tsung tsin christian academy day 1 big group sharing 1st december, 2011
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Tsung Tsin Christian AcademyTsung Tsin Christian Academy
Day 1 Big Group SharingDay 1 Big Group Sharing
1st December, 20111st December, 2011
Academy AnthemAcademy Anthem
Now thank we all our God,Now thank we all our God,
With heart and hands and voices,With heart and hands and voices,
Who wond'rous things hath done,Who wond'rous things hath done,
In whom Tsung Tsin rejoices;In whom Tsung Tsin rejoices;
Who from our founding yearWho from our founding year
Hath blessed us on our wayHath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.And still is ours today.
Academy AnthemAcademy Anthem
O may this bounteous God,O may this bounteous God,Through all the years be near us,Through all the years be near us,
With charity and hopeWith charity and hopeAnd lasting faith sustain us;And lasting faith sustain us;O help Tsung Tsin to growO help Tsung Tsin to grow
And challenges to face;And challenges to face;Vouchsafe to keep Tsung TsinVouchsafe to keep Tsung Tsin
Forever in Thy grace.Forever in Thy grace.
The Academy PrayerThe Academy Prayer
Almighty God, We beseech TheeAlmighty God, We beseech TheeTo grant our academy Thy gracious favourTo grant our academy Thy gracious favour
That knowledge may ever be That knowledge may ever be Enlarged and deepened;Enlarged and deepened;
And all good learning Flourish and abound.And all good learning Flourish and abound.Bless all who teach And all who learn;Bless all who teach And all who learn;
And grant That both teachers and learners,And grant That both teachers and learners,In humility of heart, In humility of heart,
May look ever upward unto Thee,May look ever upward unto Thee, Who art the Fountain of all wisdom;Who art the Fountain of all wisdom;
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Finding HumorFinding Humor
If you can laugh at it, you can live with itIf you can laugh at it, you can live with it
Blessed is he who makes his companions Blessed is he who makes his companions laughlaugh
Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoorswithout having to go outdoors
Finding HumorFinding Humor
Students who know the value of humor do Students who know the value of humor do not let themselves get overburdened with not let themselves get overburdened with life’s little problems.life’s little problems.
Instead, they seek pleasure in the world Instead, they seek pleasure in the world around them.around them.
They learn to use humor intelligently to They learn to use humor intelligently to diffuse classroom and playground diffuse classroom and playground problems.problems.
Use Humor IntelligentlyUse Humor Intelligently
Ephesians Ephesians 以弗所書 以弗所書 5:45:4
And let there be no low behaviour, And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.place of them the giving of praise.
淫詞、妄語,和戲笑的話都不相宜;淫詞、妄語,和戲笑的話都不相宜;總要說感謝的話。總要說感謝的話。
Examples of Finding HumorExamples of Finding Humor
This is a story of Ah This is a story of Ah Q, a man from the Q, a man from the rural peasant class rural peasant class with little with little education and no education and no definite definite occupation. occupation.
The True Story of Ah Q Lu Xun
Examples of Finding HumorExamples of Finding Humor
Ah Q is famous for “spiritual Ah Q is famous for “spiritual victories“. Ah Q is a bully to victories“. Ah Q is a bully to the less fortunate but fearful the less fortunate but fearful of those who are above him in of those who are above him in rank, strength, or power. rank, strength, or power.
Examples of Finding HumorExamples of Finding Humor
Lu Xun exposes Lu Xun exposes Ah Q's extreme Ah Q's extreme faults as faults as symptomatic of symptomatic of the Chinese the Chinese national character national character of his time.of his time.
Examples of Finding HumorExamples of Finding Humor
Charlie Spencer ChaplinCharlie Spencer Chaplin
Chaplin was one of the most creative Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the and influential personalities of the silent-film era.silent-film era.
Examples of Finding HumorExamples of Finding Humor
Modern TimesModern Times is a is a 1936 comedy film by 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little has his iconic Little Tramp character Tramp character struggling to survive struggling to survive in the modern, in the modern, industrialized world. industrialized world.
Examples of Finding HumorExamples of Finding Humor
The film is a comment The film is a comment on the desperate on the desperate employment and fiscal employment and fiscal conditions many people conditions many people faced during the Great faced during the Great Depression, conditions Depression, conditions created, in Chaplin's created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies view, by the efficiencies of modern of modern industrialization.industrialization.
Ways of Finding HumorWays of Finding Humor
Read comics and cartoonsRead comics and cartoons Watch comedies on TVWatch comedies on TV Make an album of favorite jokesMake an album of favorite jokes Look for humor in daily lifeLook for humor in daily life Share at least one funny thing you Share at least one funny thing you
saw or heard in a daysaw or heard in a day Draw picture that illustrates funny Draw picture that illustrates funny
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Words to useWords to use LaughableLaughable ClownClown PlayfulPlayful FancifulFanciful ComedyComedy
PunPun IronyIrony WhimsicalWhimsical WittinessWittiness CaricatureCaricature
Words to useWords to use Pun Pun refers to a play on words, refers to a play on words,
sometimes on different senses of the sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different similar sense or sound of different words.words.
Wittiness Wittiness means very clever and means very clever and humorous especially in speech or humorous especially in speech or writingwriting
Words to useWords to use Whimsical Whimsical refers to a sudden or refers to a sudden or
capricious idea; or a fancycapricious idea; or a fancy Caricature Caricature means a representation, means a representation,
especially pictorial or literary, in which especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic exaggerated to produce a comic