Reading, Writing and Racquetball!
Reading-I taught 29 years of public school and one of my most valuable lessons was the “none of you are any good” lesson. Now a few rules about this lesson.
1. It had to be done after January. By then the kids knew I genuinely liked them and wanted the best for them. I did not do this lesson to tear down their self-esteem.
2. Everyone has to be good at something and by middle school the kids all have an area of interest, be it sports, music, the arts, or rebellion, whatever.
3. After identifying their area of expertise I pointed out that they needed to improve.
4. I had them write down their dream job.
5. I had them write down obstacles to the path to that dream job.
6. Then the plan to over-come obstacles.
As we talked through this the kids came to realize they needed more education and/or training to pursue their dreams. But I pointed out they could begin immediately to take some courses of action.
Read….not instagram gen z watch performance but read in depth so you understand your craft.
Write..write down your goals and your plans to continue to move up the chain of excellence.
Racquetball if that is your thing..whatever your sport or activity is…get after it!!.
By the way, speaking of writing…There are many studies that prove when you write something down you remember more than if you logged it on a phone or watched something on a video. Writing it down makes it real! Not writing it down is wishing it.
Go Get’em tigers!!