Seeing themselves as the primary cause of their outcomes and experiences.
What is Accepting Responsibility?
100
Finding purpose in their lives by discovering personally meaningful goals and dreams.
What is Mastering Self-Motivation?
100
Consistently planning and taking purposeful actions in pursuit of their goals and dreams.
What is Mastering Self-Management?
100
Building mutually supportive relationships that help them achieve their goals and dreams (while helping others do the same).
What is Employing Interdependence?
100
Consciously employing behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes that keep them on course.
What is Gaining Self-Awareness?
200
Andre used a certain mindset to make him want to study more for school.
What is a Creator Mindset?
200
Andre's goals in life before meeting Mrs.Gruwell was selling drugs but after building a relationship with his teacher his goals in life change.
What are Goals and Ambition?
200
Andre places himself in a quadrant based on his choice to stop going to school once again and help his friends sell drugs.
What is Quadrant Three?
200
When Mrs. Gruwell had a conversation with Andre in the hall about his failing grade, he showed two of four steps. Listening to understand, and clear your mind and remain silent.
What is Listening Actively?
200
Andre lets his brother's conviction affect himself by deciding to pick back up his habit of dealing drugs.
What is Self-Sabotage?
300
Andre had a certain mindset when he failed his self-assessment for Mrs. Gruwell's class.
What is a Victim Mindset?
300
In the beginning of the film Andre lacks motivation, which means he's lacking in two other areas as well.
What is Value and Expectation?
300
Andre returns to school and uses consistent planning and purposeful actions in pursuit of his goal.
What are the Steps of Self-Management?
300
Andre allows himself to believe he is not as successful as others due to his conditions and his mom not looking at him because he looks like his dad.
What is Placating?
300
Andre wouldn't amount to much because of his dad and brother's history.
What is Andre's life script?
400
Andre used this internal voice when he wrote his self-assessment.
What is Inner Critic?
400
After Andre meets Mrs. Gruwell, he stops doing illegal activities that would get him into trouble, as well as bettering himself.
What is Selling Drugs?
400
Andre chose deeds that moved him on course to his goals and dreams.
What is Acting on Purpose?
400
Andre, as well as the class, all became great listeners while putting themselves into other's shoes without offering advice. They just listened.
What is reflecting on the other person's thoughts and feelings?
400
When Andre starts coming back to school again.
What is Creating Self-Awareness?
500
All of the students in Mrs. Gruwell's class had this same mindset at the end of the movie.
What is Inner Guide?
500
When Andre wrote his self-assessment paper and gave himself a failing grade he failed something in Mrs. Gruwell too.
What is Expectations?
500
Mrs. Gruwell inspired three essential ingredients in all of her students; commitment, focus and persistence.
What is Self-Discipline?
500
Throughout the beginning of the movie, all the characters were involved in fighting and trying not to get caught for their acts, putting it on others.
What is Blaming?
500
All the characters in the movie, including Andre, show up to class, do their best work and participate actively.