PEACEFUL WARRIORS GOOD ATTITUDE - SECTION #1 – Teacher’s Instructions

Attitude is contagious, is yours worth catching?

Success in life is determined by attitude more than anything else! Other things such as intelligence and environment can certainly help, but nothing is more important than attitude. The following weekly lessons will help you to teach and develop the requisite attitude for a great life.

Poor Attitude = Poor Results
Good Attitude = Good Results
Great Attitude = Great Results

Students, especially young students, learn more, faster and retain answers longer by listening to a short story or lesson, then answering a few well-placed questions, followed by role-playing (all taking five minutes or less). When ever you ask a question be sure to give the students time to answer.

Therefore, it is really important that you solicit answers and get feedback from your students. You might have to ask the question again in order to draw out the answer you want. Remember the important part it isn’t so much the lecture, as it is getting your students to reason through the problem presented until they draw the conclusion you want.

When a student gives you an incorrect or wrong answer, keep your response positive. You might say “good try” or “almost” or “you’re getting close.” If we make our students feel self-conscious or “dumb” they will stop participating and this teaching method becomes ineffective.

For the next four weeks, always start the lessons with these three questions:

What does it mean to have a good attitude?
Why is it important to have a good attitude?
Can you give me an example of having a good attitude?

Then follow the appropriate week’s Character Development & Training lesson.

Several times during each class, incorporate a success chant. At first you’ll have to say the whole chant. As the students learn it, you say the first half and have them repeat the last half. You can do the chant during stretching, or use it as a pattern interrupt (snap them to attention stance and then say the success chant). The goal is to imprint the success chant in such a way that they can draw upon it for strength and direction outside of Martial Arts classes. The success chant for the next four weeks is:

My Attitude Determines My Altitude.

This means that our attitude determines how far and how high we go.