Step 4 of Five steps to avoid the school to prison pipeline Participants of the circle arrange chairs/desks around the room in a circle shape. Throughout the discussion, each participate should speak one at a time. It is recommended to use a “talking piece object” during the discussion which is small and soft enough to through. Only the person who has the talking piece in his/her hand should be speaking. Once they have finished speaking, the talking piece should be given to the next person that would like to speak. This is to help develop a since of order and respect for one another as each person shares their input. A Restorative circle conversation Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Step 4: discover your purpose in life Read page 58. click next slide to begin “food for thought” questions. Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook Why do you believe that Latonia decided to pray instead of simply going to get high or drunk? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

According to the Merriam Webster online dictionary A parable is: “A short story that teaches a moral or spiritual lesson; especially : one of the stories told by Jesus Christ and recorded in the Bible” Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Read the next paragraph and “the parable of the sower” Page 59. Click next to answer the next question. Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook A sower is a person that is putting out seeds to grow them into something meaningful and useful. But, the birds came and ate the seeds that the sower had put out before they could grow. If the seeds represent Latonia and her children, then who do you believe would be the bird(s) that devoured them? Read paragraph directly below this question (page 59) then click to continue. Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook In what ways (if any) do you believe that not having a father help raise them impacted Jaleesa and Robert’s decision making? Read paragraph on the top of the next page (page 60) then click to continue. Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook Recall what the hard places were for Robert, Jaleesa and Latonia and how they were each hurt. Explain? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook What could each of them have used to drive or motivate them to do better? Read paragraph directly below this question (page 60) then click to continue. Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

What do you believe Latonia’s parents were like? Why? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook What, if anything, can a person that has been born into a dysfunctional family do to prevent themselves from making the same bad decisions in life? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Read next paragraph and “the parable of the wheat and the tares” Page 61. click to begin “food for thought” questions. Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook What would life be like if everyone was good hearted and all the bad hearted people were plucked out of the world and thrown away? Would there be anyone special to you that you think might be one of the bad hearted people that are plucked away? Read paragraph directly below this question (page 61), then click next to continue. Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

According to the online Merriam Webster Dictionary: WHEAT - :  any of various Old World annual grasses of wide climatic adaptability that are cultivated in most temperate areas for the wheat they yield WEED -  :  a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth; especially :  one that tends to overgrow or choke out more desirable plants  Metaphorically speaking which would you rather be? Why? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook Which do you believe Robert, Jaleesa, Latonia, Andrea, and Anthony are? Why? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Read “the parable of the mustard seed” Page 62.click next to begin answering questions. Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook Do you believe that you have finished the growing process? Why or why not? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook If you answered no, what specific areas do you feel you need to grow more in? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook If you grew more in these areas, are there any friends or family members that you believe would support you in your growth? Why or why not? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook If you grew more in these areas, who could you be a role model to? Do you have a role model? Do you believe that having a role model is important? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Should you let what others think stop or slow your growth? Why? Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook Read “your take away” Page 63. click next to discuss questions. Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook

Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook What is most important, kind of important and least important to you? For each of the things you named explain why they are least, kind of and most important to you. Your take away Five Steps to Avoid the School to Prison Pipeline Workbook