Usually, people take this time to list what they're a thankful for and express gratitude. I'm sure you all have done that a million times in your educational careers.
Here's a twist.
Most Thanksgivings are spent with family and friends; sometimes, it's with those we only see a few times a year. When I was a young girl (way, way back...), I remember how older members of my family (and friends) would take this opportunity to give advice to the younger generation. Sometimes it was a simple piece of advice. When I was about 12, Lily, a family friend, told me, "Gina, start using Oil of Olay moisturizer everyday now. You will look young when all your friends look like old hags." It was a fabulous piece of advice. Sometimes the advice revolves around life lessons like the advice given by my parents, "It's important to manage your finances. Never borrow more than you can repay."
This Thanksgiving take the time to reflect on pieces of advice you have been given recently or in the past, and by whom. Include everything from the mundane to more abstract ideas about character, getting along with others, and so on.
Let's get a good list going. Part two coming soon.....
LA Period 2
ReplyDeleteGabrielle G.
Some advice my parents have given me in the past:
1) Always treat others kindly, and the way you want to be treated. You never know what goes on in a person's life, or any personal problems he/she might have that causes him/her to act the way he/she does. For example, maybe a person always shouts out the answers in class and doesn't listen or do work well because he/she has A.D.H.D. or some other mental condition. You should never judge a person without getting to know them.
2) Always push yourself to try new things, and go outside your comfort zone.
3) Knowing how to communicate with others is an extremely valuable skill to have. It will help in many cases throughout a person's life, such as when he/she is looking for a job.
LA Period 5
ReplyDeleteJake Fuhrman
1) Always look both ways when crossing the street.
2) Treat others how you would like to be treated. Always put yourself in other people's positions.
3) Never give up, keep trying.
4) Violence is never the answer.
5) The outcome doesn't matter, as long as you try your best.
6) Always use nice manners and be polite.
7) Don't take candy from strangers.
8) If something is really important, only trust yourself to do it.
LA Period 5
ReplyDeleteLacey Larson
1.Your best is always more than enough.
2.People do not care what you know until they know you care.
3."A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future."~Coco Chanel
4.Privacy and polite behavior go hand and hand.
5.Everyone has to fight a battle.
LA Period 5
ReplyDeleteMichelle Kaae
All my life, my parents have given me many great pieces of advice. However, some of them are more memorable than others.
1. Always believe in yourself. No matter how many times I hear it, this always lifts my spirits. Everybody has felt miserable and disappointed at least once in their lives. All it takes is for someone to remind you never to lose faith in yourself, and it provides the moral strength to carry on being happy.
2. Don't judge a book by its cover. You never know what's really going on with someone until you talk to them, and it's irrational to jump to conclusions about them.
3. Never give up. No matter how big of an obstacle you face in life, there is always some way to overcome it.
4. Practice what you preach. If you tell someone to be kind to others, it's immoral to later bully someone (although bullying is ALWAYS wrong).
Howard Ki
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1. Never give up.
2. Stand up for yourself- " If you have enemies, good, it means you once stood up for something."- Eminem
3. Work hard- The amount of success one will have is directly linked to the amount one has sacrificed."
4. Get straight A's
5. Be respectful.
Guo Qian
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1.Trying your best is never enough. It's the final product that matters. If the final product was not successful, you did not try your best.
2.Anything can be achieved if given the right amount of effort.
3.Lose weight, you'll become smarter.
4.Tea has many antioxidants. Drink it.
5.This one was from when I was about four, and extremely gullible. However, it did help me eat the right foods:
If you eat your spinach, you will have magical powers.
Not joking. My parents, grandparents, and little sister all told me these things. Haha.
Danielle Bush
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1.) If everyone you knew threw their problems into the center of the room, you would run back in and grab your own.
2.) One of the luxuries of being a human being is that you get to make mistakes.
3.) The world should not measure a person by their successes and failures, but rather how they handle themselves during those successes and failures.
4.) Better he/she should cry then you should cry.
5.) Life is a bowl of cherries, stay away from the pits.
6.) You win some, you loose some, but it just matters how you play the game.
7.) What goes around, comes around.
8.) Shoot for the moon, if you miss, you will still reach the stars.
9.) That's how the cookie crumbles.
Jake Steirn
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1. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
2. Don't change for anybody.
3 Be who you want to be.
4. Make the most out of what you have.
5. There is always someone less fortunate than you.
6. Humans are never perfect, that includes you!
7. Hard work wins over talent when talent is not working hard.
8. Effort is always more preferable than laziness.
9. there is always someone on your heels catching up to you, but the hard work will take you to the end.
