Student Success Statement

                                         Proverbs 22:1

        "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches."

Reflection: This quote is saying that having a good name for yourself is better than any type of money that you can receive. For example, what's the point of being a bad person? What good does it do. It won't make you cooler. It won't make you better. All it's going to do is make you a bad person. Someone with a putrid personality. Is this really what you want to be? Having people like you for the person you are. Is far more important than bathing in riches. 

                                Student Success Statement

 " A good name is better than anything you can achieve in this life."

                                                       By: Coach K (Mike Krzyzewski)

Reflection: I think this quote means that having a good reputation is better than having a bad one. Think of it this way. You are at work. You work with your fellow peers, but every time you come in they say " Oh its him again." Or if your just awfully disrespectful. You already made a bad name for yourself. It's kind of like first impressions. When you first meet someone that's kind of how you see how the person might be. So if you made a bad name for yourself. It's not impossible to change it, just it's going to take time for the person to understand what type of person you truly are.

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                                                  Right

                                         By: Thomas S. Monson

''If  your so-called friends urge you to do anything you know to be wrong, you be the one to make a stand for right, even if you want alone. Have the moral courage to be a light for others to follow.

Reflection: This quote is mostly saying to be your own leader. I mean what's so fun about being a follower. This quote kind of reminds of me of a quote that has been said by parents for years. " If your friends jumped off a bridge would you do it too." My mom would tell me all the time, but it's true. We may not see it this way but it happens. It may be because of peer pressure, when you do it because either you want to fit in or be part of the group. So when you are part of the group what then. You will just continue to do indecent things. That maybe you don't even wanna do.

                                         Student Success Statement

   " A CTR champion is a person who makes a great human out of himself."
                     
                                               By: Noemi Trigueros

Reflection: In order to be a great human. It's all about choosing the right path. Just by even being respectful can take you a long way. Being a champion doesn't necessary mean being a the best at everything. It's about being yourself. Always choosing the correct way. The way that you know is right. If you choose the wrong path. I think you know the consequences that will follow. So always choose the right!
         

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                                           Choice

" Success is not an accident. Success is actually a choice. Are the habits you have today on par with the dreams you have tomorrow?" By: Alan Stein

Reflection: Being successful isn't always easy like many think it is. Success is based on the actions you make in your lifetime. Like if you cheat your way through life. What's going to happen then, will you ever be able to do something on your own? I believe success comes from hard work. If you dream it, you can do it!

                                                               

                                                                         Obedience

"When obedience becomes our goal, it is no longer an irritation; instead of a stumbling block, it becomes a building block."

                                                                   By; James E. Faust 

Reflection: This is saying that for many people they might find it hard to actually obey the rules, but once they get used to it. It seems to become a habit and a skill that can be used for the future. In a good way of course. Obedience is kind of like learning something new, instead of following your own rules, you follow the rules everyone else follows. You will be given much more opportunities and freedom. The most important thing that you can earn from obedience is trust. Like for example trust from your friends. Knowing how to keep a secert and mostly be loyal to each other. Also being obedient to your parents is important. Like when you listen to your parents you can get to do more stuff other than being grounded all the time.

                                                       

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                                     " Choosing the right is always the right thing to do. "

                                                                   By:  Alex Linares
                                                                             

 Reflection: Doing the right thing is always the best thing to do. When you do something good or when you follow the rules you can get many other good opportunities people might not have. Also if you help others in need without wanting anything in return makes you feel great. If you want respect you must treat others the same.
           

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                                               Obedience

  " Obedience is central to becoming, being, and remaining happy."

                                                                 By: David Bednar

Reflection:  Being obedient is the central to being happy because imagine this you are driving and some guy just passes a red light when it was your turn to pass, you will most likely get angry because he wasn't following the rules. It's kinda like that with life. You might get away with it for a while but when you do get caught, consequences will follow.

                                           

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                                            "True wealth is of the heart, not of the purse."
                                                                      by: Pathros

Being truly wealthy doesn't mean you have big bucks, to me this means that you have a heart. Well let me rephase, everyone has a heart of course but I mean a heart that has battled through so many emotions yet it still says beating. Think of it this way, a once kind soul that has fallen into the darkness and bathes with riches, he has everything he could ever ask for....or does he.  The feeling of being truly happy is not something that money could buy. Being truly in love is not something money could buy.  The feeling of just being yourself is something money can't buy. You are one of a kind!
Instead of being a follower, be your own leader! Don't let money rule over you.

                                                                        Feel Right

                                     "You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible."

Erza T. Benson

Reflection: When you do something wrong, I know people try to play it off and act like they don't care but in reality maybe even deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep  down inside they don't feel good. Like I get it having to say sorry when you know you did something wrong is hard,  you never know if the person will actually accept your feelings but its worth a try and you have to really talk to them and understand how they feel too. I am sure things will work out with time and understanding.

                               " When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. "

                                                                Abraham Lincoln

Reflection:  When you do something good. You feel happy! It's kinda like studying for a test. If you study, you get good results and that makes you feel good because you know you put all your work into it. When you do something bad like hurt a friends feelings, it makes you feel sad and you want to say sorry for your rude behavior.

                                                                   Obedience

"The key to freedom is obedience. The more obedient we are, the more freedom we have."

-Boyd K. Parcker

Reflection: Obedience is one of the most simplest ways to gain freedom. Its not hard to just follow the rules. If you don't want to follow them well so be it, but your chance of freedom may decrease.

                                                                 Obedience

                               " Obedience is the great test of life" - Thomas S. Monson

                                   " Education is the latch key to success in life"
                                                       Gordon B. Hinckley


Reflection: Education is important in your life. An educated person would know his health, live longer and healthier by resorting to healthier alternatives. It is highly impossible to fool an educated person for it would take reasoning and logic to get him in the trap. 

                                            "Decisions Determine Destiny"
                                              Thomas S. Monson

This quote means that your life isn't destined like how they say in the movies. The choice you make will decide what your future will be. I like to think about decisions as a parallel universe. Like you would of said Yes. It would of been a completely different outcome than if you would of said No. It would of changed your future too!