Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Journal Question #8
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When the new year arrives, many people make "new year's resolutions," meaning they promise to improve themselves in some way during the coming year. For instance, this January 1st people may say they will quit smoking or learn a musical instrument or lose weight or help people in need more often in 2014. In that spirit, what is your new year's resolution for 2014? Explain why you are making this change.
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- TGriffin
- I have been a language teacher (ESL/ELL, French) for 30 years. I have taught in public and private schools, immersion programs, refugee programs, adult/continuing education, elementary, middle, and high school as well as university. Currently I teach ELL at a high school somewhere in New England.
My new year's resolutions are read more books and lose weight. I choose to read book because I rarely read books and Dear Dumb Diary is my second book that I finished. I'm not a reader I prefer to watch movies more than read books but I think watch movies makes my eyes hurt. I think if I read more books I also can improve my English and my writing skill. I want to lose weight because when I go back to Thailand I don't want my friends and my parents say I'm fat. This is my plan for 2014 new year's resolution.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely I have my new year’s resolutions. As I came to America, I got fat for 4 kg. I need immediately lose my weight. So I decide that in 2014 I will lose my weight and work out keeping healthy. I think that if I want to lose weight. I should not eat much food and I must work out everyday. I know that it is hard to do but I will try my best. I know that there are many ways to lose weight and work out. And I will choose one I like. It is very important to choose a suited losing weight way for everyone. Finally I hope that I could be successful.
ReplyDeleteI find it very important to have the new year's resolutions, the goals in the new year. This year, I do hope I can put up my weight and establish a plan for my future so that I know what I am going to do more clearly.
ReplyDeleteHaving a good wellness is the foundation of struggle. Thus, I do want to gain my weight and work out more to stay healthy.
Being honest, I had been confused of my future during the entire middle school time. Indeed so, I really want to figure out the goals for my life.
I dont want my time passes in a blur, instead, I want to live my life to the full by achieving my goals with my effort.
My new year’s resolutions are read more English books and never play video games for a long time. I make the resolution to read more English books because I want to improve my reading and writing. Also, I’m not very good at grammar. If I read more books, I can know more about grammar and know how to use them. Also, the reason of my second resolution is because I got a new video game at Christmas and I spent almost time to play it. I almost spent 12 hours to play the new video game at the last three days of the vacation. After that, I found I was wrong and I want to read more books instead of playing video games.
ReplyDeleteIn this year, I want to learn some words to my SAT exam. Because we all know that SAT examination is very important, it relates to whether we can go to a good university, but also affects whether we can have a good job, so learn more words is very important. I chose this year to complete resolution because of distance examination time and probably about half , if I start to learn the words now, I will not forget a lot in the exam. If I really try to finish this job, I believe I can get a good result!
ReplyDeleteFirst , ^-^WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen the new year arrives, I make some new year’s resolutions.
Firstly, I am 18 years old, I want to be a mature person. Because in China, if you complete yourselves’ 18th birthday, that mean you are an adult from a legal perspective.
Then, I want to be self-disciplined. I know I left China and I am far from home, and everything needs to be done by myself, so I should plan my time clearly and can’t to waste time.
Finally, I want to make more friends, because I want to know some American friends, I hope they can help me to improve my English and know more about America. I want to blend in American culture and so on.
The journal seems to come out a little bit late. I have already planned my scheme for the coming year. Resolution have definitely fostered in my brain. The improvement for SAT is second to none. It is the most important thing in this year. I have brought many conference books from China. I believe if I make some attempt, I can gain somewhat. It is so fortunate that I just came here about a semester, and the rest of the life for studying is getting tough. Plus, I have recited kind of many words of SAT. With the advent of date for examination, time seems invaluable. In addition to the study, I also want to have a good shape. At least my body ought to be sort of stronger than the body at present.
ReplyDeleteNew Year is starting. i don't know why I become so lazy even don't want to move. Maybe I need some plans to manage me. I was one year older now. I have to grow up continuously. I think many students' resolutions are similar. We all want good grades, improve our English and work hard. That is also I want. I know this is important for us. But I want not only grades but also experience more whatever something good or bad. All experiences are wealth. I'm not that kind of students who can do everything for grades or others that knowledge from books. I don't like this way to study. I love freedom. I want to learn agriculture in my college. In the future I must own a farm. I acknowledge I am a day dreamer now but I will try very very hard.
ReplyDeleteActually i never think new years resolutions and i have never thought before. But if i wish something to do in new year could become much happy. This could be anything. I do not know maybe new opportunities rise for my life. Maybe i will get a offer from really good collage. Maybe i will meet a new person who is going to effect my life. How could you know where is happiness? Even though i have a common expectations for new year.If i give an examples i want to be successful in my educational life, i want to break my records in every track race or i want to improve my english level during the 2014.
