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Asking “Why?” Can Change Your Life and Transform Your Class

January 15th, 2007

This week my friend Kathleen told me about “The Great Little Book of Afformations.” Many people are familiar with affirmations and haven’t had a lot of success using them. That’s because when you say, “I’m thin” and your body and mind say, “No you’re not”, there is a split and it’s hard to override the negative mental chatter.

The Universe responds to feelings and questions. I’ve known this for years, and this week I really started to play with asking question. The question I was asking all week was “Why does money flow to me so easily?” In four days, I generated $470 of unexpected income, a teaching award and 4 gifts. I also received an email from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, which serves over 100,000 math teachers, that informed me that my integers website will be included in their March “News Bulletin.”

On Thursday I told my students about my manifesting experience and the power of questions. We talked about the type of questions that people normally ask. They tend to be negative questions and the Universe answers those - unwittingly.

You’ve probably heard some of these:
* Why am I so bad at math?
* Why do I always get in trouble and my little brother doesn’t?
* Why do you always pick on me?
* Why can’t I ever find my homework?
* Why am I so broke all of the time?
* Why can’t I loose weight?

We practiced asking some different questions:
* Why am I so organized?
* Why is it easy for me to concentrate in class?
* Why do I love school?
* Why do I get such great grades?

At the end of the period, one of my resource students who really struggles with math called me over and said, “Ms. Newburn, I totally get how to do this. I did it all by myself. I didn’t even need any help.” Then he threw his arms open wide and said, “Why does math come so easily to me?” with a huge grin on his face.

Yes, I made extra money this week by asking questions from “The Great Little Book of Afformations” and this ah-ha by my student was priceless!

Be mindful of the questions you ask.
For example, “Why do my students love my class?” may be because they have lots of friends to talk with. Whereas, asking “Why are students so engaged in the lesson?” would have the desired result of less classroom management and an increase in learning.

Questions you may want to use to transform your class:

• Why are students so helpful?
• Why do I love my job so much?
• Why do I have such engaging lessons that require little prep?
• Why do my students listen to and follow directions the first time?

And here are some to transform the teaching profession (and a lot of other jobs too):

• Why do I get paid so well?
• Why is my work appreciated and acknowledged?
• Why am I so respected?
• Why do I love my job?

Play with using afformations to change your life and transform your class. If you enjoyed this post, you would also like reading about The Secret.
Resources You Can Use
The Great Little Book of Afformations is a fun and easy way to transform your life and teaching. I’ve been amazed at the changes is just a week. You can purchase this book for $12.95 by clicking on the book link below.

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