3. An Overview of the PROCESS
Designing your education at Fryeburg Academy
4. “The indispensable first step to getting the
things you want out of life is this:
Decide what you want”
Ben Stein
Actor and Author
5. "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." -
Walt Disney (1901-1966)
Sounds easy right?
Decide what you want…
Then What?
What is the next step?
6. - Seneca (3BC - 65AD)
"While we are postponing, life speeds by."
7.
8. “When I was younger, studying classical music, I really had to
put in the time. Three hours a day is not even nice - you have
to put in six.”
Alicia Keys
10. I will skydive on
my eighteenth
birthday
I will get a
supporting role
in the 2013 fall
school play
I will run a five
minute mile by
December 1st
I will earn an A
in English for
the entire first
semester
11. "Do, or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda ('The
Empire Strikes Back')
Set some goals, dream…. And make
it a reality!
12. Sound familiar????
Why do I need to set goals or
make a plan?
I am just a teenager….
Four years is a long way off…
I don’t have a job yet…
I don’t know what I want do
with my future
College…I’m only a freshman
15. Remember the most
famous people in
the world are just
human beings like
you and me….they
were willing to take
risks, to ask for
help, and to believe
in themselves.
16. Will you perform on stage or play a sport?
Will you get a job in high school?
What do you want to experience in high
school?
What do you want to change about yourself?
Do you have a boyfriend or girlfriend?
Do you want good grades?
What are your values?
Where do you see yourself going to college?
Will you own your own business?
17. Create a List of Important
Things You Want to do in Life
Make a list of twenty-one
things you want to achieve
during high school!
18. I want to travel to Italy
I want to learn to play the saxophone
I want to earn an A in English
I want to play varsity football
I want my art to be showcased in a museum
I want to act in a play
I want to publish my poetry
Examples
19. “You have to believe in
yourself when no one else
does. That’s what makes
you a winner” Venus Williams
Notas do Editor
Remind them of small dreams
Tell the Chicken Soup Story…
Tell students they will be setting goals n their study skills seminar after they have been in school for a couple of weeks.
Tell the story of Ruby Gonzales
Add the story of the actor Jim Carrey and the check he wrote himself for ten million dollars.
Talk about the importance of the list. Tell them that when you write something down it is a powerful tool for making it happen.
