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Bishop Woods Guest Bloggers: Yadelina, Courtney, Sahara

Self-Direction: by Sahara

Self direction is important because self direction helps you set goals.   For example, if  I say I want to be a better reader and need help, my friend Courtney might be able to help me reach my goal.   She could help me by making me read more often and help me understand what I’m reading.

Maybe you think that’s not important, but it is.  Especially if you want to have a big house and a fancy car that you can brag about to an older brother or sister!  You need to be able to do well in school and go to college, and get good grades and maybe get a degree, like in nursing.  Or if you want to be a teacher, or a beautician, or a clothes designer, then you need to be a good learner so you can get through school.

So setting a goal for yourself is important. It takes steps to reach a goal.  For example, if you want those things, the first step you could do to get there is maybe get a summer job, so you are use to getting up and use to working.   Or maybe if you want to be a hair dresser you could volunteer to do old peoples hair at the senior citizen center, so you can practice and get better. It would be good because you can practice and you can help people at the same time!  It would be a good idea and it would be such a nice thing to do.

It is important to set goals for yourself.  And then find a path to reach them.

Self-Direction Poem: by Courtney

When you grow up, do you want to be

Someone who gets attention by jumping in trees?

[]Yes            []No

If so, be my guest

But if no, you might invest

A creepy crime scene

On T.V

Or maybe you want to be a doctor or a dentist

Well, if you want to succeed

Go to college.

UConn, Yale,Hartford, Harvard… whatever works.

But when you can’t be successful, it sometimes hurts.

So put yourself in a position

Where you can be your best

It’s called Self-Direction.

And it’s definitely not a pest!

Self-Direction   by Yadelina

Why is it so important to set goals?

To be self-directed or to have self-direction is to have goals in life.

In life there will be times you have to depend on yourself and only yourself.  In order to do that you must start setting goals now!  It will help you achieve something important later on in life.

It is important to set goals because it is important to have dreams and plans for the future.   It’s never too late… but it’s also never too early.  Everybody should set goals in life.   Once accomplished, they can say, ” I did it!” and they’ll see how easy it is to achieve your goals.   All you have to do is set simple small goals.  Then those simple small goals become great achievements!

So I want you all to think about this and start by setting a goal for yourself.  As we all know our motto here is YES I CAN!

So believe in yourself and you will soon start to say it as well !

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How to Make a Backyard Fire Pit

by TonyDasilva August 10, 2012 Hike

Create a cozy space for outdoor entertaining with a stone fire pit.   Tools and Materials: cast concrete wall stones cap stones sand shovel tape measure level tamper steel rake Steps: Before building a fire pit, check the building codes in your area to get the proper specs and regulations. Choose a spot that is [...]

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The BBC’s Talking Animals Will Get You Every Time

by TonyDasilva April 14, 2012 Travel
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I’m not sure how many of you have seen this clip before, but even if you have, it gets funnier every time. Watch what animals are really thinking in those moments you spot them on nature trips, in trees, or just hanging out in the yard.

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Fail Fridays: A Tree Jumper, a Scooter, and a Diver

by TonyDasilva October 7, 2011 Fail Friday's
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I’ll let Rebecca Black have the spotlight this week to take us into the new FAIL Friday videos. She seems to really enjoy Friday’s more than anyone I know. – Tony So that was your fist FAIL. Now let’s get to the good stuff.

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Photo Collages of the World’s Most Magnificent Trees

by TonyDasilva August 23, 2011 Camp
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James Balog went on a six year quest to photograph North America’s largest, oldest, and strongest trees. What he found were sculpturally elegant trees that have survived by sheer hardiness or luck. For Balog, these images were the closest he could come to reassembling the continent’s long-gone primeval forests. “Across the globe, the planet’s original [...]

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Fail Friday’s: Parking Breaks, Trees, and Rock Jumps

by TonyDasilva August 12, 2011 Camp
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Another week comes to a complete stop as we wind down with some random clips that I enjoyed most this week. Check out the new edition hot off the presses. This week’s best FAILS are coming right up.

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