This is a message to all teenagers who are prone to dropping out of high school.
When you become a teenager you will increasingly be held responsible for your actions and behavior. Your parents will expect you to take responsibility for your own clothes, your allowance, and your chores as a resident of the household. Taking responsibility for your education is no exception.
When you become a teenager you will increasingly be held responsible for your actions and behavior. Your parents will expect you to take responsibility for your own clothes, your allowance, and your chores as a resident of the household. Taking responsibility for your education is no exception.
It's Your Future
Think about your future. Consider what your strengths are. There is something that you do well – – something that you become so engrossed in that the time goes by without you noticing or something that you do so well that others would say that you are in your “element”.
Think about your future. Consider what your strengths are. There is something that you do well – – something that you become so engrossed in that the time goes by without you noticing or something that you do so well that others would say that you are in your “element”.
My brother had a natural gift for playing the piano which we discovered early. He would hear a tune and just began playing it on the piano without knowing how to read a word of music on a music sheet. On a different note, when I was a teenager it was the norm for a group of guys on a summer night to gather together under the street lamps and just sing. Many of these guys went on to either form or become parts of great singing groups.
Know Your Strengths
Consider your strengths and skills very carefully. Keep in mind that you will have some teachers who are caring and competent and some who are uncaring and incompetent. Use your powers of discernment and do whatever it takes to get out of the bad teachers’ classes. Enlist your parents' help and, if necessary, go to the principal together. It is your education and your future. And by your efforts, you’ll get your parents to wake up and take notice.
Consider your strengths and skills very carefully. Keep in mind that you will have some teachers who are caring and competent and some who are uncaring and incompetent. Use your powers of discernment and do whatever it takes to get out of the bad teachers’ classes. Enlist your parents' help and, if necessary, go to the principal together. It is your education and your future. And by your efforts, you’ll get your parents to wake up and take notice.
Accept Challenges
Do not get discouraged and drop out of school. If you feel at all that your actions are futile, then you and your awakened parents can work together to get you transferred to a new school. However, if you remain in your current school, ask your good teachers to challenge you more. This is an especially good step to take if it’s a subject you like and if it has significant real world value. More on this and how it worked for me in a future post.
Do not get discouraged and drop out of school. If you feel at all that your actions are futile, then you and your awakened parents can work together to get you transferred to a new school. However, if you remain in your current school, ask your good teachers to challenge you more. This is an especially good step to take if it’s a subject you like and if it has significant real world value. More on this and how it worked for me in a future post.
Once again, take control of your education and your future. Don’t drop out of school.
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