september 11

 JOURNAL TOPIC: [today's tunes: "Dream On" by Aerosmith; "Right Now" by Van Halen]

Time to get stoked.  Imagine that you have the magic wand. You get to do or be anything you want to do, and all you have to do is make up your mind that nothing will stop you. So, the question is: What will you do? What will you be?

["WAIT!"  they're saying.  "We've heard all this crap from motivational speakers!  We've seen the posters in the halls!  It's bu$%&$t!"]

Try this: What are you willing to sacrifice to get what you want?  What do you want that badly?  Does anything matter that much to you?  What might matter that much?

Here's another way to think of it.  If you do everything you can, success isn't guaranteed.  But if you don't do everything you can, failure is.   

-OR-

Choose your own topic.

AGENDA: (September 10/11)

1. Journal
2. Review the agenda for 9/8 & 9
3. Watch "Meanings Signs & Symbols" video (?)
4. Read and discuss "Earth on Turtle's Back"

PLEASE:

1. Be sure that you're caught up on previous work
2. Email Dr. Preston if you need help
3. Post your first impression to "Earth On Turtle's Back" -- specifically, explain what you think is the deeper meaning/intention/moral of the story (title: THE MEANING OF A NATIVE AMERICAN STORY)