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Back to School - Are New Clothes the Real Issue?
Monday, August 24, 2009
By: John Bishop
There is a better way to prepare students for the new school year.
Parents spend an estimated $14 billion on new clothes and school supplies to get their children ready for the new school year. We want our children to start the new school with a fresh and more positive outlook toward their education.
But, what happens after the new school clothes are dirty, the new book bag is torn, and the new pens are lost?
John Bishop, Executive Director of Accent On Success®, a nonprofit organization dedicated helping students succeed, thinks there is a better way to prepare our children for school. He has developed a top ten list of things students can do to take more responsibility for their education. Importantly, this list can also help them with their personal decision making, time management issues and in determining what is important in their lives.
Top 10 Rules for Success in School (and in Life)
1. No vision = no direction. Write down what you want to accomplish in the first month of the school year. Repeat for each new month.
2. Don't find a fault; find a solution
3. Minimize the bummer words: no, can't, won't, never, maybe, and if. These six words can hold you back from reaching your full potential.
4. Learn how to set and achieve goals and how to use these principles in the classroom.
5. To get ahead in life--learn more, do more.
6. Use the YES! Count on Me words: yes, I can, and I will.
7. Eliminate excuses.
8. Ask yourself every day: "Did I give my best effort to today's activities?"
9. Help others.
10. Enthusiastically take action on your dreams.
With these ten life skills students learn how to take more personal responsibility to do something meaningful and positive to change their educational experience. They learn how to overcome challenges, the importance of being positive and how to measure their progress.
Contact:
John Bishop, Executive Director
Accent On Success
St Louis, MO 63104
www.GoalSettingForStudents.com
314-664-6110 (office) CST
314-651-1479 (cell)
John Bishop is the Executive Director of Accent On Success® and author of the Goal Setting for Students® book which has recently won three national book awards.
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