ReplyDeleteIn fact I don't have a specific plan, but the new year is coming, so I think I have to do something during this year.Now, I have these tasks for my 2014.
ReplyDeleteFirst, memorize 5-10 SAT or TOEFL words. This September, I will become a junior, and I realize there will be lots of things to do. I will face more and more challenges, so I want to start right now to prepare. In China, Chinese people say " the most stupid bird needs to get up early because if you get up with other bird at the same time you will not have the chance to catch your breakfast." people just like the bird. I am not the smartest one, and I don't think my English is good enough to get a good score at SAT or TOEFL. I must be hard-working in this year. Good luck to myself.
Second, I want to be more patient and optimistic. I always wants to get the goals fast, so usually I didn't get what I really want. I want to make myself know what is the really waiting for. Optimistic.I know this word very well. but I didn't do it pretty well. I always can't believe myself, and sometimes I even keep thinking something bad will happen. I want to be optimistic because I know I need more positive power to help myself, and I believe it can make people to be successful.
Now I just can think this much, but I know I will do more things in the future.
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ReplyDeleteMy New year resolutin, I will work harder after off the ice, and starting doing Homework.I making this change ,because I want play D 1 college hockey ,and I want be very strong off the ice. I starting doing homeworks, because I need good grades to play D 1 college hockey, and make the school.
from Kenny:
ReplyDeleteThe new year is just coming; everything is a new start for me. I have my new
year resolution which is to make my life much better than before. During the daytime,
I will do my homework on time, learn more new vocabularies and keep my grade up.
When I am free, I will find some interesting things to do such as to go skiing or go
hiking even I can join a club that I am interested. Another important goal for me is to be
stronger. There is no shortcut to do it; the only way to do it is to work out a lot and keep
doing it everyday.
From Lee:
ReplyDeleteMy new year’s resolution is to be a brave man, I hope I can do everything that I want, and never regret what I already do. Sine I been to American I found I am not a brave man, I will scare a lot of things, for example, one day night I wake up at 2 pm because I dream I can’t see my parents any more, thought I know my parents still alive and have happy life, I still want to see them. One reason is for my parents and my friends. The other reason is for myself, In China I never feel afraid when I communicate to other people, but now I feel scare, I scare to talk with American people, I scare they talk with we, if they want to chat with me I will use a lot of reason to finish this communication and go away as fast as I can, every times as coward just run away. This year my resolution is to be a brave man, I won’t scare them again, thought they will play joke with me, I will still try to chat with them, I won’t scare again.
Excellent resolution, Lee - you are right, it takes bravery to leave your home and speak a second language. Good luck!
DeleteIt comes a new year, everything changes quickly,we can't catch or saving.As the new year comes,I have a new year resolution,that's to grow tall,because I have kept the height of this since I was in seventh grade.People around me all become very tall.In my seventh grade my desk mate is 158cm,I'm 161cm.At the ninth grade he's 165cm,I'm161cm as well.During the Christmas vacation, I went back to China.When all the friends and my relatives that knows me well first saw me, all said the same sentence, 'You are still so tall.' I felt upset for several days after that.So my only new year resolution is to become taller in the future!
ReplyDeleteIn the new year, everything will be change. Companies will began new policy for new goal. Many families will have a big meal to celebrate they have a new start. For me, I think my new resolution is try to make life be more hard, I think the 2014 is not a good year for me. So I have to make myself to be stronger and stronger to prevent bad things happened on me. People will strong by forced. So I believe hard things for me will make me stronger. Wish me have a good ending in this year.
ReplyDeleteMy new years resolutions are don’t miss any homework and recite 25 wards every day. I think don’t miss homework is the easiest way to up my grade and I don’t think is hard to do it. Then I think my second resolution is a little hard to persist the hole years. I don’t know I will persist to recite 25 wards every day for two month three month or one month, but I will try to do my best. I hope I can be success.
ReplyDeleteI think I have a good start what is my high school study in America in 2013. I begin to adapt my life in here. I think my grade is stable now, and I finished my dream what is joining a basketball team in America.
ReplyDeleteI have some new goals and resolution in 2014, the most important thing is improving my English ability, especially speaking and listening. Second thing is that I can get more hard work on my basketball practice, and I really want to be better and power than this year, I think maybe I don’t have talent of basketball, but It is my favorite sport, so I wish I could do better than this year. Third thing is that I want to choose more difficult courses when I become a sophomore. Because of my English level, I can’t study some hard courses in this grade, so I have to study more diligent than before. I have some courses what I want to study in the future, so I need to begin to execute my plan when I become a sophomore.
