Tag: inspiration

Note to Student #4: $TEM

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)

Student,

As of August 2016, half of all high-paying jobs in America require at least some computer coding knowledge or skill.

“High paying” is defined by an annual income of $60,000 or more. If terms like SQL, Python, and Javascript aren’t familiar to you, then half of all U.S. companies will not be interested in hiring you.

Just something you should think about the next time you’re chilling on social media, watching TV, or playing video games.

Why not teach yourself to code. Khan Academy has a free course and it’s the real deal. 

Your future matters. Learn.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Note to Student #3: Ignore Rumors

Student,

Rumors are carried by haters, spread by the foolish and accepted by weak minded pushovers.

Be strong. Please don’t give anyone permission to manipulate you. Don’t become anyone’s weak minded pushover. Ignore rumors.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Note to Student #2: You are the Company You Keep

Student,

If your friends drink, eventually you will begin to drink. If you are friends with smokers, you will become a smoker. If you hang out with robbers, thieves, pill heads and otherwise trifling people, you too will become trifling.

Just the same, if you hang out with friends who are focused on school, you too, will focus more on school. If your friends spend their evenings studying, you will find yourself studying more. If your friends strive for excellence, you will begin to expect excellence from yourself, too.

Please be intentional about who you choose to be friends with, for you are the company you keep.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Note to Student #1: We are Counting on You!

Student,

Set academic goals, and set those goals high. Take full responsibility for your actions and your results. “Google” has made prolonged ignorance inexcusable. If you can’t gain an understanding from your classroom teacher, go online and find the teacher, video, article, or blog post you need.

Make sure you practice self discipline. Become obsessed with self improvement. Read and read a lot! Manage your time well and keep going, even when (not if) there is adversity and strife in your personal life.

I believe in you. You have a purpose. You are here for a reason. You are reading this for a reason. It’s time and the time is now! Get busy, because our school, our city, our state, our country, our world is counting on you! We need you to be at your very best.

Regards,

Mr. Guest

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Execution.

Reading and learning from books is good.

Listening and learning from podcasts is good.

Watching and learning from documentaries, youtube, social media, etc., is good.

Not applying what you learn – is BAD!

It’s good to learn from those before us. It’s good to learn from those around us. However, we should never be satisfied with merely “learning.” Don’t just learn the success stories of others. Instead, apply and execute on what you learn and then create a success story of your own!

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Entitlement Syndrome

Below is a list of everything we are entitled to:

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Get it?

Let’s get to work. Success is earned not given.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Step Into Your Greatness!

The secret to stepping into your greatness is simple: TAKING STEPS!

Even if your steps are small, those small steps represent action! To step into your greatness, you must take steps – you must take action!

We can visualize and dream all day long, but until we take action – our dreams are just “make believe.” Until we take action our dreams are just “fairy tales.”

You are not a character within a children’s book! You are real! And this is real life! You were born to create! You were born to build! You were born to achieve greatness!

Step into your greatness – today!

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Need versus Want

This message does not apply to us all. But, it does apply to most.

The reason why we are not where we should be in our lives is quite simple:

What we want to do with our time is in direct conflict with what we need to do with our time.

Read versus Netflix?

Write versus Snapchat?

Math versus Madden?

Study versus Sleep?

Need versus Want!

We should do more of what we need to do and less of what we want to do.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Life is just like Math.

Like a math teacher, LIFE gives us problems. This is true for everyone.

Some of our problems are easy and can be solved quickly.

But some problems are hard and take time.

The hard problems take all of our energy. The hard problems cause heartache and keep us up at night. The hard problems often make us bitter, they make us lazy, they make us want to quit.

The hard problems test our resolve. They test our patience. They test our faith.

Perfect! The hard problems are exactly what we need!

A good teacher is suppose to test us. A good teacher is suppose to challenge us! Challenge is what makes us better students! Challenge is what forces us to grow!

Sometimes, we have to reach a low point in order to rise. In other words, sometimes we have to hit “Rock Bottom.” This can be good for us, because “Rock Bottom” is often the foundation we need to rebuild our lives.

Like a good math teacher, LIFE gives us hard problems. And like good students, we face these problems head on. We are the walking image of persistence and the epitome of hard work! We will solve these problems and we will pass each test!

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Sharks and Killer Whales.

Life will have its difficult moments. That’s life.

So, keep your head up and get your bread up ($).

You can be an ocean or a mud puddle.

Be an ocean.

Don’t be a mud puddle.

Mud puddles are small, shallow, and people walk through them.

Oceans are deep, strong, and guarded by sharks and killer whales.

Toughen up. Be an ocean.

 

Maurice Guest Jr., is an education administrator in Little Rock, Arkansas.