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WHY

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What is #whyyoumatter?

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#WhyYouMatter at Dearborn High School

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This is why you matter to me.

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Journal

Why do you matter? Consider:

  • How your life affects many other people’s lives
  • Why you are important to very specific people
  • You are somebody’s child
  • You have great things to do now and in the future
  • Our class wouldn’t be the same if you weren’t here
  • Inside of you is the potential to do so much good

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Does anyone want to share?

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Circle Up and bring your notebook

Look around the room and choose one person. Write a statement about why they matter to you. Use the sentence stem:

  • ________ matters to me because...

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Is it easier to tell someone else why they matter OR tell ourselves why we matter? Why?

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Highlight or underline statements in your journal entry that you could use in your “why I matter” statement

Ready?

  • Write your “why I matter” statement on the strip of paper provided, using the sentence stem “I matter because…”
  • Decorate with colored pencils

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I matter because...