February 6 2006 Be the change you want

February 6, 2006 Be the change you want to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi If you could spend one year in perfect happiness but afterward would remember nothing of the experience would you do so? If not, why not?

February 8, 2006 Time is our most valuable asset, yet we tend to waste it, kill it and spend it rather than invest it. Would you accept $1, 000 to leave the country and never set foot in it again?

February 13, 2006 I’d rather be a failure at something I enjoy than be a success at something I hate. George Burns Do you think that the world will be a better or a worse place 100 years from now?

To Do: Monday • • • Forms Color Code Presentations 10 minutes to review for Color Code Quiz Goal Setting

February 14, 2006 I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please everyone. Bill Cosby Are you a “pleaser, ” someone who says yes to everything and everyone? If so, have the courage to say no today when it’s the right thing to do.

February 15, 2006 How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. Anne Frank Would you rather be a member of a world championship sports team or be the champion of an individual sport? Which sport would you choose?

February 16, 2006 To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one ability or quality, what would it be? Why?

February 21, 2006 To exist is to change; to change is to mature; to mature is to create oneself endlessly. Are there people you envy enough to want to trade lives with them? Who are they? And why or why not?

February 22, 2006 Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do. You have the power to go any distance into the future and , after one year, return to the present with any knowledge you have gained from your experience but with no physical objects. Would you make the journey if it carried a 50 percent risk of death?

February 23, 2006 The life you have led does not need to be the only life you have. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as your dinner guest? As your close friend? Why?

To Do: Thursday • Turn in Parent Signature for Portfolio Assignments • Turn in Habit 3 Worksheets • Receive Ch. 6 Word Processing Reading Packet • Pre-Assessment on Word

Put First Things First • Agenda/Planner or a piece of Paper • Think about your “Big Rocks” for next week – Due Dates, Test/Quiz, Reports, Essays, Activities, etc… • Take 5 minutes to write down your “Big Rocks” in your agenda/planner

To Do: Friday • Put First Things First • Color Code Quiz make-up during Panther Period • Turn in Parent Signature for 10 extra credit points • Take home your Color Code Poster • Personal-Business Letters

February 27, 2006 The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?

To Do: Monday • Create Folders in My Document • Best Effort Reflection Paper

February 28, 2006 The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. E. E. Cummings If you saw someone cheating on a test, what would you do? What if you had signed an honor code?

To Do: Tuesday • • • Finish Best Effort Reflection Paper Peer Editing Finish the Complaint Letter Ch. 6 Reading Packet Due Thursday Turn in Parent Signature for Portfolio Assignment Check Off Sheet

March 2, 2006 If you don’t like something change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain. Maya Angelou How do you react when people sing, “Happy Birthday” to you in a restaurant?

March 6, 2006 The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. When you tell a story, do you often exaggerate or embellish it? If so, why?

March 8, 2006 Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. When you do something ridiculous, how much does it bother you to have other people notice it and laugh at you?

To Do: Wednesday 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Finish/Print out Best Effort Paper Attach the Best Effort Rubric; take home and have Parents Grade the Best Effort, Due Monday March 13 th for 20 points Finish/Print the Complaint, Complimentary, Request and Informative Letter Staple a copy of all 4 letters together and turn into the basket at the end of the period Print out a second copy of the Informative (Parent) Letter and take it home to your parents. Have you parents read and sign the letter. The Informative Letter is due March 13 th for 10 points

March 13, 2006 Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. Albert Einstein Do you feel you have much impact on the lives of people you come in contact with? Can you think of someone who, over a short period of time, significantly influenced your life?

Monday • Go over Student Access • Hand back Ch. 6 Reading Packet • Tech Prep Application • Bulleted and Number List

March 14, 2006 Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. Abraham Lincoln If you decide to do something and your friends strongly advised you not to, would you still do it anyway?

March 15, 2006 The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don’t know what to do. When you are given a compliment do you usually acknowledge it or suggest that you really do not deserve it?

March 16, 2006 The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain If your friends and acquaintances were willing to bluntly and honestly tell you what they really thought of you, would you want them to?

March 17, 2006 Put First Things First • Agenda/Planner or a piece of Paper • Think about your “Big Rocks” for next week – Due Dates, Test/Quiz, Reports, Essays, Activities, etc… • Take 5 minutes to write down your “Big Rocks” in your agenda/planner

Friday 1. Finish the Table Assignments – Assignment 1 – Assignment 2 – Assignment 3 2. Finish Bulleted and Number List 3. Finish/turn-in Personal. Business Letters

March 20, 2006 Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. What sorts of things would you do if you could be as outgoing and uninhibited as you wished? Do you usually initiate friendships or wait to be approached?

March 21, 2006 In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Thomas Jefferson What do you most strive for in your life: accomplishment, security, love, power, excitement, knowledge, or something else? Why?

March 22, 2006 The control center of your life is your attitude. Do you establish routines in your life? For example, do you usually sleep in the same place in your bed? Eat meals at the same time? Regularly return to the same vacation spot? Why do you have routines?

March 23, 2006 Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. Aristotle If you were at a friend’s house for Thanksgiving dinner and you found a dead cockroach in your salad, what would you do?

March 24, 2006 When you forgive, you in no way change the past, but you sure do change the future. Does the fact that you have never done something before increase or decrease its appeal to you? Give an example.

March 27, 2006 A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. Do you usually make a special effort to thank someone who does you a favor? How do you react when you are not thanked for going out of your way for someone?

