https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7k0a5hYnSI(Unwritten)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJgxJ6JrPkc(Wake Up Everybody)
Last week was ITBS week. This can cause some stress because of the importance of the scores and getting into a high school of your choice. I pray that by listening to the songs and concentrating last week and beyond, you can use hope to help you prepare for the future - what is to come tomorrow, next week, month, year. I hope you listen to the songs - as many times as you need to so that you get the message. Hope is a virtue to help us look forward to the future. We are taught that God has a plan for us and that we have the "free will" to follow the path which will ultimately lead us to eternal life in heaven. Some people question that fact. If he has a plan, how can we have the free will? Well we make choices and God hopes that we make choices that will lead us to him - always. We don't always do that, but he is always there waiting for us when we do decide to choose the right way - the way to him - the way home.
Answer the following questions:
1. What are you hoping for this year?
2. What are you going to do to achieve this goal?
3. What can you do to help those around you with the virtue of hope?
4. What song helps you to want to have hope in the future? Why?
1. I am hoping for a lot of things this year. I hope to keep up my good grades and not let them slip. I hope to get into my high school of choice. Overall, I hope to just have a good year.
ReplyDelete2. I am going to achieve this goal. I am going to achieve this by having good conduct in school, and not getting in trouble. I am also going to get good grades. I also am not going to not let my grades slip, and keep them up.
3. I can help other with the virtue of hope. I can tell them that everything is going to be okay. If they are going through hard times I can help them trough it. I will always remind them to have hope no matter what happens.
4. The first song helps me have hope. Its main focus is that you can always achieve your goals. I know that whatever I put my mind to, I can do it. This song can apply to me when I am setting my goals in life.
I am hoping for a lot this year. I am hoping that we come together as a class, not have a lot of drama, have fun, and enjoy it. I am also hoping to get into the high school of my choice. All in all I just want to have a good fun year.
ReplyDeleteTo achieve these goals I am to stay focused in class and take notes. I am also going to set aside more time for homework and studying. As for having a fun year, I am going to stay out of the drama and just try to focus on the positives of the situations.
I can help the people around me with the virtue hope by making sure they know its there. By doing this I will remind them to have hope. I will try to be a hopeful person so the people around me will also know that there is still hope.
The second song helped me with hope. I used to sing that song as a kid and to hear it again and listen to the lyrics it really helped me to be hopeful. That song will help me stay hopeful through my journey.
1. I am hoping for quite a bit this year. I am hoping to keep my grades up, so I can get in to the high school of my choice. I am hoping to have a good year with my classmates. Lastly, I am hoping that every living thing on this Earth can stay safe.
ReplyDelete2. I can do things to help me achieve these goals. I can stay ahead on my work to get good grades. I can be kind to my classmates even though it might be tough. I can pray for every to have God protect them and guide them.
3. I can help the people around me with the virtue hope by encouraging people to reach their goals and become a better person. I think that this will give them the hope they need. I can also help people with the little things, so they can reach on achieving this virtue of hope.
4. I listened to all four songs, and I think that the first song makes me want to have hope in the future. This song tells me that life may be difficult at times, but we need to hope that life gets better, and then make a change. This song helps me want to have hope in the future, because I know that I will face challenges that I will have to overcome. The main thing to overcoming obstacles is to have hope, and then change to overcome those obstacles.
1. I am hoping for many things this year such as, being able to get in into one of my top 3 high schools, keeping up good grades, and not getting involved in girl drama that is not my business. I'm also hoping to overcome some of my insecurities that I have in school. I think really what I am mainly hoping for is having fun this year and not stress so much about high school and what's going to happen in my future when really I just need to worry and hope that this year will be great focus on school.
ReplyDelete2. I am going to achieve this goal by, focusing in more on the projects and tests because those are counted as bigger grades, but also focus on the other things too. Another thing i will do to achieve this goal is to, be positive and when some weird drama is going around, I will do my best to listen and to not assume what is going on and then say what the positive side could be about it. Lots of studying and working harder in school is something I will achieve better to get into my high school of choice as well.
