This was an amazing book that I finished in one sitting--if you know how (little) I read, that is a great compliment! I loved the shifting points of view and the interconnected stories. Sanchez develops the three main characters very well, you feel like they are your friends. The only drawback (which probably has to do with the fact that it is a young adult book--that may say something about my reading level...) is there is ocassionally content that is obviously placed to help educate young readers, and the book (nicely) includes a resource list for teens. I can't wait to read the next two in the series (
Rainbow High and | Rainbow Road).
We were caught out at Washtenaw Pride last weekend!  Full story
Name: ________________ (last) First: (Check appropriate box) (_) Billy-Bob (_) Billy-Joe (_) Billy-Ray (_) Billy-Sue (_) Billy-Mae (_) Billy-Jack (_) Billy-Mae (_) Billy-Jack Age: ____ Sex: ____ M _____ F _____ N/A Shoe Size: ____ Left ____ Right Occupation: (_) Farmer (_) Mechanic (_) Hair Dresser (_) Un-employed Spouse's Name: __________________________ Relationship with spouse: (_) Sister (_) Brother (_) Aunt (_) Uncle (_) Cousin (_) Mother (_) Father (_) Son (_) Daughter (_) Pet Number of children living in household: ___ Number that are yours: ___ Mother's Name: _______________________ Father's Name: _______________________ (If not sure, leave blank) Education: 1 2 3 4 (Circle highest grade completed) Do you (_)own or (_)rent your mobile home? (Check appropriate box) ___ Total number of vehicles you own ___ Number of vehicles that still crank ___ Number of vehicles in front yard ___ Number of vehicles in back yard ___ Number of vehicles on cement blocks Firearms you own and where you keep them: ____ truck ____ bedroom ____ bathroom ____ kitchen ____ shed Model and year of your pickup: _____________ 194_ Do you have a gun rack? (_) Yes (_) No; please explain: Newspapers/magazines you subscribe to: (_) The National Enquirer (_) The Globe (_) TV Guide (_) Soap Opera Digest (_) Rifle and Shotgun ___ Number of times you've seen a UFO ___ Number of times you've seen Elvis ___ Number of times you've seen Elvis in a UFO How often do you bathe: (_)Weekly (_)Monthly (_)Not Applicable Color of teeth: (_)Yellow (_)Brownish-Yellow (_)Brown (_)Black (_)N/A Brand of chewing tobacco you prefer: (_)Red-Man How far is your home from a paved road? (_)1 mile (_)2 miles (_)don't know
you are palegreen
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Your dominant hue is green. You're logical and steadfast, focused on figuring life out and doing what makes sense. You value being trusted because you know you're taking the time to figure things out and everyone should just follow you.
Your saturation level is lower than average - You don't stress out over things and don't understand people who do. Finishing projects may sometimes be a challenge, but you schedule time as you see fit and the important things all happen in the end, even if not everyone sees your grand master plan.
Your outlook on life is bright. You see good things in situations where others may not be able to, and it frustrates you to see them get down on everything.
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- Quarters are like gold.
- Be creative in the dining hall.
- Flipflops become as important as soap, shampoo, etc.
- You will never find so many excuses for a bucket.
- Asleep by 2:30 am is an early night.
- New additions to the food groups: Mountain Dew, Doritos, Ben & Jerry's, Ho-Hos and Oreos
- Make sure your alarm clock has back-up batteries.
- Duct tape heals all wounds (If not, scotch or masking tape will suffice for awhile.)
- Showers become less important.
- Sleep becomes more important.
- Two meals a day are standardOne for some!
- Recycling becomes synonomous with laundry ("Oh, my jeans can last until Christmas...there's only a *little* bit of mud on them...").
- You can never make too many meals in a hot pot.
- 10 minutes is more than enough time to get ready for your first class (not that this is anything really new).
- Going to the mailbox was never an ego booster/breaker before.
- It takes more than one person to carry your laundry, books, trash, alcohol...
- If the lecture hall is big enough, get someone else's notes.
- You begin to nap again (also not new).
- Your bill in the bookstore will almost equal tuition.
- Isn't it amazing that the book your professor wrote is always required for his class?
- Labs used to be fun.
- T.A. used to stand for teaching assistant, now, for terribly articulated.
- Squirt guns=stress relief.
- E-mail becomes your second language.
- Frat parties are exactly like they are in the movies.
- Ten-page papers used to sound impossible, now they're a Godsend.
- You never realized so many people are smarter than you.
