Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Teens (Richard Carlson) LIST OF ADVICE:
Be selective when choosing your battles
Make peace with your mistakes
Be happy for others
Make peace with boredom
Don’t expect life to be easy or trouble-free
Find peace through giving
Get ready early
Don’t underestimate yourself
Don’t keep your pain a secret
Read a minimum of eight pages a day
Remind yourself that no one is out to get you
Be glad to be a teen
Empathize
Remember to be kind
Keep your sense of humor
Admit that you’re wrong – or that you’ve made a mistake
Remember that everyone has the right to be happy
Keep in mind that as one door closes, another one opens
Embrace the attitude, “This too shall pass”
Continue your journey
Exude positive energy and establish a presence
Don’t let digital devices take you away from activities you enjoy (such as sports and reading)
Attend class every day.
Give your best effort.
Hit your deadlines.
Remember - Your teachers are on your side (or at least would like to be on your side)
Be selective when choosing your battles
Make peace with your mistakes
Be happy for others
Make peace with boredom
Don’t expect life to be easy or trouble-free
Find peace through giving
Get ready early
Don’t underestimate yourself
Don’t keep your pain a secret
Read a minimum of eight pages a day
Remind yourself that no one is out to get you
Be glad to be a teen
Empathize
Remember to be kind
Keep your sense of humor
Admit that you’re wrong – or that you’ve made a mistake
Remember that everyone has the right to be happy
Keep in mind that as one door closes, another one opens
Embrace the attitude, “This too shall pass”
Continue your journey
Exude positive energy and establish a presence
Don’t let digital devices take you away from activities you enjoy (such as sports and reading)
Attend class every day.
Give your best effort.
Hit your deadlines.
Remember - Your teachers are on your side (or at least would like to be on your side)
- “I will work every day on the road to an A which I believe I can achieve.”
Your Peer Mentors should demonstrate the following qualities:
- A sincere desire to help others
- An ability to listen, communicate and get along with others
- Trustworthiness and Reliable Attendance
- A commitment to the belief that you can positively alter the trajectory of the lives of others
The OLD IB Inquiry Skills course aims:
“we will study the development of short and long term goals, the nature of learning, strategies for specific study skills improvement, the process of critical thinking and decision making, values and ethical development and the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge and research skills.”
By the end of the course the student will: 1) practice good study (and time management) habits; 2) demonstrate the use of good organizational skills; 3) apply the knowledge of successful reading & study strategies; 4) apply critical thinking skills
“we will study the development of short and long term goals, the nature of learning, strategies for specific study skills improvement, the process of critical thinking and decision making, values and ethical development and the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge and research skills.”
By the end of the course the student will: 1) practice good study (and time management) habits; 2) demonstrate the use of good organizational skills; 3) apply the knowledge of successful reading & study strategies; 4) apply critical thinking skills
THE NEED FOR THE MENTOR PROGRAM
GOOD QUOTES
“To do good things in the world, first you must know who you are and what gives meaning in your life.” – Paula Brownlee
“The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort – he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.” – Arnold Bennett
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, they make them.” GB Shaw
From 1940, Time magazine: “The Finns have something they call sisu. It is a compound of bravado and bravery, of ferocity and tenacity, of the ability to keep fighting after most people would have quit, and to fight with the will to win. The Finns translate sisu as “the Finnish spirit” but it is a much more gutful word than that.” (“A typical Finn is an obstinate sort of fellow who believes in getting the better of bad fortune by proving that he can stand worse.”)
A problem/myth that falling in love with a thing/career should be sudden and swift, but “There are a lot of things where the subtleties and exhilarations come with sticking with it for a while, getting elbow-deep into something. A lot of things seem uninteresting and superficial until you start doing them and, after a while, you realize that there are so many facets you didn’t know at the start, and you never can fully solve the problem, or fully understand it, or what have you. Well, that requires that you stick with it.” – Barry Schwartz
“To do good things in the world, first you must know who you are and what gives meaning in your life.” – Paula Brownlee
“The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort – he never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature.” – Arnold Bennett
“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, they make them.” GB Shaw
From 1940, Time magazine: “The Finns have something they call sisu. It is a compound of bravado and bravery, of ferocity and tenacity, of the ability to keep fighting after most people would have quit, and to fight with the will to win. The Finns translate sisu as “the Finnish spirit” but it is a much more gutful word than that.” (“A typical Finn is an obstinate sort of fellow who believes in getting the better of bad fortune by proving that he can stand worse.”)
A problem/myth that falling in love with a thing/career should be sudden and swift, but “There are a lot of things where the subtleties and exhilarations come with sticking with it for a while, getting elbow-deep into something. A lot of things seem uninteresting and superficial until you start doing them and, after a while, you realize that there are so many facets you didn’t know at the start, and you never can fully solve the problem, or fully understand it, or what have you. Well, that requires that you stick with it.” – Barry Schwartz
An Intro to the TOK diagram: