Last week was out of the norm as we had midterms for 7th and 8th grade. We had some free time where students could choose different activities to be involved in; games, a movie, quiet reading/coloring time, etc. We also had a time slot for each grade to create a skit based off a normal day at BFA. I was with the 6th graders.
We had close to an hour to create a skit no longer than 4 minutes that they would put on the very next day during our middle school assembly. My 6th graders started off great! They posed several great ideas of which I was writing on the board. After about 20 minutes of great ideas, I suggested we move into actually settling on a few ideas and creating our skit to have time to run through it a few times. Well, they just kept listing ideas.
Earlier in the semester, we had two false fire alarms and students chose their main idea to be the "real story" behind these false fire alarms. They decided they would make one of the stories about somebody who (you guessed it) farted. Then they were coming up with all kinds of farting stories and going down the silly tube fast! Another student was coming up with ideas like making a presentation that we could share with sound effects! We got to the point where we had 15 minutes to practice our skit and yet, didn't have a skit to practice! I had to nix the farting ideas. We went with two other ideas; burning magnesium ribbon in science class and having the steam from a water kettle (Bible class had hot cocoa before Christmas break) be our stories for setting off the alarm. We quickly practiced our skit through about one and a half times then called it good. They did a great job the next day!
My 6th graders made me think of times I let my good intentions and sometimes silly ideas keep me from being realistic. I come up with great ideas when I am sipping my caffeine in the morning or on a fun run or ride. By the time the caffeine wears off or I get back home after my run or ride, I've either forgotten my idea(s) altogether or talk myself out of them. Sometimes my ideas are good ones and I should pursue them.
Many people take their ideas and make New Year's Resolutions only to break them before they get to the end of January. I like to take my ideas and test-drive them so to speak to make sure I'm going to stick with them. For example, begin a new workout plan and let people know what I am doing when I am a few weeks in. At this point, I am invested and I know the chances of myself quitting are slim. So, you may wonder, am I going to share some new ideas or resolutions that I am stepping into for this next year?
The answer is, I am! I love listning to Revive our Hearts in the mornings as I get ready for school. They are challenging their listeners to read through the Bible this year. I've read through the Bible before but it's been a year so I am doing it again and am already in the middle of Exodus. I did start a workout plan just before the New Year but am having to take a small break as I hurt the muscles around my right knee and they need to recover before I step back into the plan. I was doing a 6-week run and weight plan and look forward to ending it well after resting a few weeks. Finally, I do want to grow in my German language skills so I am taking another semester of German (about 10 weeks) then am planning on searching for a language partner who I can meet up with every other week. I am looking forward to growing in my spiritual walk, taking care of myself physically, and growing in my German this next year! Thanks for stopping by if you got this far! :)
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