Thing 5...continued

Reader is set up!  And I went back and created my avatar..... note the beach background.  Can you guess where I would rather be?
I read with interest the blogs from students 2oh that were written by juniors and seniors addressing their senior year or the college admissions process.  As a high school counselor guiding juniors and seniors I was curious what their perspective was regarding that matter.  One blog spoke about the "push" to make decisions of what school you want to attend. How daunting it could be.  Another spoke of not wanting to save the world just because it looks good on the applications but rather participating in activities that are meaningful to the individual.  But the one that I really enjoyed was Three Lessons.  Apparently, this was a student who was a good student in middle school but upon entering freshman year he soon became discouraged and uninvolved.  Fortunately, something spoke to him and helped him understand the importance of doing.  So he became involved in extracurricular activities. In doing so he learned some important life lessons. These are lessons he will carry into his adult life. While his statements weren't epiphanies they reinforced what we already know about students becoming involved in school. The human connection is the connection we need as humans throughout our entire lives.  The video says a lot of what we preach to our youth but when they discover it on their own it is so much more meaningful to them!