Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Teenage risky behaviour, including the latest figures on sexual activity
Some more quotes from http://www.parentlineplus.org.uk and be found here:
See http://www.parentlineplus.org.uk for the references
- "When asked why they had sex for the first time, 20% of men and13% of women aged 15-19 said alcohol was the main reason."
- "One in five girls aged 16-18 has used emergency contraception(the morning after pill). Emergency contraception pills can be taken up to 72 hours after unprotected sex, but are more effective in the first 24 hours. An emergency IUD (coil) can be inserted up to 5 days after."
- "One in nine sexually active teenagers has an STI."
See http://www.parentlineplus.org.uk for the references
Labels: Sex, Statistics
Monday, November 27, 2006
Christian no more videos
Check out Eric's blog entry on the four Christian no more video's. There's a link from church video ideas here.
Labels: Video clip ideas
Friday, November 24, 2006
Bullying today report Nov 2006
Just got an email about this: A report by the office of the children's commissioner, November 2006
Labels: Bullying
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Tin Cup - talk ideas
I watched Tin Cup last night. It's about a golf pro who's working at a driving rage...he ends up entering the US open...
- Chapter 2 (3 mins 30 secs) to Chapter 2 (6 mins 20 secs). Roy tells this riddle "a man is driving down the road with his son and he gets in a crash. Two ambulances come and they take the man and the son to different hospitals...the son goes into the operating room...the doctor look at him and says 'I can't operate on this boy...he's my son'...now how is that possible....". Dr Molly comes in and gives the answer...the Doctor is his mother...she makes the point that were assuming the Doctor is a man........maybe you could use this in some kind of discussion about gender / prejudice / stereotypes etc.
- Chapter 16 (54 mins to 1 hour 0 mins). Roy and David have a bet about who can hit the ball the furthest. The scene demonstrates that there is more to the game than just hitting the ball...Roy hits the ball a long way but David does something unexpected...rather than hitting the ball down the greenway he hits in onto the road...the ball bounces and bounces down the road...he wins the bet...the point he was making is that golf is not just about hitting the ball a long way...it's about using your head.
- Chapter 32 (1 hr 52 mins) to Chapter 33 (2 hours 1 min) - Perseverance...Roy is on the 18th hole and tries to do this long shot in order to clear some water and get the ball in the hole. Even though he's in the final for the US open and he's failed to take this shot successfully again, he takes the shot time and time again until he makes it....
Labels: Video clip ideas
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
7 Marketing Trends for '07
Monday, November 20, 2006
Hero's rescue / Robin hood Prince of Thieves
I've just been looking up another clip for Hiede's youth alpha session 2. The material suggests using a clip from Robin hood Prince of Thieves - this bit where Robin rescues Marian from the Sheriff of Nottingham. The scene I'd go with is DVD chapter 40 (2 hr 10 mins 21 sec) to the end of chapter 43 (2 hours 20 mins 30 seconds).
If you need a shorter clip, you could go from chapter 42 (2 hours 15 mins)
If you need a shorter clip, you could go from chapter 42 (2 hours 15 mins)
Labels: Video clip ideas
Saturday, November 18, 2006
An Ideal husband - video clip idea
I watched An Ideal Husband last week. I didn't think it was a particularly good film - it got better as it went along. There was, however, one bit of the film that could be used in a discussion about relationships / marriage. Near the end of the film Lord Goring ask Mabel to marry him. She reply with "why"...she needs a reason why she should agree to marry him. He seems a bit stumped at this reply...like he hadn't considered that. It does, of course all work out in the end...
You could, of course, use this to explore why people should get married or why people do (in reality) get married or go out together.
You could, of course, use this to explore why people should get married or why people do (in reality) get married or go out together.
Labels: Video clip ideas
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Movie Anagrams from Rock Solid Movie night
Jonathan added the movie anagrams he came up with for the Rock Solid session we did 2 weeks ago here: http://jnthn.net/cgi-bin/blog_read.pl?id=432
Labels: Quiz, Rock Solid
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Movies about sin
Here are some ideas on video clips for "sin". I noticed these on http://www.ecunet.org:
Roy suggested:
Roy suggested:
- Shawshank Redemption - the prison escape sequence, what's the significance of it.
