In the famous words of Legally Blonde: The Musical "Keep it Positive!"

There is a class at our school which has been labelled as "The Bad Class." This class has quite a number of behavioural problems each day and constantly are being punished and yelled at. With good reason. They make fun of each other, hurt each others feelings, and all around make a lot more noise than is necessary during study times, when silence is expected.  So they get punishments like extra cleaning, staying late or essay writing, as well as stern talkings to.  And teachers know this class, going in. And there in-lies the problem--their negative behaviour has created all sorts of constant negative thoughts about the class. 

And the class thinks about themselves negatively.  They call each other names, mutter about how "Oh it's our class. How could we ever be alright?" or talk about each other in other languages that not everyone speaks. 

So I felt some inspiration to change this negative energy.  Inspired by both New Girl's douche jar and the "knotholes for a swear" from summer camp, I combined the two for the "Positivity Jar."  Say something negative? Write three positive things you could have done or said and put it in the jar.

Changing the negative to positive from the inside out.  The other class teacher and the student council member responsible for the class are both behind it, and I'm going to leading personalities in the class individually to get them to support it as well.

I've got high, positive hopes for this!