http://sorellchap.edublogs.org Have a chat with the Chaplain... Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:54:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What does it mean to "Leave it at the Gate"? Most of us have issues at home that we need to deal with. These issues can strongly affect our thoughts and actions every day. But sometimes we let these issues interfere with other things in our life... When we come to school ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2009/04/30/leave-it-at-the-gate/ Where do you belong...? When I was younger, I found it very hard to 'belong' to a group... We started moving around just when I started high school. In Grade 7 it wasn't so bad - It was my first move; I was reasonably confident in myself; and it was to a ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2009/03/23/a-sense-of-belonging/ What is it about swearing that sets some people off? For some of you 'swear' words may be part of your normal language - especially if it's all around you at home and with friends. If this is the case for you, then it may be confusing when teachers and ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2008/11/04/mind-your-language/ Wednesday 15th October 2008 is a worldwide Blog Action Day. The idea is to have as many people as possible writing on the one topic. This year's focus is Poverty. An organisation I am very passionate about is Micah Challenge. This group supports the Make Poverty History campaign, believing in ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2008/10/15/make-poverty-history/ Have you ever heard this term before? Do you know what it really means? It basically means that you can't judge a person by what you see. Over the last couple of weeks we've been looking at first impressions. Even though you can't determine what someone is like just by looking ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2008/10/03/you-cant-judge-a-book-by-its-cover/ These last few weeks of term we have been discussing 'goal setting' - the importance of understanding what it is you would like to achieve, when you would like to achieve it, and how you are going to go about it. Unfortunately for me, I have always hated setting goals - ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2008/08/29/goal/ With the Olympics coming up in the next few weeks, our minds tend to turn more towards sport than perhaps they normally would... But what do we see as being important when we look at a sporting event? Is it the winning that really counts? Or is it the way ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2008/07/28/be-a-good-sport/ I was reading an article today that talked about the fact that we often say we are 'just' something: "I'm just a kid", "I'm just a soccer player", "I'm just a computer nerd", and the one I have heard a lot "I'm just a housewife"... The truth is, no one is ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2008/05/30/youre-not-just/ This morning I was very proud to hear news that two friends had sorted out their differences and were back to being best friends again... It is so easy in any relationship to just 'give up' when you have a disagreement with someone. Whether it is a friendship-relationship, or girlfriend/boyfriend-relationship, it ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/relationships/ Greetings, I had an onerous task to do yesterday afternoon, which had me worried all day... I had to make a phone call to complain about a bill! Now, I am the sort of person who does not like confrontation, so having to make this phone call was something that had me ... http://sorellchap.edublogs.org/2008/05/14/fear-of-the-unknown/