HAPPY MONDAY! Due to state testing taking place at the Junior High and High School on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, we are going to move our March early release day to Wednesday, March 15, 2017.
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Future Career
Trying to decide what you want to be when you grow up can be difficult. I would not expect a junior high student to know the precise career that will make them happy and fulfilled in the future. The data on how many careers a person will hold in their lifetime is difficult to track, but most statistics indicate that on average you will have 7 different jobs in your adult working life. It seems pretty clear to me that most of those adults never imagined changing jobs so many times and if they couldn’t predict what job they would want in their careers as adults it isn’t necessarily realistic to think that you will know exactly what you want to do when you are still in high school. You don’t know about fields that you haven’t been exposed to yet – how could you know if you’d like anthropology or astronomy when those are areas you haven’t studied. That is why it is important to take opportunities to be curious, to explore, to learn, to ask questions, to observe and to find out more
Music and Mood Music has a great deal of power. Sometimes the right song can put into words just how we are feeling when we can’t find the words to express it on our own. Other times it can transport us to another time in our life as a vivid reminder of a person, place or significant memory. Music can even help boost learning and memory. Think about it – when you were little you learned how to memorize information by singing songs – like the ABC song to memorize your alphabet. Music has a proven, physiological effect on your brain. Music can bring comfort, relief, understanding, and enjoyment. It can help relieve stress, reduce anxiety, celebrate successes, and build enthusiasm. (There are so many examples of the impact that music has in our lives, but think about a big sporting event and the music playing before the start of the game… it definitely serves a purpose beyond just adding noise!) Sometimes it is the tone, beat, or rhythm that impacts you and sometimes it will
