Adolescent Psychology: There will be daily journal entries that are due twice a quarter, five will be at the end of the quarter. All journal entries will be posted daily on this website. Journal entries are due Nov. 12th Mrs. Kneifel 1. If you had a time machine- and could go back in time and make changes what decisions would you rethink? Why would you make a different choice and what would it change in your future? 2. What would happen if you woke up one morning as a member of the opposite sex? If you were suddenly changed what is the first thing you would do? Do you think it would make a difference in your confidence or self-esteem? 3. Are you happy the way that you are? What are you good at, and is it valued by our society? 4. If you were allowed to star in a movie of your choice, what kind of movie would you choose? Pick out your shooting location, and your wardrobe. Include, if you like, your action sequences and the martial arts you’d learn. 5. Confucianism is life philosophy. It teaches its practitioners to live their lives according to the universal virtues- wisdom, benevolence, and fortitude. If you were to develop your own life philosophy, what three things would you designate as your universal virtues? 6. Many experts believe that goal setting helps to improve self esteem. Explain why you would disagree or agree with that statement. 7. From the film “The Breakfast Club” – do you think that John (Bender) enjoys being in Saturday morning detention? Do you believe that he may have pulled these types of stunts before with other detention groups? Is this group special to him or is this just part of the game he plays? 8. What is your scariest story. Try to make it something that really happened. 9. As Claire is helping Allison there is a point when Allison asks Claire why she is being so nice to her. Claire responds, “Because you’re letting me.” Why do you think that Claire responds this way? 10.If you were Benders teacher (from film “The Breakfast Club”) how would you cope with the problems he creates? If you were a business owner would you hire him?