3. I can help the people around me with the virtue of hope is by, spreading positive things to them when they are going through a rough time. Also, I can cheer people on when they are playing a sport besides saying good job at the end of the game so they can feel strong during the game if they don't think they can do it. Another thing that I can do to help others with hope is by, making them feel good if they are going through a rough time in their life and just needs a boost of positivity to ensure everything will be okay.
4. I think the third song really helps me with hope in the future. I believe this song would help me with hope for the future because, there may be hatred in the world but that doesn't matter when you want to accomplish something great for yourself. I think this song explains it very well, by saying "wake up everybody" everyone can make a difference in the world and everyone has a place in the world for who exactly who you are and what you love to do. This saying also means that the world changes every day, but its up to you (for example), if you want to build the next business building or you want to make a difference in the world, it can all be done if everyone steps up and can work together to finish the job.
1. This year I'm hoping to get into the highschool of my choice. And be able to find something that interest me in highschool. Being able to find more excotic things to do in highschool. And just being able to experience it.
ReplyDelete2. I'm going to have to try my best in school and really work hard this year. I'll be studying harder and more, and I'll be making sure I'm understanding the work. Getting enough sleep and the right amount of food. And just not messing up.
3. I could be encouraging of others and more out there with them. Helping them in something they need help in or with. Pushing them harder and to do their best. And to remind them not to give up.
4. The first song does because it's main lyrics are saying that tomorrow could and can be better. It's enforced the idea that even though today may had not been the best, having hope could easily make tomorrow ten times better. And that makes me want to have hope because it reminds me that there's always tomorrow.
1. I am hoping to get into my first choice high school. I want to get good grades to make that as possible as they can be. I want to have nothing stop me on my journey to high school. I can't wait to experience the fun and challenging things that come with high school.
ReplyDelete2. I am going to try my hardest to keep my grades up and keep a positive attitude while I am going through this school year. I just need to keep a level head and my thought clear and concentrated to make this a school year. Its been my dream to get into this high school and I am going to pursue my dream as far as it will take me.
3. If they are feeling down about a test or something in their family I can help them have hope about that things will be alright. They don't need to worry and they just have to keep calm and carry on. The best thing they can do is pray to God and know that he is doing what he knows needs to be done so that they may follow their path in the future.
4. I don't know whether we have to choose one of the songs above or one of the songs in our opinion so I am just going to go with one of the songs above. I think that second one helps me because I love the song, but it also explains that our future is unwritten. Our parents may want us to be something specific when we are older, but they don't get to write our future for us. We write our own future and right now it is unwritten. Only God knows what will happen in our lifetime, but that doesn't me we can't write how we want.
1.This year I am hoping for a good year. I hope that I can get good grades. I hope that as a class we have less drama. I also hope that I end this year on a good note.
ReplyDelete2. To achieve these goals I am going to do many things. I am going to study harder in school. I will pay attention in class. I will try my hardest on all of my work. I will stay out of the drama.
3. What I will do to help others around me with the virtue of hope is show them hope. I can show them what it is like to have hope. I can show them why it is good to always have hope. I can help them be hopeful in hard times.
4. I think the second song wants me to have hope in the future. It is saying no matter how many obstacles life throws at you, you can get through it. There will always be a new day and you can restart. You can make each day better than the last.
A lot of people are hoping for many things but for me I only have one hope. My hope is to win a national championship with my soccer team. I want to have something to work towards and achieving this would be amazing.
ReplyDeleteI am going to practice 6 days a week, work my butt off at practices, eat healthy and keep a good attitude to make this happen. I know it is possible if I do all these things.
I can encourage others to hope because some people say don’t get your hopes up but I think you should. Having hope isn’t a bad thing and hoping for something big also isn’t a bad thing but you have to put in the work and effort to make those things happen.
The second song for me. Even though today might not be good you can’t lose hope because tomorrow will be better as long as you believe it will be. Everything won’t always go perfectly but that’s part of life and that’s what makes hope difficult so that’s why I think the second song.
This year I am hoping to get into my top highschool choice. I am hoping to keep my grades up and do my best in high school. I am ready to meet new people and have a fresh start at a new school.