- Grand Canyon, Steve Martin's mediation on movies toward the end of the film in which he ruminates on the fallenness of human kind.
- How about the Revenge of the Sith, (Star Wars III), the scene in which Anakin Skywalker goes over to the dark side, killing children.
- The Apostle
- Most movies based on a comic book characters are struggle of good vs evil type movies. Like Superman Returns is new to DVD, or older movies, Hellboy, X-men, Hulk, etc. I was pleasantly surprised at the moral of Pirates of the Caribbean. Definitely shows "where your treasure is your heart will be" set in good vs evil context.....there are also possibilities for Toy Story II and Sky High is good vs evil set in high school. Others to consider Ever After or Princess Bride
Labels: Video clip ideas
Monday, November 13, 2006
Touching the void - talk idea
Watched an amazing documentary film last night called Touching the Void - one of the best films I've seen this year. This film is based on a popular book of the same name. Here's the plot summary from IMDB:
"In the mid-80's two young climbers attempted to reach the summit of Siula Grande in Peru; a feat that had previously been attempted but never achieved. With an extra man looking after base camp, Simon and Joe set off to scale the mount in one long push over several days. The peak is reached, however on the descent Joe falls and breaks his leg. Despite what it means, the two continue with Simon letting Joe out on a rope for 300 meters, then descending to join him and so on. However when Joe goes out over an overhang with no way of climbing back up, Simon makes the decision to cut the rope. Joe falls into a crevice and Simon, assuming him dead, continues back down. Joe however survives the fall and was lucky to hit a ledge in the crevice. This is the story of how he got back down."
There's some obvious points for discussion, i.e., making difficult decisions / choices, dilemma etc. Check out Chapter 5 (21 mins) to Chapter 7 (39 mins 45 secs). If you need a shorter version you could probably use Chapter 6 (26 mins) to Chapter 7 (39 mins).
The other point about this film in the courage that Joe demonstrates as he attempts to get back to the camp and how we can, with the right frame of mind, achieve the impossible - or maybe it was a miracle.
Labels: Video clip ideas
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Humphrys in Search of God
"John Humphrys as you've never heard him before - talking with religious leaders about his unfulfilled desire to believe in God.
How is faith possible in a world of suffering, much of it arguably caused by religion or religious extremism and to which God seems to turn a blind eye? Is there a place for religion in an age dominated by science?
His guests are the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams; Professor Tariq Ramadan, Muslim academic and author; and Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi."
Labels: Apologetics
Friday, November 10, 2006
Richard Dawkins "God almost certainly does not exist"
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Homer proves there is no God
Labels: Apologetics, Video clip ideas
"Smiling addiction" and "Sin" videos
Check out the "Smiling addiction" and "Sin" videos at http://www.whitestonemotionpictures.com/
- Smiling addiction - this seems to be about happyness and where do you find it and what kind of things drag you down, although it could be some reference to drugs
- The Sin movie quotes Colossians 3:5 "Put to death whatever belongs to your sinful nature". It shows a man carrying a chest. He's dragging the chest to a grave, when he gets there he takes out the dirt in the chest and burys it....
Labels: Video clip ideas
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Minibuses and new seat belt rules
I've just been looking into this to see if the rules have changed with regard to minibuses. This website seems to explain it.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
York Survival Guide
I just been to York today and came across this: http://www.yorksurvivalguide.co.uk/
While there are a lot of websites peddling the same information I think site has done quite a good job of laying it out in a simple "bullet point" format.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
TES behaviour discusion
Friday, November 03, 2006
Scripture Union "archive"
Check out the free resources on http://www.scriptureunion.org.uk/index.asp?url=/re-source/archive.html
Thanks for Timmy S for pointing this one out.
Labels: Talks
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Movies theme night / quiz
We're preparing for the next Rock Solid session which is on the theme of Movies.
- I've written a movie clip observation quiz for the film Wallace and Gromit Curse of the wear rabbit. See here.
- We got some Pop corn boxes from eBay
- We might use by movie quiz from last year here.
- I've sourced various Movie posters from the local video shop...I'll use these to decorate the room.
Labels: Quiz, Rock Solid
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