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Lesson 1. Off to a Good Start Beginning a New School Year

Beginning a new school year is stressful to many students.

How can we get off to a good start?

Teen Today asked Raccoon 97, a popular webtoon artist, for ideas.

Let’s think about things that are hard to change or easy to change.

Things That Are Hard to Change

Your Messy Room_ You clean it up.

Then you bring new stuff into it, and it soon gets messy again.

But don’t worry.

Your room is much cleaner than mine.

Your Family_ There is always someone in your family who drives you crazy.

Remember that he or she is still a member of your family.

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You just have to live together and care for each other.

Your Name on Your Teacher’s List_ If you are late or do not behave, your teacher will put your name on his or her list.

You cannot easily change the list.

Things That Are Easy to Change

Your Underpants_ If you change them every day, your mom will not tell you one hundred and one times.

“Life is C between B and D.”

It means “Life is Choice between Birth and Death.” Jean-Paul Sartre

Your Friends_ You can change your friends.

Does it sound strange?

You may think that you have the perfect number of friends.

If you add a new friend to the list, however, you will feel even better than before.

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Your Mind_ You thought one thing at first, and now you think another thing.

That is okay.

As someone said, “If you can change your mind, you can change your life.”

“Focus on the things that are easy to change, and try to make today better than yesterday sterday.

Good luck!”

Top 5 Plans for the Year

we asked 200 Teen Today readers, “What are your pans for the year?”

• make new friends (72)

• read more books (41)

• get better grades (28)

• spend less time online (26)

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• learn some useful skills (19)

• other (14)