Social skills are as important as educational skills. Being able to interact with other people is critically important to getting ahead in life. Join the team, the band, the scouts. Make lots of friends and socialize!
You want to have a strong, healthy body. Be active, play, exercise. Try to eat healthy most of the time. At the same time, accept your body and work to improve it. Think. “This is my body, this is what I got, how do I make the most of it?”. Everyone’s body is different. Don’t be too critical of others, or of yourself. And if you really need help don’t be afraid to ask.
Don’t worry too much about what other people think of you. They are all living their own lives and worrying about what other people are thinking of them. They are probably not thinking much about you at all. Live your life. Enjoy your life. Be yourself!
No matter how tough you think you are, you are not tougher than a steel blade or a lead bullet, either of which will plant your sorry behind six feet under ground. Don’t be the tough guy, be the smart guy, that’s where the money is! And if you really are a tough guy, be something you can be proud (and get paid) to be tough: soldier, athlete, construction worker etc.
People care little about who your ancestors were, where they came from or how bad they were mistreated. People care about who YOU are and what YOU have to offer. Pay attention in school, so you will have MUCH to offer. And the best way to fight prejudice and racism is to not be the negative stereotype yourself.
There is a lot of political fussing going on. Always try to look at all sides before deciding who to support. Listen to people you disagree with, it will help you understand their thinking or possibly see things in a different light. In war and politics everything you hear from both sides is propaganda – “WE are the Good People, THEY are the Bad People!”. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle. What you see on TV is a presentation: they are showing you what they want you to see and not showing you what they don’t want you to see. Very often there is much more to the story than what you have heard.
Don’t worry too much about the problems of the world. If the grown ups can’t seem to fix things what are you supposed to do about it? Pay attention in school so that when you grow up you might be able to fix problems rather than being one of them. Concentrate on getting your own life in order before you try to save the world. You can’t help others if you can’t even take care of yourself; plus it will give you time to learn how the world really works.
I’d tell him to love the truth.
If you love the truth, it’s a lot easier to detect the lies.
You should tell them to listen to their teachers but if their teachers tell them to do something that is against what they learned at home that they should say no and if the teacher insists they should call you. It is the gift of no and every kid should have it in their pocket.
You should have, by this time, have already taught them that if someone tells them "not to tell your parents" that means you should tell your parents immediately.
That is enough for a five year old.
After that, we made conversation about "us"...things that mom and daughter can do..."Do you want to go down to the beach??"...library....the mall...play with Sonya??
We really never discussed the world at large. These are kids...let them be kids.
I loved my first day of school! Absoultely loved it!
Until I found out I had to go back every weekday for 12 years!.............
Run!!!
Age group for this school really matters here.
Is this a grade school middle school or high school?
Those are very different groups.
“Your education is too important to put in the hands of the government. I hope today is the first and last day you ever spend in a government-run prison — I mean, ‘school.’”
"No bastard.....
It’s called “convocation.”
Most students would skip it if it wasn’t mandatory.
I would tell him that, if he had to go to the bathroom, he should raise his hand and ask the teacher, “Where’s the sand, cat?”
Schools and teachers are not responsible for you getting an education....YOU ARE!
Best advice for school kids?
As Opa said, “always lead with your Left”.
My Father told me not to believe everything they tell me.
I got sent to the principals office in 1969 5th grade when I argued Pluto wasn’t a planet.
“Don’t pee your pants.Raise you hand.”
“When it’s nap time, take a nap. Don’t fight it.”
“Enjoy snack time and don’t be picky.”
“Don’t squeeze the juice box. Or the milk box.”
“When a girl picks on you, it means she likes you.”
“Don’t throw rocks on the playground.”
“Help others when they need it.”
“Those sprinkles on the school bus smell worse than the puke.”
“Be polite to the elders or they’ll call your parents.”
“Until you go to jail, there is no “Permanent Record” that the principal keeps.”
You are staying home and mom and dad and the family are going to teach you. You will have fun and the family making will be wonderful and you will love it!
Welcome Comrade! We here at the State Indoctrination Camp are going to get your mind right! What are you crying about? What we have here is a failure to communicate!