mail a letter! Help me out...I'm going to try to enlighten my students on a few "life skills". What else have you observed that teens are missing out on???
  •  Looking up a # in a phone book.
  • They don't know how to write checks or address and prepare for an interview.
  • How to shake hands and introduce themselves! How not to apply for a job with chipped nail polish and hooker earrings! I am sure I will come up with more.
  • Or compose a resume for that matter.
  • Most teens don't know how to address and mail a letter! Life Skills 101 is needed!
    Ask your parents or grandparents what they thought our generation couldn't do when we were teenagers.
  • Count change back without using the cash register or calculator.
  • They do not understand how to plan a simple monthly budget based on their earnings. They also need to not wear flip flops to an interview.
  • The debit card has pretty much solved this but writing a check and balancing a check book. You would not believe the adults that can't do this!  Also, they need to respect adults.
  • Cell phone etiquette and social media etiquette are important. Although that's probably a class by itself.
  • Yes, counting change back. I actually had someone at Sonic the other day ask me what 20 minus 12 was. I think we have a problem.
  • Shake hands and look someone in the eye and use their nonverbal body skills to convey and exhibit positivity and confidence.
  • Using a dictionary instead of Google
  • Start with the alphabet. So many high school students were amazed at how easily they could locate information in a book's index. Some truly didn't know it was alphabetical as they had not used an index before.

American Red Cross 132nd Birthday


On this date in 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
Show your love for this organization on its 132nd birthday by sharing this info and thanking them. 
Thanks for all you do! 
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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