Report
The Ridge
January 2014
Make a memorable, lasting resolution
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them up and down, kids), making a resolution in the New
from that remember one third — but they certainly
Year was an annual tradition. Many times the resolution
remember the majority of your actions. Is there a way to
revolved around diet, but I am guessing that was residual
make a change that says to your daughter, “If you remember
guilt from two weeks of gluttony. Occasionally, the resolution
one thing about me, let it be this: __________.” Maybe think
was actually a useful way of reversing a bad personal trend or
about what lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life
recommitting to something that you knew would be good for
that would have made a difference.
o you have a New Year’s resolution? When I was growing up, in an era long before the Internet and
power windows in cars (yes, you actually had to hand wind
you in the end. Perhaps I travel in cretin circles, but I hear little of resolutions these days.
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think the practice has some merit. For students, the first
s parents, ask yourself what things you do to model a healthy, integrated life. You know as well as I do that
your children hear about one tenth of what you say — and
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ave some fun with the resolution and make it one that you’ll remember beyond February.
semester is practically history, so there is a chance to
chart a better course for the second half of the year. What are the two or three things that would help you have a better second semester? Take an honest assessment of the work you have done so far and simply ask, “What can I do better?” Chances are you know the answers, and these can be your resolutions. Then simply remind yourself from time to time about this recommitment, and in the end, you have your A+ from Sr. O’Dea. It really is that simple.
Happy New Year! Mark Pierotti Head of School