I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Troubled adolescents at school


Maria Teresa, Marlen and Paula presented the topic of "Troubled adolescent at school".

They presented the topic very clearly. They talked about what a troubled adolescent is; some behaviour problems in children, changes caused by poverty, the influence of society and attraction to bad behaviour, among other things.
They presented some risk factors like violence, alcohol and suicide, introduced the acronym of ADHO (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) which means and special issue of troubled teens, and talked about some special schools that help troubled teenagers such as military schools, boarding schools, and disciplinary camps.

I enjoyed a lot this presentation because it was dynamic and also useful, because when we will be teaching probably we are going to deal with this kind of factor or reality from our students. the presentation was good but too fast, i think they were worried about the time. the activity was interesting, because they gave us two different problems and they asked us: How can we face this?.

After the presentation we were to the language laboratory to know the page http://www.educarchile.com/ and to know what this page it's about.

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