What Should I Tell High School Students?
To prepare to speak to a group of high school students, I asked my professional colleagues the question, "What one message should I communicate to high school students?"
The responses I received…from:
- (Roger) A message about freedom and responsibility.
- (Gayle) Accountability.
- (Janice) "Be" rather than "seem".
- (Bob) Love and sex do not mean the same thing.
- (Liz) How and when to say "yes", and how to care for yourselves.
- (Ed) There is no "free lunch" in life.
- (Esther) Not to give up. Follow your dreams. Work hardest.
- (Don) The importance of history, geography, and politics / government.
- (Michael) If failure is the path to success, then we need to teach people to fail faster.