AVID Agenda Oct. 7th-11th

AVID Agenda Oct. 7th-11th

Week at a Glance:
Monday- Binder Repair & TRF prep
Tuesday- Tutorial
Wednesday-
Thursday- Tutorial
Friday-  College Day

Items Overdue!!!

• Resume
• Email etiquette utilizing college mentor sites
• Study the following vocab terms for quiz Friday!!!
• Early Intervention
• Educational Testing Service (ETS) 
• Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
• Extracurricular Activities
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
• Financial Aid/Assistance
• Grade Point Average (GPA)
• Grants
• Honors Program
• Letter of Recommendation
• Major
• Master's Degree (MS/MA)
• Open Admissions
• PLAN
• Post-Secondary
• PSAT/NMSQT

Wednesday Oct. 9th, 2013

WRITING DAY- 

1.  Set up Cornell Notes

2.  Re-write writing prompt at the top

3.  Take out notes on the characteristics of leadership

4.  Select a Wooden quote on leadership 

5. Then incorporate a section of the following excerpt by Nelson Mandela to address a portion of the prompt:   "It was during those long and lonely years that my hunger for the freedom of my own people became a hunger for the freedom of all people, white and black. I knew as well as I knew anything that the oppressor must be liberated just as surely as the oppressed. A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness. I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else's freedom, just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity.

When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both. Some say that has now been achieved. But I know that that is not the case. The truth is that we are not yet free; we have merely achieved the freedom to be free, the right not to be oppressed. We have not taken the final step of our journey, but the first step on a longer and even more difficult road. For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning.
I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not yet ended."