Lake Zurich High to revamp how valedictorian is chosen.(News)Korecki, Natasha
The valedictorian speech should fulfill two goals: It should convey a"sending off" messageto the members of a graduating class, and it should inspire them to leave school ready to embark on an exciting new adventure. You likely have been chosen to deliver this speech because you've proven yo...
For all that,Fortunehas chosen Bill and Melinda Gates as our2019 World’s Greatest Leader. The pick, pointedly, is a singular one; the power of their leadership is definitely double-barreled. To understand howthe Gateses lead, it helps to think of toilets. This is just a guess, mind you...
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Changing ourselves, on the other hand, is about being inauthentic and trying to become more like someone else [i.e., the duck wishing it were a squirrel]. This isn’t a wonderful thing to do and something that the same research shows is more commonly the route chosen by those who do ...
The admission rate forStanford Universityand Princeton University hovers around 5%. It is not uncommon for a valedictorian to be rejectedby prestigious schools. The valedictorian and their parents are always shocked when this occurs. How could a student with a perfect GPA, test scores, and overall...
It all started when I was a first year teacher at Woodmont High School. I found out I was chosen to be a Natural Helper. At the time, I had no idea what that was, but it turns out it’s a nationwide organization dedicated to making sure youth in crisis have someone to turn to....
Hope, defined as one's perceived ability to execute envisioned paths to future goals, is a two-component cognitive-motivational construct (Snyder, 2002, Snyder et al., 1991). Hope encompasses how individuals choose goals, how they plan to accomplish chosen goals, their motivation for accomplishing...
but most universities and colleges assign these designations as well. The students who receive these honors are normally the ones who are chosen to give speeches during the graduation ceremony. The speeches usually range in topic from the valedictorian and salutatorian students experiences during their...