Welcome back, and a warm welcome to the second half the school year. If you're not happy with how you've been doing academically, it's not too late to turn a new leaf--but time is getting short, so "square away" now! What can you do?
- Seniors: Eschew (look it up) senioritis. It's too early to take your packs off. Keep working and buff up on what you will need next year. This might involve studying grammar and reviewing math fundamentals, but it will time well spent.
- Juniors: This is a very important year for you. If you think you are going to college, now is the time to be studying for the SATs and thinking about where you might want to go and what you might want to study. Think about where you want to be in ten years and plan accordingly. If you want to go to medical school, ITT Tech is not where you need to go for college. Beyond this, put out the effort to do your best on every assignment. Consider one of your teachers looking at an assignment that you've turned in and thinking thinking that you could have done much better. What effect will this likely have on your reputation? Isn't the teacher rightly going to assume that you don't care? If you don't care, why should they.
- Freshmen and Sophomores: Keep up with your assignments and do your best on every single one. Talk to your parents, teachers, and guidance counselors about your post high school plans and make sure that you are taking the correct classes. If you want to go to college, make sure you are taking classes that will prepare you for college--four years of math, four years of English, at least two years of a foreign language, and four years of science. Think calculus, trig, physics, and chemistry.
The WOD for 31 January and 1 February is reprimand. Reprimand is a verb meaning to reprove severely: rebuke. For example: Fedorka was afraid that the inspector would reprimand him for his shabby uniform appearance at the annual inspection. Reprimand can also be used as a noun--you figure it out.
