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Life isn’t fair
Learner’s Workbook
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Life isn’t fair...But that Doesn’t Mean You shoulD Quit!
tabLe of Contents Learner’s Workbook
SECTION ONE (Life Isn’t Fair) Obstacles, Fairness and Perseverance..................3-31
SECTION TWO Changin’ ‘Tudes........................................................................32-49
SECTION THREETurtle Poems.........................................................................50-57
Final Project...................................................................58-61
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seCtion 1: obstaCLes, fairness and perseveranCe
“Boys, there ain’t no free lunches in this country. And don’t go spending your whole life complaining that you got raw deals. You’ve got to say, ‘I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough, I can have it.’ It’s called perseverance.” — Lee Iacocca, former CEO of Chrysler
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There once was a man who went bankrupt. He created and drew cartoons for a living. A certain cartoon studio virtually forced him to give up his rights to a very popular character that he created: Oswald the Rabbit. As a result, he lost everything. He lost everything and the studio continued to make money off of his cartoon. It wasn’t fair, but he didn’t give up. He kept looking for another way: a year later he found one. With some help from his brother, he created a new character and eventually added sound to his creation. The man was Walter Elias Disney and his new creation was Mickey Mouse. Perhaps you know him better as Walt Disney.
Now, take a minute to think about what life would be like if he had chosen to give up on his dreams just because he came across an obstacle. Just because life isn’t always fair.
The following is a cartoon about turtles, but more importantly it is a story about not giving up, no matter what. Just like Mr. Disney.
introduCtion
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Once upon a time, there was a turtle named Tommy who spotted some apples that had fallen at the foot of a tree.
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Tommy crawled out of his home along the river and began walking toward the apples when he suddenly bumped into a fence.
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Being a turtle, he didn’t really know what a fence was or understand what it was for. All Tommy knew was that it stood between him and the apples he wanted.
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Tommy spent hour after hour trying to push his way through the fence. All that mattered was this miserable fence making it impossible for him to get to his apples. It seemed that the only way to the apples was in one direction — through the fence.
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Tommy the Turtle pushed and pushed and pushed; then he just gave up. “It’s all over!” he said to himself. There was no solution to his problem and there would be no apples for him.
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The fence was just a few feet wide, with a huge hole on one side and an open gate on the other side.
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Tommy felt both sad and angry at the same time. He was mad at the fence just for being there and he blamed his frustration on the people who had put up the fence in the first place. Nothing else mattered to Tommy. He truly believed the fence was there to ruin his life.
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Tommy never considered solving his problems by finding other ways to get past the fence. He was stuck in his an-ger and didn’t stop to figure out that he might be able to get through the fence by moving in a different direction.
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In his mind, he pictured a long list of other turtles he could blame for his predicament. First, of course, there was his dad, who was never there for him. Pop had just taken off for some distant place down the river without considering his son’s feelings.
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Then there was his mom. She never had time for him either. His brothers and sisters were pretty useless; in his opinion, they couldn’t care less if he had food or went hungry. They were busy sunning themselves or searching for bugs to eat.
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Now, after all this thinking, Tommy was really mad. He was all alone and brooding and nobody in the world loved him, nobody cared. “My life’s a bummer!” he said as he began imagining the sweet, juicy taste of the apples running down his dry throat. That’s when the tears came flooding out.
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Tommy reacted to his seemingly hopeless situation by do-ing what many of us do when we give up and get mad at the world. He got up on his hind legs and cursed the sky, the sun, and everyone and everything in the universe. He was hungry, he was lonely, he was unhappy, he was just plain mad! And it wasn’t his fault!
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“Oh, what’s the use? I don’t have a friend anywhere.”
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“I’m starving; I’m all alone; I’m sick of my life. I should just end it all right now. No one would care if I wasn’t here anymore.”
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Suddenly, a young female turtle, Tasha, appeared on the other side of the fence. “Hey, what’s up? You’re making a big racket. I can hardly enjoy my apple treat.”