March 30, 2006 Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentment slip away, and a sunny spirit takes their place. You are invited to a party that will be attended by many fascinating people you’ve never met. Would you want to go if you had to go by yourself? Why or why not?

March 31, 2006 In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. If you knew you could devote yourself to any single occupation – music, writing, acting, business, politics, medicine, etc… - and be among the best and most successful in the world at it, what would you choose? If you knew you had only 10% chance of being so successful, would you still put in the effort?

April 10, 2006 Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. Benjamin Franklin What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?

April 11, 2006 Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. General George S. Patton, Jr. Jr If you could prevent either an earthquake in Peru that would kill 40, 000 people, a crash at your local airport that would kill 200 people, or an automobile accident that would kill an acquaintance of yours, which would you choose?

April 12, 2006 The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes. Tony Blair You have arranged an evening with a friend, but on the day preceding your date a special opportunity arises to do something much more exciting. How would you handle the situation?

What to do for Wednesday? 1. Finish e. DISCOVER 2. Start writing your Autobiography • • Define Goals Identify your Short-Term and Long-Term Goals in the six different areas And so on… Use your What does the future hold packet.

April 14, 2006 We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face…we must do that which we think we cannot. Eleanor Roosevelt Before you make a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say?

April 17, 2006 Self-esteem must be earned! When you dare to dream, dare to follow that dream, dare to suffer through the pain, sacrifice, self -doubts, and friction from the world, you will genuinely impress yourself. Laura Schlessinger What do you value most in a relationship?

April 18, 2006 Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm. Winston Churchill A close friend asks (genuinely wants) your opinion about something, but your opinion is one that he/she is likely to find quite painful. What would you do?

Tuesday’s To Do List • Start Researching your Career • Fill out the Note Handout • Make sure to write down your sources! • Finish Autobiography

April 19, 2006 We first make out habits, then our habits make us. English Poet Would you give up half of what you now own for a pill that would permanently change you so that one hour of sleep each day would fully refresh you?

April 20, 2006 Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you see the whole world. George Bernard Shaw In what areas of your life are you not being true to yourself?

April 21, 2006 Progress always involves risk; you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first. Frederick Wilcox When we are willing to step from the known to the unknown, we learn more about ourselves and about life. We expand our horizons. Our fears are all that hold us back. Move into new territory each day and life becomes a true adventure. How can you step out of your comfort zone today?

April 24, 2006 The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started. Dawson Trotman Procrastination seriously drains our energy and our morale. What lies undone nags at us. Look at what you’re avoiding. What are you procrastinating?

April 25, 2006 The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort - he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature. Arnold Bennett Before you’ll ever win in the public arenas of life, you must first win private battles within yourself. All changes begins with you. What changes would you like to make to better yourself?

April 26, 2006 People are just about as happy as they make up their mind to be. Abraham Lincoln There are two types of people in the world – PROACTIVE and REACTIVE. A proactive are people who take responsibility for their lives, who make it happen; while a reactive person is one who blames, who get happened to. Which on are you? If you could change would you? In what areas of you life could you be more PROACTIVE?

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April 27, 2006 There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. Frederico Fellini Passion emerges when your spirit expresses itself. How do you stop yourself from fully expressing who you are?

April 28, 2006 So often, in our quest to be more popular and to be part of the “in-group, ” we lose sight of things that are far more important. Think of a person who made a positive difference in your life. What qualities does that person have that you would like to develop?

May 1, 2006 Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level. Dr. Joyce Brothers What early warning signals are you presently ignoring?

Short Speech Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Favorite childhood memory Proudest moment Favorite Subject One thing you would like to improve on Who’s the positive influence in your life

My Favorite Things • Open or create a new Power. Point; titled My Favorite Things • Include a minimum of 5 slides, not counting the title slide • Some ideas for topics – – – – Food Sports/Hobbies Vacation Spots Person/People TV show/Movie Book/Author Brand/Store Music/Band • Include an appropriate background, color, font and clipart

May 9, 2006 Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life. Joseph Conrad Always trust that you know what's best for you. To move forward in your life, gather information from the ‘experts, ’ consider how their advice relates to your situation and then act only on what feels right for you. You are the only expert for your own life. How deeply do you trust your own guidance?

May 10, 2006 A person's worth is contingent upon who he is, not upon what he does, or how much he has. The worth of a person, or a thing, or an idea, is in being, not in doing, not in having. Alice Mary Hilton Self-worth is a quality we find inside ourselves when we realize that we are a unique and precious expression of the life force. Inherently, as a part of the cosmos, we have value and purpose. We must never judge our value by our income. How do you measure your worth?

May 15, 2006 To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart. Pearl S. Buck Are you more self-conscious or otherconscious?

May 16, 2006 We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, we have left undone those things that we ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. Charles E. Hummel To do more in our life and to have more free time, we must continually challenge ourselves to be more efficient. What can you let go? Where do you need to say "NO"? How can you protect your quality time? What changes are you going to make?

May 17, 2006 I am grateful for all my problems. After each one was overcome, I became stronger and more able to meet those that were still to come. I grew in all my difficulties. J. C. Penney How is a problem in your life really an opportunity?

May 18, 2006 By adding something new every day, we gain knowledge. By taking something away every day, we gain wisdom. Lao Tzu What do you need to release (let go of) in order to gain wisdom?

Get out your Planner or a Piece of Paper Write down the following information: May 22 – May 26 Meet in the Library May 30 – May 31 Meet in Room 12 June 1 – June 2 Meet in Room 14

May 26, 2006 You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you. James Allen What was your most important insight this week?