The six es of excellence

EXCELLENCE

Excellence is mostly about doing things well and the correct way. This paragraph talks about how we want quality in the products we buy-even if we have to pay more to get them. So technically, they're comparing products to people at their jobs. Excellence should be given at jobs.

Expectations

Expectations is when you think, or create some sort of anticipation of success. A lot of people think if you expect poorly, that's what you get. It's important to have high expectations for that reason. You should expect highly for yourself and from yourself. It also requires effort.

ENTHUSIASM

Enthusiasm is the eagerness, interest, or excitement with which you approach a job or activity. Enthusiasm also connects with having expectations because it's the way you look at things that make you succeed.

ENERGY

Energy is mostly about doing things rather than dreaming about them. Just because you set your mind to something doesn't mean you have the energy to do it.

ENTERPRISE

Enterprise means the willingness to take risks and ablility to recognize both problems and opportunities and the creativity to make the best of their situation.

EFFICIENCY

Efficiency is when a person is very organized and gets things accomplished in life-on time. It is another aspect of controlling your life.

ETHICS

Ethics is another word for your conscience, like your sence of right and wrong. It's more about standing up for your beliefs or doing what you believe to be right.

Margaret Mead

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world."
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Margaret Mead(1901-1978)

I think this quote means that anyone can make a difference in the world. It's like saying never give up. Even thought many people think they can't do anything to change the world, they never know if they don't try.

Quote

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"

-Eleanor Roosevelt

I think this quote means that without you doing anything wrong, people shouldn't make you feel like you're a bad person.

Teenagers

The positive aspects of being a teen are that you get to experience more things, learn about life & not pay bills;]
The negative aspects of being a teen are that no partying or getting into clubs, it's illegal to drink & well most people will think you're immature.
Some of the major concerns of teenagers are learning how to drive to get out more & hanging out with friends.
These concerns are a bit different then teens then. Teens then were more boring in my opinion. They would be just fine being bored all day.
Advice I would give is to just live life, but know you're limits & when to stop.

Ideal Self

For a living, I'd like to own my own real estate company.
I would be married to a very successful man.
We would have three children.
The activities that give me most fulfilment would be going to the beach & just tanning on the sand with stephanie.


I see myself living in a big house, driving a convertable. My husband & i would have three kids, older twins; boy & a girl, & a younger girl. They would be three years apart. We would live in Perris, California & my next door neighbor would be my best friend, Stephanie. When we want to get away from town me & her will just go to the beach for a day of relaxation.

Trust

I only trust Stephanie.

What it is about Stephanie that makes me trust her is that we have a big friendship & I know she's dependable & she always understands me.

I trust one person completely because it's hard to share my personal stuff with just anyone. I know that people can be really messed up & 'stab me in the back'.

I think it's just that i've known her for so long that she knows my personality & just knows i wouldn't do anything untrustworthy to her.

If i made a really bad mistake & she felt as if she couldn't trust me anymore i would probably ask her if i could talk to her & explain to her how everyone makes mistakes & as time passes by i'll just try not to do anything bad.

Friends

1. Friends are people who understand you & love you for you.
2. My best friend is Stephanie Zazueta.
3. Friendship is having trust & having fun.
4. We all need a friend because we all need someone we can depend on & share problems & fun moments.
5. Having a friend is really special & great.
6. I trust friends because I know they understand me & can keep my stuff to themselves.
7. To be a friend is one of the best things in the world.
8. When I talk about my best friend I get excited & eager to hang out with her.

Grades

My current grade is an 86.33%, which is a B. For the next week, I am pretty confident i'm going to pass with at least a C, but still I plan to do all my work because my grade can go down any day of the week and i'm very happy with a B average.

One step at a time

FIVE FEARS

1. Fear of dogs
2. Fear of being hurt emotionally
3. Fear of becoming over weight or gaining weight
4. Fear of the future
5. Fear of ghosts

EASIEST TO HARDEST

1. Fear of being hurt emotionally
2. Fear of the future
3. Fear of gaining weight
4. Fear of the future
5. Fear of ghosts

I think I could just live life as it comes & not think of things like that, just staying healthy so I don't gain weight, & just forget about everything else.

"First in the family" or dream family doesn't support

I actually don't fit in this category. Support is what I get a lot of from my family, especially my parents. Sometimes I do feel pressured. I think it's really dumb if family tries to discourage anyone from their dreams. I imagine myself in a position like that & I would think it'd be very hurtful to not have the support of people I love.

They did it in spite of...

Marilyn Monroe

Eleanor Roosevelt

Albert Einstein

These three people have struggled a lot in their lives. Marilyn Monroe spent her childhood in a series of foster homes & orphanages. She missed out on having the love & support of her real family. Eleanor Roosevelt was extremely shy, orphaned & considered unattractive; as you can see she was insecure. Like Marilyn Monroe, she didn't have love or support from her family, but she still succeeded & became first lady of the United States. Albert Einstein, as a child was considered mentally dull; in other words, stupid. Even though many people didn't believe in him he still became one of most important inventor in the world.