- You never realized so many people are dumber than you.
- Professors are like celebrities: you see them, but they never see you.
- Western Europe could be wiped out by a horrible plague and you'd never know, but you could recite last week's episode of "Friends" verbatim.
- See every movie under $3 that your campus provides; it's actually proportional to the amount of money you have.
- Roadtrip whenever possible.
- Pick up all new lingo.
- Bum rides, money, notes and snacks as much as you can get them.
- Don't burn bridges, especially if he's good in Biology.
- Plain pasta never constituted a complete meal before.
- Forget putting the toilet seat down,you just pray that they flush.
- Frisbee becomes a contact sport.
- Care packages rank up there with birthdays.
- College girls are the same as high school girls, just with more freedom...and no curfew.
- It never sucked so much to get sick.
- Pop a vitamin and breakfast is covered.
- Learn to love your roommate, especially when he leaves you the room.
- You always thought that worshipping the porcelain god was just an expression...it's not!
- You'll learn more about male genetalia than you ever thought necessary, guys talk more about that than women and sex put together.
- Beware the freshman 15, or in some cases, the freshman cup size.
- Even though the beds are long, they are also extra narrow.
- Things that were a huge deal in high school are now commonplace.
- You never thought you would share so much about yourself with people you have known for such a short time.
- Computer games go in and out faster than the latest fashions.
- Any game can be made into a drinking game.
- Disney movies are more than just classics.
- Find one thing you like in the dining hall and go with it.
- You will hear more stupid nicknames than you ever thought possible.
- Phone calls almost never happen and when they do, you just don't get the messages.
- Cereal makes a meal any time of day.
- ATMs are the devil's advocate.
- Beware the boy in the Care Bear toga.
- You almost forget how to drive.
- You'll drink anything if it's free..
- People still cheat, it's just more technologically advanced.
- You get really good with excuses for skipping class.
- The girl you're going to marry may live right next door, so keep your stereo down.
- Ordering food at 1 am is a common occurance.
- You never realized how cool you can be.
- TV becomes a bigger time sucker than ever before.
- You realize how great your hell summer job was once you get to work study.
- Keys have never been so important, yet you seem to lose them more than ever before.
- You meet the type of people you only thought existed in the movies.
- You learn to sleep with light, noise, extreme temps, and roommates snoring.
- You don't have to cover your textbooks anymore.
- You become a juggler with the balance between school, friends, girls, activities, work, parties...
- You live for chicken finger day at the cafeteria.
- People that were geeks in high school seem okay now.
- You begin to realize that college is about the ideal lifestyle, except for those pesky classes.
- You get good at rationalizing on whether to do homework or not (usually not).
- Procrastination becomes an art.
- Jeans may be worn as many times as the wearer desires (for example, see # 12).
- The only reason you ever dress up is when everything else is dirty.
- Your parents start to tell you stories about their college days.
- With all the wealth of knowledge around you, you start to feel like you're on intellectual welfare.
- Going to the mini-mart is a major treat.
- Amount of alcohol consumed is directly proportional to grade point average.
- You have two kinds of shoes: everyday shoes and party shoes.
- Classes: the later the better.
- The cute girls actually talk to you now.
- Care packages make it all worthwhile.
- The longer you're there, the less you talk about home.
- Always wear your safety goggles, they're not kidding.
- You just don't learn last names.
- Your teachers just went from Mr. and Mrs. to Prof.
- That calculator Tetris and Duck Hunt come into play even more than in high school Physics class.
- Card games never lasted for hours before.
- Vacuuming happens every semester, if you get around to it.
- Boys will dance in college.
- People who never talked to you in high school are now your best friends when you come home.
- You are NEVER alone.
- You find out what beer sludge is.
- It's amazing how late you can stay up doing absolutely nothing, yet falling asleep in class or in the library takes an average of two seconds.
- You spend a ridiculous amount of time pondering the mystery of whether the cafeteria Lucky Charms are the real thing.
- People magazine is your deep philosophical reading material.
- You begin to subdivide your room into sections such as den, library, etc to make it sound like a house.
- All you have to do to make new friends is have mom send up some cookies.
- You never realized how quiet your house was.
- Dishes aren't dirty enough to wash until they have bugs and/or mold in them.
- Printers only break down when you desperately need them.
- You get along so much better with your family now that you never see any of them.
- Your life will never be the same again.
- Each pronoun agrees with their antecedent.
- Just between you and i case is important.
