Making responsible choices
Dear Teachers and students,
Today I want to talk to you about making responsible choices.
You need to make a choice when there are different possibilities in front of you. A decision must be made.
Most of us know the traditional Chinese story “Kong Rong and the pear”. He picked the smallest pear for himself and gave the bigger pears to his brothers. “Modesty” was his choice. Before successfully inventing the light bulb, Thomas Edison failed countless times, but he never gave up. "Persistence" was his choice.
With every choice we make, we create our own lives. All our choices determine our future.
The Italian film "Life is Beautiful" tells the story of a Jewish father and son who were sent to a Nazi concentration camp. In this terrible place, the father used his imagination to create a beautiful lie, by telling his son that they are in a game. The father chose a positive way to protect his son's childhood and peace of mind. His choice to make the beautiful lie came from his attitude towards life and his perspective on education. This led to a beautiful and empowered life for his son. As teachers and educators, we also have everyday opportunities to use our positive attitudes to enlighten minds towards greater success.
Have you seen the Disney movie Moana? Moana is the daughter of a chief on an island. When her island is in danger, Moana chooses to embark on an unknown journey to save her clan, regardless of her parents' refusal. In her adventure, she encounters all kinds of difficult challenges, but she bravely chooses to take responsibility and never gives up. She sacrifices her comfort for something more important, and this means to contribute her power to the world.
In our daily lives, we too experience everyday opportunities to make responsible choices and sacrifices for greater things.
In relation to this, we think of our foreign teachers who have been unable to reunite with their families due to Covid-19. They and TAs chose to cover for teachers who had not yet returned to China. They have sacrificed their time for others, contributing their power to our school to help others.
Additionally, we think of our Chinese teachers, who work diligently to ensure our students are safe every day while on duty. They contribute their power to our school and to others through their careful, attentive watch, ensuring the safety of those who need guidance and care.
These are responsible actions which contribute to ourselves, others, our school and a world we create everyday with our responsible choices.
This school year, we launched the "A canteen we can enjoy" program. Many of our students are able to keep their voices to the right level and make responsible choices for a pleasant eating environment. I would like to give special credit to our grade 3. You are role models for grade 1, grade 2 students, as well as grade 4, grade 5 students. I would also like to give a compliment to the students of class 3E3, who demonstrated their responsible actions every day in the canteen. They eat quietly, queue up, and leave the canteen quietly. Wang Zi man, the student from 3C2 took the initiative to help other students pick up chopsticks which had been dropped on the floor. Her act of helping others is a responsible choice. Our fifth-grade flag-bearers, in order to become more skilled in the flag-raising process, volunteered to stay after school to practice over and over again. Their behavior is also a good illustration of responsible choice and another example of giving more to help others.
It is a responsible choice to arrive at school on time. Not talking in line is a responsible choice. Controlling your emotions is a responsible choice, as is a positive attitude. We are empowered when we make responsible individual daily choices. We are empowered when we make choices that consider others and contribute to our beautiful campus and community.
Everyday we are invited to take responsible actions to contribute to our own growth, the good of others, our school and world which we create everyday with responsible choices.
May you create the beautiful life that is yours and ours together through the choices you make right now, this very day. I wish you all a beautiful life. Thank you.
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