ReplyDeleteI am going to achieve my goals. I am going to take as good as notes as I can, stay focused in class and study to the best of my abilities. I am going to make sure I stay organized and have good time management so I can stay on top of my school work.
I can help others with the virtue of hope. I can show them that it is there. If they are going through something or just having a really bad day I can try to put a smile on their face or try to make them laugh. If I do that, it can give them hope that the day could get better.
The first song, out of all of the songs gives me hope the most. It gives me hope the most because it talks about achieving your goal or completing something. This song reminds me to achieve the things I want to do in life.
To become better friends with he other girls in my class. Spend more time with my friends and enjoy being around them. Work harder on my grades and get into the high school of my choice.
ReplyDeleteBe nicer to the to the girls and include them more. Hang out with my friends more and not care about the little things that annoy me. Work hard on my grades and focus.
Don't bring down people encourage them and help them if they need help. Tell them they can do whatever they want and don't have to listen to bad things that people say. Believe in yourself and be hopeful about opportunities.
The second song gives me the most hope.In the song its says no one else can feel it for you only you can let it in. This means to me that you have to do things on your own and be hopeful that you can change things for the better.
1. This year I am hoping for three things. I am hoping to get good grades throughout the year. I am hoping to make a club volleyball team. Also to get into my first choice high school.
ReplyDelete2. To achieve these goals I can do a few things. I can take good notes and stay focused in class. I can also study before the night before so I can do good on tests. To make my volleyball team I can try the best I can at tryouts.
3. If someone is having an off day and they didn't do good on a test or something, I can help them have hope. I can tell them that they can do better on the next.
4. The second song helps me have hope in the future. The song explains that our future is unwritten. It says that we write our own future, we decide what happens next, not anyone else.
1.This year I am hoping to get into the high school I want to. I think it's important to do the things you like, such a sport an extracurricular activities but it's also important to focus on school and your school work. I am hoping to stay on top of it with that and also have fun with it. Lastly, I am hoping to keep working on time management for high school.
ReplyDelete2.I am going to put school first. Even though most of us don't enjoy it, grade school is very important because it leads us into getting into a good high school, college, then a job. I will work hard to keep my grades up, pay attention in class, and use good study habits.
3.I can cheer them on and encourage them when they feel down. I can remember to show hope around others so they follow my example. also I can remind people that you have to give things a chance before you start judging ideas that you have no idea about.
4. The first song helped me to help in the future because it stated that if someone brings you down, you can't just give up. You have to keep going. I think this is very important because this happens in everyday life and people don't realize that other people's opinions don't matter. For example, if you get a new shirt and someone doesn't like it, you don't just give it away you wear it and stand proud that you like what you like and won’t let anyone stand in the way of you showing you.
1) There are many things I am hoping for this year. Some things are getting good grades so I can get into the high school I want to go to. Also I am praying I did good on my ITBS test this year.
ReplyDelete2) To achieve this goal, I am going to study much more this year and put school before everything. I am also gonna visit the high school that I want to go to a lot and try to shadow a few times. I am gonna go to most of their Varsity soccer and football games.
3) There are many things I can do to show others the virtue of hope. One is showing I have hope. Then, they will see and try to follow. I will help them with things so they don't stress as much.
4) Songs that I really like give me hope. Also songs that my Grandma listened to give me even more hope. They help me to keep doing what I'm doing and trying hard and giving effort on everything.
4) The first song gives me hope because it doesn't let you give up. It teaches you to always reach your goals. It states everyone has bad days, but tomorrow could, and can, always be better.
ReplyDelete1.This year I am hoping to make it in to my first high school choice. I've been wanting to go to this school for a really long time. I think that it would be cool if I could go there.
ReplyDelete2.I am going to so this by keeping my grades up. Its getting to the point for me where I wanna be done and go to high school already. I know that I have to keep my grades up if I wanna make it in.
3.I can first have hope my self. Then I can help others by lifting there spirits. I can give them hope when nobody else will.
4.The first song gives me hope in the future. It tells me to do stuff anyway even if I don't think I can. It tells me that I can accomplish stuff and not be scared to do things.
1. This year I am hoping to make the right high school decision. I am also hoping to continue to well in school and study hard.
