Last night we watched The Music Man. In spite of the fact that the movie is almost 50 years old, it is still a great movie and the music is delightful. Even more important Professor Harold Hill teaches the timeless principle about how powerful our thoughts are with his "think system." Hill doesn't even know how powerful the system is until the end of the movie. Needless to say, in real life the boys may not have been able to play the instruments without any actual practice but even with practice thoughts contribute to ability.
We can teach our Esperanza scholars to use the think system to help them achieve in any academic discipline. Just like Hill hummed the tune and taught the boys to hum the tune they were going to eventually play we can help direct the thoughts of our scholars by helping them to see the final product and continually keep that picture in front of them. This is similar to staying focused on a vision.
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