All of your parents are full of cliches. Guo, I like yours the most. :)
ReplyDeleteMy parents are always giving me handy little bits of advice that are more practical instead of inspirational.
1) For example, need to remove an ink stain? Douse the affected area in lemon juice and salt and set out to dry in the sun.
2) Annoying family member become intolerable? Need to remove a blood stain? Use some hydrogen peroxide.
3) Need to excuse yourself without seeming rude? Rub your eye and then act shocked. Say this quickly and in a somewhat panicky voice, "Oh my gosh, I think I just dislodged a contact lens!" Act as if you're very sorry, then excuse yourself to the bathroom to "fix it."
4) The best way to maintain interest in a conversation is to participate in it.
I have many more.
Caterina Golner
Joshua Kaufman
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1) At first if you don't succeed, maybe you just suck
2)Don't eat the yellow snow.
3)never pee or spit into the wind
4)What goes around comes around
LA 5
ReplyDeleteJessica Lloyd
I am not really sure if this counts as advice, but my parents are constantly telling my brothers and I that they hope our children are exactly like us. My dad told me that his dad told him the very same thing. I don't think parents say that to their kids because they think that they are such darling angels, I believe they tell us this to warn us. I think maybe they are saying (without realizing) that being a parent is harder than we, as children, might think. Maybe, the real message is that we should appreciate what we have now, so we will be better prepared for the future.
Sydney Britton
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1) "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get." -Forrest Gump
2) "If you don't get an "A" in a class, you failed." -My mother
3) "Soccer is the one sport where girls can be aggressive without getting reprimanded, so go all out." -My coach
4) "Sharing is caring." -My younger sister
Samantha Staropoli
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1) Treat others with respect and honesty.
2) Hard work pays off.
3) What comes around goes around.
4) Sharing is caring.
5) If you can count the number of true friends on one hand, then you are a very wealthy person.
6) Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
LA Period 3
ReplyDelete1.) It is better to close your mouth am let people assume that you are stupid then to open your mouth and prove that you are. - Lacey Larson
2.) Learn the value of a dollar.
3.) There is a significant difference between what is right, and what it easy.
4.) If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. - Sucker Punch
5.) If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. - J. K. Rowling
6.) The best things in life are free.
Leah Percal
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1. Stand up for yourself.
2. don't be afraid to show who you truly are.
3. Being yourself and not being popular is better than being fake and having fake friends.
4. What goes around comes around.
5. It's better to fail then to cheat and get and "A".
6. Trying new things will benifit you in the long run.
7. Giving up on something or someone is like giving up on your life.
8.This one is my favorite from when pretty much all I would eat was chicken, pizza or pasta:
You eat so much (whatever food)! Don't eat so much unless you want to turn into one!
Here is the advice I have received over the years and this past week.
ReplyDelete1. If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.
2. If something is worth doing, it's worth doing right.
3. Treat others the way you want to be treated.
4. "Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn't work hard."-Tim Tebow
5. Always try your hardest and do the best you possibly can in everything you do in life.
6. Save your money now. When you're a teenager you're going to need it!
7. When you're living on your own, never spend more money than you have.
8. When you're doing laundry, always use a shout color catcher so you don't end up with pink clothes.
Trace Wolf
LA Period 4
LA1 AponteZ
ReplyDelete1)2nd place is 1st place loser
2)if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it
3)its better to do it the hard way then having to go back and do it again
4)Dont do drugs
5)if your friend told you to jump off a building would you do it?
6)don't talk to strangers
7) Hard work pays off
8) treat others how you would like to be treated
LA3 MarshD
ReplyDelete1. treat others the way you want to be treated
2. Hard work pays off
3. Be yourself, everyone else is already taken
4. Respect is key
5. Think before you speak
6. Actions speak louder than words
7. treat others the way you want to be treated
Sabrina Rutner
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My mom is usually the one that gives me the "inspirational" advice. Almost every single thing she tells me has to do with my face and wrinkles but sometimes it's things that I can keep in mind for a lifetime and pass down to my kids when they are my age.
1. Live life as if you will die tomorrow, dream as if you will forever.
2. Everything happens for a reason, bad things happen so you can appreciate them when they are right.
3.Never let something go that you can't stop thinking about.