- Verbs has to agree with their subjects.
- Watch out for irregular verbs which have crope into our language.
- Don't use no double negatives.
- A writer mustn't shift your point of view.
- When dangling, don't use participles.
- Join clauses good, like a conjunction should.
- Don't write a run-on sentence you have to punctuate it.
- About sentence fragments.
- In a letter themes reports articles and stuff like that we use commas to keep a string of items apart.
- Don't use commas, which aren't necessary.
- Its very important that you use apostrophe's right.
- Don't abbrev.
- Check to see if you have any words out.
- As far as incomplete constructions, they are wrong.
- Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.
- It is important to never ever under any circumstances split an infinitive.
- Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.
- The active voice is preferred.
- Use of the passive voice is to be avoided.
- Eschew obfuscation.
- Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
- You can name everyone you graduated with
- You get a whiff of manure and think of home
- You know what 4-H is
- You ever went to "headlight parties"
- You used to drag "main"
- You said the 'f' word and your parents knew within the hour
- You schedule parties around the schedule of different police officers, since you know which ones will bust you and which ones won't
- You ever went cow-tipping
- You have ever partied with a guy who is 25, has no job, but is the 'buyer' for all of the best parties
- You have parties at the same guy's house
- School gets cancelled for state sporting events
- The town social events are their children's
- You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old you were (and if you were old enough they'd tell your parents anyhow)
- When you did find someone old enough and brave enough to buy smokes, you still had to go out to the country and drive on back roads to smoke them
- Social acceptance in town depended on the approval of the five old (but rich) hags that met each morning at the donut shop for the latest smut
- You were ever in the Homecoming parade
- You have ever gone home for Homecoming
- You fix up to go buy milk lest anyone starts the rumor that you have gained weight or quit taking care of youself
- No place sells gas on Sunday
- Friday nights fun consisted of standing in line for the one screen theater and since it was sold out, watching truckers and drinking coffee at the truck stop (the only place open after 10)
- You have to drive an hour to buy a pair of socks
- It was cool to date someone from the neighboring town
- You have ever gone for a walk in the cemetery, on a date
- You ordered your waredrobe out of a catalog
- You had senior skip day
- The whole school went to the same party after graduation
- The only 'clique' that nobody would be nice to was the skurves across the street
- You don't give directions by street names or house numbers, but you give directions by references (turn by Armstrongs' Liquor, go two blocks past Andersons', and it's four houses left of the track field)
* Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. * Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing. * David Prowse, was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie. * Many hamsters only blink one eye at a time. * In every episode of Seinfeld there is a Superman somewhere. * Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33. * February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. * Montpelier, Vermont is the only U.S. state capital without a McDonalds. * The Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia, has twice as many bathrooms as is necessary. When it was built in the 1940s, the state of Virginia still had segregation laws requiring separate toilet facilities for blacks and whites. * No word in the English language rhymes with month. * The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns. * There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. * Isaac Asimov is the only author to have a book in every Dewey-decimal category. * Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church. * Cat's urine glows under a black light. * Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator. * The first Ford cars had Dodge engines. * Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors. * It takes about a half a gallon of water to cook macaroni, and about a gallon to clean the pot. * In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated. * Babies are born without knee caps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2-6 years of age. * The highest point in Pennsylvania is lower than the lowest point in Colorado. * Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously * If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar. * The most common name in the world is Mohammed. * Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined. * No NFL team which plays it's home games in a domed stadium has ever won a Superbowl * The first toilet ever seen on television was on "Leave It To Beaver". * In the great fire of London in 1666 half of London was burnt down but only 6 people were injured * Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright's son. * One of the reasons marijuana is illegal today because cotton growers in the 30s lobbied against hemp farmers --they saw it as competition. It is not chemically addictive as is nicotine, alcohol, or caffeine. * The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League All-Star Game. * Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older * The name Wendy was made up for the book "Peter Pan"
Before you read this, decide what your favorite color is. No looking ahead or changing your mind, either. Got it? Click here to learn what your color means. Your Favorite Color is the Key to Your Sexual Life:
The clothes you wear, your home furnishings and the car you drive all give clues to your sexual personality. The key is the colors you select for your possessions. Most people claim they haven't a favorite color. But look around you, and you'll notice a pattern, especially in your clothing and home decor. The predominant color for you is the one that appears most frequently -- it's the one that mirrors the sexual you. A
panel of psychologists, speaking at the 1975 Home Interior Design Forum, explained the association between color and sexual patterns.
