Should You Control Your Destiny?

This is Mr. McGuire’s post Why You Should You Control Your Destiny

As I read aloud Freak the Mighty written by Rodman Philbrick, in Chapter 21, Max questions his future.  He wonders if he too might become an accident of nature like his father.  He wonders if he might become violent like Killer Kane.  This brought out the discussion of destiny in Reading Workshop.

Students pondered questions like, do you control your fate?  Is your destiny in your hands?  Do parents and teachers have control?  What effect does making decisions have on your destiny?

The benefit of making good decisions, and working hard is control.  When students don’t work, parents must get involved, and teachers are forced to discipline offenders.  The more good decisions students make, the more control they have over their destiny.  Good choices lead to success in school, which means a better and higher education.  This leads to more career opportunities, and a higher standard of living.

This leads to the question, do you control your destiny?  What are you doing to steer your life towards success?

These are my comments on Mr. McGuire’s post Why You Should Control Your Destiny

Comment 1:   I think that we do control our destiny if we are being responsible with our choices we make. To have success you would have to be honest or trustworthy to show that we can make good decisions and so that they can trust us.

If you decide to make one bad choice you could not be controlling your destiny it could be in the hand of your mom dad or whoever you live with. In school your teacher can even control your destiny if you goof off or don’t listen you could easily be in trouble if you don’t make good choices your success could be gone and you might not have a higher standard of living.

Comment 2:   I think that I  control my destiny. I think that because if I make good choices I will be able to make good choice in the future in life or in school.

If I decide to make one bad choice I might not be controlling my destiny the next day. My Mom or Dad could be there telling me what I have to do because when I make that bad decision I am giving up my freedom to control my destiny which is a privilege. So when there is a hard choice in my life I have to make the good decision so that I will have a higher standard of living. When I’m at school if I want to control my destiny I can’t goof off or the teachers’ will control it. To steer my life to success I will make good decisions so I can have control of my destiny.

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