Something my dad always tells me is "To be old and wise, you first have to be young and stupid. "
Alyna T. Per. 4
ReplyDelete1. People change and things go wrong, but life goes on.
2. Everything's temporary.
3. Although not everything is easy, tears don't help problems and whining won't make things better.
4. Be there when people need you, because in order to have friends you must first be one.
5. Never give up. Anything's possible.
6. Don't make promises that you can't keep.
7. Don't believe everything that you hear because it's only one side to the story.
8. Give people a second chance, because no one is perfect.
9. Count your blessings, not your troubles. Some people have it much worse, so be thankful.
10. Live life with no regrets. Don't look back. What's done is done.
11. Just because it isn't easy doesn't mean it's not worth it.
12. Fight for your happiness.
Victoria Novie
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1) "If you have to cry, go outside."-Kelly Cutrone
2) "Everything happens for a reason." - my mom
3) "Don't get mad, get even."-John Tucker Must Die
4) "Moisturizer twice a day keeps the bags away." -90210
5)"Don't lose the way that you dance around in your PJ's getting ready for school."-Taylor Swift
Beatriz Galdona
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1) "Just keep trying." -My mom
2) "Don't worry, be happy." -My mom
3) "Never say never." -Justin Bieber
4) "The sky is not the limit because there are footprints on the moon." -My sister
5) "Dream big." -Justin Bieber
6) "It's better to fail with effort than to cheat and get and 'A.'" -My first grade teacher
7) "What goes around comes around." -My horseback-riding trainer
Katrina Ragbeer
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My parents are Jamaican and Indian (as in India, not Native America) so some of the things they say earn a weird look from my sisters and I.
1) If I make a funny face: One day, the wind will blow and your face will be stuck that way.
2) Do I look like so-and-so's parent?
3) Make sure you fast every once in a while to cleanse your body.
4) I didn't get this far in my life by sitting around eating Oreo's.
5) Instead of washing your hair every day, put Ouidad for curly hair and it will last 3-4 days.
6) Don't watch Nancy Grace, she attacks her callers.
7) If you get good grades, your father will be more likely to buy you things that you want.
8) Rather than sitting there watching foolishness, come help me do some work here.
9) While I'm listening to 'Lil Wayne or Drake: What is this nonsense? You need some culture, listen to Bob (as in Bob Marley).
10) If you want to make good curried chicken, put a bit of thyme, it makes a world of difference.
11) When I get hurt (my Mom's favorite): Better before you're married!
Did someone really just make a cliche Justin Bieber quote? Also, my favorites are Katrina's, they sound like things a true parent says. :) (Really, "be yourself"? "Be nice to others?")
ReplyDeleteSome of the best advice that applies to me:
"Be nice to the little people." - Mr. Wittrock
"To prove someone wrong, or yourself right, you must have proof." - my dad (Boy, do I take this seriously. Do not leave an argument unresolved with me during the day because you will get home and find at least three links to articles proving my point in your Inbox.)
ON ANNOYING PEOPLE THAT I ARGUE TOO MUCH WITH:
"Ignore them." - my mom
"Cuss them out." - my dad
ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE AND THEIR INTELLIGENCE
"I worked hard throughout all of school. I sometimes didn't get the best grade on everything. Do you consider me to be intelligent?" - my mom (Yes, yes, I do.)
"I didn't do any homework, and if I did, it was copied. I was still the best math student in my class. Do you consider me to be intelligent?" - my dad, the wisest, most infuriating person I know
Moral of the story: Don't treat those that you consider below you badly because they might be really smart, just in a different way than you. Also, my parents are way different from one another.
Cat Golner
I DEMAND A PART TWO! *slams fist on table*
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Here are some of the best pieces of advice, statements, quotes, and explanations I've ever received.:
1) Good things usually happen, and bad things sometimes happen. Sometimes you have to take a risk.
2) Life is never about being right. It is about not being wrong.
3) "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." ~Albert Einstein
4) What else is there if a man does his best?
5)"Fill what's empty, empty what's full, and scratch where it itches."
~the Duchess of Windsor
6) By law we are stuck in school, so at least pay attention once in a while.
7) When life gives you lemons, find sugar, water, and ice to make lemonade that will actually sell.
8)"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."
~Tom Clancy
9) You will always find a way to regret speech but not silence.
10) Talk to strangers. That's how you make friends.
11) "The harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
~ Thomas Jefferson
12) "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."
~Albert Einstein
These are the only ones that I can remember off the top of my tongue.