Unit2Improvingyourself

Understandingideas

SocialMediaDetox

Moderator

TodaymarksthelastdayoftheSocialMediaDetox,BrentonHigh’sfundraisingcampaignfornewsportsequipment.________thestartofthedetox,over100studentshadbeenpersuaded________(stop)usingsocialmedia,inANYform,forsevendays.Thismeantnomessagingfriends,nopostingphotos,nobloggingnothing.Theyhadbeenpromisedmoneybyfamilyandfriendsforeachdayspent________usingsocialmedia.Theywerenervous.Butcouldtheydoit?

Withthedetox________(finish),they’veswitchedontheirdevicesandthey’rebackonline.Ibetyou’reaseagerasIamtofindoutjusthowmanyhavebeenmotivatedenoughtolastthefullsevendays!Andwhat,ifanything,havebeenlearntfromtheexperience?

Anna17

Ilastedtwodays.Thedetoxwas________(difficult)totoleratethanIhadexpected.IfeltlikeIhadlostanarm!Not________(eat)fortwodayswouldhavebeeneasier!But________reflection,Icanseehowmuchofmytimehadbeenoccupied________checkingmyphone.I’mnowtryingtospendlesstimeonlineandmoretime________(pick)upmyhobbies.

Devon16

Ilastedfourdays.OnMonday,ourclassmateandIspokeabout________wedidattheweekend—itfeltstrangenottoalreadyknowwhathe________(do).Wewouldhavepostedpicturesandupdatedourprofiles.Doingthedetoxmeantwehadtotalkandexplainwhatweweredoingandthinking!ItmademerealisethevalueofrealcontactthatIhadforgotten.

Cindy18

Imanagedthewholeweek!Atfirst,IreallyfeltIwasmissingout.Then,insteadofmessagingmyfriend,Iwentaroundtoherhouse.Withoutourphones,wehadaproperconversation________overtwohours.Without________(distract)bymessagesfromotherpeople,itfeltsogood!ThenIdecidedtovisitadifferentfriendeveryday.Bythefifthday,Iwondered—wasIreallymissingoutbynotconstantly________(check)myphonetosee________everyoneelsewasupto?

Gorge16

Ididallsevendays,too!________(be)honest,Ididn’tfindthedetoxtoodifficult,butIdidgivemyphonetomyfathertoavoid________(give)in!MybrotherthoughtIshouldmakefulluseofthetime________myphone;sohetookmetocheckoutourlocalsportscentre.Anhour’ssporteachdayleftme________(tire)outandsentmeearlytobed.Thedetoxmademe________(healthy)!

Max17

I’membarrassedtosaythatIthrewinthetowel________thefirstday!Iknewtherewasapartyhappeningthatevening,butwithoutaccess________socialmediaIcouldn’trememberwhereitwas!________theend,Iturnonmyphonetocheck,butcouldn’tresist________(have)aquicklookatmysocialmediaaccounts.What’s________(bad),Ithenspentsomuchtimecatching________onnews,Ialmostmissedtheparty.

Moderator

Thedetoxraisedatotalof$1,632.82fornewschoolsportsequipment!Welldone,everyonewhotookpart!________readingthepostsonthisforum,itseemsthatsomethingratherthanmoneyhasalsobeenraisedthroughthedetox.________(aware)ofjusthowmuchwerely________socialmediacanhelpusstepawayfromitandcommunicatewitheachotherbetter.

Developingideas

ValuableValues

Thespendingpowerofyoungpeoplevariesfromperson________person.Each,________,isfaced________thesamequestion:whattodo________themoney?Somehandlethislesswellthanothers.Recentheadlineshaveseenmoreandmoreteensmaxingouttheirparents’creditcardsongamesandotheronlineactivities.