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Tommy twisted his head around so that he could get a good look at her. “Well, if you must know, my whole life is down the tubes and I feel rotten. Nobody cares about me. Not only am I lonely, but I can’t find my way through this horrible fence to find food, and I’m awfully hungry.”
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“Good grief, I’m not at all surprised! I’ve been watching you struggle and listening to you moan and complain. I’ve heard you blame everything and everyone from here to the planet Mars.”
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“But not once have I heard you ask for help,” Tasha remarked. “You know, you’re not the only one who’s found himself in what looks like a dead end situation.”
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She continued: “I’ve felt like you at times — depressed and alone, with no one to hear my cries and troubles. My lonely life was a heavier weight than my shell, because I thought nobody cared about me. But, then I learned a terrific secret from a wise, older turtle; I’ll share it with you.”
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“This smart guy told me that if you keep doing the same old things time after time, and getting the same bad re-sults, you just end up giving in to more sadness, frustration, anger and of course, more failure. So, it’s time to stop, look, and listen — to yourself.”
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Tasha said: “He suggested that I make a list of what was bothering me and a second list of happy things in my life. If this list had more negatives than positive things, it was a signal that the time had come to look for help in solving my problems.”
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“What I’ve also learned is that in the old days, turtle families would spend time talking together and listening to one another. The older, wiser turtles gave advice to the younger, less experienced turtles on how to hide from humans who throw rocks, where the really great bugs were, and other important life-skills like that.”
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Tasha explained: “Times are different now. Today, it’s every turtle for himself. There’s the problem of polluted water, trying to find food that’s good for us...”
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“...or pet stores hunting us down for some human’s aquarium, or, even worse, shipping us off to fancy restaurants that serve turtle soup! Yuck! Ugh!”
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“So, dear Mr. Turtle, this is what you need to learn: LIFE ISN’T ALWAYS FAIR. There are things you’re not going to like and things that are wrong, but you do have a choice. You can spend your life being upset and angry about fences in your path and apples you can’t get to. You can complain about feeling lonely and unloved, but you should remember this: YOU ARE NEVER REALLY ALONE OR HELPLESS. Never forget this!”
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“There’s a power that guides the moon, sun, stars, and tides. That same power exists to guide you, too. Each of us needs to figure out a way to get around roadblocks so they don’t stop us from reaching our goals and prevent us from finding happiness.”
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“Now, turn to your left. You’ll spot a big hole in the fence. If you look to the right, there’s a wide open gate. So, you see, there are answers to what you thought was a huge problem.”
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“Come on in you handsome turtle,let’s eat some apples.”
And they lived “appley” ever after!
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seCtion 2: Changin’ ‘tudes!
“We can not change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a cer-tain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.” — Charles Swindoll, American pastor, author
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“I’ve never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today who didn’t have the right attitude, didn’t give it everything he had, who wasn’t prepared and didn’t have the whole program worked out.”
— Ted Turner,cable television mogul, founder of CNN
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“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”
— Lou Holtz,football coach
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“Always keep that happy attitude. Pretend that you are holding a beautiful fragrant bouquet.” — Candace M. Pope
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“You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don’t ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body.”
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,former pro basketball player
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“My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.”
— Hank Aaron,baseball player and former all-time home run leader
“I’ve always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn’t have a chance to win.”
— Arnold Palmer,U.S. pro golfer
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“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”
— John Quincy Adams,sixth President of the United States
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“What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when one is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.”
— Alexander Graham Bell,inventor of the telephone
IT WORKS!
“Football is like life — it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication, and respect for authority.”
— Vince Lombardi,American football coach
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“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”
— Julie Andrews,singer/actress
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“The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under theprompting of a brave, determined spirit.”
— Mark Twain,American humorist, writer
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“Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves.”
— Winston Churchill,former British Prime Minister
“Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.”
— Newt Gingrich,American Statesman,former House Speaker
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“Pay attention to your enemies for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”
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“Mistakes are a great educator when one is hon-est enough to admit them and willing to learn from them.”
— source unknown
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“There are no mistakes or failures, even getting wet is only a lesson.” — source unknown
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“The one who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.”