This resolution and goals usually motivate me to be more diligent and firm, so I believe I will achieve these goals certainly!!
Now is the beginning of 2014. I have my new year resolution and gotta to plan a whole year project. The most important thing is my TOEFL and SAT test. I think I will take a TOEFL test next month. I hope to get a great score. So I am supposed to spend more time practicing my speaking and listening skills. These are two parts which I think the most difficult to block me. And in the past year, I summarized myself. I could have a better relationship with my parents, be more honest and patient. And the only kid in my family I should make my parents be proud of me, instead of letting them down. In the new year, I plan to change my lifestyle. I always stay up late, sometime even stay up the whole night, and don't get enough sleep. So I decide to change this bad habit, make me be healthier.
ReplyDelete2014, a great new year is beginning. I hope everyone has many happy things during 2014. In this year I want to improve myself.
ReplyDeleteFirst I want to have a great new appearance in this year. Not only let me become more handsome, but also improve my character and behavior. I want to be a perfect man, so I have to improve my character and behavior, a perfect person should have great character and behavior, then everyone will like him.
Second I want to keep my body health and much stronger, I will work hard all my sports subjects.
These are my new year's resolution, I hope everyone's new year's resolution will come true.
2014 is coming now. In this year I want to improve my English. In fact, my English it's not very good now. Sometimes, I write a paragraph for English homework, and I don't know how to make grammar perfect. This is a big problem for me because I am worry about my grades in the TA. English is very important for me. In the school every subjects use English, so I have to understand. In this year I really wants to improve my English. And I hope my grades can be better than last year!
ReplyDeleteThe new year has been started, I had the resolution of new years every year. and This year is different for me, I am going to graduate from TA, and go to college. For this year, I think i have to do better job at English, read more books, speak more English. the college is different with high school. my english skill have to be better, than i will be good at college, I want to have a great time at TA this year, and i also hope i will have a great new life in college .
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ReplyDeleteNew year is coming and I've grown up. I have accomplished my goal last year, and I have my new goal. My new year resolution is to eat less and to lose weight. I've gained to much fat during last few years and I decide to prevent myself from getting more. It is not only for my stature but also for beauty. I would like to eat less meat and more vegetable and join more activites such as sports to complete my goal. I will make it by my action.
The new year has benn started. i have lots of thing to do and to change. i want to be better this year. i want to improve english, and learn more vocabulary. Also I want to read more book, and improve my writing. Also I want to join sports club.I want to be more heathy this year.
ReplyDeleteI set up tons of targets every year but ended up not doing it or forgot it. This year my largest new year resolution is to keep my promises and actually at least try to achieve all of my goals. I also want to find a job this year. I think it would be a helpful experience for me to work. It can prepare me for my future career and it's also useful for college application. I want to try earning money by myself, it feels good to get rewarded for my effort.
ReplyDeleteMy new year's resolution is not very special. My resolution is focusing on teacher in class I think last year I did not hear teacher's talking, so I will focus on teacher this year. And I am going to get good grades on my second semester I did not get good grades on first semester actually it is so bad so I want to get good grade on second semester.
ReplyDeleteIt's 2014 now, and it's a new start for us. Actually, I don't have any direct goals in the new year but I want to do something good for my studying in 2014. I will memorize a lot of TOEFL and SAT words because TOEFL and SAT are coming closer and closer, and I have to study for these two big tests. If I don't prepare now, it will be late. In 2014, I will study harder and harder, and I hope I can get good grades. In last year, I surfed the internet a lot, and I became unhealthier, so I think I will exercise more to change it in 2014. I have a lot of expectations in the new year, and I hope my 2014 will be happy and successful.
ReplyDelete2014 is a new beginning. I have already got ready for facing whole challenges in 2014. In this year, I think choice of a college major is the most important thing for me. Although I am sophomore now, I am full of confusion about my future, because I don’t have any hobbies. So I hope I can choose a major which suitable for me as soon as possible. In addition, I want to become more decisive. In the past year, when I faced the choice, I always hesitate and I don’t know what should I do. These are my New Year resolution; wish I could be better in this New Year!
ReplyDeleteMy new year's resolution for 2014 are improve my English skill. I want to improve my English because it's very important with me and it affect to my life in USA too much, specially is my grade in the school. For example, sometime, in my class, I can't understand what was my teacher talking about and after that, when them asked me about the lesson, I didn't know how to answer it because my English was not good. For another example, last month, I got the bad score in my Chemistry quiz because I didn't understand clearly some question in the quiz. And when I got the grade for this quiz, I still remember, my feeling at this moment was so bad, I didn't want to learn about anything else. And finally, I promised with myself thati this year, I will try to study hard to improve my English as soon as I can because I don't want to get that fault again. It's too bad.
