1st – watch the video from 60 minutes on Franklin Elementary School
2nd – Answer the questions –
3rd – Read the article –
Dealing with Expectations
In a few weeks’ time, eight-year-old Peter* will say goodbye to his school friends as he moves to Britain with his parents. In the past few years, Hong Kong children have got used to seeing more and more of their friends leaving the city. A decade-long decline in the birthrate, exacerbated by a recent exodus of residents from the city, has led to an alarming plunge in student as well. – The Guardian
The decline hasn’t just affected student numbers, it appears to also have affected students moral and readiness to learn. Some students sleep in class, others are disruptive and still others are chronically absent.
If you are looking for a reason to be a victim, there are lots of them out there. Maybe you have heard some of these. “I’m not good enough. I’m a failure. Others are better than me.” Are they true? Maybe, maybe not, but as Doctor Ben Carson says, “the person who has the most to do with what happens to you is you. It’s not the environment, it’s not the other people who were there trying to help you or trying to stop you. It’s what you decide to do and how much effort you put behind it.”
Is it important for us to recognize a changes in Hong Kong?
- What can you do to be successful?
- What can others do to be successful?
- Can we become successful on our own?
