text: Today, (11/14/2006), my teacher gave the whole class a "confidence lecture" because we weren't performing so well.\n\nHe told us that you will get nowhere in life unless you be assertive and aggressive (NOT violent), and I believe that is true.\n - You have to move people out of the way, and not let them move you.\n - Don't stand in the corner, be the center of the party.\n\nHe also told us that high school only comes once, and after four years of the 'intense drama', you probably might not even see those people again.\n - Make the best of your four years (or more).\n - Don't make a big deal about labels: be yourself.\n\nI'm only a freshman now, but his sermon got me thinking...\nAfter high school:\n - Where will I go?\n - Who will I be with?\n - Why my life turned out that way\n - etc.\n\n"I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason, bringing something we must learn; And we are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them, and we help them in return.  Well, I don't know if I believe that's true; But I know I'm who I am today because I knew you."\n          - Stephen Schwartz ("For Good" from Wicked)