Do Your Best

CTR Champions and Academic Champions have made a personal promise to obey the first part of the Boy Scout Oath: “On my honor I will do my best.”  What a marvelous promise to make to yourself and to others: to do your best. You are more talented at certain things than some people, and there are people more talented than you in other things. These comparisons are not important. What’s important is that you do your best no matter what amount of talent you possess. Doing your best brings peace of mind and a feeling of self-satisfaction. 

John Wooden, former UCLA basketball coach and winner of 10 National Championships had deep insightfulness about doing your best. 

Students, whether you are playing basketball or singing a song or writing an English paper or reading a book: Do Your Best. Do your best and let the consequences follow. You will not have any regrets when you do your best. 

Shannon was an outstanding junior high school student. She was an overachiever, and she always strived to do her best. She studied so hard that she became the top student in the entire junior high school. How? She was taught to do her best, and her best brought her to the top, even membership into the CTR Club and the Academic Champion Club. Her hard work made her a Champion. You too can be an CTR/ Champion if you DO YOUR BEST.

Challenges Teens Face Today

Research online, plus Include your already existing knowledge about Challenges Teens face today.  Write a new post in your E-Ports and provide the following:

1. 1. What are several of the major challenges teens deal with today?
2. 2. What are one or two major challenges YOU are dealing with today? What are you doing about them?
3. 3. How does being a CTR person help you to overcome any challenge you may face?
4. 4. How can you help other teens to overcome their challenges?
5. 5. Add Pictures:
6. 6. Reflection:  What do you think is the greatest need that teens have today?

"The Six Attitudes of High Achievers"

John R. Noe

"The Six Attitudes of High Achievers"

High Achievers......

1. Make no small plans

2. Do what they fear

3. Are willing to prepare

4. Are willing to risk failure

5. Are teachable

6. Have heart

Circumstances and Attitude

"We can't always control our circumstances, but we can 

control our attitude."

Marvin J. Ashton

Work Hard

"The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare.” 


Bob Knight

The Winning Attitude

Students, I came across this poem, and I immediately thought of 'Attitude' that we are discussing and blogging about in class. I challenge all of you to change your attitudes to the "Winners" attitude, and, consequently, you will become and remain a WINNER.

Winners Are People Like You 

 Anonymous


Winners take chances. Like everyone else, they fear failing, 
but they refuse to let fear control them.



Winners don't give up. When life gets rough, they hang in 
until the going gets better.



Winners are flexible. They realize there is more than one 
way and are willing to try others.



Winners know they are not perfect. They respect their 
weaknesses while making the most of their strengths.



Winners fall but they don't stay down. They stubbornly refuse 
to let a fall keep them from climbing.



Winners don't blame fate for their failures, nor luck for their successes.



Winners accept responsibility for their lives.



Winners are positive thinkers who see good in all things.
 From the ordinary, they make the extraordinary.



Winners believe in the path they have chosen even when it 
is hard, even when others can't see where they are going.



Winners are patient. They know a goal is only worthy 
as the effort that is required to achieve it.



Winners are people that believe in themselves. 
They make this world a better place to be.

Your Attitude

"Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude."

Ralph Marston