ReplyDelete2. To achieve this goal, I will study for every assignment and make sure my grades stay stable. I will need to put effort towards this, but it is all worth it.
3. I can help others around me with the virtue of hope by boosting their confidence and staying positive. Staying positive and helping them through a tough situation gives the person hope because they feel like with others on their side, they can do it.
4. The second song helped me with hope because the song said 'the rest is still unwritten.' That line helps me with hope because I do not yet know my future, but if I have hope in achieving my dreams, I will succeed in the future and accomplish anything that I have confidence and support in.
1. I am hoping that I keep my grades up and that I get into the High School that I want to go to. I am also oping that the year is fun and goes pretty fast.
ReplyDelete2. I will achieve this goal by keeping my grades up so I can get into the high school I want to. And I will try to have fun so the year goes pretty fast.
3. I can help them achieve their goals. I can talk with them. I can show them that everything will be alright.
4. The first song, because it mainly talks about hope and that everything will be alright.
1. Myself and others included, I think I'm primarily hoping for a good year and to get into a high school I want to go to.
ReplyDelete2. Stay in top of stuff, make sure assignments are done correctly and on time. I'll try to study effectively and build better time management skills
3. I can encourage others and hype them up, make them feel confident and talk to them when they are in need
4. The second song, mainly because I'm biased and I know and like this song but it does me a sliver of hope. In all honesty this song gives me more confidence than hope, but I think those 2 tie in pretty well with each other
1. This year I hope that I become a better person over all for myself. I am hoping to become better friends with a lot of people I don't talk to much and be there for them. I also really hope for our whole class to be more as one than being separated off into little cliques.
ReplyDelete2.To achieve this goal I am going to work harder on talking to more people that I don't usually talk to. I am going to work harder with myself by keeping a good mindset towards goals like doing well in school and staying positive a lot more.
3. I can help those around me more with hope by raising their spirit if they think that they are going to fail a test or do bad on homework. I can give them better hope with doing this that they should try their hardest and do the best they can do. I can also give better hope by praying more and hoping that our class will do very well this year.
4. The second song because it seems very positive. It's very focused on yourself than others and gives me hope for myself. It's focused on letting the happiness in and not letting the bad times take over you.
1. This year I hope to get into the high school of my choice. I am hoping to make a good volleyball team. The last I am hoping for is to have a good last year at Ambrose.
ReplyDelete2. I am going to achieve these things by studying, paying attention, and concentrating. I am going to achieve my goal for volleyball is to practice, work even harder, and just do my best.I am going to have a great last year by having the best last year with my best friends.
3. I can help those around me with the virtue hope by showing them what hope is and giving them a good understanding of what it is. I can also encourage them to have hope, when they are going through hard times. That is what I would do to show people how to use hope.
4. The song that helps me want to have hope in the future is the third one because, it said "The world wouldn't get no better, we got to change again." I chose this song because those lyrics mean to me that you have to have hope for a better world. Which we need to start hopping for change and we can even cause the change. It could also mean for a better environment. That is why I chose song three.
I am hoping to get into Vianney or SLUH this year. I'm hoping that I can be a better person, student and be more like Jesus this year. I'm also hoping that I will make the basketball team at my high school.
ReplyDeleteTo achieve the goals that I have set for this year, I will study hard and try not to procrastinate with homework. I'm going to keep practicing and try my best at basketball. To be more like Christ, I will keep following the Commandments and keep using virtues in my everyday life.
To help others with the virtue of hope, I will comfort them if they are sad or depressed about something. I will remind them that God always has a plan and no matter what they are going to be okay. I will tell them that they can persevere through their rough time.
The second song definitely makes me have the most hope. The song is inspiring and makes feel like you can persevere through anything. The song takes all stress away and turns it into fun and hopeful.
1. I am hoping for many things this year year. I am hoping that I achieve my goals. I am also hoping for a good year all around.
ReplyDelete2. To achieve my goals this year I will work harder. This will make it a good year all around if I get into my first choice school. This is what I am doing achieve this goal.
3. The way I can help others around me with the virtue of hope is by not putting them down and encouraging them to do better. I can also not criticize the choices that other around me make. That is what I can do to help others with the virtue of hope.
