Session 4

For session 4 we put in to practice what we had been working on in the previous sessions. The youth were divided into 5 different groups. They each chose a "model" and the rest were the "designers". They had 30 minutes to design and create a outfit that would be appropriate for an interview. The catch??? The outfits were made out of paper and other craft materials. We set up a "catwalk" and each model walked the "runway" to show off their duds. The designers also joined the model for a 2nd walk down the runway. Through this experience the youth were able to work in a team and work together to come up with the design and the construction. I will be placing photos up soon along with the winning group picture.

We also worked on turn around thinking. Basically turnaround thinking is taking a negative statement or feeling and turning it in to something positive. Maybe you are having a bad day and you say to yourself," Self, I am such a failure, I keep messing up and this day is just going so bad." For most of us, things always seem to go wrong at once, but if we get down on ourselves things will just continue to get worse. So go ahead and acknowledge that you are having a bad day we all have them, but instead of continuing to be negative tell yourself,"Self, this is a bad day but tomorrow I have off and I get to go swimming, or some other activity you may enjoy." Having something to look forward to and by staying optimistic, can change your whole attitude as well as maybe even your day.