Incontrast________thesebigspenders,therearealsoteensthatproveageisnobarriertomakinggooduseofmoney.________thehelpofhergrandfather,eight-year-oldKhloeThompsonstartedmaking“KareBags”forthehomelesspeopleinherdistrict.Insidethebagsarenecessitiessuchastoothpaste,soapandsocks,________(bring)firstwithherpocketmoneyandthenthroughcrowdfunding.Theseitemshelpedtomakethelivesofthepoorandhomelesspeoplealittlebit________(easy).OnreceivingaKarebag,onewomansaid,“Youmakemefeellikeahumanbeing.”

________peopleintendtousetheirmoney,________(manage)itseemstobe________(precedent)importanttoyoungergenerations.A2016studysaid17statesoftheUSrequirehighschoolstudentstotakecourseinpersonalfinance.Forthosewhohavenoaccess________courses,helpmightbeathandthanks________JerryWitkovskyandhismethodofusingfourjarstoteachteenagershowtospendtheirmoneywisely.

WhenJerry’sgrandchildrenturned13,hispresenttoeachofthem________(be)threejars:oneforspending,oneforsaving,andanotherforgiving—hehassinceaddedafourthjarforinvesting.Itwasfromthen________thathisgrandchildrenstartedtobeincontrolofwhattodo________themoneytheyreceive:spend,save,invest,orgive?Jerry’sbirthdaypresenttohisgrandparentsis,________,muchmorethanmoneyandafewjars—heisgivingthemanopportunity________(learn)lifelongvalues.

ThevaluetaughtwiththeSpendingjaristhatyouareresponsible________yourown________(happy).Moneygivesyouindependenceandtheopportunitytobuysomethingyoulike.Afterall,it’sOKtobenicetoyourself!

While________(spend)jarisabouthereandnow,thesavingjargivesyouavisionforfuture.Thiscouldinvolvesavingforuniversity,butitcouldalsomeansavingforthatspecialsomethingyou’veseeninthestores—it’sup________you.

TheInvestingjarnotonlyrepresentsavisionforthethefuture,butgivestheopportunitytobuildforthefuture.________thiscouldlikewiseinvolveputtingasidemoneyforyouruniversityeducation,italsomeans________(invest)inyourself.

TheGivingjarisallaboutkindnessandhelping.________youwanttohelpoutafriend,givemoneytoananimalcharityortochildreninanothercountry,it’syourmoneytogivetowhatevercauseyoubelievein.

Thewideraimofthejarsis________(encourage)teenagerstothinkmoreobjectivelyaboutmoneyandthethingsthatitcando,sothattheygrowup________(understand),ifyoulike,thevalueofthevaluable.________thisway,theywillbebetterequippedintheiradultlivestomake________(inform)choicesabouthowtheyusethemoneytheyhave.Indeed,thesmallchangeinsidetheirjarscouldmeanabigchangein________theymanagetheirmoney.

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Unit2Improvingyourself

Understandingideas

SocialMediaDetox

Moderator

TodaymarksthelastdayoftheSocialMediaDetox,BrentonHigh’sfundraisingcampaignfornewsportsequipment.Atthestartofthedetox,over100studentshadbeenpersuadedtostopusingsocialmedia,inANYform,forsevendays.Thismeantnomessagingfriends,nopostingphotos,nobloggingnothing.Theyhadbeenpromisedmoneybyfamilyandfriendsforeachdayspentwithoutusingsocialmedia.Theywerenervous.Butcouldtheydoit?

Withthedetoxfinished,they’veswitchedontheirdevicesandthey’rebackonline.Ibetyou’reaseagerasIamtofindoutjusthowmanyhavebeenmotivatedenoughtolastthefullsevendays!Andwhat,ifanything,havebeenlearntfromtheexperience?

Anna17

Ilastedtwodays.ThedetoxwasmoredifficulttotoleratethanIhadexpected.IfeltlikeIhadlostanarm!Noteatingfortwodayswouldhavebeeneasier!Butonreflection,Icanseehowmuchofmytimehadbeenoccupiedwithcheckingmyphone.I’mnowtryingtospendlesstimeonlineandmoretimepickingupmyhobbies.

