A message to all students

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A message to all students

franknbea

A message to all students

A message to all students about to embark on a new school year
Whether this is first time at school, your first time at a new school, or you’re an old timer returning for yet another turn around the sun, there are a few things you should be mindful of before you begin.
1. Start with a positive attitude. No matter how intelligent you are, how much talent you have, or how charismatic you can be in front of others, having a positive attitude will help you out of more jams than any other single thing. It is difficult to argue with a positive person, it is almost impossible to bully a person with a positive attitude. It is hard to tell a person off if they have a positive attitude. So, remember that next time you forget to do your homework. Have a positive attitude from the start and you will end up in hot water a lot less times.
2. As you walk into whatever institute of learning you are going to call your second home for the next two semesters, please remember your teachers. Don’t wait until Christmas, or teacher appreciation day to come around to show them your gratitude. If they were your teacher before then thank them for what they have done for you so far, tell them that you know more now than you did before you met them, that you have grown as a student and as a person under their tutelage. If you have never met them before, then tell them that you expect them to treat you fairly and guide you through the year in the same way that would have wanted to be treated and guided. That you will give your best throughout the year, and in turn expect them to do their best. Tell them that if they need your help for anything at any time, you are willing to give it as long as it is not you all the time, because that will look weird.
3. In school, don’t forget those faceless and nameless individuals that make your scholastic day possible. Janitors, cooks, clerical workers. Any one of these people is deserved of your respect and politeness, most of all they deserve your help. How can you help them? Simple, clean up after yourself, don’t write crap on the walls of the crapper, eat what you served for lunch, or at least don’t call it shit in the cook’s presence, and if you get called to the office at any time, don’t make the secretary’s life a misery by forgetting the papers she asked you to bring, or trying to sit on the printer with your pants down to make lewd photocopies of your lower parts.
4. Enjoy the year for goodness sake. School is not meant to be a prison. These are the best years of your life, (difficult, I know, but the best nonetheless), make the best of them. If years after you finish school you don’t remember a single good day from school, or you would never go back, no matter how short a time for, then you won’t have followed a single line of my advice. Feel free to ignore what is written here. Be your own self, if you know a better way then use it, but be genuine, be true to yourself and others and you won’t go far wrong. Good Luck, be the best that you can be.
5. And lastly a special message for bullies, whether pre-existing or about to be bullies, watch out! Because we are coming to get you, pretty soon you will have no place left to hide. You will not be able to carry out your vile deeds and expect to go unpunished. The world tolerance of bullies is at an all-time low. You will be stopped, sooner or later, you can be sure of that.
Stones and sticks may get you kicks, but we are wise and we will rise!

2 Sep 2017