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SURROUNDED BY ALIENS?
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Jenna
Hi everyone!
I’m Jenna, nice of you to visit my weekly vlog.
Last week I got a lot of comments and questions about school and the new school year that’s coming up.
So I would like to share a story with you guys.
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A year ago, I started in a new drama club. I didn’t know any of the kids in the group. Our first meeting was a total disaster. They were all so different from the kids in my old group and very different from me. One had blue hair, another just sat in the corner eating a vegan sandwich. It was nothing like my old group!
When I came home, I told my dad I didn’t want to go back to the new drama club. I felt like I had absolutely nothing in common with those people. But dad said I needed to go back and try to see beyond the exterior, beyond the blue hair and the vegan sandwich. That I needed to be a little bit more curious and a little less judgmental in common gemensamt exterior yta curious nyfiken judgmental dömande
I decided to give it one more chance. So, I went back. And I tried to be curious. I looked for similarities, not differences And to my surprise it turned out that the blue-haired girl and I shared the same taste in music –heavy metal!
2. Why did she decide to go back? What did she find out when she went back?
Now I just love my new drama club. I hate to admit that my dad was right, but he was.
This got me thinking about how we react to strangers. We treat them as if they were aliens from another planet, or something. Why?
They probably have the same feelings and thoughts as you and I do. They laugh, get angry, think and overthink.
Just like I do all the time.
They probably also do many of the same things that we do. They wake up, brush their teeth, go to school, play basketball, similarities likheter differences olikheter admit erkänna strangers främlingar treat behandlar feelings känslor thoughts tankar probably troligen have dinner, do homework, just chill – and then they brush their teeth again and go back to sleep.
3. In what ways are we alike according to Jenna? What are your thoughts on that, and why?
We won’t always have the time or energy to make friends with everyone we meet. But maybe we can at least try to understand each other and open up so new people don’t end up being aliens.
So, to all of you who might be nervous about this new school year – don’t be!
Try to be curious!
Look for similarities, not differences. Make friends, or at least reduce the number of aliens and strangers in your life.
We are, after all, more alike than we are different!
Let me know what you think and be sure to check in again next week for an update! Until then – take care!
4. Why is Jenna talking about making friends?