Devon16

Ilastedfourdays.OnMonday,ourclassmateandIspokeaboutwhatwedidattheweekend—itfeltstrangenottoalreadyknowwhathehaddone.Wewouldhavepostedpicturesandupdatedourprofiles.Doingthedetoxmeantwehadtotalkandexplainwhatweweredoingandthinking!ItmademerealisethevalueofrealcontactthatIhadforgotten.

Cindy18

Imanagedthewholeweek!Atfirst,IreallyfeltIwasmissingout.Then,insteadofmessagingmyfriend,Iwentaroundtoherhouse.Withoutourphones,wehadaproperconversationforovertwohours.Withoutbeingdistractedbymessagesfromotherpeople,itfeltsogood!Thenidecidedtovisitadifferentfriendeveryday.Bythefifthday,Iwondered—wasIreallymissingoutbynotconstantlycheckingmyphonetoseewhateveryoneelsewasupto?

Gorge16

Ididallsevendays,too!Tobehonest,Ididn’tfindthedetoxtoodifficult,butIdidgivemyphonetomyfathertoavoidgivingin!MybrotherthoughtIshouldmakefulluseofthetimewithoutmyphone;sohetookmetocheckoutourlocalsportscentre.Anhour’ssporteachdayleftmetiredoutandsentmeearlytobed.Thedetoxmademehealthier!

Max17

I’membarrassedtosaythatIthrewinthetowelonthefirstday!Iknewtherewasapartyhappeningthatevening,butwithoutaccesstosocialmediaIcouldn’trememberwhereitwas!Intheend,Iturnonmyphonetocheck,butcouldn’tresisthavingaquicklookatmysocialmediaaccounts.What’sworse,Ithenspentsomuchtimecatchinguponnews,Ialmostmissedtheparty.

Moderator

Thedetoxraisedatotalof$1,632.82fornewschoolsportsequipment!Welldone,everyonewhotookpart!Afterreadingthepostsonthisforum,itseemsthatsomethingratherthanmoneyhasalsobeenraisedthroughthedetox.Awarenessofjusthowmuchwerelyonsocialmediacanhelpusstepawayfromitandcommunicatewitheachotherbetter.

Developingideas

ValuableValues

Thespendingpowerofyoungpeoplevariesfrompersontoperson.Each,however,isfacedwiththesamequestion:whattodowiththemoney?Somehandlethislesswellthanothers.Recentheadlineshaveseenmoreandmoreteensmaxingouttheirparents’creditcardsongamesandotheronlineactivities.

Incontrasttothesebigspenders,therearealsoteensthatproveageisnobarriertomakinggooduseofmoney.Withthehelpofhergrandfather,eight-year-oldKhloeThompsonstartedmaking“KareBags”forthehomelesspeopleinherdistrict.Insidethebagsarenecessitiessuchastoothpaste,soapandsocks,boughtfirstwithherpocketmoneyandthenthroughcrowdfunding.Theseitemshelpedtomakethelivesofthepoorandhomelesspeoplealittlebiteasier.OnreceivingaKarebag,onewomansaid,“Youmakemefeellikeahumanbeing.”

Howeverpeopleintendtousetheirmoney,managingitseemstobeunprecedentedlyimportanttoyoungergenerations.A2016studysaid17statesoftheUSrequirehighschoolstudentstotakecourseinpersonalfinance.Forthosewhohavenoaccesstocourses,helpmightbeathandthankstoJerryWitkovskyandhismethodofusingfourjarstoteachteenagershowtospendtheirmoneywisely.

WhenJerry’sgrandchildrenturned13,hispresenttoeachofthemwasthreejars:oneforspending,oneforsaving,andanotherforgiving—hehassinceaddedafourthjarforinvesting.Itwasfromthenonthathisgrandchildrenstartedtobeincontrolofwhattodowiththemoneytheyreceive:spend,save,invest,orgive?Jerry’sbirthdaypresenttohisgrandparentsis,however,muchmorethanmoneyandafewjars—heisgivingthemanopportunitytolearnlifelongvalues.

ThevaluetaughtwiththeSpendingjaristhatyouarerespons