What's Your Excuse?

• I'm hispanic.
• I have impaired vision.
• My family expects too much from me.
• I'm a woman.

I don't really like making excuses because as you can see, I don't have many. Family may expect a little too much from me, but I can stand up for myself & tell them what I feel. I may be hispanic but that shouldn't be a problem, more like a benefit; it makes me bilingual. I have impaired vision, but hey contact lenses or glasses can always fix that. I'm a woman...or a girl but so are 548778758738975289867489749848974897897 other people in the world! I can deal with these "excuses" they aren't a big deal.

What about status?

Status reminds me of a place of being, like where you stand in the world or what you are, kinda like popularity. The opinions that matter the most to me are ones of my friends; i don't want a really bad reputation. A rock star has more status than a teacher or a politician for the same reason that a rock star is further well heard of rather than a teacher or politician.



It is important to me to have a job with high status because I like being heard of & I want people to know who I am & what i do.
I am willing to invest the time it takes to train for a job with high status because if I'm gonna be recognized I want show a good impression & do my job the right way.
It is important to me that a job pays well rather than having a high status because I need money to live off of; I can't depend on anyone else.

Quotes

I'd rather have roses on my table than
diamonds on my neck.
-Emma Goldman

This quote to me means that love is more important than money & luxuries.

It's good to have money and the things

money can buy, but it's good too, to
check in once in a while and make sure
that you haven't lost the things that
money can't but.
-George Horace Lorimer

This next quote is very similar to the other one. This quote is telling people to not take things for granite. You never know what you have until it's gone so even if you have money, still take love, family & friends seriously.

Hold fast to dreams

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

Hold fast to dreams

For one dream counts as a million

Life is like a trillion stars

Poverty

A Few Words about Poverty is about the many struggles people go through because of money. Most of these people are women. Women grow up believing that someone else will take care of them & that they don't need to make money on their own. Most women drop out of school thinking they don't need a career or a job because they think they may never need one. The point of this summary is to help women prepare for their future & think about finishing school & starting a career. It just helps women depend on themselves, & no one else.

What do you think contributes to povery in this country?

I think there are many reasons for poverty. There's addictions, people drop out of school, & others don't look for jobs.

What might cause you to become one of these statistics?

I could get into really bad habbits, drug addictions or not take school seriously.

How can you prevent that from happening?

Hanging around the right people, being above the influence & succeeding in school.

SLANT

Sit in front

Lean forward

Ask meaningful questions

Nod your head

Talk to the teacher

Accomplishments

1.) What is the definition of "accomplishment"?
The action of accomplishing something; an ability that has been acquired by training

2.) Write a paragraph about your accomplishments in life so far.
In life, I haven't accomplished much. Some of the things I have accomplished are getting through middle school with only three F's & still passing grade. I've also gained my mom's trust back by being respectful to her & my dad.

3.) Write a paragraph about who you think is an accomplished person and why.
I think an accomplished person is my older sister, Nayely. Throughout middle school & high school she's always had above a 3.0 GPA. Every job she applies in, she ends up working there.

4.) Make a list of 10 things you want to accomplish in your lifetime.
I would want to finish high school.
Get above a 3.0 GPA each quarter.
Stop cutting classes for 'fun'.
Go to college.
Have kids.
Get married.
Get out of Ukiah.
Go bungie jumping with Stephanie.
Make a lot of money.
Buy a nice house.

Three Wishes

Wish #1 You can go anywhere in time.
I would go to the future around the year 2039. I wouldn't go anywhere in the past because that honestly bores me. I am interested in finding out what new things the world is gonna bring such as inventions or how much the world will change. I would like to see and compare things from the future to the present.

Wish #2 You can be anyone in the world for 24 hrs.
If I could be anyone in the world, I would be Bill Gates. First of all, I'd like to see what it's like to be an old man and compare and contrast to me, a teenage girl. My next reason is because Bill's filthy rich. I'd like to see what it's like to have money everywhere and how his family deals with it.

Wish #3 You have the power to fix something in the world today.
I'd fix global warming. Everyone complains about it. If it got fixed, maybe it would prevent people from complaining and also from the world being damaged. Hey, maybe it will even help lower gas prices! haha.

Ivy Elms

This story is about a woman named Ivy Elms being interviewed by young business reporter, Ralph Tuttle for the "Daily Bugle." Ivy Elms is a rich, yet poor woman. She is rich because she has a lot of money & power; yet she's poor because that's all she has. She's not married, doesn't have children, a best friend or a life. Ivy is all about work & business.

In this story, I think the main point is to prove that money isn't everything. Just because someone has money doesn't mean they're happy. Family & friends are what makes a person rich, not money.