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Back to Homework--This one is for students!
It's time to head back to school, store up your reserves for winter, let your leaves fall, fill your backpack, and get ready for homework.
It's also a time of new clothes, seeing friends in the hallways, and forcing people to conform--whether it's following the rules of the classroom or fitting in with the cool kids, school is often about how to conform to social standards.
I'd love to suggest some revised homework.
Yes, you still have to do your math, read the assigned books, and follow the classroom rules,but while you do that, consider these assignments
1. Be Yourself. It's a lot harder than it sounds. Be true to who you are not who the world wants you to be. If everyone else hates broccoli, but you love it--embrace the broc! Or just eat it with a smile. If you sing off key, but love to do it--let her the tunes fly.
Advice on being yourself
2. Make the world a better place. Don't just walk by trash in the street, pick up. Don't stand by while others are being teased or treated poorly. Stand up for them. If you see something that needs to be changed in our society, see how you can be a part of that change.
Here's just a short list of incredible charities started by kids:
10 Charities Started by Kids
3. Learn something new. Not because you've been assigned to do it, but because you want to know more about the world around you.
Why is there dew on grass?
What makes us yawn?
Where is Bora Bora?
What is a Spoon Billed Sandpiper?
Here's a place to start:
An Encyclopedia for Kids text
4. Create. Draw, sculpt, paint--cut paper into cool shapes, anything to inspire your creativity, let your mind free, and see where it leads you.
An Encyclopedia for Kids text
5. Get to know someone new. We often pass people in the halls we never get to know because their "not cool" says who? And why take their word for it. Or their in another grade or you don't have them in class. Take a chance. You may find out they're a great person.
6. Try something you've never done before. Skateboarding. Gymnastics. Baking a pie. Talking to an adult. What ever it is don't be afraid to fail. Failure is the first step to success!
7. As your parents about their school days. Not your typical "I walked five miles to school" type stuff, but how they felt about their first day, their worst memory, their funniest moment, their proudest moment ... whatever it is, I bet you'll find out your parents are lot more like you than you thought.
8. Declare do nothing day. When you've had too much to do and you need a break. Declare it a 'do nothing day' or even if it's a "do nothing" hour. Give yourself time to just chill.
9. Explore your world. Take a walk. Bring a camera, binoculars, or a phone. Find something you haven't seen before--take a picture--you could draw it, write about it, tell a story or just check it out.
10. Read. Read. Read. The more you read. The more you know. The more you know, the more you grow.
Check out this cool organization that may set fire to your reading habits:
Burning Through Pages
Have a great year!
It's also a time of new clothes, seeing friends in the hallways, and forcing people to conform--whether it's following the rules of the classroom or fitting in with the cool kids, school is often about how to conform to social standards.
I'd love to suggest some revised homework.
Yes, you still have to do your math, read the assigned books, and follow the classroom rules,but while you do that, consider these assignments
1. Be Yourself. It's a lot harder than it sounds. Be true to who you are not who the world wants you to be. If everyone else hates broccoli, but you love it--embrace the broc! Or just eat it with a smile. If you sing off key, but love to do it--let her the tunes fly.
Advice on being yourself
2. Make the world a better place. Don't just walk by trash in the street, pick up. Don't stand by while others are being teased or treated poorly. Stand up for them. If you see something that needs to be changed in our society, see how you can be a part of that change.
Here's just a short list of incredible charities started by kids:
10 Charities Started by Kids
3. Learn something new. Not because you've been assigned to do it, but because you want to know more about the world around you.
Why is there dew on grass?
What makes us yawn?
Where is Bora Bora?
What is a Spoon Billed Sandpiper?
Here's a place to start:
An Encyclopedia for Kids text
4. Create. Draw, sculpt, paint--cut paper into cool shapes, anything to inspire your creativity, let your mind free, and see where it leads you.
An Encyclopedia for Kids text
5. Get to know someone new. We often pass people in the halls we never get to know because their "not cool" says who? And why take their word for it. Or their in another grade or you don't have them in class. Take a chance. You may find out they're a great person.
6. Try something you've never done before. Skateboarding. Gymnastics. Baking a pie. Talking to an adult. What ever it is don't be afraid to fail. Failure is the first step to success!
7. As your parents about their school days. Not your typical "I walked five miles to school" type stuff, but how they felt about their first day, their worst memory, their funniest moment, their proudest moment ... whatever it is, I bet you'll find out your parents are lot more like you than you thought.
8. Declare do nothing day. When you've had too much to do and you need a break. Declare it a 'do nothing day' or even if it's a "do nothing" hour. Give yourself time to just chill.
9. Explore your world. Take a walk. Bring a camera, binoculars, or a phone. Find something you haven't seen before--take a picture--you could draw it, write about it, tell a story or just check it out.
10. Read. Read. Read. The more you read. The more you know. The more you know, the more you grow.
Check out this cool organization that may set fire to your reading habits:
Burning Through Pages
Have a great year!
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