Fame and wealth is what people consider in today’s society as success nowadays. Success is a triumph or an accomplishment of an aim. To reach the level of success many factors have to be played such as self discipline. Self discipline is a key ingredient for our students to reach the path of success. Therefore, during the early stages of childhood children should be educated about self discipline, as a result once armed it would be a tremendous asset in high school and the future. If gained children will be able to have the ability to control their actions and emotions and most importantly have the academic success that we want them to have. In 2009 an experiment was conducted called” Don’t eat the marshmallow”and it was to see if 4 year old children had the ability to regulate their actions by not eating the marshmallow while being left alone in a room (Jane 2012). The result was the ones that ate the marshmallow did not have self control and did not have progress in school while the ones that did not eat it were the opposite they were able to manage their actions and were having progress in school in school (Jane 2012). Its able to relate to self discipline because at a young age these four year olds were taught about self control and had the ability to resist themselves from eating the marshmallows . In today 's society, many young children do not have the ability to be stable.
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Therefore many students are not able to regulate their emotions or actions which is unfortunate because without it many of these students will not have academic potential in high school nor in the future. In “Marita’s Bargain” by Malcolm Gladwell the KIPP Academy is not your normal school, students there are taught about self control. These students learn how to manage their behavior, the academy implements “SSLANT” into their daily lives, also staying after school and studying for long periods of time is mandatory (Gladwell 2008). The outcome of this is these students gain new academic skills, they have the capability to regulate their thoughts and are able to have a schedule planned out, and most importantly most of these KIPP scholars go off to attend college (Gladwell 2008) . Our students should obtain this skill in their early stages so in their academic years they could get passed through it like a breeze because they had the chance to be taught what self discipline is and were able to become successful in school. Gaining this tool could be essential for Anaheim High School students and also for other students in order for them to be prosperous. For instance, Rebecca Fraser claims” a study of eighth-graders found that self-discipline was strongly associated with marking period and final GPAs and student achievement test scores”(Fraser). Also, their actions and mental state changed too they did more hours of homework and studying and had spent less time socializing with friends. This study shows that being taught at a young age self stability could impact their education and their behavior of them wanting to be more successful. Jesse Owens quotes “ We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort” (Owen). Basically the quote is stating is if set your mind on a goal and if you want to accomplish that goal it is going to take huge amount of determination and self discipline. The story “ Kewauna’s Ambition” by Paul Tough talks about a 17 year old student named Kewauna who had a troubled past and decided to join a program called One Goal which helps students with their education and helps them gain self stability and noncognitive skills (Tough 3). Throughout the story Kewauna would face many obstacles in her way, but she would be able to surpass them by setting her mind on one objective and being able to manage her behavior and her actions by being mentally stable.The quote also relates to Kewauna because she had a dream to become prosperous in life which she would later make it into a reality by graduating high school and enrolling into college and it all happened because she challenged herself and was able to manage her self control in
Therefore many students are not able to regulate their emotions or actions which is unfortunate because without it many of these students will not have academic potential in high school nor in the future. In “Marita’s Bargain” by Malcolm Gladwell the KIPP Academy is not your normal school, students there are taught about self control. These students learn how to manage their behavior, the academy implements “SSLANT” into their daily lives, also staying after school and studying for long periods of time is mandatory (Gladwell 2008). The outcome of this is these students gain new academic skills, they have the capability to regulate their thoughts and are able to have a schedule planned out, and most importantly most of these KIPP scholars go off to attend college (Gladwell 2008) . Our students should obtain this skill in their early stages so in their academic years they could get passed through it like a breeze because they had the chance to be taught what self discipline is and were able to become successful in school. Gaining this tool could be essential for Anaheim High School students and also for other students in order for them to be prosperous. For instance, Rebecca Fraser claims” a study of eighth-graders found that self-discipline was strongly associated with marking period and final GPAs and student achievement test scores”(Fraser). Also, their actions and mental state changed too they did more hours of homework and studying and had spent less time socializing with friends. This study shows that being taught at a young age self stability could impact their education and their behavior of them wanting to be more successful. Jesse Owens quotes “ We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort” (Owen). Basically the quote is stating is if set your mind on a goal and if you want to accomplish that goal it is going to take huge amount of determination and self discipline. The story “ Kewauna’s Ambition” by Paul Tough talks about a 17 year old student named Kewauna who had a troubled past and decided to join a program called One Goal which helps students with their education and helps them gain self stability and noncognitive skills (Tough 3). Throughout the story Kewauna would face many obstacles in her way, but she would be able to surpass them by setting her mind on one objective and being able to manage her behavior and her actions by being mentally stable.The quote also relates to Kewauna because she had a dream to become prosperous in life which she would later make it into a reality by graduating high school and enrolling into college and it all happened because she challenged herself and was able to manage her self control in