RED:
People who like red tend to be tigers in the sack. They are easily aroused and enjoy sex in every way imaginable. Once the sexual spark is ignited, it may take hours to xtinguish. When two reds get together, the ensuing erotica could make Lady Chatterly blush. Lovers of red tend to be aggressors and weaker colors should be aware.
YELLOW:
If you tend to favor yellow, your sexual drives are complex and turn toward the adaptable. The favorite color of homosexuals is yellow. But don't panic -- not everyone who wears yellow is queer. In most cases the person will consent to the stronger partner's desires in a passive manner. You will never enjoy sex to the fullest, but you will never turn down an invitation from somebody you enjoy or admire.
PINK:
Persons who like pink show a reluctance to mature in sexual matters: women tend to tease, to promise more than they intend to deliver. In some cases they flaunt their femininity -- but because they secretly hate men. A great percentage of prostitutes boast entire wardrobes in pink. Men who like pink are the philanderers and flirts. They are the type who will make three dates for the same evening and not keep one, preferring to pick up a dish in some bar instead. Women whose husbands like pink should keep a secret nest egg.
PURPLE:
Lovers of purple frequently consider themselves to be too sophisticated for a fun romp in the sack. Women sometimes are the type who hate to mess their hair. Men are business-like in their approach to lovemaking. In both sexes purple partners are more concerned with their fulfillment than anyone else's gratification.
BLACK:
These people are the misfits of the sex world and seek out each other in kinship. They tend to prefer perverted sex and are usually masochistic or sadistic in nature. They are moody people and often perform at their peak when under stress or during unhappy times. Police psychiatrists claim that sex offenders prefer the color black. And it is no coincidence that the uniform of monsters and teenage gangs is black attire.
GREEN:
Those who prefer green are fresh and innocent in their approach to sex. Women who love green will always make love like virgins all their life. And a man may always be a trifle clumsy and awkward but in a charming and endearing sort of way. Green lovers are gentle, but not passionate. If chosen as a mate, one will never need worry about infidelity.
ORANGE:
Lovers of the color orange lean toward sexual fantasies. The sex act is regarded as a dramatic one-act play in which they are the star. Foreplay is as important as the act of love. They whisper sweet nothings, meaningless dialogue; they feel it is their image. Orange people often do not experience orgasm -- but they put on a darn good act. Men tend to pull their partner's hair, and women leave red welts on the sex partner's back.
BROWN:
If you love brown, you're a real treasure for the right mate. Brown lovers tend to be warm and deep, sensitive to the needs and desires of their partners. Sex is a 24 hour a day thing. Where you can't say "I love you" often enough. Snuggling by the fire, walking in the rain or catching snowflakes on their tongue is a turn-on to a lover of brown. They need lots of time and privacy to make love. But their emotions are such that one harsh word could end the affair.
GREY:
The color grey a preferred by people who are indecisive. They can't get excited about anything -- including color -- so they choose a noncommittal shade. Men who prefer grey look at sex as a way of relieving tension -- but nothing more, nothing less. It's wham, bam, thank you ma'am. Women don't make love, they have intercourse. And for one of two reasons only: to accommodate their mate, or to become pregnant. They count the cracks in the bedroom plaster until the sex act is over with and done. But when teamed with another color, the grey spouse considers the other's infidelity a blessing. When a grey marries another grey, the marriage is made in heaven.
BLUE:
Lovers of blue are wonderful sex partners. They are sinners, affectionate and sensitive to their partner's needs. They consider love making a fine art and their approach is elegant. Men who love blue are like concert pianists, delicately ravaging their partner like they would play a baby grand. Women in the blue category enjoy sex to the fullest. They are exciting partners but their passion may be compared to a tidal wave rather than firery aggression. Both women and men enjoy foreplay and the aftermath of lovemaking, as much as the sex act itself. In marriage a blue person is a wonderful mate -- never seeking outside interests.
WHITE:
If a person is infatuated with white, sex often seems filthy. These people are uritanical in nature. French kissing is obscene and to make love in the daylight in unheard of. Women who love white will undress beneath the covers. Men will shower before and after the sex act. These people still use pet names for their genitals.
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Yesterday, All those backups seemed a waste of pay. Now my database has gone away. Oh I believe in yesterday. Suddenly, There's not half the files there used to be, And there's a milestone hanging over me The system crashed so suddenly. I pushed something wrong What it was I could not say. Now all my data's gone and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay. Yesterday, The need for back-ups seemed so far away. I knew my data was all here to stay, Now I believe in yesterday.
