We’ve just watched President Obama’s speech to you about education. He asks you to set goals for your education. What goals do you have for this school year? Please send me a comment of two sentences sharing your goal or goals. Below is the President’s speech if you’d like to read it to get some ideas for your response.
That’s why today, I’m calling on each of you to set your own goals for your education – and to do everything you can to meet them. Your goal can be something as simple as doing all your homework, paying attention in class, or spending time each day reading a book. Maybe you’ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your community. Maybe you’ll decide to stand up for kids who are being teased or bullied because of who they are or how they look, because you believe, like I do, that all kids deserve a safe environment to study and learn. Maybe you’ll decide to take better care of yourself so you can be more ready to learn. And along those lines, I hope you’ll all wash your hands a lot, and stay home from school when you don’t feel well, so we can keep people from getting the flu this fall and winter.
Whatever you resolve to do, I want you to commit to it. I want you to really work at it.
I know that sometimes, you get the sense from TV that you can be rich and successful without any hard work — that your ticket to success is through rapping or basketball or being a reality TV star, when chances are, you’re not going to be any of those things.
But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won’t love every subject you study. You won’t click with every teacher. Not every homework assignment will seem completely relevant to your life right this minute. And you won’t necessarily succeed at everything the first time you try.That’s OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who’ve had the most failures. JK Rowling’s first Harry Potter book was rejected twelve times before it was finally published. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
These people succeeded because they understand that you can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time. If you get in trouble, that doesn’t mean you’re a troublemaker, it means you need to try harder to behave. If you get a bad grade, that doesn’t mean you’re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.
No one’s born being good at things, you become good at things through hard work. You’re not a varsity athlete the first time you play a new sport. You don’t hit every note the first time you sing a song. You’ve got to practice. It’s the same with your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right, or read something a few times before you understand it, or do a few drafts of a paper before it’s good enough to hand in.
My goal is to get advanced in MATH for my bench mark this year.
My other goal is not to talk so much in class.
My goals are to get advance on language arts reading and Mathematics. Also I want to be a leader and pass 6th grade.
I think that it is a good goal.
make goals for this school year.And try hard.
I lick when he standing an sad that i will help schooles.
I think Obadias’s speech was great . Never give up on your self.
No last names, please, and you didn’t answer the question. Please answer it now.
goals are things that you focus on. and try to achev on.
My goals for live are to be rich and famous.
My goal is to practice more so that I can have a better life. I will not let me fail.
My goal for this week is to never give up even when something is hard.
No last names – Ms. Mercer
My goals this year is to do better at reading and get proficient on English language arts.I also want to get better on science.
No last names please — Ms. Mercer
cool goal i like it keep it .
My goal this year is to try and get advance in math.It is important because I can get a good education.
My first goal is to reach advance on the star test.My second goal is to work hard and have fun! These are my goals, and I will try to not fail.
my goal is to be advanced in E.L.A
No last names please! – Ms. Mercer
My goal this year is to try to move on to 7th grade. This is important to me because I want to move on to middle school.
my goals in life are trying to get good grades.Also respect myself and everyone around me.
No last names please — Ms. Mercer
Goals are things that you focus on. I will try to achieve it.
My goal is to be proficient on math and language. I also need to focus more on silence.
I need to give more effort to my school work. I also need to do better on my math.
My goal is to be proficient on math.This is important to me because I am trying to pass six grade.
I will give more effort. I will try my best
I have basic on my language Art test.I need to be better that my language Art test and get proficient.
My goals is to make to basic on standards plus.this is important to me because my teacher told me to be.
my goals are to finish elementry school and go to middle school an
My goal is to practice more so that I can have a better life. I will not let me fail at school or anywhere.
My goals for this year are to be good.My other goal is to not to get into fights with the other students.
My goal is to practice more so that I can have a better life. I will not let me fail at school or on my jobs.
my two goals are you have to do homework and schoolwork.and work as a team and work together.
my goal is to get good greats .my other goal is to respect other people .
My goals this year is to be better . And to make good choice and to not fit in school.
My goals are about to get advanced.
My next goal is to make sure I graduate.
My last goal is to make sure I stay with my education.
I agree with you so you so try to get advance language arts. You should want to graduate from elementary. You want to stay with an education because it will follow you your whole life.
My goals in life are to get higher grades. be nice to people around me.
my goals are to be nice to others. My other goal is to do my work.
Dena I think that your comment was nice I really think you could improve your goals
My goals for this year is to get better grades and to get advance this year .My second goal is to try more and to participate into stuff.
My goal for this year is to get better in ELA and math.My other goal is to do good in school.
My goal is to get better at writing in cursiv.My second goal is to get better at E L A.
My goal is to get good grades .My other goal is to always turn in my home work.
My goal is to get advance.My goal is to be better at Science.
My goals are to pass 6th grade.
Another goal is to get good grades on my report card.
I think you will get good grades.
I say that because you are very smart.
My goal is try to pass 6th grade so i can go to middle school. My other goal is to go everywhere.
This year my goal is to get strait A’s. My other goal is to get advanced on the star test.
I also agree on the both of them.I agree because I want to pass the sixth grade.
My goal is that i want to be a cop. my goal is to be a computer fixer. I also need to get better in math.
My goal this year is to get higher grades in class and to persevere. My next goal is for me and that is to support others.
My goal are to buy a Ferrari. My another goal is to not talk
My goal is to do good in math.
My either goal is to not get distracted in class.
Get better at language arts.Another goal is to get better grades.
Amairani i agree with her cause she has good goals.
My goals for this year is to get Advance on my test.My next one is to learn in school.
I agree with Natali because I need to get advance too and I always have to go to school already so I have to learn.
my goals are getting better grads and learning heard in school and trying my best..
Aiana I agree with you I have the same goal . I think you will reach your goal.
My goal for this year is to not be disrespectful to the teachers.My other goal is to not to get into any fight.
My goal is to try my best to pass six grade. Also to pass middle school, high school, and colledge. to get into law school and become a lawyer
My goal is to buy a Ferrari. My other goal is to not talk.