Answer the following questions reflectively in your journal. These questions apply to you as a person but can also be used in the classroom with students.
1. Think of a time when you struggled to belong in a group. List three to five words that describe how that felt.
2. Think of a time when you truly felt like you belonged to a group. List three to five words that express how that felt.
3. Reflect on the words that you wrote for numbers one and two above. Which experiences fit in with your core values that you discovered in Chapter 2?
After answering the questions above, take a short break to reflect on what you have written. If you are working individually, add any additional notes that may have come to mind. If performing this exercise in a group, have another member of the study group share their answers while you listen without judgment, and then you do the same.
