When why and how to laugh at your own mistakes Wacky Drawing Two students will come up and draw a picture below following my requirements Laughing at yourself Defined When you make a social mistake you can deal with it in three ways ID: 473751
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Laughing at yourself!
When, why, and how to laugh at your own mistakes!Slide2
Wacky Drawing!
Two students will come up and draw a picture below, following my requirements.Slide3
Laughing at yourself- Defined
When you make a social mistake, you can deal with it in three ways:
1. Get really upset at yourself and think of all the ways you suck
2. Ignore the mistake and probably make it again
3. Realize that you’re human and make mistakes. Learn from it and fix it for next time.
If you choose option #3, you can also choose to laugh at yourself!
Laughing at yourself means using humor to point out a social mistake or personal weakness.Slide4
Why?
Laughing at yourself can cause:
O
thers to feel more comfortable around you!
Mistakes to feel less painful (emotionally)
Enjoyment! It’s fun to laugh at yourself!Slide5
When?
Laugh at yourself…
A
fter you make a small social mistake
Ex: You fall down in the hallway while walking to class
When you make a small physical mistakeEx: Dropping a box of scissorsIf someone is trying to make fun of you/be mean to youIt takes away their power because you acknowledge your own weaknessesSlide6
How?
How to laugh at yourself
Choose a public weakness
P
ublic = something
that isn’t too private or
personalWeakness = something you aren’t great at or an area in which you have made a mistakeUse sarcasm or tell a storyDon’t worry about looking like you’re not perfect at something. No one expects you to be perfect.Slide7
Crossing the line
You
can “go too far” when you are laughing at
yourself
You
should not talk about private or socially sensitive
subjectsYou should not say something to/about yourself that would be considered cruel if you said it to/about someone elseWhile you are laughing at yourself, you should love yourself and be self-confident! You are awesome but you sometimes make mistakes.Slide8
Practice!
For each description, show a non-example (getting mad at yourself or others) and an example of laughing at yourself!
You meant to say “basically,” but you said “
blasically
” instead
You asked for a pencil, but you said it quietly…and the teacher gave you some scissors instead
You are hurrying down the hallway and stop on someone you have a crush onYour teacher tells your group of friends that you are all a little crazy todayYou call someone by the wrong nameSomeone tells you that you look awful todayYou just locked your keys in your carSlide9
It’s ok to be embarrassed, but try not to take everything too seriously!