Trying something new may be exiting, scary, uncertain, or exhilarating. Sometimes we may not know how to feel. Well, I tried something new this summer. I am teaching a marine biology class! It has taken me a great deal of time to decide what to included. The class needed to be interesting to students and valuable to their parents. I am teaching the class during a six week summer academy which parents pay for. I knew I wanted to conduct dissections, take field trips, make observations of marine life, and instill a love for the oceans in the students. I set high standards and so far the class is going well, I am in the second week. Trying something new can also be a lot of work, and this certainly has been so far. The work is worth it. That is the most important point. President Theodore Roosevelt said, “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” I absolutely agree. So, I will choose to do what takes effort, creates pain, and is difficult... because it is worth it!
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By the time I finished 5th grade I had several accomplishments. I had starred in a play when I was in fifth grade. I played the part of Charlie Brown in the play, "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown". The play was rather long so I shared the part with two others. Funny that even though many of those students are still my friends I don't remember who the other two were. In fifth grade my parents signed me up for music lessons. I started to learn to play the trumpet. My parents even bought me a new trumpet. That must have really cost them a lot of money. Even though I was learning to play the trumpet in Taiwan the music instructor ordered her instruments from the USA. My Olds trumpet was made in the factory that Olds had in Fullerton, California. Though I had no idea where that was, since I was from Scotland, I always wondered about Fullerton. Many years later, I attended university within 5 miles of Fullerton. I also survived fifth grade and was on my way to Jr. High where I would attend a whole new school with new curriculum. So, starred in the school play and learned to play an instrument, survived fifth grade. By the way, I still own that trumpet that was new in 1975 and still play it, as does my son, who started music when he was in sixth grade. What are some of your accomplishments? By the time I finished 5th grade I had several accomplishments. I had starred in a play when I was in fifth grade. I played the part of Charlie Brown in the play, "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown". The play was rather long so I shared the part with two others. Funny that even though many of those students are still my friends I don't remember who the other two were. In fifth grade my parents signed me up for music lessons. I started to learn to play the trumpet. My parents even bought me a new trumpet. That must have really cost them a lot of money. Even though I was learning to play the trumpet in Taiwan the music instructor ordered her instruments from the USA. My Olds trumpet was made in the factory that Olds had in Fullerton, California. Though I had no idea where that was, since I was from Scotland, I always wondered about Fullerton. Many years later, I attended university within 5 miles of Fullerton. I also survived fifth grade and was on my way to Jr. High where I would attend a whole new school with new curriculum. So, starred in the school play and learned to play an instrument, survived fifth grade. By the way, I still own that trumpet that was new in 1975 and still play it, as does my son, who started music when he was in sixth grade. What are some of your accomplishments? |
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