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Success in Social Studies

I'm not just going to teach you about social studies, but I'm going to teach you how to be successful! You're going to learn how to be creative, how to think and figure things out, and how to self-teach. You are going to build confidence because you ARE going to conquer this class. It just so happens the subject I'm going to use to teach you these things is Social Studies.

The positive attitude and drive are up to you. These are things that have to come from deep inside YOU! These are your decisions...All you have to do is to decide to have them and they are yours...and no one can take them away!

Success is a series of walls that you'll need to climb. Some are higher than others. Each of the social studies classes you need to take is a wall to climb… and these are going to be higher for some of you than for others.

As you climb these walls, there are going to be people on the ground below you:
 * One type will be pushing your caboose up that wall
 * The other type will be throwing rocks at you, trying to knock you down

There will be the people next to you who are also trying to climb the wall… These are your fellow students… They are there to encourage you... Hey, put your foot there, this is the best way up!

There are two types of people standing on the top of the wall:
 * One type steps on your fingers when you finally get your hand at the top…
 * I'mat the top of the wall and I'm the other type – I'm reaching my hand down to pull you up!

It's your job in life to let the rocks from below bounce off of you, encourage the climber next to you and climb toward the right person at the top.

Each wall you make it over will strengthen you and the next wall will be that much easier to climb.

View this motivations video on choosing to be successful despite obstacles.

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Now, how many of you are going to be successful in this class?


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