Student Success Statement
"A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder."
Thomas Carlyle

Reflection: I think this quote means that you wouldn't be anything in life if you didn't have any goals set for you. For example, if you have goals, you can be anything you want and you will have a future. If you don't, you wouldn't be able to be anything. 

Student Success Statement

"Don't give up on anything because if you do, you'll live with regret."
                                                   -Laisha Varela


Reflection: This means that to not give on on anything. For example, if you want something in life, go for it. Try hard to accomplish on what you want and don't let anything get in the way of it. I've learned from this and now I live with regret because of some things that has happened to me. Now I have learned my lesson and I am not going to give up on what I want from now on.

Beautiful Character
Student Success Statement
Character

If there is beauty in character,
there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home,
there will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,
there will be peace in the world.
Conclusion:
If there is beauty in character,
there will be peace in the world.
Chinese Proverb


Reflection: I think this means that having good character makes you a better person. Being a better person helps others become better people because they become nice when your kind t them. So, everyone will be good towards each other.

Forgive

Student Success Statement
"When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive."
-Alan Paton
Forgive: To stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw, or mistake.

Reflection: I Think this quote means that you need to forgive others no matter what. Its ok to be angry or sad for what someone said or did to you but you need to move on from it. You might say that you will never forgive someone for what they did but you need to at one point. Forgiving them will make you feel better. If you don't forgive them, you won't feel happy about it and the situation will only make you feel worse.

Student Success Statement

Eight  Great Reasons to Tell the Truth

Barbara A. Lewis

1. Telling the truth lets everyone know what really happened. There's less chance of misunderstanding, confusion, or conflict.

2.  Telling the truth protects innocent people from being blamed or punished.

3. Telling the truth allows everyone to learn from what happened.

4. You usually get into less trouble for telling the truth other than for lying (and getting caught).

5. Other people trust you more when you tell the truth.

6. You don't have to tell (and remember) more lies to keep your story straight.

7. You gain a reputation for being truthful- a trait most people     value.

8. Telling the truth helps you to feel secure and peaceful inside.

Reflection: These eight great reasons to tell the truth are important because people need to tell the truth at all times.

Student Success Statement


"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."
                             -Sophocles

Reflection: I think this quote means to always be honest no matter what. For example, if you try hard on a test and you fail, its ok. At least you tried your best and you should be proud of that. If you cheat on a test and pass, its not being honorable because you cheated of someone else and you didn't try on your own.

Student Success Statement


"If  I've got correct goals, and if I keep pursuing them the best way I know how, everything else falls into line. If I do the right thing right, I'm going to succeed."
                                     -Dan Dierdorf

Reflection: I think this quote means that having good goals and achieving them are a good thing and you will be successful. If you have bad goals and you try to achieve those, you will gain nothing. The only thing you will do is get yourself in trouble and lose certain privileges. For example, if someone has the goal to go to college, then that's a good goal. When they achieve it by doing the right thing, they will become successful. If someone tries to achieve their goal by doing the wrong thing, they will fail.

Good Values

Student Success Statement
"The most important thing you will ever have is good values."

   -Dennis Prager




Reflection: I think this quote means that good values are very important. I think this because people always have good values over everything. For example, someone can be taking a test and they don't understand it. They can cheat and get A but they have a good value of not cheating. Another example is that someone wants to eat junk food but they cant because they have a good value of not eating unhealthy foods. People can break those good values but they don't because they are CTR people.

An internal phenomenon
Student Success Statement


"The reward for doing  right is mostly an internal phenomenon: Self-respect, dignity (self-worth), integrity, and self-esteem."
Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Reflection: I think this means that being a respectful and good person is the key to being a human being.  For example, if someone is a kind person and is always positive towards themselves, they have the gift of being a good person who is full of self-esteem.

C-T-R
Student Success Statement

"Being  a c-t-r person isn't always easy, but its the best person you can be."
                    -Diana Beltran


Reflection: I think this quote means that its hard to be a ctr person. I think it means that because not everyone always makes the right decision. For example, people can make a decision because they feel pressured but they end up making the wrong decision. I also think it means that being a ctr person means always being honest which can be hard. People can make the right choice but it can be hard because you can throw your friends under the bus. For example, if your friends bring drugs to school and someone asks you if you know if anyone brought any, some people might have to tell the truth.

The Right Thing
Student Success Statement
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing."

                          -Theodore Roosevelt


Reflection: I think this quote means that you should always make the right choice or decision . For example, if someone tells you to ditch school, you should say no. That is the right thing to do. The next day, if someone tells you to try drugs, you should say no. If anyone ever tries to make you choose the wrong thing, just say no. Always choose whats right and do the right thing.

Nothing
Student Success Statement
"Nothing is ever gained in doing whats wrong."
                                  -Wilford Woodruff

Reflection: I think this quote means that doing whats wrong doesn't benefit you in any way but it makes every worse. For example, if you don't listen to the teachers directions then you aren't going to know what to do. If you don't know what to do then your going to have a hard time doing your work. If you can't do your work then you can't pass the class. If you can't pass the class then you can't graduate. If you don't graduate then you don't go to college. If you don't go to college then you don't get a job. If you don't get a job then you have no money. If you don't have money then you can't pay the rent. If you don't pay the rent then you end up homeless. This is why you choose the right or everything will go wrong and you won't gain nothing and lose everything.

Softball Game
Western Oregon vs. Central Washington
Western Oregon: Coach Pam Knox, Player Sarah Tucholsky
Central Washington: Mallory Holtman, Liz Wallace

"Its a great moment when someone has character to step up and do the right thing at the right time."

Reflection: The story was about a softball player who made a home run for the first time. When she was going to the bases, she hurt her leg. The 2 players from the opposing team helped her out by carrying her so she can make the home run. I think this was a good thing because they helped her even if she was on the other team. What mattered to them was that she made her home run instead of winning the game. I think this quote means that doing the right thing is more important than anything.

Student Success Statement

" I have been asked what I mean by 'word of honor', I will tell you: Place me behind prison walls-walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground-there is a possibility that in some way or another I might be able to escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No, Never! I'd die first."

                                   -Karl G. Maeser

Reflection: I think this quote means that you need to keep your word or promise no matter what.  For example, if you commit yourself to clean the house, you need to do it because you gave your word of honor. Another example is if you promise to help someone with their homework, you should do it. You need to keep your promise and show that you are a trustworthy person.

The 10 Indian Commandments

1. Treat the Earth and all that dwells therein with respect.
2. Remain close to the Great Spirit.
3. Show great respect to your fellow beings.
4. Work together for the benefit of all mankind.
5. Give assistance ans kindness wherever needed.
6. Do what you know to be right.
7. Look after the well-being of mind and body.
8. Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
9. Be truthful and honest at all times.
10. Take full responsibility for your actions.

Reflection: The 10 Indian Commandments are about being a good person. They are also about choosing and doing whats right no matter what. For example, if someone needs help with something, help them instead of just watching them suffer. Another example is if you did something wrong, you should take responsibility for it instead of blaming others.

A promise

Student Success Statement
"A promise must never be broken."
-Alexander Hamilton



Reflection: I think this quote means that we shouldn't break any promises that we make no matter what. For example, if you promise that you will never use drugs, don't break it. If you don't break a promise, then that makes you a good person. If you break the promise, then your not a good person and your not reliable. Always keep your promises because it makes you a good person and a CTR person.