What have you learned in school? ...(Besides some history.)

"The real fault is to have faults and not amend them."
—Confucius

A Hindu proverb says,
“There is nothing noble about being
superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self.”
How have you grown this year? (Besides in height.) What have you learned in school?
(Besides some history.)
Have you taken a step forward in athletics or academics or art? Or have you learned, perhaps, that when you argue, your words have more impact if spoken
quietly?
“Criticism,” wrote Eleanor Roosevelt, “makes very little dent upon me, unless I think there is some real justification and something should be done.” If a jerk insults you, shrug it off. Why let a jerk bring you down? But if someone you admire points out that you could have done better, don’t let the words just hurt you. Let them teach you, inspire you.
Criticism stings most when you recognize truth in it.Yet in everybody and everything there is room for improvement.
Instead of being defensive, reach higher, work harder. We are all works in progress.

Thoughtful criticism can be a favor in disguise.

taken from
really lovely book called

FOR GIRLs ONLy ....