Student Success Statement

“Kindness is the essence of Greatness”

~Joseph B. Wirthlin

Kindness is the essence of greatness because that’s what makes the spark. In order to be great, or have the title of someone who is great, we need to show that we are. We’re not talking about being famous or becoming a model just to show your “great” here, there is something more than that. This quote tells us the answer, Kindness. As humans we learn more from the bad and not from the good act. The more good we learn to do, the greater we become from the inside. This also encourages others to do the same, so it’s a win-win action.

Thanksgiving Week

Well to start off, this thanksgiving week was a week full of memories. I know this isn’t the first time I celebrate Thanksgiving with my family, but I just never get tired of it. I always love the experience I have, and all the fun I get to join into. Meeting and sharing with my family great happiness is so wonderful. You get to laugh, smile and enjoy your day beautifully. You also get to see your family like your aunt, uncle, grandma, and cousins all join in the fun and have a great time all together. We all know this isn’t a thing you get to see everyday, right? It’s all so wonderful to live and even to think of it. You want to stay in that positive mood, and how? There’s your answer. Go have fun it’s never too late and it’s never wrong. My Thanksgiving Week gave me time to think of how grateful I am to have my family by my side. I believe everyone should be able to do the same thing, and even if you have only a few members of your family, be thankful that. We always have to see the good side of what God gave us, and what we have top ourselves.

My Experience…

• I celebrated Thanksgiving with my family at my grandma’s house.
• I watch the first 8 episodes of Season 1 of Once Upon a Time.
• I found a watch in the floor but so it fell off someone, so I returned it to its owner.
• I Finished my English, Math, and History Homework.

Student Success Statement

“Manners maketh Man.”

~William Wykeham

• I believe that manners maketh man means that manners are what create someone. For example, being able to talk and ask for something politely makes you look like someone with respect and someone who is nice. However, asking for thing rudely makes you seem like an aggressive person. So, things all comes down to the point where we all have to act the way we want to be seen, and treat others the way we want to be treated. This way, we wouldn’t care how people see us but at least we don’t have to worry about being seen as a bad person. To conclude, having people treat you nice is a great feeling, so might as well treat others nice so they feel what you want back. I also think this is a good positive way of communicating with people.

Student Success Statement

“If it’s not right, don’t do it; if it’s not true don’t say it.”

~Marcus Aurelius

As Marcus Aurelius says, we should is obviously the best and the good for us. If we already know that what we’re planning to do is wrong, then we should think twice about not doing it. If we know that what we’re about to say is not true, then we also shouldn’t hesitate on taking it back and just straight out tell the truth. An example can be when we think that because our friends are doing something cool, we want to try it as well. However, deep inside we already know that it’s not the right thing to do because you’ve been told before. Unlike when we’re afraid of telling the truth when we’ve done something wrong, but instead of choosing the right thing to do, we lie. All of these start with dealing on starting with the end in mind. If you don’t think first of what would happen at the the end with all the things you're doing right now, then you’ll never understand on how to choose or make the right choices.

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving: The expression of gratitude, especially to God.

History of Thanksgiving:

~In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.

Thanksgiving Traditions

~Each year Americans in the United States celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. Most families follow traditions begun on the first Thanksgiving, but many have their own traditions that they follow each year. Here are some of the common traditions associated with "Turkey Day."

• Spending time with family.
• Traditional foods include: Turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cornbread, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce.

           Dessert: Popular pie flavors are pumpkin, pecan, sweet potato, and apple.

(Some people eat vegetarian turkey, which is made out of tofu. Others prefer to eat squash, salads, or other fruit and vegetable dishes.)

• Some families include breaking the turkey's wishbone as part of their celebration. The wishbone is found attached to the breast meat in the turkey's chest. After the meat has been removed and the wishbone has had a chance to become dry and brittle, two people each take one end of the bone, make a wish, and pull. Whoever ends up with the larger part of the bone gets their wish!
• Many generous folks use Thanksgiving as an opportunity to help the less fortunate. Some people volunteer to serve food at homeless shelters on Thanksgiving Day and others donate to shelters or participate in canned food drives.
• Television also plays a part in Thanksgiving celebrations. Many families watch the New York City Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade includes marching bands, floats, songs and performances from Broadway musicals, and giant helium-filled balloons! People may also enjoy televised football games.

~To me, there are many  things I am thankful for. I can start by saying that I am thankful to God for giving me a chance to live, and giving me a great family. Also, I’d like to thank my family for always being supportive and understanding of how I am and I’m becoming. This gives me great enthusiasm to live a better and greater life. I also want to thank my friends and my best friend Aylin for always always always being there when I needed them. They were supportive of me when I came out, and they never fail to bring a smile to my face. Another person I would like to thank is my closer friend, ‘almost sister’. She understands me in my most lowest times, and I’m thankful for her and her existence. Even if she thinks no one’s there for her at times, she doesn’t know I’m always thinking about her. I love all my friends and family, but some people you just love them over the board. You feel that special loving they give you and that’s a feeling I’d recommend for the ones who think are not capable of loving anyone. I’m also thankful for my teachers, tutors, counselors, advisors, companions, classmates, and even the strangers I see...All of these wonderful people make up this world and I included everyone because no one has to be left behind. Everyone is important and everyone has a role to accomplish in this world. All that the world needs is peace and understanding of what being thankful mea

Student Success Statement

“Doing what is right, fair and honorable is more important than winning or losing”

~Chick Moorman

This quote is telling us that it doesn’t matter what happens at the end, whether you win or lose. All that matters is how you do things, in the honorable way or in the wrong way. If you do things fairly and right, you will always win as a good person, ‘CTR’. However, when you cheat or do things that are not correct, you think you’d win but you’ve actually failed as a good student. This brings us to think how we should be acting and how we should be thinking.