ReplyDeleteIt is 2014. New year, I got my new year's resolutions. I need to greatly improve my English in this year. I think I need taking some TOEFL classes on weekends to prepare for entering college. I will read some English books and watch some English movies. On another way, I am going to improve my spoken English. I will speak more English in my class.
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ReplyDeleteNew Year is starting. My New Year’s resolutions are painting more paintings, improve my English words, to become a better person, and don’t read too much manga and comic. I want improve my English words because I do not have too much English words. Also it can improve the SAT word bank. I want be a better person because my father always told me you need do a good person in the earth. Last I cannot read too much manga and comic. I think I read too much on last year. I need control myself.
ReplyDelete2014 is coming, my new year resolution is be more healthy, i don't adapt to here until now , here is too cold for me, so i will do some sports, have a healthy diet and lifestyle in new year, then i wish i won't sick or headache anymore, for me, be healthy is most important thing.
ReplyDeleteAlso, i'd like to improve my English skills, and get a high SAT grades.
The 2014 is already start, but I still think I live in the 2103. My new year resolution is get the fluent London accent. It hard for me but I hope I can get it. And my other resolution is have a strong body, a heathy is better than all of other things.
ReplyDeleteMy new year's resolution is I want to improve my English. It is the first year in TA. I met a lot of problems because my English is not well. Studying abroad is my decision. I want to do better in class. It is hard to learn language. I like the life in America. I want to go to American college. I need to study hard. However, sometimes I don't know start from where. I don't know what to learn. My English is better now. I still want to improve it. I will speak to more people in 2014. I will try my best to study English.
ReplyDeleteMy New Years resolution is to study hard for the SAT so that I can get a good score in May. Sleep early and wake up early. Do all my home works and don’t forget any. I have a lot more left that I didn't mention. all i know is that i want to change and be more responsible.
ReplyDeleteMy new years resolution is to improve my English. Everyday I will become better. When I came to USA, I spoke English so hard, but now I can talk to the other guys. I will be better.
ReplyDeleteNew year is here. My resolution is get high GPA in the end of my junior year. I don’t expect I can do everything perfectly but I still try my best. I know GPA is very important and I don’t want to let my parents down. I think I can handle myself about study because I am older than last year. I will stent more time to read, and more time to memory. Therefor I can come back home happily to see my parents. And it is good for me to apply collage.
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ReplyDeleteI can't believe the 2014 has come already. It’s so fast. My new year’s resolution is I can learn more knowledge and more efforts, let myself become better. The New Year is beginning, and I hope myself can have some change in this year. Although I am not very happy about the New Year has come, but in fact I am still growing up. To the birthday this year I am going to 18. It’s meaning I will be an adult in China. I can feel more responsibilities on my shoulder. So I hope I can become better and I have to.
ReplyDeletemy main resolution for the new year is improve my english and dont have spanish accent at the end of the year i also want to have really good marks and play rugby on summer just when i come back, i will change my school, my spanish school and i want study a lot cause the last year at school in spain is so hard and its so important for the university .
ReplyDeletei cant believe that i have 16 years old and im still growing up and all the year doing resolutions and trying to do them for the 2015 i will have begun the rugby again and i will have moved again to spain, im making this changes cause i need it in my life and cause i really want to do it .
2013 will be end ,and 2014will be come .In the new year ,we must be have much wishes ,because new year means that things end and another things start.So we need to make a new year"s resolution in order to the second year will be better.I want to share my new year"s resolution with you. Firstly,i decide to try my best to learn english .because my english so poor that it affects my other subject.I willface many differences ,such as broadening my vocabulary, training my listening ,improving my write and so on. I must work hard because i don"t want to behind the times. Secondly ,i will give up playing comeputer games because every time it takes me two hours ,which makes me not finish my homework .As a student ,study is our duty ,so i wii focused more on study and less on playing . In order to my future ,i will work hard！
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I need to greatly improve my English in this semaster, for I’m already in Junior 2 now, and there’s no time to waste. I’m really not good at English, and I think there’s a long road ahead of me. I am thinking about taking a TOEFL course on weekends to prepare for entering college. Besides, I need to learn something from my life, for example, I can read some kind of English books, watch some Enghlish movies etc. On another hand, I wanna improve my spoken English, cuz it's a kind of language which is used to communicate with others, but not just a subject that can prove I am a good student. My plan for the future is to study abroad, so the skill of spoken Enlish is really important to me.
