Jefferson, our classroom teddy bear, loves to travel and learn about life. He's especially interested in how people use Lifeskills. With the help of his classmates (who will help him type), Jefferson will share his many experiences and what he's learned in this web log ("blog"). Enjoy following Jefferson along his merry adventures!

Yo Dudes! I've been thinking about the Lifeskill of Integrity. I know it means to act according to a sense of what's right and wrong, but I'm still wondering what that means for humans. For teddybears, if there's a football game on and all my brothers and sisters and friends want to watch, we all make room for each other on the table. The taller animals sit in back so the smaller bears can see in front. Sometimes I have to squeeze close to Racoco Racoon to make room for Montgomery. Even though it's kind of crowded, I don't want him to feel left out. For teddybears, that's integrity. How do you or people you know show integrity? Is that the same for humans or different? Please share an example or two so I get the idea. Your pal, Jefferson Bear

Posted by: Siporin at October 15, 2006 22:55 | link | comments (23)

Yo Dudes! I just finished reading a book called "Stone Soup". It was really good about 3 monks who visit a village in China (do you know where that is?). They don't have any food and nobody will help them. So they offer to make stone soup with rocks. Yeah, that's what I thought, "ROCKS?" . It was kind of a trick to get the villagers to help out. One by one, people offer to put just a little food or spice into the pot. So many people give just a little that they finally have a great pot of soup. Everybody comes out to enjoy the feast. It shows a lot about the lifeskills of cooperation, integrity, and initiative. If the village people didn't use those Lifeskills, they would still be all alone in their homes and would have missed enjoying a great meal with their neighbors. Those monks were pretty clever and taught the villagers a good lesson. Have you read any good books lately? I'm looking for a new book to read. I really like learning about how humans use the Lifeskills, so if you could tell me about that when you describe your book, it'll help me decide which book to read next. Thanks! Your pal, Jefferson Bear

Posted by: Siporin at October 15, 2006 22:47 | link | comments (9)