1. Obstacles and Detours
Achieving your goals

2. Before starting today’s lesson
Check your grades for last semester
Open Google Docs
Write a response to your performance last semester. USE COMPLETE SENTENCES!
What was your GPA?
How many credits did you earn?
Did you accomplish what you had hoped to? Explain
Are your expectations of yourself too high or too low? Explain
What do you need to change this semester?
Include at least one goal for this semester.
Submit to Canvas – Unit 4: Fall Semester Reflection

3. Detour:
What is a detour?

4. Detour
Definition:
1. A roundabout way or course, especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route.
2. A deviation from a direct course of action.

5. Roadblock/ Obstacle
What is a roadblock?
What is an obstacle?

6. Roadblock: An obstruction in a road: fallen rocks or trees.
Obstacle: something that prevents action or slows progress
How are they similar / different?

7. They Did It In Spite of… Physical Challenges
Discrimination or Oppression
Personal or Family Set-backs

8. Jim Abbott Born with only one hand
Won 12 games in his rookie season as a PITCHER
Pitched a no-hitter with the Yankees
MLB Career

9. Stephen Hawking
Considered the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein
Has ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease
He cannot walk or speak, but communicates through a computer attached to his wheelchair

10. Mandy Harvey
100% Deaf
Made it to the finals of America’s Got Talent

11. Winston Churchill
Greatest orators (speakers) of the 20th century but he had a speech impediment

12. Nelson Mandala Discriminated against
Elected as South Africa’s President despite spending more than 27 years in prison

13. Victoria Arlen
In a coma for 4 years
Paralyzed 10 years

14. Albert Einstein Einstein was discriminated against
Was considered stupid
as a child!

15. Reflect: What are your obstacles/roadblocks to success in school?
What are your obstacles/roadblocks to success in life?
What are possible detours to your school success?
What are your possible detours to success in life?

16. Exit Slip / Notes Summary
Answer the Essential Question found at the top of your notes