Student Success Statement

“A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder.”

Thomas Carlyle

A rudder is what guides and steers a ship.  Like this quote is stating, goals are the same as rudders.  They guide and steer your life to a positive or negative direction.  Your goals are what keep you motivated and help you see that there are great things ahead.  This is why this quotes is saying that a man without goals is like a ship without a rudder.  What happens if you do not have goals in life?  Will you know where to go?  Will you know what to do?  Without goals, you will get lost.  Just like on a ship, if you do not have rudders, you will get lost.  Goals are what keep you going.  They keep you wanting a better version of yourself.  Most importantly, they help guide and steer your life in the direction YOU want it to go.  You control your goals, just like on a ship, you control the rudders.

Memorial Day Weekend

My Memorial Day Weekend was pretty boring.  Whenever I have a day off from school, I like to spend it at home.  I just sit back and binge-watch a T.V. show  that I like.  But this three-day weekend was a little different.  On Saturday, my friend invited me to evangelize.  I was a little bit skeptical about going at first, but I am really glad that I decided to go.  I learned a lot from that experience and I thanked my friend for inviting me.  On Sunday, my cousins came to visit.  That might seem ordinary and boring, but I haven’t seen these cousins in 3, 4 years.  Time passes by so fast and you don’t even realize it.  I was really happy to meet them and my grandma was as well, she was so happy that she even cried!  Yesterday, I didn't do anything really.  It was a day to relax and enjoy my day off from school (which I think I deserve by the way).  I sat in bed and watched Riverdale, a new Netflix show, all day.  My Memorial Day Weekend was pretty fun, and I surprisingly love how it went.  I love that I had the chance to spend time with my family and that I also got to relax and have me-time.  I hope that I have more weekends like this one.  

Student Success Statement

“When a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.”

Alan Paton

When someone hurts you, whether it be emotionally or physically, it can be very hard to forgive them.  If someone lies to you, you might never be able to trust them again.  If someone hits you on purpose, how will you know that they won't do it again?  When you are hurt, you are also angry and upset.  It is hard to think rationally and to realize that the hurt and anger you are feeling is not necessary.  We have to learn to forgive people not for them, but for ourselves.  If you never forgive someone for hurting you, you are giving them the power to control you and the way you feel about them.  You are giving them the satisfaction of seeing you upset and angry.  We never truly recover from any type of injury, until we fully forgive someone.  Forgiving someone does not mean you are weak and that you will allow them to hurt you again.  Forgiving someone means that they no longer have power over you.  You are capable of making your own decisions without letting your feelings get in the way.  When you forgive, you can finally begin recovering.  

Student Success Statement

“Dare to do right.”

Rex D. Pinegar

Doing the right thing might seem easy sometimes, but it is not.  It takes a lot of courage to be able to do the right thing without caring what anyone else thinks or says about you.  That is why when someone dares you to do something wrong, it comes easy to you.  Doing the wrong thing is always going to be easier than doing the wrong thing.  Why?  Mostly because people think that doing the wrong thing is “cool” and that doing the right thing is “lame”.  This is why you must dare to do right.  You have to be able to do what is right, no matter how much boldness or bravery it takes.  For example, if someone dares you to either cross a red light or help an elderly woman with her groceries, which dare would you pick?  Which one sounds “cooler”?  It doesn't matter, because at the end of the day, you have to dare to do what is right.  Even if it means that others will make fun of you.  

Student Success Statement

“Dare to stand alone.”

Thomas S. Monsoon.

If you have to stand alone to fight for something you believe in, do it.  You are not always going to have someone by your side to stand with you.  There is a quote that is similar to this one, it is “Stand up for what you believe in, even if you have to stand alone”.  For example, if you see that someone is being bullied, and no one else is stepping up or saying something, you have to be the one to do it.  You have to have courage and be brave in order to do what is right.  If you stand alone, at least you know that you are doing the right thing.  You cannot keep relying on the fact that you have friends, because sometimes your friends will not agree with you.  This quote is just saying that you have to stand up for what is right, no matter what.  Even if you stand alone, you still have to stand up for what is right.

Physical Therapist 

Duties and Responsibilities: Physical therapists assist people who have suffered from a physical injury.  PT's help patients recover properly and efficiently by teaching patients proper techniques on how to overcome their injury.  This includes teaching patients physical tactics in order to deal with physical pain.   

Salary: Physical therapists earn about 84,020$ a year, 

Education: To become a physical therapist, you need to have a doctoral degree.   

Demand for this profession: The employment rate for physical therapists is expected to grow by 34% in the years 2014-2024. 

Do you think you would like to be one?  Why?  Why not? 

No, I would not like to be a physical therapist because the profession does not seem interesting to me.