4. The sound anyway inspires me the most. The reason is this song told me to pretty much keep going anyway. That is the the song anyway inspired me the most.
Ava Molli
ReplyDelete1. There are a lot of things that I am hoping for this year. One thing that I am hoping for is that I get into my top choice high school. I don't know where I am going yet, but wherever I do decide to go I want to get in. My second hope for the year is that I excel in dance. I am a good dancer, but obviously there is room for improvement.
2. The way I will achieve my first goal is by keeping good grades, and staying on top of my extracurriculars. High schools want to see that I do stuff other than just good grades, so I want to be sure I'm doing everything possible that will get me into my high school. A way I can achieve my second goal is by working on skills I am not as strong outside of the studio. Instead of being on my phone I can practice turns, since I am not as strong on those.
3. I can show others hope in many ways. One way is by sending encouraging messages to those who are having a rough day or week to let them know that everything will be alright. I can also remind people that there is a plan for you and that everything happens for a reason.
4. The song that gives me the most hope the second song. To me it is saying that you have a plan that you don't know yet, instead of focusing on the future you should feel the rain on your skin and live in the moment. It gives me hope that everything is going to be alright in the end.
1. There are a lot of things that I am hoping for this year. One thing that I am hoping for is that I get into my top choice high school. I don't know where I am going yet, but wherever I do decide to go I want to get in. My second hope for the year is that I excel in dance. I am a good dancer, but obviously there is room for improvement.
ReplyDelete2. The way I will achieve my first goal is by keeping good grades, and staying on top of my extracurriculars. High schools want to see that I do stuff other than just good grades, so I want to be sure I'm doing everything possible that will get me into my high school. A way I can achieve my second goal is by working on skills I am not as strong outside of the studio. Instead of being on my phone I can practice turns, since I am not as strong on those.
3. I can show others hope in many ways. One way is by sending encouraging messages to those who are having a rough day or week to let them know that everything will be alright. I can also remind people that there is a plan for you and that everything happens for a reason.
4. The song that gives me the most hope the second song. To me it is saying that you have a plan that you don't know yet, instead of focusing on the future you should feel the rain on your skin and live in the moment. It gives me hope that everything is going to be alright in the end.
What I am hoping for is to get in my top choice school. I am also hoping to get good grades in all my classes. I want to get more friends. I am also hoping to get better with kindness.
ReplyDeleteI am trying to get these goals by improving in school. I am also trying harder in school to get better grades. I am also trying to do good at all my interviews. I am trying to be more kind to everyone I know.
I can help by giving them the courage to do what they need hope for. If they need hope I will be there for them. I will try to give them hope no matter what. I need hope to give hope so I need to get help for myself.
I think all the songs gave me hope, but the song that gave me the most was the first you can’t let anyone push you down, and if you do you have to get back up. I think it gives you hope because it also talks about getting your achievements and goals in life.
I have many hopes for this year. One is getting into my first choice high school. Another is to be a better student and get better grades. Finally, I hope to become a better soccer player.
ReplyDeleteI can achieve this goal by being the type of student my high school is looking for and try to become more involved in school and my community. I hope to get better grades and be a better student by staying focused. I hope to be a better soccer player by practicing more and improving skills that I am weakest at.
I can help those around me with the virtue of hope by just letting them know I am here and they are not alone. I can make sure they know that no matter how hard things are now they always get better in the end and to always hope for the best. I can make sure they know hope can get you through the best and the worst days.
The second song helps me want to have hope. I believe it is telling me my story isn't written yet and that I should hope for whatever I want to. It believe it is saying to be hopeful no matter what or how difficult things can be.
There are a lot of things I'm hoping this year. I am hoping that I get in my top choice high school. I am also hoping that I get good grades this year.
ReplyDeleteI am going to keep my grades up. I am also going to focus in class and participate in class discussions. I'm also hoping to excel in sports this year.
I can help other people with the virtue hope. If someone's having a bad day I can try to cheer them up. I can also help family and friends outside of school with many things.
All of the songs give me hope. The second one really stuck out to me. You can't let anyone get in your way no matter what.