Where Ya Goin' Misfit?
It begins with INTENT...WHERE DO I WANT TO GO?
Focus...live in the moment...learn from the past...dream my future...
Be open...be honest...pay attention...love myself...love others...
Get in the game...have some fun...sit on the sidelines...enjoy...
Do my best...accept defeat as part of the process...
Consider that winning may be something more than the highest score...
It's all relative...
Exercise...sportsmanship...truthfulness...
Practice makes improvement... perfection is arbitrary...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...it's all good...
Life is a school...what do I want to learn?
The world is a playground...what do I want to do?
Explore myself...Explore my world....
Find my mean between the extreme....
Love...as much as possible...
Best I can
"If I would have known you were bringing friends I would have made more handouts," Doc told the boys and their new companions, three girls who also attended Mietown High School."It was sort of a last minute thing Doc," said Eddy. "We saw 'em on our way here and asked if they wanted to come along.""Well, I'm glad you're here," Doc warmly smiled. He thought about saying the more the merrier, but he knew that wasn't always true, though in this case he was happy to see the balance."So what's this paper all about Doc?" asked Miles. "It's looks like something our wrestling coach might tell us.""Except for the love part," joked Susan, one of the girls and quite the athlete herself."Yeah, that's pretty mushy," cracked Eddy, "And I'm not so sure about this whole winning may be something more than the highest score jazz either. Whadda ya mean by that Doc?""Just something to think about," replied Doc. "All those ideas on the handout are good to think about. You might find some of them helpful as you grow-up, throughout life really. You might even make a list of your own someday, adding your own bits of wisdom and changing or refining the list to suit your own approach. At some point in life you may even want to start from scratch.""Huh?" said Pete, one of the 17 year-olds and Eddy's best friend, most of the time anyway."Have you guys ever seen the movie Rebel Without a Cause?" asked Doc."You mean the one with James Dean?!" beamed one of the girls, Marti, as the rest of the bunch perked their ears."That's it," laughed Doc, suddenly recalling this decade of the 50s he now occupied was, in addition to so many other things, the start of the teen idol movement, with the likes of Dean, Elvis Presley, Ricky Nelson and others. Little doubt this was the root of youth culture that would come to dominate the decades ahead, capitalized on at every chance, often at great expense."What gives Doc?" asked Pete, shaking Doc from his thoughts. "Why did you bring up the movie?""Oh, I was just thinking about rebels...why someone might become a rebel, or made into one, and the difference between a rebel without a cause, and a rebel with one.""More things to think about, eh Doc?" said Eddy."That's right," smiled Doc."Doc, all this rebel talk reminds me of On the Road," said Bill, "You know, the book I borrowed from you last week." "So you actually read it huh?" teased Doc."Yeah, I can really relate to those guys," said Bill. "They don't seem to fit into life, at least the life they were born into.""Yeah, so what did they do?" ask Doc."Well," thought Bill, "they became rebels I guess. They ran away. They hit the road. They traveled from coast to coast to see what else this country had to offer...to see what else this life had to offer.""Would you say they were rebels with or without a cause?" asked Doc."Hmmm...," Bill thought about it for a moment."Hey Doc, I want to read this book too," piped-in Miles."Me too!" exclaimed Eddy, who wasn't normally as prone to reading as Miles, but hated to be left out. Besides, he knew a good thing when he saw it."Well, you can all read it if you want," said Doc. "But that's my only copy, so you'll have to pass it around. Or maybe you can all get together and read it aloud. In fact, that's one of the ways the characters in the book get their kicks. They would read aloud to each other their stories and poems into the wee hours of the night.""Reading the book together, that could be fun!" said Susan. "Plus we could discuss it together.""That's right!" said Doc. "Sharing like that is a great way to learn, to gather and express your thoughts, to share your understandings and perspectives. Now as you do this, I'd like you to consider this question, especially at it relates to the first line of today's handout: Rebel or not, what is your cause?"You tryin' to turn us into rebels Doc?" asked Pete."Naw, I'm tryin' to make you mugs think," said Doc, playing his best Edward G. Robinson. "Now get outta here, I gotta get back to work! Go get some sunshine and fresh air, shinrin-yoku!""What'd you say Doc?" asked Eddy."I said get outta here!" grimaced Doc, just barely containing his laughter, then chuckling to himself as the rag-tag bunch filed out the door.Ding.
