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This High School is Doing Whatever it Takes to Mentor First-Generation Students

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Despite any obstacles students face, since its creation in 2002, the school has enjoyed impressive outcomes, boasting a college readiness score 27% higher than the city’s in 2019. A range of foundations and community-based organizations help meet the school’s ambitious goal of ensuring both high school graduation and college matriculation.

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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

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The crowd cheered wildly as a giant red heart covered in glitter and gold moved confidently across The Masked Singer stage. No one knew whose sparkly red leggings were popping out from under the Queen of Hearts costume. Because, unless my behavior changed, it didn’t matter. Philosophy is dead unless we can figure out how to act on it.”

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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in his 2002 best-selling book, Authentic Happiness. So although you may not be able to change your baseline range, your goal should be “to try to reach the top of that range as often as possible,” offers Rubin. Consider this chain reaction: Optimists set more goals for themselves, believing, optimistically, that they can attain them.

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5 Tips For Incorporating Exercise Into Your Life

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And I ran the Chicago marathon back in 2002. I think a lot of my self-esteem and self-confidence is due to exercising. With the exception of a few breaks when I was only running, I have been weightlifting consistently since I was 15 years old. Exercise has made an extremely positive impact on my life.

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