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Never give up
Whenever a student is struggling in a course there should be a better system to help the student do better. A lot of students aren't mature enough to recognize that hard work at anything will produce positive results. So it may be up to the teacher to help a student recognize that. If a student is struggling in a course the teacher should take the first step in setting up private help sessions and what not. I know it should be the students responsibility to take of their own education but many don't have role models that teach them what…
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Radically honest and incredibly ambitious.
Too much negativity that stifles progress is rooted in complacency and dishonesty. Full transparency always has it's risks, but a global citizen, a true man, inherits those risks in the pursuit of a better world. Speak the truth, seek the truth, but most importantly walk the walk. If that becomes a cornerstone of the Crescent community, any ambitions students have will change the world for the better.
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Agile. Willing. Thinker.
A Crescent grad needs to be Agile - poised to embrace change
Willing - in attitude and outcome to learn, grow and contribute
A Thinker - to not only identify the problem but be part of the team that comes up with the solutions
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Learning How To Learn
Fact: every programming language taught today in Computer Science class will be obsolete by 2030. The language itself isn't the point. What is relevant is teaching the skills, mindset and importance of proactively, continually and independently learning difficult new things every day for the rest of their lives, and to do it faster, better and with more passion than their peers. Our graduates need to truly excel at "learning how to learn."
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Deliver Results: On Time, Under Budget, Past Failures, Without Excuses
These are the same traits that top organizations are looking for, and our graduates should be able to consistently demonstrate them. By the time a student graduates, they should already be adept at performing at a high-level under real-world demands and expectations. We should not be shielding or protecting our students from them, but instead simulating them, integrating them into our day-to-day pedagogy, and supporting students as they fail to meet them until they finally succeed. Upon graduation, a student should be able to demonstrate the successful completion of multiple meaningful projects that were on time, under budget, overcame failures,…
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Graduates need to be completely reliable, get work done on time
Meet all deadlines, don't drop the ball
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Crescent should become co-educational.
In a truly gender-equal future, being used to female peers, competitors and collaborators will be a basic trait that should not be delayed until adulthood/university. This applies professionally and interpersonally. Additionally, and this should be obvious: the students will enjoy school a lot more.
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Team Player
Not every man can lead all the time. A good man knows when it is his time to lead, and when to step back and empower others.
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Understand How YOU Learn
Figure out the method you learn best. Do you understand and remember things better when you learn it yourself? Are you a visual learner? Situations are always changing. This allows you to adapt and be effective with your time.
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Community engagement
We live in an interconnected world that is only getting smaller. Engaging with your own community and the broader one creates a more supportive, empathetic and accepting society for everyone. Having a chance to see and learn this as a student will allow Crescent graduates to be leaders in all aspects of life as they will be able to appreciate a variety of lived experiences and help work towards a more connected society.
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Understand the Value of Respectful & Fair Relationships With Women
As an all-boys school we have the extra duty of ensuring that our boys, while somewhat removed from the gender mixture of society, still have a positive, healthy, respectful and fair relationships with women as peers.
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Creative Mindset and Appreciation for the Arts
While we pay close attention to our intellectual capacity, and our physical well-being, our graduates must also enrich their creative capacity, most often activated by involvement fine arts, music and drama. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/12/03/13greene.h34.html
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Leadership
An orientation toward influencing and helping others, directing and motivating actions toward collective success.
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Make meaningful contributions
Our Crescent Grad in 2030 should be able to make meaningful contributions to his family and to his local or global community.
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