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Aspirations Issue Of The Week January 2015

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Definitions Strong desire or ambition, as for advancement, honour, etc. Strong desire to achieve something, such as success. A will to succeed. The act of aspiring of ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire. Strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition.

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How Do We Think & Act? I hope I pass this test. Ill be happy if I dont get any more consequences this term. It wont matter if I miss training a couple of times. I do my homework most of the time. I think my parents will be happy if I get no 4s on my report.

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How Do We Think & Act? Are we happy just to hope for the best? Do alright? Get it right some or most of the time? Our teachers have high aspirations for us. Are our aspirations high enough for ourselves? Lets turn our hopeful, laid- back statements into aspirational statements

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Aspirations I hope I pass this test.. .but if I dont I might drop down a class so . .Im determined to pass this test because I want to move up to a higher class!

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Aspirations Ill be happy if I dont get any more consequences this term...but if I do Ill be really annoyed so.. Im going to make sure I dont get any more consequences this term that way Ill get good reports and a good reference when I leave!

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Aspirations It wont matter if I miss training a couple of times. but if I do I wont be as fit and I might lose my place in the team so. I cant afford to miss training at all. I want to make sure we win the competition!

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Aspirations I do my homework most of the time. . but when I dont I sometimes fall behind in class so now .. I make sure my homework is done right away that will help me learn more in class.

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Aspirations I think my parents will be happy if I get no 4s on my report. CAN YOU TURN THIS INTO AN ASPIRATIONAL STATEMENT? HANDS UP!

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Aspirations If we all have high ASPIRATIONS in OUR SCHOOL we will achieve so much more in OUR FUTURE