Success
1. What is your personal definition of success? What are you aiming for in life? What does a "life of fulfillment" look like for you? How can you use your senior year to propel you forward towards your personal success goals?
Main Message
At this point in the novel (through chapter 20), several issues and themes on life have been portrayed and explored. Of the following, which theme (themes) would you consider to be most important/most explored? Explain why, citing evidence from the text itself. 1. Role of books, literacy 2. Friendship, guilt, & redemption 3. Relationship between Fathers & Sons 4. Coming of Age (becoming an adult/"man") 5. Resiliency of the human spirit 6. Man's inhumanity towards man 7. Discrimination, prejudice, bigotry, class structure
Success is about how well you are able to achieve the goals that you have set for yourself in life. Personally, I am aiming to do well in my career and college after high school and hopefully owning my own business someday. A life of fulfillment to me would include doing well in my career and being healthy mentally and physically. I would also like to have stable relationships with family and friends. I can use my senior year to attain college credit and continue learning and improving my relations with those around me.
ReplyDeleteMy Personal definition of success is something that you have been trying to achieve for awhile and you finally accomplished that goal. I am personally aiming at becoming a nurse and getting my CNA. My life of fulfillment would be me becoming a nurse and having a big loving family. My senior year could help me fulfill my dreams by me studying and working really hard in my classes to accomplish all of my life goals.
ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is doing what you love and enjoy basically creating your own path. I want to be happy with my life decisions and with whatever profession I choose. A “life fulfillment” to me would be is when I’m happy with what I’m doing and where I’m at in life. I’m going to use my senior year of high school to push myself to find what I love doing, I would like to go into a nursing program after graduation and get my RN. I will also use my senior year to explore the workforce and see what interest me.
ReplyDeleteThe definition of success for me is trying to reach for your goals in life and making them come true. I am aiming to start a family and buy 200 acres of farm ground which I would build a house and sheds. I want to start my own beef herd of 125 cow/calf pairs. I also want to continue our family’s custom chopping business and take on more customers. If I reach this goal, that is what a “life of fulfillment” looks for me. I am taking Ag classes and we are learning more about soils, crops and animals. By Michael Droeszler
ReplyDeleteSuccess to me is when you meet one of your goals and get to make a new one. I’m aiming to be a nurse. Having everything I need and when I can get the things I want. My senior year will help me by making me work harder to get past college. ~Denise Brady
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success is completing the goals I have set. Doing something you always wanted to do and completing it. I am aiming to be a successful guy in life by working hard to get to the place I want to be. I want to be able to look back on my future and say everything I have done has finally paid off for me. A “life of fulfillment” to me is being the best version of myself and being a happy person. I can use my senior year to really propel myself to be successful by maturing as a person. I could get ahead of my future by applying for scholarships now so I can decrease my student debt for the future. This would help me finically going through college and after when I have a job. I can put that money I saved from those scholarships in other places. I am propelling myself currently by taking Kirkwood classes and getting ahead of the game. -Colby Holmes
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ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is achieving my goals for the rest of my life. If I get my goals and overachieve them then I feel successful. In life I want to graduate high school, go to college, either double major in music education and music therapy or American Sign Language interpretation, I want to get a good paying job, get married, and start a family. Life of fulfillments for me is achieving my goals for my life and living a long, happy, comfortable life. I can use senior year to propel me into my success goals by getting good grades, having a great happy year, start applying to colleges I want to get into, and figure out what major I want to go into.
-Faith Blakeman
My personal definition of success is when you complete a goal and then try to accomplish another one after that. I’m aiming to get a job in law enforcement after I go to college. A life of fulfillment is owning a cabin on a lake up in Minnesota with a boat. I’m using my senior year of high school to get as many college credits as possible.
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success is simply when you achieve whatever it is you want to achieve. In simple terms if you decide you want to do something, and you do it that is success. Everyone is different and unique and lives in different circumstances and has different experiences and it is for that reason that I think for one to set a universal standard for success that everyone must adhere to is not only insane but ignorant of the uniqueness of people and their circumstances and unfortunately occurs all too often in human society. Now as far as my personal goals for my life and senior year are concerned, I want to become a history teacher and will utilize college reps who visit the school to help me find an appropriate college. When it comes to being fulfilled as long as I end up living completely independent of my guardians and that I am financially stable I wouldn’t require anything else.
