Agents of Change- power of one

Last night was our first meeting. I started off by telling the girls that this year they have more say and more responsibility. We talked a little bit about what is coming up in the year, what did they want to do, and the importance of their bronze award. Then we started on the Agents of Change journey.

We started off by asking them questions on what they thought power was, and what makes a person powerful. The answers were astonishing because they did not agree at all on what power was or who had it. They also really associated power as either good or bad. It took me by surprise because I figured they would have the same text book answers but none of them did.

We then asked them to give us a definition of power. And we asked them to write power words about themselves. They had a real hard time picking words that were powerful to describe themselves. They could pick words to describe each other but when it came down to talking about themselves they were stumped. I have to wonder if it is a modesty thing or if they don't want to say, "I am assertive". 

It is a good thing for me to think about and come up with a way to expand it next week. 

I do not read the journey books with my troop, I allow them to read it on their own. My daughter says this one is really good and she liked it.