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What does it mean to be diligent?
Page 1: What does
it mean to be diligent ?
Page 2: Tips on how
your students can
be more diligent?
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Mar 7th: PTA Meeting
Mar 8th: Honor
Roll Assembly
Mar 11th: Sports
Day– National
Sports Center
Mar 22nd: Interschool sports– National Sports Center
Mar 25-Apr 1st:
Easter Break
Have you ever heard the reprimand
“You’ve got to be diligent!” said to you or
a friend? Often parents, teachers, coworkers or bosses will remind, encourage or
instruct others with those words. But
what is diligence, and how are we to become diligent? According to the Oxford
Universal Dictionary, diligence is “careful
attention, industry, assiduity; unremitting
application, persistent endeavour.” A diligent person is described as “assiduous,
industrious, conscientious, thorough; not
idle, not negligent, not lazy.” There is a lot
in the definition of diligence, yet to some
people it all simply means hard work.
Without a doubt, hard work is a part of diligence, but there is more we should understand. Notice an underlying thread
is responsibility and reliability. People
need to know they can rely on us to complete a given task to the absolute best of
our ability. The diligent man or woman
will make every effort to follow through on
everything he or she starts, which requires
self-discipline. People with discipline have
a goal, a vision of what is to be accomplished by their efforts. Keeping that vision
in mind helps them stay focused and on
task, even when the task at hand is laborious and tedious.
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Tips on how your students can be
more diligent?
School Contacts
2 St. David’s Road
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St. David's DD 01
Bermuda
Phone: 293-5017
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Fax:293-5041
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Counselors Contacts
Mrs. Francis-Smith: ext 4413
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[email protected]
Miss. Jones: ext 4419
[email protected]
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Students can ask teachers to elaborate on
a point they were saying in class
and of course, listen to everything the
teachers are saying
Go to the library; read and review
Encourage students to sit in the front, take
good notes, and stop socializing in
classes.
When students are messaging with their
friends, encourage them to watch their
grammar. Simple things like punctuation
and misspelling add up and take away
from their writing skills.
Remember, the better students know a
topic, the more help they can provide to
someone else. And by providing help, they
get more practice, more understanding of
a subject, and its something to be proud
of.
Encourage students not to hesitate to tell
their friends that they want to stay home to
study/learn instead of going outside.