What is the best way to teach a student about priorities?

Question

I am trying to teach my students about priorities in their life and how to make them matter in their life also. So does anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

We did something really cool, but it only works if people will take it seriously. What you do is you have the students sit in a large circle on the floor and give them each 5 post-it notes and pens. Then ask them to answer (one on each post-it):
- What is the most important tangible thing you have in your life?
- Who is the most important person in your life (living)?
- What is your strongest belief?
- What is your largest goal?
- What is your biggest vice?

Then tell everyone that they have to crinkle one of them up and never have it/believe it/use it again. Go around the circle and explain what you are throwing in and why. Then keep doing it. When we did it in college we had 1/2 the room in tears over this, but we figured out our priorities.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Hi...this is from a learning coach..

The best way I know is to get your students to write.
I've got an outline of the activity..use the link.