Sunday, May 17, 2009

I chose to work with Tom about self- esteem. Tom is in the eleventh grade. She lives in my neighborhood and she is the cutest! She is the youngest daughter and she has two big brothers.

April 26th - First meeting: I asked Tom what self esteem is. What is the definition for 'self esteem'? After writing it down we read different statements about self evaluation and self-esteem we analyzed it and talked about the conclusions. Then we opened the encyclopedia and looked up the accurate definition to the term.

May 1st – Second meeting: (the personal direction) I discussed with Tom a few questions and we had a conversation. The purpose was to elicit from Tom information about herself, so she will be aware to her feeling and so we can understand why does she underestimate herself? I asked her the following questions: which factors cause you to estimate yourself? When people give you complements how and what does it make you feel? Etc and we got some insights.

May 8th – Third meeting: we summarized together what we have learnt and decided to make a personal letter out of it and a song played on the background using the Audacity and Photostory and here is our final product: