Follow up and Accomodating

A follow up from last week: My goals last were (1) to pray and gain a personal testimony of the lesson, (2) to prepare so well that I wouldn't have to look at a paper when I taught, and (3) to have a sincere and happy attitude about teaching.  I did pray about our lesson about some of the miracles that Christ performed and I felt the Spirit strongly. I gained this testimony-If Christ can (fill in blank with certain miracle), then He can change, heal, and love me too. I felt strongly that I should share that message. Then, before church on Sunday I found out that I would have twenty minutes less to give my lesson and then I only actually taught 12 minutes in the end, but I did my best with the time that I had. Because of the time shortage I really just put down the papers and shared a couple of the miracle stories. I felt like I was sincere and that the Spirit was there, even if it was only for 12 minutes.

This week in lecture and lab we learned about conflict resolution. In lab we were asked to identify some conflicts in our leadership role. I thought of a few. Firstly, the conflict of how much of the lesson I prepare and how much time I actually have to give the lesson. Secondly, the conflict of preparing the lesson during the week and doing everything else there is to do. Thirdly, the conflict of how many people I want to participate and how much they actually do. When I took the quiz in lab that identifies how I generally deal with conflict avoiding and competing were my highest too.  I think that the best way to deal with the first conflict is accommodation. I need to be flexible and accommodate the lesson to how much time I have. I think that they best way to deal with the second conflict is compromise. I shouldn't focus all of my time doing homework, but neither should I neglect homework because I'm preparing my lesson. I need to do both and so the time needs to be compromised. The third conflict can be dealt with accommodation. I can't force people to participate, but I can change the way I am asking questions. I can use various teaching styles. I can move forward. I've learned a lot this week!