At first I was afraid Now I'm petrified That I can't keep my GPA of 2.5 I spent all those stupid nights Chilling way too long And that was wrong But now I must be strong And now they're back They're in my face 3 finals and 2 papers to be done in just five days! I shouldn't have gone out I shouldn't have partied 'Cause now all this work I have Is piling up on me! And I must go to the library To do research on those papers And, yes, I must study It's hell, I'll tell you that and you know it's not a lie But I can't crumble I can't lay down and die Oh no not I! I will survive! If I keep a 2 point O At least I'll be alive! I've got five more days to live and I think my brain will give But I'll survive! I will survive!
- Act naturally
- Found missing
- Resident alien
- Advanced BASIC
- Genuine imitation
- Military intelligence
- Airline food
- Good grief
- Same difference
- Almost exactly
- Government organization
- Sanitary landfill
- Alone together
- Legally drunk
- Silent scream
- Living dead
- Small crowd
- Business ethics
- Microsoft Works
- Soft rock
- Software documentation
- California culture
- New classic
- Sweet sorrow
- Childproof
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds? Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii? Why are there flotation devices under plane seats instead of parachutes? Why are cigarettes sold in gas stations when smoking is prohibited there? Have you ever imagined a world with no hypothetical situations? How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings? If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why are there locks on the doors? If a cow laughed, would milk come out her nose? If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they Teflon stick to the pan? If you tied buttered toast to the back of a cat and dropped it from a height, what would happen? If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights? You know how most packages say "Open here"? What is the protocol if the package says, "Open somewhere else?" Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM? Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo? You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes? Why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance? Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio? Do vegetarians eat animal crackers? Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together? If fire fighters fight fires, and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight? If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? If olive oil comes from olives, where does baby oil come from? Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow only to be troubled and insecure? Is there another word for "synonym"? Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice"? When sign makers go on strike is anything written on their signs? When you open a bag of cotton balls is the top one meant to be thrown away? Where do forest rangers go to get away from it all? Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food? Why do they report power outages on TV? What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant? Is it possible to be totally partial? If a parsley farmer is sued can they garnish his wages? Would a fly without wings be called a walk? Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them? Why do people who know the least know it the loudest? If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked? When it rains why don't sheep shrink? Should vegetarians eat animal crackers? If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent? Why is the word "abbreviation" so long? When companies ship Styrofoam, what do they pack it in?
Your Linguistic Profile: | | 60% General American English | | 15% Dixie | | 15% Upper Midwestern | | 10% Yankee | | 0% Midwestern |
Top Ten Ways the Bible Would Have Been Different If Written by College Students: - Loaves and Fishes replaced by Pizza and Chips
- Ten Commandments are actually only five, but because they are double-spaced and written in a large font, they look like ten.
- Forbidden fruit would have been eaten only because it wasn't dining hall food.
- Paul's Letters to the Romans become Paul's E-Mail to the Romans.
- Reason Cain killed Abel: They were roommates.
- The place where the end of the world occurs.... not the Plains of Armageddon, but Finals.
- Book of Armaments would be in there somewhere.
- Reason why Moses and followers wandered in desert for 40 years: They didn't want to ask directions and look like a Freshman.
- Tower of Babel blamed for Foreign Language requirement.
- Instead of creating the world in six days and resting on the seventh, God would have put it off until the night before it was due and then pulled an all-nighter and hoped no one noticed.
I'm going through some very old e-mail jokes and posting some on here, so I don't have credits for a lot of this stuff, they are just old e-mail forwards.
The sky was dark. The moon was high. All alone. Just her and I. Her hair was soft. Her eyes so blue. I knew just what She wanted to do. Her skin so soft. Her legs so fine. I ran my fingers Down her spine. I didn't know how, But I tried my best. I started by placing My hands on her breast. I remember my fear. My fast beating heart. But slowly she spread Her legs apart. And when I did it, I felt no shame. All at once The white stuff came. At last I was finished It's all over now. My first time ever At milking a cow.