— Theodore Roosevelt,26th President of theUnited States
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“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
— Plutarach,Greek essayist,biographer
“I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.”
— Billy Joel,singer/songwriter
SING US A SONGMR. PIANO TURTLE!
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“Mistakes are part of the dues one pays for a full life.”
— Sophia Loren,Italian actress
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“The trouble in America is not that we are making too many mistakes, but that we are making too few.”
— Philip Knight,founder of Nike Corporation
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MistakesWorking with a partner, write down some mistakes you have made in your own life.
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Section 3:Turtle Poems
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DON’T QUIT!by Edmund F. Benson
Don’t quit just because you’ve discovered Life isn’t fair —
Yes, we know the good die young, The other girl got the guy.You may have blown the deal with A slip of the tongue.Your car’s on blocks, Payments are overdue;So what else is new?
You’re gaining weight, Your scalp’s getting bare, And it takes tweezers to groom Your hair.The doc’s report gave you a scare.What’s that? You say life isn’t fair?
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Don’t be a twit.Stand up straight and repeat after
me: “I won’t quit!”The going is rough, life is plain
tough.You feel like going to bed,
Pulling up the covers,And hiding your head.
So, come on, get a grip. Believe in yourself.
Put your feet on the floor and Get your body out the door.
Just don’t quit!
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Another rotten day, Nothing ‘s going your way. But stick with it.Don’t give in to unfair fate or Today’s tough luck.Stop blaming others by Passing the buck.
Success is a mind thing and, Guess what — you can do it.Don’t pitch a fit or fill up on fear.Goals are unmet for days, weeks, Months, or even years.You’ve got to believe in yourself. Just don’t quit.
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Time passes for quitters and winners, too.But the quitter gets bitter, and the winner Gets better — with each tick of the clock.Remember: It’s your future that’s on the
Block.
You’re down, it’s not working, it hurts. Oh, the sorrow.
Get over yourself — There’s always tomorrow.
Life’s full of pain, so just accept it And keep your eye on that star.
Pick yourself up, it’s really not that far!
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Make up your mind, Do your own personal best.No way will you settle for anything less.Above all, don’t quit!They may call you stupid, maybe a boob.Heads shake, eyes roll ‘cause you do your thing as they party, eyes glued to the tube.
So, call up your vision, lock on your dream. It’s what you’re working for.You can disregard the taunts and words —Obscene or mean.Okay, throw a fit, but for heaven’s sake, Don’t quit!
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If others have stuff you crave, Don’t whine and moan that Life isn’t fair.Get a move on, get busy; That’s how they got theirs.Focus on a dream you’ll work and die for. Fill your life with passion.
Don’t go to your grave in a snit.You should know life’s greatest rewards are reserved for those Who don’t quit.
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When things go wrong,As they sometimes will,When the road you’re trudgingSeems all uphill.When the funds are low,And the debts are high,And you want to smile,But you have to sigh.When care is pressing you down a bit,Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.
Don’t Quit— author unknown
Success is failure turned inside out.The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.And you never can tell how close you are.It may be near when it seems so far.So stick in the fight when you’re hardest hit.It’s when things seem worseThat you must not quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,As every one of us sometimes learns,And many a failure turns aboutWhen he might have won had he stuck it out.Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,You may succeed with another blow.
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Final Project
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Create Your Own Book(Rough Draft)
What were you trying to accomplish? What were the obstacles that got in your way?
Did you feel like quitting? What made you want to give up?
Use the following pages to help you create a rough draft for your own book. You can use something that happened to you or someone you know, a movie you’ve seen or even another book you’ve read. Explain what you were working toward, how you persevered, and what happened along the way. Think about the questions in each box as you write or draw pictures to illustrate your story.
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Create Your Own Book(Rough Draft)
What did it feel like when you couldn’tget what you wanted?
Did you receive help from anyone?Did you ask for help? Who did you ask?
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Create Your Own Book(Rough Draft)
Why did you decide to persevere? How did you push to get what you wanted?
Why did you decide not to give up?
What happened in the end? How didit feel to accomplish something? How did
you feel knowing you never gave up?
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