ReplyDeleteSuccess is succeeding in what you do and enjoying it. If you enjoy what you’re doing, you will do great in it. In life, I would like to be able to graduate high school and be able to own and run my own farm. I would like to have my own farm because I enjoy farming and being on the farm. A life of fulfillment is being able to enjoy life and do the things you like to do. Some people would like to become a doctor or help people, some would like to be a vet and help animals, and some would like to do many other things, but I would like to have a life on a farm and live there. I can use my senior year to help me with this by taking agriculture classes and diesel mechanics. The agriculture classes can help by preparing me for the farm and how to run my own farm. The diesel mechanics class can help by preparing me to be able to work on my own equipment and fix it without having to call someone else.
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What success mean to me is that you graduate from high school with the knowledge is go to college to get a better job. Other people don’t want to go to college, but I want to because I want to get something that I like to do. When I get the knowledge that I will need, I want to own my own shop to work on diesel engines small to large engines pickup truck to semi. I am taking diesel mechanics class at NICC. By Kiefer Clark
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition on success is knowing that you have completed something the right way and gives you a good feeling about yourself. In my life, I hope to stay farming for as long as I can and be able to raise a family. A “life of fulfillment” for me is being a successful farmer, raise kids, and life a long and happy life. I can use my senior year to learn more about my career I am chasing and how finances and the way money works. I hope the experience I have gained in my four years of high school will prepare me for my career.
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1. My personal definition of success is failing once or twice before you succeed at something you want to be successful at. You may fail while trying to be successful but that is a key factor in trying to be successful. You also must put in the time when you want to be successful. My goal in life is to be a good person and treat others how I want to be treated. My “life of fulfillment” should be myself trying my hardest to be successful and treating others with respect. My senior year can help me to propel myself forward by simpling showing up to school, trying my hardest, and learning as much as I can before I am sent off on my own. I want to be a successful young man when I leave high school, so I have to do the little things that get me there first. – Will Potter
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success is to own my own company. In life I am aiming to take over my dad’s company with my brother. To be successful in life I want to run a steady business that makes money and to have workers that work for me. The only thing that my senior year could propel me forward is by learning skills in business about money and keeping track of stuff and organization like I do in my Ag classes. Jarett Connolly
ReplyDeleteSuccess in my mind is doing the thinks you love to do. The thinks I’m aiming for in life are to have a nice job and to do good things every day and have a good family. Life of fulfillment one of them for me would have to be able to drive it just makes me happy to be behind a wheel. I can work hard in school and get in to a good collage.
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My personal definition of success is completing a life goal or simply being able to make a living for myself. For me my goal to succeed is to complete CNA and Diesel Mechanic’s because it’s a great education to have. I am aiming to be able to have a nice life and do the things I enjoy and be around the people I love. Life of fulfillment to me looks like just having a relaxing life and just being happy and having the things I want and need in life. I can use my senior year to do college courses so I don’t have to pay for them after high school. I can also work hard, complete my classes, and finish high school. –Alayna
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success is to do what you want to in life as long as you enjoy what your doing. I am aiming for in life to expand my logging business and make good money. My life of fulfilment would be to have my own shouse and to have a successful company with no wife or kids. I don’t think anything will help me my senior year. Carter o
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success is to go for what you want in life. Fulfill your dreams not other peoples. Don’t go do someone else’s dream job go for your dream job. My dream is to go to college for hair and makeup. After the 14-month process is done, I will go back to college for business. My goal is to have my own hair salon with another girl in school. I will personally have the business degree and go for the bigger job. She will just be my tag along to do hair in my building. By the age of 20-21 I would like to have my life goal complete. I want to prove to everyone I can do it and not fail. My senior year I will get ready to start college in February 2020. Graduating early will help a lot so I can start working full time to help pay for my college.
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success would be how you want to see your life not what others think. I think that success is all about how you want want to live your life and whether you made your life goals and are happy. In my life I’m aiming to go to college and get a job that I love making me want to get up and work every day. I also want to have a life where I can support myself and others. I think that I can use my senior year to help me and my success by finding the right college for me and knowing what I want to do/ how I am going to pay for schooling. I think that success plays a different role in everyone’s life and who they want to become.
