leadership quizzes

Follow this link and take one of the free leadership quizzes.

Then come back and report.

• Which quiz did you take?


• How well did you score? (Be honest.)


• What is your assessment of the test?


• What would you have done differently?
  

http://www.coachingandmentoring.com/quizzes.htm

Summaries

Now that you have researched mysterious phenomena, give us a summary of a specific incident regarding your phenomenon of choice.

Write one paragraph telling us

• What
• Who
• When
• Where
• How

Unit 75: Mysterious Phenomena

Hello, Class.

Here is what I would like you to do: Research a mysterious phenomenon. It can be anything. Write your opinion about this mystery.

• Do you think it could be for real? If so, why do you believe it? What gives you faith in this phenomenon?


• If you don't believe it, why not? Then give a more rational explanation.


• Is it a hoax? If so, why do you think the people made it up?
  Is it a delusion? If so, why would people delude themselves into believing?

Here is a partial list of mysterious phenomena to choose from:

aliens

Area 51

Crop Circles

ghosts

haunted houses (Check out the Whaley House in Old Town, San Diego)

haunted ships (Check out the Star of India, also in San Diego)

The Flying Dutchman

past life regression (check out the case of Bridey Murphy)

possession

blessings and curses

Bigfoot/ Sasquatch

Yeti/Abominable Snowman

The Loch Ness Monster

Angels

Sightings of the Virgin Mary

Speaking in Tongues

Being Slain in the Spirit (check out evangelist Benny Hinn)

Faith Healing

Near Death Experiences

Out of Body Experiences

Mediums

Magic & Witchcraft

Seances

Astrology (Greek or Chinese)

Reading Tea Leaves and Coffee Grounds

Palm Reading

...and so on.

Happy Hunting :)

Unit 74: Extra Credit

All over the world, there are festivals of Storytellers where professionals and amateurs gather to spin yarns.


Stories such as "The Boy who cried 'Wolf!'" teach us valuable lessons about life. Ghost stories delight and scare us. Our families' stories give us a sense of belonging and teach us who we are.


To listen to some of these stories, go to


http://www.youtube.com/


and search for storytellers festival

Or you can go to www.thisamericanlife.org and listen to something there. However, this is an hour long radio program. You don't need to listen for the entire hour, but most of the shows are composed of multiple stories centered around a theme. So you can pick and choose as you like.


Find a story that interests you, then come back and tell us about it.

1. Who told the story?



2. What was it about?



3. What devices did the teller use? (music, rhythm, visuals...etc.)



4. How well did the teller engage your attention?

Enjoy :)

Culture Shock Writing Assignment

Write about an experience of culture shock, an experience wherein you were shocked by another's behavior -yet it would be considered normal where he comes from- or you shocked someone else by doing something that is considered normal in your culture.

• How are the two cultures different?
• Did you learn anything about your own culture in the process?
• Could you adjust yourself to the new culture, or is it something you could never get used to.

For example, on a ferry traveling from England to Europe, I struck up a conversation with a man from Ghana, Africa. In Africa, people dont' like to raise their voices and they don't feel uncomfortable being physically close to one another. So this man spoke in a low voice and sat with his shoulder touching mine. At first, I leaned away, feeling uncomfortable being so close to a total stranger. Then I remembered how it was in his culture and decided to try it his way. We sat shoulder to shoulder talking about politics and literature. We didn't talk about anything deeply personal, but the conversation had an intimate feel about it and we always knew that we had each other's undivided attention. By adjusting myself to his culture, I realized how Americans can seem loud, abrasive and cold in comparison to softer-spoken Africans.

HW: Try...

Here is you homework for tomorrow:
Make a list of 5 guidelines using "try + infinitive" and "try +gerund".
Your guide can be for someone who is visiting your country who needs to get around,
or you can advise an incoming student to EF San Diego.

In your advice, give them things to do, see, visit and eat. Include both daytime and nighttime activities.
For every suggestion that you make add "because...".

Koozebane

For your Friday project, you are going to write a cultural etiquette guide for the culture of Koozebane.



To get a taste of what this planet's culture is like, go to

http://www.youtube.com/

and search for "Koozebane".

Unit 73: Extra Credit

Here is a a link a website that lists a variety of anecdotes in which an advertisement didn't quite translate into another language or culture.

Enjoy.http://faculty.css.edu/dswenson/web/335ARTIC/CULTCOMM.HTM

Which one was your favorite? Why?
Do you have any to add? If so, tell us about it here.

Radio Programs

In the days before television, in the early 20th century, people used to huddle together listening to their radios. These radios delivered much more than the news and the latest popular songs. They told stories. Voice actors played their parts. Musicians played music in the background.

But the key players were in charge of sound effects like footsteps, squeaky doors opening and closing, gun shots, train whistles ... etc. While the radio provided the sounds, our imaginations filled in the rest.

Radios gave us comedies, mysteries, soap operas and chilling tales of suspense. Many of these radio programs are preserved on http://www.youtube.com/. Go there and search for radio dramas.

Fibber McGee and Molly Radio: Light comedy about a married couple in a small town in New England and their friends. The show was used as propaganda to sell war bonds during WWII.

The Life of Riley: William Bendix played a humble and not-too-bright family man just trying to get ahead in the world.

The Jack Benny Radio Show: A cast of likable entertainers poke fun at life in show business.

The Bob and Ray Radio Show: A couple of comedians play off each other in multiple jokes, stories and sketches.

The News from Lake Wobegon: America's favorite story teller, Garrison Keillor, spins clever yarns about life in a small town in Minnesota.

X minus 1: This was a science fiction show full of mystery. They imagined that such things as space and time travel would be normal, yet they never imagined anything as crazy as the internet or cell phones.

The Weird Circle: These were strangle tales with a twist at the end.

The Shadow: These were tales of suspense. The voice of the shadow always came out of darkness to terrify the guilty.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar was a radio drama about a "fabulous" freelance insurance investigator "with the action-packed expense account."

Flash Gordon Radio: This swashbuckling adventurer travelled to distant worlds in a space ship, then battled aliens with swords as he fought the evil emperor, Ming the Merciless.

Once you have listened to your selection, come back and tell us

• what you listened to
• what the story was about
• what you could see in your mind's eye while you were listening