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| 607N
– NEVER LET OTHERS BELITTLE YOUR AMBITIONS – (2 Pages, Includes Quotes by: Mark Twain, Ben Franklin, Henry
Ford) Encourages students to never allow the doubt or negativity
of others to keep them from achieving their ambitions. |
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| 608N
- THE DOOR IS OPEN – (2 Pages, Includes Quotes by: Flora Whittmore,
Ann Landers & a Chinese Proverb) Discusses
with students the opportunities available through education, if
they choose to walk through the doors which are open to them. |
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600
- BECOME THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE - Two Pages.
Encourages students to ask themselves what changes they want to
see in their lives and to make those changes come about by setting
forth a plan and taking the steps necessary to make the changes
in their lives that they want to see. Includes quotes by Mahatma
Ghandi and Henry David Thoreau.
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601
- THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING - Two pages.
Discusses the importance of planning for the future and the role
that high school plays in ones future opportunities. Encourages
students to plan, act and achieve. Includes excerpts from Anne
Tyler’s book, Back When We Were Grownups as well as the story of
a farmer written by Brian Cavanaugh and excerpted from the Sower’s
Seeds.
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602
- NURTURING THE SEEDS WITHIN - Two pages.
Encourages parents, teachers, family members and friends (everyone
in the life of the respective student) to look for hidden seeds
of talent and potential and to support the growth of those hidden
seeds. Also, encourages student to look within his/her self to
discover new interests and potential talents as the journey through
high school and adolescence begins. Includes quote from Thomas
Moore’s book, The Education of the Heart.
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603
- MAKE THE MOST OF TODAY - Two pages.
Encourages students to make the most of their days and to appreciate/take
advantage of the political, social and educational opportunities
they now have as a result of civil rights battles fought and won
over the years.
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604
- BELIEVE IN OTHERS – BELIEVE IN YOURSELF - Two+ pages.
Discusses the importance of believing in others and how it relates
to believing in our own abilities. Includes quotes by E. E. Cummings,
Leo Buscaglia and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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605
- MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR SITUATION - Two+ pages.
Encourages students to make the most of situations they are presented
with, even those that get under their skin as things aren’t always
as they appear to be. Includes the short story, “Lessons from an
Oyster”.
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606
- THE REALITIES OF LIFE - Two pages.
Begins with a humorous short story and discusses the importance
of perserverance in accomplishing goals throughout one’s life.
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