ReplyDeleteI would define success as being content with your job, friends, family, and life overall. Personally I am aiming to attend college and to play soccer at that college. Then after college I plan to find a job as an athletic trainer or physical therapist. A life of fulfillment to me would mean having a job that you love and being close with loved ones. Senior year is full of opportunities that will better us in what we want to do and to improve our experience at college. - Nathan Gehl
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success is when I have accomplished the goals in life that I said I would, I have many goals and ambitions that one day I hope I can succeed at accomplishing. The success I am looking for is to be great at whatever I end up doing, that I just work hard and achieve all I set out for myself. One major goal is someday I hope that I can be my own boss and own a business. A life full of fulfillment for me is someday I am able to sit back and say I made it, I have accomplished everything I have ever wanted to in life. I can use my senior year to help me accomplish all this by continuing to improve every day, by showing and working hard at whatever task may be in front of me. -Luke Miller
ReplyDeleteMy opinion of what success is anything that teaches a lesson or brings joy to the target person. What I am aiming for in life is to obtain a stable job that has decent pay for me to live out my life quietly and comfortably. Life of fulfillment can mean many things to different people but for me it means not being in poverty and being able to do almost anything I want to without worry for money. I am going to use my last year of high school to get through some of the required class for becoming an accountant. I am taking accounting and statistics to help get the credits need to become an accountant. To further boost my chances of becoming an accountant I will aim to pass both of the college credit classes with A’s and B’s.
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Success is about accomplishing your dreams or achieving your goals, a relative definition for each person as personal goals can differ from person to person. My own personal goals in life have to due with my future career and where I’m going to be in the future. I hope to have a series of books written and published one day, whether this is my main job doesn’t matter just as long as I’m still writing. A life of fulfillment to me is that I am happy and healthy. I want to be content with where I’m at, maybe even striving for more. I never want to have to settle with what life has given me as this isn’t satisfying. Over the course of my senior year I can write in my free time and get anything I write published. This is a time in life where I’m not paying rent or too many bills, so I’ll have the money and free time to actually try and get this part of my life started. Colson C
ReplyDeleteWhat is Success? Success for me is accomplishing my goals in life. For example like working for my own things and be able to buy my own house, cars, and other nice things that i want. Another thing is getting a nice job, working really hard, and making good money for my future. Or if i have a family in the future and be able to take care of them and not struggle with money problems.That is what success is for me being able to take on the real world and being successful. -Jesus b
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success is when you have everything that you personally believe you need in your life. I aim to be successful in my own ways while living a life that I love with people that I love. A life of fulfillment to me would be having a good paying job that I love to do, while being able to enjoy other things with a nice family. I can use my senior year to propel me towards a good life by taking a lot of college credit courses now so that I don’t have to pay for them later. -Sam Noonan
ReplyDeleteMy definition of success is thriving in your area of work and being able to live a good life because of it. In life, I am looking to be a very successful sports broadcaster, I am also aiming to have a caring family of my own that I can provide for. To me, a life of fulfillment is loving the job that I have, spending time with family members, and just living life to the fullest. My senior year will help me in the future because during basketball games I commentate them from the bench, and I have fun with it and I think it will help me prepare for my future job. Hugh Molony
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success is about accomplishing your goal that you set in your life and enjoying what you really like. What I’m aiming for in life is being able to be a mechanic so I can use all my knowledge to repair any car that I have or help anyone that is in need. A life of fulfillment would be me having my own personal house, having a family, helping my parents and having to love my job. My senior year can help me keep learning new things so I could go to college and accomplish my goals that I have set in my life. - Jose Nava
ReplyDeleteMy personal definition of success is being the best person you can possibly be. In todays world people base success off of money or materialistic things. I believe success has more to do with happiness and doing what you love to do everyday. My life goal is to have a job I love, along with a great family. It doesn’t matter how much money I have, I believe it truly matters what kind of person you are and how you treat the people around you. A life of Fulfillment for me would be coming home from a job I love everyday to a wife and kids that I love more. For me that is as happy as someone could be and that is all I want for my life. As a senior I am getting closer to adulthood, this year is a good year to start becoming the man and person I need to be the rest of my life. I can use senior year to propel myself towards success by focusing on academics and how I treat people. -Isaac Hogan
ReplyDeleteSuccess is waking up in the morning and knowing you are where you want to be. You know exactly what you want to do, and you know exactly where you want to be. I am aiming to be secure enough to make decisions and have them backfire, and not have it impact me nearly as much as it would now. A life of fulfillment looks like something I can enjoy doing every single day, without wondering what could've been if I'd done something different. I can use my senior year by simply obtaining college credits to make my life going forward easier. - Joey Shannon
ReplyDeleteFor me, success means setting up goals and accomplishing them. When I graduate from high school I want to go to Kirkwood and study construction management. I want to work for a year before Kirkwood to save money for college. I want to have my own concrete business and create my own house with my own family while helping my family in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteI can use my senior year to take classes to help me with my business.
Rogelio Nunez