Ms. Dixon College Readiness

 What is your cultural background? How would you identify yourself culturally? Write a paragraph about your cultural identity.

 “Growth means change and change involves risks, stepping from the known to the unknown.”  -author unknown  When you read this quote, what comes to mind?

 Men can starve from a lack of self- realization as much as they can from a lack of bread. Richard Wright  Reflect/ write about what you think the meaning is about?

 It is easy to look back, self-indulgently, feeling pleasantly sorry for oneself and saying I didn't have this and I didn't have that. But it is only the grown woman regretting the hardships of a little girl who never thought they were hardships at all. She had the things that really mattered. Marian Anderson  Reflect/Respond

 “No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.”  Zora Neale Hurston  Reflect on what she is saying what does it mean to you?

 “Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.” Dorothy Draper, Good Housekeeping  Respond

 “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”  Martin Luther King, Jr.  Reflect/Respond

 One chance is all you need. Jesse Owens

 “Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.” Maya Angelou  When you respond, think about what self- pity means. What is snug? How does a feather mattress feel? Put it together and explicate the quote.

 “The ends you serve that are selfish will take you no further than yourself; but the ends you serve that are for all, in common, will take you even into eternity.”  Marcus Garvey, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

 “A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.” -David Brinkley  Respond to the quote. What does it mean to you?

 “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.”  Abraham Lincoln Respond to this quote  What does it mean to you?