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Connections To Home PDF
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CONNECTIONS TO HOME
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CONNECTIONS TO HOME
New technology brings great advantages which allow us access to the world outside our ship like never before.
PROS CONS
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We can chat to our families ▪ Not socialise with each other
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Catch up with friends on Facebook ▪ Harder to spend time with our colleagues and
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Catch the latest film can feel isolated
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Sort out our domestic activities such as ▪ We get mentally distracted by other matters,
sorting
RUNNING THE out our bank account
EXERCISE example e.g. something that has been posted
on Facebook
Exercise 1
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RUNNING THE EXERCISE
▪ All fill out the circle diagram below, describing the people who are important to you- those closest to you
and those who are also important.
▪ Share with the group and discuss
ME
Questions 1
▪ Did you learn something about someone you didn’t know before?
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Exercise 2
Scenario 1:
“My wife has been in contact with me about my 14-year-old son, saying that he
has been getting poor grades at school and never comes out of his room.”
Scenario 2:
“My mother has contacted me saying my father is not well. I am struggling with
money and also with someone to take him to the hospital regularly.”
Questions 2
▪ Are there team members who people would go to for specific types of advice?
Exercise 3
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Exercise 3
The purpose of this exercise is to make time in the week to socialise more and commit to doing so.
▪ What group activities would you like to do on a regular basis so that you get together:
o Film night
o Weekly get together in the mess-room before dinner
o Table tennis league
o Wii bowling competition
o Quiz nights
o Card games
o Parties
▪ Make a plan together as a group and agree to stick to it for an agreed period of time