It’s been said that life turns on small things. Sometimes it’s hard to see how small choices can change your life. But when put together over tiime, the little things can make the biggest difference.
The theme of Success for Teens is “little things matter”. The book helps teens identify small, positive choices they can make in their lives to help them reach their goals. Lots of teens don’t realize how the little choices in their lives can have lasting effects. Often they focus on the bigger events, such as a major exam, a big game or competition, or choosing a college. The little things, however, can go unnoticed unless your teen understands how important they can be.
The little things that lead to success are mostly easy to do. Help your teen identify a few areas in everyday life where he or she can make small, positive choices. It might be as simple as getting up on time, prioritizing their schoolwork, putting in an extra 10 minutes of practice or using some spare time to help someone else.
Nineteen-year-old Kyle Freas used to be on his school baseball team and would play every day after school. When the season was over, he had an empty three hours a day, so he started spending one third of such extra time daily looking for ways to help other kids. Over the past few years, his project has raised thousands of dollars to help abused, homeless and sick children. Kyle spent just a little time each day doing something that ended up benefiting a lot of kids. The improtant thing to understand is that Kyle made the small and positive decisions necessary for success.
Make sure your child understands that even though the results of the positive choices may not be seen right away, they are building on each other and taking him or her on a path that will lead to success.
68. Which of the following words can be used to describe Kyle Freas?
A. Kind-hearted B. Creative C. Naughty D. Self-confident
69. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A. dealing with big events is the most important in one’s life
B. many teens fail to realize the importance of little choices
C. little choices seldom have lasting effects on one’s life
D. teens should try to focus their attention on big choices
70. What does the underlined part “turns on” in the first paragraph mean?
A. takes away B. depends on C. sets aside D. puts out
71. The writer mainly discussed the relationship between _________.
A. little choices and big choices B. teens’ goals and their actions
C. positive and negative decisions D. small positive choices and success