LET YOURSELF BLOSSOM.
During our 2014 Summer session at MIT Academy of Healthy Living we will learn how your feelings can affect everything. As a teen you're probably going through changes. This site will lead you to resources that may help you better understand what is going on in your body, mind and life!
take control of
YOUR LIFE.
In class I asked Gabriel to make a Cooty Catcher to illustrate a complicated graph in our textbook that explained levels of stress for teens. Gabriel developed this game. BRILLIANT!
TAKE BACK
YOUR LIFE.
-Ms. Hollyman
I will place your answers to questions related to health here. You can "shout out" here -
Tell your classmates what you think! -Ms. Hollyman
First Question: what is self-esteem?
I'm Ms Hollyman and will be leading you through MIT Academy's Summer Session of Healthy Living. I am not a psychologist. If you are having problems I recoomend you ask your parents tohelp you seek professional help or go to the "Reach Out" tab on this website.
stop talking
START LIVING.
And Breathe Deeply.
Did you know that people who think positively often do better in life? That's what some say anyway. It's certainly worth exploring, don't you think? After all, you are attending an amazing charter school that's located where?
2 Positive Place.
Get it?
Yep.
So let's get on board!
Read this article from Teen Health on 3 ways to increase your positive thinking.
-Ms. Hollyman
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"Self-esteem: The way you think about yourself. :)"
-Arielle
"How you describe yourself."
-Juoanna A.
"The way you feel about yourself
and how other people make you feel. "
-Malia
"The way you see yourself."
-Paola
Video: Teenagers and Stress
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MIt Academy Student slideshow: What do you like best about yourself?
In our Healthy Living Class, students made boxes on which they illustrated the personal qualities of which they are proudest. We hung them from the ceiling. Here is a slideshow of their work.
Slideshow: MIT Healthy Living Student book jackets on " teenage stressors"
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Juan Pacheco on Youth and Violence
Juan Pacheco shares his personal story—a journey from El Salvador to the U.S., from a supportive family to a gang as a substitute for family. He shares the power of love to transform violence and to liberate young people from despair, pain, and confinement within a prism of societal and self-perceptions of failure. Skip past the introductory speaker...
