
500 Creative Classroom Techniques for Teachers and Trainers
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reate a boon box.
Every participant will experience, has experienced, or is experiencing a setback or
disappointment—perhaps in his learning-journey, perhaps with some other aspect of his life.
Not surprisingly, our satisfaction with life is directly proportional to the mechanisms we
have discovered for coping with the trials, tribulations, and sometimes even the tragedies that
befall us.
To facilitate the transition from setback to steady course, decorate a good-sized box. Ask other
class members, organizational leaders, politicians, community members, religious leaders ...