Life And Death *****WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT***** his exile in Hawaii during an interview with the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) on December 9,1986, Fernand E. Marcos, former present if the Philippines remarked: It is not a choice of life, it is a choice of death. If this is life, I'd rather die. *****Ferdinand E. Marcos***** ***Nakapalungkot naman!__*** how unfortunately sad! When faced with the choices of *****life and death*****, there is nothing sadder than facing…
Dont Quit Just Pray *****And I noticed that some people thought that suicide is the best way to escape their trials and pain . No, Isn't. Just Pray and Cry so that you can release that pain and find solution coz i know God heal you and help you anytime*****. ***And i know God give you that kind of pain because God knows that you can do it, your Strong and you can Overcome the pain that you feel. Just keep believing him and yourself. cheer up!*** "***Trials are not reason to…
Our Savior and Our Liberator *****OUR SAVIOR***** and *****OUR LIBERATOR*****, proclaimed banners hanging across streets and buildings every. where throughout the city. ***At 4:30 P.M., . Julyy 3, 1961. General Douglas MacArthur arrived at the Manila International Airport aboard a Military Air Transport Service jet provided by U.S. President John F. Kennedy. Responding to an invitaiion extended earlier by President Carlos P. Garcia, MacArthur had come home in order to…
Shivering from the cool ocean breeze *****SHIVERING FROM THE***** *****cool ocean breeze, they clung to the ferry boat with chattering teeth. Half-naked bodies, torn underwear, barefooted, water soaked hair, they could not be more than 14 years old. Most of them were much younger. Warm smiles covered their smooth round faces. Their dark brown eyes begged the crowd for another coin to be cast from the deck above them into the deep blue waters slapping gently against the ferry…
What wrong with me? *****I look so strong 💪, but you know Im tired🤦.Tired of being okay with things Im okay with.***** *****I want to give up already but i know that i can't.***** *****I want a long long hug, Im mentally, physically and emotionally tired.***** *****I hate that moment when i Know im gonna break down and in need of a shoulder to cry on, But Will soon I realize that nobody's there, Im by myself, Im always by myself. I don't want to be alone I need somebody to…
The lie of the Personal Fable Sometimes the idealistic nature of early adolescent thinking causes junior highers to temporarily hold an unrealistic view of themselves. Elkind has labeled this view the personal fable. It is a form of self-centeredness that says, "I am a special case. I am unique." Indeed, young people are special and unique, but the personal fable distorts reality to the point that the young person sees himself as immune or invulnerable to the things that…
Everybody's Thinking about Me, Right? Another characteristic of young adolescence made possible by the advent of formal operations is what Elkind has called the imaginary audience. It is this characteristic that accounts for the junior higher's extreme self-conscious. Formal operations enable young people to think about other people's thinking. This new ability to think about other people's thoughts, however, is coupled with the inability to distinguish between what is of…
Adolescent Relapse It would seem logical that with newly acquired mental capabilities, junior highers would be anxious to excel academically and to put their improved brain power to work,but the opposite is often true. For many junior highers, the quality of schoolwork goes down, not up, during their early adolescent years . Kids who may have excelled academically during their prejunior high years often do quite poorly when they reach adolescence, much to the dismay of…
It Takes Time~Your Time You may have sensed by now that good high ministry could require a sizable portion of your time. It takes time,after all, to build relationships with individual students while organizing all the meetings, classes, outings, and so on. Time is a very important factor in the potential effectiveness of a junior high worker in the church, and the time demands can be discouraging. Rarely does anyone have more than enough time. With today's busy schedules,…
Avoid Embarrassing an Early Adolescent Junior highers can be very cruel at times and take every opportunity to point out deficiencies in each other whenever it is to their advantage. They think that by making fun of someone else they can make themselves look superior. Usually junior highers are able to bounce back without any problem after some good-natured ribbing, but putdowns, ridicule and the accompanying embarrassment can be very damaging to relationships and to self…
Self-Esteem and the Early Adolescent With all the changes that are taking place in the life of early adolescents, it's not surprising that they struggle with the feelings of the insecurity and self-doubt. Psychologists say that a person's self-esteem reaches its lowest point during early adolescence, particularly between the ages of 12 and 15. Self-esteem ( sometimes used interchangeably with self-concept or self-image) is basically what or how people think about themselves.…
Idealism and Pseudo-Stupidity As junior highers develop new ways of thinking, they typically become very idealistic. Because they can now think in terms of possibilities, anything imaginable to early adolescents seem possible. And they tend to imagine things in terms of perfection. They have a hard time being realistic. They will offer ideal solutions to complex problems and perfect outcomes and alternatives to every situation. This characteristic of early adolescent…
Programming of Junior Highers I would hope to be known as one who loved and built up people-not programs. It was for people, not programs, that Jesus lived, died and rose. My legacy must be in lives. Anything less would amount to very little. -Doug Burleigh What does a successful junior high program look like? How many meetings per week should there be? How many adults should be involved? Should junior highers and senior highers meet together or separately? Which curriculum…
The Quest for Autonomy To understand what is actually happening with junior highers in thesocial dimension of life, we must begin with a stock theme of adolescent psychology. Simply stated, it is a primary task of early adolescenceto break ties with the family and to establish an identity that is separate from parents or other authority figures. This is the adolescent quest for autonomy or independence. Little children tend to be carbon copies of Mom and Dad. They follow…
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