Lesson 1-00

How to Make Your Year Count

WARM UPExcerpt from “Dead Poets Society”

What do you think Mr. Keating is trying to teach his new students in

this lesson?

Lesson 1-00: How To Make Your Year Count

What did Mr. Keating tell his students?

Music Video:Nickelback – “If Today Was Your Last Day”

What was the advice of the best friend?

LEARNING TARGETS:

I can explain the concept of “carpe diem.”

Lesson 1-00: How To Make Your Year Count

I can state the three pitfalls we must avoid.

To make your year count is to _______ _____ _____!

BIG IDEA:Carpe Diem

SEIZE THE DAY

But HOW do we “seize the day”?

Lesson 1-00: How To Make Your Year Count

Live life to the FULLEST

Tap into your POTENTIAL

MAKE the MOST of YOUR TIMEby AVOIDING theseCOMMON TRAPS!

Make the most out of every ________________.

PIT FALL #1: ______________WE COAST

OPPORTUNITY

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In other words,we just go through the motions.

“Practice makes perfect”… right?WRONG!!!!!!

“Perfect practice makes perfect!”

PIT FALL #2: ______________WE WAITWe miss out because we think there is _________ ___ ______.PLENTY OF TIME

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Each school day = 6 hours and 50 minutesor 410 minutes a day

And 181 days of school = 74,210 minutesor 1,236.83 hours

Remember,life is NOT a spectator sport,

get involved.

What is your passion?Are you cultivating your passions?

PIT FALL #3: ______________WE GIVE UPEveryone ________!Everyone ______________!FALLS DOWN

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What do you do…when you have challenges (not problems)?

when you get frustrated?Do you say “I can’t do it!”?

The Power of

“YET!”

FAILS

“CAN’T” is a four-letter word!

CAN’T

Action Step for September:

Think about what you are passionate about,what is one GOAL you can set for yourself

to work towards during the month of September?

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Write your goal on the index card.

WRAP UP

Don’t QuitAnonymous

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,When the funds are low, and the debts are high,And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,When care is pressing you down a bit ~

Rest if you must,but don’t you quit.

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Life is queer with it’s twists and turns, As everyone of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out. Don’t give up though the pace seems slow, You may succeed with another blow.

Don’t QuitAnonymous

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Success is failure turned inside out,The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,And you never can tell how close you are,It may be near when it seems so far,So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,It’s when things seem worse,

That you must not quit!

Don’t QuitAnonymous

Lesson 1-00: How To Make Your Year Count