It is that time of year again. The time in which we turn the page from staying up late to enjoy life, watching the television set and playing video games on a consistent basis. Talking on the phone and texting with friends. Most of all its that time of year where you get into hunker down mode and take on the challenge of advancing your education and taking another step into becoming an adult gaining your independence.
Yes it is time to go back to school. It is time to bring the focus, concentration and commitment that is necessary to make that stride to becoming a better person in the classroom as well as out. It is time to establish good habits and build a bridge that will allow to cross into the light of your own unique greatness and evolving character that will make you better as well as the people around you better.
To reach that mark having gone through this counting my years in college, 22 times, here are my five ways in which you should approach this very big day.
For starters embrace the day. For many of you especially if this is your very first day of school, there are a lot of things that you will most likely be feeling. Scared, anxious, nervous and maybe terrified.
Those feelings are okay, there normal. However, it can not deter you from the task at hand. This is part of the experience of life. You will have experiences that are not going to be easy. It is these kind of experiences though that build your character. This first day is the beginning of your journey in life. A chance for you to build not just new friendships with your classmates, getting the chance to learn skills in books and from the teacher that you will have for nearly 10 months that will, if you bring the right mindset, build your confidence, give you the chance to learn something new and more than anything raise your own expectations of what you expect of yourself in the classroom as well as out.
My next piece of advice as this new school year begins is to respect your education. In today’s world it does not matter how much know or how much you think you know, if you do not have the ability to improve on what you have learned already and are not willing to sharpen your skills, your chances of rising in today’s world become very slim.
To get the kind of knowledge that will provide you the chance to rise the top, you have to be in class on time, you have to bring total focus and concentration to your school work and homework. This cannot happen with a good night sleep, a solid breakfast in the morning and an attitude, no matter what happened the day prior, that you will not be denied. When it comes down to it, you are in charge of your own destiny. You have to be willing to not let anything stand in your way of becoming better. Getting your education, respecting it and protecting it is on your shoulders.
Besides embracing and respecting your education, you have to believe in yourself and that you deserve the right to get a great education.
I said before that you can have all the talent in the world, but you have to believe in yourself first and foremost. You can have anyone from your family and your friends say to you that you deserve a good education, but you have to believe it yourself.
It is that belief that gives you the courage to not just be yourself, which is ultimately the big difference that separates you from others, but it is the thing that will get you through the tough dog days of the school year. It is also the great equalizer in what will make you stand by something that others may not as easily take to. Whether it is how you feel about a subject of conversation or about another person.
What also happens when you believe in yourself, you project an image to people that makes them respect you. They see that you are not a push over. That you do believe in something. That you will stand by your conviction when things might get tough and they most of the time will. Above all else it allows people to build confidence in you and even sometimes give that person their own sense of confidence in their own self.
Something that I feel that is very important when a new school year begins that is especially critical now is to have an open mind.
Whether it comes to being around different people, learning about different things about those people or just being in a new surrounding, the greatest challenge is to not brush it off and give the notion that you do not care.
When you embrace something new, like being around a person that is new to the school, a simple gesture like saying “hello,” and introducing yourself goes a long way in breaking the ice. It also develops character and bridges a gap that can open like a canyon if the other approach is taken.
Also, having a open mind will allow for you to learn more about our planet and its people. To learn its history from the beginning, where we stand now and what might lay ahead in the future. On top of that, it gives you a chance to see how important of a role you play in how your life can be and the effect it can have on others.
My last words to all of you as you begin the new school year are to enjoy this moment.
This is one moment that is unlike any other you will have. This is moment where you get a chance to make your mark in how your year will begin. It is where you get to turn optimism, hope, dreams into reality. You get to set your course on how you will approach your work in school, how you will expand you friendships as well as begin new ones. You have the chance to learn from educators and other important figures in school on how to be a better person, grow in your knowledge, gain wisdom that will aide you in navigating your life in a better way and more than anything else open doors to new experience that will shape your life.
In less than 24 hours, the sun will rise, the school bus will be right at its scheduled stop. You will hopefully be on it and on your way to school with the opportunity take your life to another level. Embrace it. Respect. Be open to it. Enjoy it. You deserve it. No got out there and go to it.
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