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Chapter 10. Being the Board: It’s not them. It’s not the circumstances. It’s me. It’s my choices. Now what do I do?
I enjoyed the reading “Being the Board” the most, because it reminded of the many occasions when I have told my students that whatever choices we make, we as a human race will have to live with our choices. Also I talk with my students about being responsible leaders and taking responsibility of your actions. I tell them we all make mistakes and that none of us are perfect. As positive leaders we live and learn and life goes on everyday. I not only teach Algebra and Geometry, but time after time, life skills on occasions have to be embedded into the lesson.
For example, I always stress to my students to be a leader and not a follower. These high school classmates that they think are their friends right now are just acquaintances and after high school, more than likely, they will never meet again. Keeping our students encouraged to take the positive leadership role, “being the board”, would motivate others to emulate and become positive role models/leaders also. With even more temptation that our youth face every day even more so that I had to face 30 years ago, I reinforce to them that they still can make a success story out of themselves. It will be very challenging, however, not only that it can be accomplished, but also by using the proper resources for the road to success, if it is worthwhile it is more difficult to achieve.
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