St Albert School - Aurora Yearbook (St Albert, Alberta Canada)

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Fortunately, the great majority of our young people seem eager and wtil¬ ing to seize the many opportunities to improve themselves and to secure a sound ed¬ ucation. However, to those who seem to lack drive, who are lukewarm or even indif¬ ferent, I should like to pose some questions. Have you really ever made a serious effort to select a goal in life? Do you ever consider how you will spend those long years after you leave school? Do you see any real connection between what you learn in school and the vocation in which you will make your living? Possibly you come to school because of pressure from your parents, or from force of habit. If this is the situation, you are much like a scrap of paper at the mer¬ cy of vagrant winds or a piece of wood which drifts with the tides. You lack pur¬ pose, a sense of direction. Now a word of encouragement. Frequently students who for years have been merely going through the motions suddenly appear to awaken, especially during the second and third years of highschool. The grip of lazy work habits is very strong, yet some students have been able to rid themselves of their shackles and turn out reasonably good work. I suspect in many cases the person begins to grow up, takes a more mature view of the workaday world, and decides that a sound education is ir deed a good investment. Select a goal in life, and then take the proper steps to achieve it 1