Being able to do things right makes us feel better because we can do things in our own now, but if we start all over again and go the wrong direction, it messes our path. To conclude, this statement can bring flashbacks once read. For example, maybe you cheated on a class work or on a test and at the end you thought you’ve succeeded. Never did you know that you were doing wrong, but now is the time to realize our mistakes and start doing what you know is right.

Veterans Day

What is Veterans Day?

                   It is a public holiday held on the anniversary of the end of World War I to honor US veterans and victims of all wars. It replaced Armistice Day in 1954.         

When is it?

                   It is held in November 11

What is the purpose of Veterans Day?

                   This holiday started as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in our country's service, and was originally called Armistice Day. It fell on Nov. 11 because that is the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. However, in 1954, the holiday was changed to "Veterans Day" in order to account for all veterans in all wars.

Why is it important to show honor on veterans day?

                   It is important to continue honoring veterans because it is a way of acknowledging the sacrifices they have made while serving their country.Without the service of veterans, Americans may not have the freedoms they do today.

Ways to Honor/Respect our Veterans on that day/any day:

• Visit a wounded veteran at the hospital.
• Offer your home repair skills to a veteran or military family.
• Create an online neighborhood user group that can be used to share information about neighborhood activities, recommend reliable repair companies, and find babysitters. An online group may also help identify the needs of your neighbors.
• Volunteer your financial, legal, or career expertise via MilServe.
• Deliver a meal or care packages to veterans.
• Help a veteran tell their story through a project such as the Veteran's History Project. You can download a VHP field kit from the Library of Congress website.
• Volunteer with an organization, such as Canine Companions for Independence, that provide therapy dogs to veterans.
• Offer a vet a ride by volunteering with the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) organization, which provides free transportation to men and women unable to travel to VA medical facilities on their own.
• Visit serve.gov and use keyword “veterans” to find more opportunities to serve our nation's veterans.
• Say “Thank You”.

I believe that November 11 should me more than just being thankful to them. I believe it should be more than just one day, and some kind words. I truly believe they deserve way more than what we give to them that day, but it is y to thank them.

I think Veterans Day is a great way to support our veterans. This way we can show them how much we appreciate them for their work they’ve done for us and for their sacrifices. These are our heroes and sometimes our heroes get killed in battles and we don't even pay attention to how it affects their family. Well I do appreciate the marines and everyone who fights for our country. I think what they need is more protection and more time with their family. It’s not fair for them to be out there risking all they have, and us here not being appreciative enough. We all have to stand together as a country, not only as the marines, air force, navy, or veterans.

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(Veterans Day)

Student Success Statement

“These are the 3 magic keys to living your life with integrity.”

1. Have the Courage to say no
2. Have the Courage to face the truth
3. Do the Right thing because it is right

~W. Clement Stone

What Clement Stone is trying to tell us in these quotes, is that having integrity only takes a few steps to do in our life, but also a lot of courage. The examples he have are all we need to do. We also need to be careful on the way we act because not only are we trying to have integrity ourselves, we’re also trying to set good examples for others. This statement makes us realize that we don’t need to be perfect to have good integrity . We just need to be a more positive way of ourselves. For example, we need to understand how to accept the good, and say no to the what’s bad. Also, we need to face the truth on every situation of our lives. And lastly, we need to do the right thi9ng because it is obviously always the right and best thing to do.

Student Success Statement

“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed”

~Proverbs 13:20

This quote means that with whomever your friendship is, that’s what you’ll be learning. It always matters who you’re with, even if you think they are your best friend, sometimes best friends stab you in the front. So, be careful also you get advise from, they can always be bad or wrong, but the moment is for you to figure out and think which one it is. Don’t ever settle with the wrong people, just because you want to be cool with them. Choose right, and choose wisely. It’s very important to get good influence now, to be a better influence later. Also, being a good influence yourself, isn’t a bad idea. If you know that what they are doing is wrong, it is better for you to tell them what is right, and leave their side until they’ve learned.

Student Success Statement

“The best recreation is to do good.”

~William Penn

This quote shows us the definition of recreation. For example, recreation means to do again, or all over again, which in this case is us. By recreating ourselves, we create someone else. Of course, we’re still in the same human body, but our mind and heart are different now. Now, instead of doing bad, we do good. Instead of choosing to be a bad person, we decide to become a better person. This improves everything up to 99%. Even if others don’t like your change, it’s better to forget about them for not supporting you on what you really want. However, others might be glad for this change because it brings good and positivity in the lives around you.