Every week you will be responsible for posting a reply to an online journal question. This response needs to be at least one full paragraph (minimum of 5-6 sentences). Being an online journal, this is somewhat informal in nature but you do need to use complete sentences, watch your spelling, and fully develop your thoughts. Make sure your responses are school appropriate or they will be deleted. Be open, be creative, be yourself.
Now, for your first online journaling assignment. Consider the following quotation:
Don't do whatever you like; like whatever you do. --Anne M. Jennings
Describe an instance where you have applied this advice in your own life or a situation in which you could give it a try. Life is full of amazing possibilities. Above is a picture from the NASA Rover currently exploring Mars. Who would have ever thought it would be possible to send back images from Mars?
It is our attitude that can lift us up or hold us back if we let it. Consider how our attitudes can be changed if we will try to see the potential in any given situation and, in turn, how different the outcome could be if our attitudes towards the situation are different. What good things could come from having a good attitude about something new? Please have your response posted by 8 PM on Monday, August 19.
I have applied this quote when I help Mike Proctor with his horses. I enjoy spending time with the horses. But the work is not easy. I would much rather stay home all the time reading. But I still like working with he horses.
ReplyDeleteThis advice is used by me to say I am not going to let others control me by saying I'm not being myself, but instead I just let me do what I want to do. I guess that's how I like to do this stuff.
ReplyDeleteAt sports i have to keep an open mind about everything and keep my head up. I figured that we would be able to because of all the technology that we have now days and in the future. There are alot of good things that can come out of a positive attitude you can go so much farther in your life if you believe in yourself.
ReplyDeletei use to not like to go hunting because i didn't like to get up early. I still got up to go hunting with my dad and started to not mind getting up. I made the best of what my situation was even if i didn't like to do it.If i had a differnt attitude towards waking up early and going hunting, then i would of never found out how much i enjoy hunting.
ReplyDeleteI have to come to school every day. Its not what I want to do but I have to so you might as well make the best of it. You have to do things in life all the time that you don't want to but you have to so you might as well have a good attitude and make the best of it.
ReplyDeleteWell with a good attitude you can accomplish a lot of things. You can get a really good job and willing to learn all the time. You would also have a lot of friends so when you got a flat tire on the side of the road there will be someone to help you. You never know you might even invent something new that helps a lot of people out and you become a millionaire.
ReplyDeleteSomeones attitude can greatly change the outcome in any situation. I've found that having a positive attitude changes the outcome of life in general for the better. People will see and notice your positive attitude and feed off that, and vice versa with negativity. How I see it is, why waste your life being sad and negative? Life is too short to waste it being upset. This advice applies because if you don't like what you do, you will be negative, instead of uplifting and upbeat.
ReplyDeleteLike basketball i like what i do so i am going to do it. Its not something i just do because if i did not like it would not do it.
ReplyDeleteEveryone should have a good attitude about what they do and not take it for granted. Believe it or not bad attitudes can hold back a lot. Having a good attitude can change the way people view you. A lot of good things can happen with a good attitude you can achieves your goals and be able to strive more for you future.
The advice in the text above could be applied in many peoples lives. For example, if you have a career and you're making 100k+ a year, but you absolutely hate it, why would you do it? I would rather work somewhere that I actually enjoy only making 30k a year. Going in to any given situation with a good attitude can help the outcome immensely. There's no reason to have a horrible attitude with anything. Even if you're dreading it, just do it and get it done with and be happy that it's over with.
ReplyDeleteI have never had an instance that i have really applied this to my life. Although i see many ways that this can apply to my life and many others. I think i big step in a highschoolers life is getting your first job and working. Its obviously not going to be perfect and your not going to like it. This is where you are going to have to force yourself to learn to like whatever you do. If you don't its just going to be miserable.
ReplyDeleteI never knew it would be possible to send images back from mars.Technology as came a long way to were we can send pictures from mars. That something new could be a good thing if u have a good attitude.
ReplyDeleteThis quote applied, last year during track season by pushing myself harder to go to state. I would stay after practice to do extra drills and go to the track on weekends to run couple laps. If we all had the good attitudes to new things the world would be more accepting. If people do not have good attitudes towards new things we would judge everything that is new. Most of the time people think this way. I think people do this because they are scared of new things itself.
ReplyDeleteThere are many things that come from having a good attitude towards somthing new. Having a good attitude can help you to fully learn what is new and differnt. Without a good attitude you dont try and nothing good comes from it.This is constantly applied to my life. its applied during sports all the time in learning new plays and offensives.
ReplyDeleteI grew up in a big city in China and wanted to live in the big city in the U.S. But my new family lived in out the country. I didn't know that i like live in the country after few years i got use to it then i like live in the country better. You have to give a try to know that if you like it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't understand the question about the Mars!
If i have bad attitude when i go to work then boss could cut your hour or even get fired. Have good attitude at work you will get good things thing from boss like higher your wage.
The advice in text above applies in everyday life and especially in my life. I don't like getting up early everyday at 545 for Otc and then practicing football until 6. If I want to be successful in life and not regret things I have to grow a pair and continue to do what I have to do everyday. I know that in the future it will pay off when I get my certificate and start my career. You can't take for granted opportunity's that come across you, you have to work hard and be the best you can possibly be and good things will come. I have learned that over the years.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot more good things that come from a positive attitude! I think when you keep a good attitude it helps you personally be happier and also the people around you that don't have to hear you complain. There are many things in life that you may not enjoy whether it is going to school or working a job becuase you want money. I do not personally enjoy school but I know it will benefit me in the future after college when I have a good job that pays well and supplements my lifestyle. I try to look at the best through things and forget about the rest because you will still have to deal with it.
DeleteI grew up in a big city in China and wanted to live in the big city in the U.S. But my new family lived in out the country. I didn't know that i like live in the country after few years i got use to it then i like live in the country better. You have to give a try to know that if you like it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't understand the question about the Mars!
If i have bad attitude when i go to work then boss could cut your hour or even get fired. Have good attitude at work you will get good things thing from boss like higher your wage.
Well right now I'm going to OTC in the morning which I think is a lot better than coming to school because we aculy get to do hands on things
ReplyDeleteI believe there is more to a positive attitude.I believe that there is happiness and grateful for what you have in your life because some people never got the chance to have it or some people never can get it so i put a smile on my face because i thank God for what i have each day for the good times and the bad times.I know in my life i will always have a positive attitude no matter what because life would be harder without a positive attitude.I love coming to school because the great teachers tell you what you need to know in the future because they been there so they know how it is that is why i listen to them there like my parents you have to listen and respect them no matter what.So that is why i go forward and don't look back at the bad things i did i just try to go forward and stay positive no matter what happens.
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