ReplyDeletemy new year's resolutions are get good grades and finish my college things in front of the 2014. because if i want to have good life in the future, i have to get on a good college to learn useful knowledge. i will work hard on english course. and improve my grades in two weeks because this quarter is going to end soon. if i get on a good college, my parent will happy to know it, and i will spent a nice vacation in this coming summer. anyway, improve my grades is the first thing to do in 2014.
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ReplyDeleteEveryone has their new year's resolutions. Of cause, I have mine, too. My new year’s resolutions are very easy. First is I want grow up. Second, I want my grades be better. I think those is very easy to make it true. peter's
Thanks, everyone, for your resolutions. Good luck trying to live up to them! TG
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ReplyDeleteThe new year is coming, everything will be change. I have a resolution which is get my grades better. I don't think is hard to realize. There is no shortcut on study, so the only thing that I can do is study very hard! My another resolution is make more friends. I can not live well without even a friend. Friends are always important to me. And my last resolution is do everything on time. Don't miss the classes ,homework, even the homeroom.
I have to change with the time going through, before I came here, when I was at China, I never study without my parents' supervise and my teacher's press. It means I never do study because i want to do it, but now, I came to USA, nobody can supervise me just like my parents, so I have to be active learning, I have to be independent. When I was home, when I have a hard question, I never think about it by myself, I will just like ask my parents to teach me how to do it thought maybe I can figure it out by myself, but I was just so lazy to even think about it...from now on, I have to be positive on study, I understand I am study for myself instead of for my parents or my teachers... everything is changing from the beginning of this year, and what I am going to change is:my study altitude.
ReplyDeleteWhat should I do during this New Year?
ReplyDeleteDuring 2014,I will change in this part:
1.I will try my best to lose my weight by doing physical exercise.
2.I will improve my ELL’s grade from C to A.
3.I will read at least 5 English novels.
4.I will challenge more math questions to practice my math skill.
5.I will make more American and international friends.
6.I will join in more volunteer activities.
7.I will prepare to get a TOEFL test.
8.I will help more people around me.
I think if there's something you really want to achieve it, you can achieve it any moment you want. You don't really need to wait to a special moment like New Year. But give hope to yourself is not a bad thing. I don't have too many promises need to make. I think I should just follow the steps. And I will make some plans depends on the situation or problems I will meet. But I think the most important problem I need to change is pass the homework on time. And there's only 5 more months to my graduation. I really should give myself a satisfy grade. And also I need to make myself work harder then I can easily fit in the life in university, which is only 8 months from now. Anyway, I think the most important thing for me is get prepare and work hard in university.
ReplyDeleteI think everyone has at least one thing that would change. I want to stop complaining for things that don't matter,do new things,discover new experiences,live the things I have, and enjoy.I also would change litlle things.And of course, have the best year of my life
ReplyDeleteTry to do my best in the school,study,be more responsible and go in time to english class.
And the most important thing,improve so much my english because that's why I came here.
The 2014 is already start. Every beginning of the year. I want to write a New Year 's resolutions, but I always very lazy to write it. And I often because of procrastination and didn't do a lot of things. The New Year, I think when I remember some things I need to do that immediately, don't put off that. In The New Year, I also need to have more self-control. I hope I can insist on one thing. Such as stop eating after eight o 'clock in the evening; memorize the SAT words every day. In this year, I want to work harder. I also should preparing for the TOEFL and SAT. I hope this year can also have a goal, to know what they want to do after. That is important for me to choose the major when I'm in college.
ReplyDeleteIn 2014, my goal is losing weight. I was not fat when I was small, and I remembered I became fat when I grew taller. I ate a lot every and I didn't do many sport. I had think many times for lose weight, include last years. I got much support from my parents and girlfriend, but I never get success. In this years, I am ready to make a plan for my life. I need to do less 1 hour sport every day, and I best to take food that doesn't have much fat, like vegetable, noodles. The last thing for losing weight is keep going, and it also is the most important thing. I can't remembered why I give up before, but I believe this time I can do it.
ReplyDeletePeople always want to improve themselves. I think if people wants to change something in their life, they don't have to wait for New Year. They can change their lives any moment, if they really want it.
ReplyDeleteLots of people decide to do many new things in 2014. Because people hope to progress in a new year. In 2014, I want to start preparing for the TOFEL. Because in September I will become a junior. I need TOFEL grade to apply for the university. I need to have some TOFEL classes and recite lots of vocabulary. I hope I can keep learning and work harder than 2013, and less computer games. So this is my new year resolution in 2014.
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