Borrowed Lessons: Identity~A Lesson On Self-Esteem

Our newest Lesson Leader is Michelle Pownall, a school counselor at Gyeonggi Suwon International School, an elementary/middle school in Suwon, South Korea.  I met Michelle a little over a year ago through blogging and facebook.  While she is many, many miles away, she has become a great friend.  Michelle is sharing with us a lesson about self-esteem. (M~ I did this activity–minus making the masks–with my 7th graders today. . . it lead to a very interesting discussion!)

Thanks, Michelle, for sharing. I did use this video today and while the girls said, “It’s a little creepy” they did respond that what the director was trying to tell everyone was to be yourself. We also talked about how we all wear different masks throughout the day. . .we might have one mask on at home, one at soccer practice, one at dance, one in math class and even a different one at lunch. The expectations and rules for each may dictate which mask we wear. On the soccer team for example, we might be aggressive and loud, while that behavior wouldn’t be appropriate during a lecture, at the movies, or in church. More importantly, however, is not to let the mask define us as a person and allow it to change who we really are. This was a great video and complemented the one I showed them last week (Colbie Caillat’s Try) that says we “don’t need to try so hard” to fit in.