Teach OthersChapter 8* is about modeling character and competence. There are three types of competence: technical, conceptual, and interdependency. Covey's types of competence are in line with Chickering & Reisser's physical/manual, intellectual, and interpersonal competence ("the three-pronged pitchfork"). - Technical (physical/manual): skill and knowledge to do particular tasks
- Conceptual (intellectual): see the big picture, strategically/systematically/tactically relate things to one another
- Interdependency (interpersonal): all people rely on others
Covey suggests that the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® are the best way to model character, or itegrity, maturity, and the Abundance Mentality because they are based on universal, timeless, and self-evident principles. He also discusses how a personal planning system can be a modeling tool, if you following the planning productivity process: - Identify mission & values
- Set goals
- Plan weekly
- Plan daily
Report ResultsIn general, modeling character and competence is something I think and hope I do very well. This is a big focus we try to teach the orientation staff too, it is a major part of role modeling. I am also enjoying re-reading the 7 Habits® while working through the 8th Habit Challenge. This chapter was a good overview and brief refresher of the content, but I enjoy reading the books concurrently and completing the 7 Habits Personal Workbook as well. I've downloaded the free trial FranklinCovey PlanPlus software for Outlook offered in the book, and am going to try to utilize it to productively plan my weeks better. I used to use a paper FranklinCovey planner, and think I've lost some of the First Things First time management skills since I've went all-digital.
I pledge to actively work towards a more socially and environmentaly responsible world.
I vow to help create a more equitable world, free of prejudice, discrimination and oppression. I also promise to take action to protect the environment and the earth's resources for future generations.
I will continue to honor these words in my career, relationships, and all other pursuits, and encourage others to embrace this message as well. - adapted from University of Michigan Edward Ginsberg Center for Community Service and Learning and Department of Social Work, Humboldt State University.
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You're 120 proof, with specific scores in beer (60) , wine (116), and liquor (78). | | You're going straight for the bottle and a shot glass! It'll take more than a few shots of Wild Turkey or 99 Bananas before you start seeing pink elephants. You know how to handle your alcohol, and yourself at parties. |  | How you compared to other people your age and gender: | You scored higher than 30% on proof | | You scored higher than 82% on beer index | | You scored higher than 97% on wine index | | You scored higher than 85% on liquor index |
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Teach OthersChapter 7* relates how you can serve as a small trim-tab that "steers" a larger organization. The chapter also opens with one of my favorite Gandhi quotes (which you can see at the bottom of each page of this Blog) that is all about modeling. Covey uses Greek philosophy of influence to explain how a leader can model, which includes Habit 5®: - Ethos: model trustworthiness = trust
- Pathos: seek first to understand
- Logos: then to be understood
Report ResultsI really connected with the levels of initiative/self-empowerment Covey presented in this chapter. I see myself taking on the different levels with various demands in my work & personal life ("wait until told," "ask," "do it and report," "do it"). I also am hoping to model more for the people I supervise so they can work towards higher levels of initiative & self-empowerment. I have also made an effort to avoid the "5 cancerous behaviors" of criticising, complaining, comparing, competing, and contending. I can see an immediate difference in my outlook and other's attitudes when these behaviors are avoided.
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I'm attending ACPA in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland Resort. It is a fabulous location that has exceeded my expectations! Having a great time reconnecting with colleagues from grad school/BGSU, Oberlin, and U. Toledo, and looking forward to the educational sessions tomorrow and Tues.
Teach OthersChapter 6* presents Covey's Leadership Challenge: inspiring others to find their voice. Covey defines leadership as "communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves." The difference between leadership and management is also discussed (using several common examples), but summarized as things without freedom to choose need managing and the distinction that people need leadership (their own or managing through other's leadership). Lack of leadership can be a chronic problem (noticed through some acute pains): - IQ - mental: no shared organizational vision or values (or management by "rules")
- EQ - emotional/social: disempowerment (apathy, boredom, fear, etc.; management by control)
- PQ - phsical/economic: misalignment (management focused on efficiency)
- SQ - spritutal: low trust (management by "the boss")
Corrected through: - IQ - mental: pathfinding/vision (strategy: jointly determining goals)
- EQ - emotional/social: empowering/passion (execution: focus talent on results and help as requested)
- PQ - phsical/economic: aligning/discipline (structure: manage systems to help personal leaders)
- SQ - spritutal: modeling/conscience (culture: set a good example)
Report ResultsThis chapter presented me with two challenges: 1) to rate myself as leader and watch how I manage and 2) begin thinking of how to inspire others to recognize their own leadership ability. I think my physical & spiritual qualities of leadership are strong (by providing structure and a positivie & supportive culture), but would like to work on empowering others to perform more in- and inter-dependently (I need to delegate better as a "manager") and include others more in the planning and goal-setting processes.
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