Practicum Report #2 (Joel)
A. Time Spent This Week: 8 (Sunday school/church=3; church Super Bowl party=5)
B. My Class This Week:
1. Basketball Pt. II. I still have not improved any more at basketball. I wasn't there quite early enough this week to get a game going with some of the junior high boys but I felt much more relaxed and comfortable around them having met them once. This time most of the kids knew me by name, the ones who had been there two weeks prior, at least. Although I am working with middle schoolers, there is a particular high schooler who comes into the gym before his class every morning and shoots hoops with us. I'm pretty sure he plays for one of the local high schools and is a lot taller and better than me and makes me feel stupid when he makes every basket and can dunk. Anyway, I'm not really sure how to get through to him or relate to him yet - I don't see much in common.
2. Class Time. My supervisor was there again this week but another adult taught the Sunday school class. He taught on Luke 5:1-11 where Jesus tells Peter to throw his nets out of his fishing boat and into the water one last time. Peter had just finished a lot day of fishing with no catch. He was probably tired, frustrated, and just ready to go home. The kids picked up on the correlation quickly as to how there are some things the Holy Spirit prompts us to do in faith that seem to make completely no sense at all and it could be very easy to just act frustrated about it and ignore Him. However, it has been hard to tell if they are really understanding these things or if they are just spitting back the answers they know they are supposed to say. I remember being that age and thinking it was hard to imagine myself as one of Jesus' disciples - IT WAS 2000 YEARS AGO!!! Despite the fact that it's hard to tell how authentic they are with their answers, these lessons are being imprinted on their hearts and some of these stories may mean nothing to them now, but as they hear them over and over again, God will eventually open up their hearts and allow His Word to go inside and fill their hearts. Also, Grant refrained from any drug paraphernalia this week which I thought was good for him, although it made it a less interesting morning for me...
C. My Questions This Week
1. How can we better equip middle schoolers - or people/students in general - to understand concepts, process, and apply rather than just spit out the information they're "supposed" to?
2. What are some ways to get the students to start being more honest with their answers? I think it would be cool if students of the Bible were taught from a young age to question things, not simply to take them at face value. Given the younger you are the more innocent and faith-driven you are (which is truly a gift) - but how can be begin to cultivate an atmosphere of critical thinking even at such a young age?
3. Any ideas for relating to the high school basketball player and establishing a relationship?
B. My Class This Week:
1. Basketball Pt. II. I still have not improved any more at basketball. I wasn't there quite early enough this week to get a game going with some of the junior high boys but I felt much more relaxed and comfortable around them having met them once. This time most of the kids knew me by name, the ones who had been there two weeks prior, at least. Although I am working with middle schoolers, there is a particular high schooler who comes into the gym before his class every morning and shoots hoops with us. I'm pretty sure he plays for one of the local high schools and is a lot taller and better than me and makes me feel stupid when he makes every basket and can dunk. Anyway, I'm not really sure how to get through to him or relate to him yet - I don't see much in common.
2. Class Time. My supervisor was there again this week but another adult taught the Sunday school class. He taught on Luke 5:1-11 where Jesus tells Peter to throw his nets out of his fishing boat and into the water one last time. Peter had just finished a lot day of fishing with no catch. He was probably tired, frustrated, and just ready to go home. The kids picked up on the correlation quickly as to how there are some things the Holy Spirit prompts us to do in faith that seem to make completely no sense at all and it could be very easy to just act frustrated about it and ignore Him. However, it has been hard to tell if they are really understanding these things or if they are just spitting back the answers they know they are supposed to say. I remember being that age and thinking it was hard to imagine myself as one of Jesus' disciples - IT WAS 2000 YEARS AGO!!! Despite the fact that it's hard to tell how authentic they are with their answers, these lessons are being imprinted on their hearts and some of these stories may mean nothing to them now, but as they hear them over and over again, God will eventually open up their hearts and allow His Word to go inside and fill their hearts. Also, Grant refrained from any drug paraphernalia this week which I thought was good for him, although it made it a less interesting morning for me...
C. My Questions This Week
1. How can we better equip middle schoolers - or people/students in general - to understand concepts, process, and apply rather than just spit out the information they're "supposed" to?
2. What are some ways to get the students to start being more honest with their answers? I think it would be cool if students of the Bible were taught from a young age to question things, not simply to take them at face value. Given the younger you are the more innocent and faith-driven you are (which is truly a gift) - but how can be begin to cultivate an atmosphere of critical thinking even at such a young age?
3. Any ideas for relating to the high school basketball player and establishing a relationship?
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