Student Success Statement/Reflection

Student Success Statement

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction”

-Margaret Thatcher.

Reflection

I believe that being a good person take discipline. I agree with Margaret on the idea of disciplining ourselves to do what is right. I respectively disagree that it is difficult. Especially if you are used to choosing the right and already a habit, the practice of choosing the right all the time becomes easy. I believe that it take a person who chooses the right to be considered a good and admirable person. Only if you have good qualities should you be prideful, feel good about yourself and be happy with yourself.

Balancing High School and Part-Time Work Part 3

Balancing High School and Part-Time Work

Part 3

Brad MacGowan, of the Career Center at Newton North High School in Massachusetts, thinks that working can be a valuable part of a student’s life, if taken on responsibility.” you can derive a great deal from working, considerably more than just money,” he says. “in most cases, you can acquire a nice dose of discipline and a whole new set of skilled and experiences.” In addition, your supervisor may be willing to write a strong college recommendation for you.

School Comes First

Schoolwork, including homework and studying for tests, should always be your top priority. MacGowan cautions students who do decide to work, “If you are rushing through your assignments…or not studying enough for tests because of work, it’s time to cut back or quit and find a less time-consuming job.”

CHOOSE THE RIGHT!!

Student Success Statement

Student Success Statement

“If it us not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”

­-Marcus Aurelius

Reflection

Marcus answers the question of what should be done and what should be said. We shall always do what is right and speak only the truth. I definitely agree with Aurelius. Is whatever you have in mind is not right, do not it. If what you have in mind to say is not true, do not say it. I believe this quote is a simple way to say what we shall not do to keep a pure heart. For example, if you walk into class late, and you were thinking of lying, tell the truth. The truth is always right. There is no need to lie, or to lie to you. If you were thinking of ditching school, but you know that it is wrong because you will miss the material of the whole day, then don’t do it. Choose the right. Don’t chose to do something when you know it is wrong.

Student Success Statement/ Reflection

Student Success Statement

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing.”
-Theodore Roosevelt

Reflection

Whenever one is in the middle of making up their mind and are not sure what to decide, the right should always be chosen. That is the best decision that can be made. One should always choose the right. No matter how confusing it may seem and how undecided one may be, you know what is right, and you choose that path.

Summary/ Reflection

Summary:

After 60 years a man returns money he had stolen in the late 1940s from Sears. He had stolen about 25 dollars then. He decided to pay back 60 years later. The man left an envelope with a cashier at Sears with a 100 dollar bill inside addressing it to the manager. Inside with the money, he included a note that explained that he had stolen the money 60 years ago and that he was paying back.  

Reflection:

I believe that if you choose the wrong a bad conscious will forever live with you until you do the right thing. This man carried the guilt with him after 60 years. So much time past but his conscious continued to remind him that he had done bad. To be free of the guilt he decided to pay back. It was until then then his conscious could be free. I believe this is true for all of us. We will always have a guilty conscious when choosing the wrong until we do the right thing.

Summary/ reflection

Summary

Jermaine chose the wrong in so many occasions sadly. He had the great opportunity to be on American idol. Sadly this didn’t last long, since he got disqualified during mid-season. Jermaine had a dark background to uncover. Shockingly, he had a criminal record. TMZ investigated him just to find that he had been arrested for being involved in a fight in a hotel and for having a warrant. He had been pulled over many times for suspended license, disorderly conduct, and for having an open alcoholic beverage with him.

Reflection

 Jermaine choose the wrong in every of these occasions. He had already gotten so far, even making it into the semifinal. Sadly, he was not able to continue due to his dark past, due to him choosing the wrong. Not only once, but various times. This is why we should always choose the right. If Jermaine had chosen the right since the beginning he could have gone much farther. He could have even been the American idol. We shouldn’t let a bad choice hold us back, especially from our dreams. It is very important to always choose the right and be on the right path, so when you get the one in a life time opportunity, you’ll be able to take full advantage of it!

Student Success Statement/ Reflection

Student Success Statement

“Light and darkness can’t occupy the same space at the same time. CTR is light-CTW is darkness.”

Call/Haymore

Reflection

A decision can’t be right and wrong. Either one chooses the right or they chose the wrong. We should always choose the right, to have no wrong in us.

Reflection

Reflection

I find it unbelievable on the percentage of teen that have used alcohol. I find this very sad, just to think that a big number of those teens will end up abusing drugs for the rest of their lives. Drugs have wrong written all over it. Knowing that these teens are putting their life in danger without a good purpose is horrible. I honestly pity these people, because they could to living as better life by ,living a drug-free life.