Being a Wise Quack

Here is an awesome teen character-building program that inspires students to be respectful, responsible and accountable for their actions.

Middle school students learn tips on how to successfully work through teen stress, peer pressure and begin to understand why positive choices equal positive results.

Program Synopsis:

Being A Wise Quack promotes self-esteem, respect and shares techniques that students can implement daily that will help create a positive academic environment.

Most junior high/middle school students have it tough trying to fit in with the crowd while also transitioning from childhood to adulthood. During this time they live in a "keep up with the Jones" frame of mind. They worry about the way they wear their hair, the clothes they wear, and the way they walk and talk. Everyone is watching everyone to see who has what and who is doing this or that.

This kind of peer pressure may seem trivial to adults but to junior high/ middle school teens it is a negative mountain that blocks any kind of positive vision of themselves. While trying to keep up with their hectic and sometimes crazy world, they may begin to lose the truth of who they really are.

Being a Wise Quack is part of the Duck Sense Teen Bully Prevention strategy. It is a forty-minute program that helps reduce teen stress, teach how to use their coping skills and offers suggestions on how to work through peer pressure.

Students learn that they have personal "duck power", which means the power to choose their behavior, being responsible for their own feelings and making the right decisions. They can decide to be the kind of person everyone likes to hang around with, choose to feel good about themselves, and learn to make wise choices and have realistic expectations.

Studies have shown that many bullies and bully targets lack self-esteem and self-respect. The bully is looking to be noticed or accepted. The target lacks self-respect and is afraid to stand up for him/herself.

Being a Wise Quack offers several tools to ignite middle school and junior high student's self-confidence, self-acceptance and self-appreciation. They gain an understanding of what it means to face their problems, stick up for themselves, be understanding, and be respectful to others. Being A Wise Quack promotes self-esteem, respect and shares techniques that students can implement daily that will create a positive academic environment.

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