Acacia High School
2 Rosemount, Ave, York Unit 12 M9N 3B3 Toronto, ON, Canada

The strong person is not the good wrestler. Rather,the strong person is the one who controls himself when he is angry. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 73, #135)

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com//auth/b/benjamin_franklin.html

[Related by Abu Na`eem] All humans are dead except those who have knowledge;and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds;and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere;and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry. Imam Shafi’i (rahimullah)

The difference between school and life? In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett

Thinking of pulling all nighters this up coming school year? Think again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gedoSfZvBgE

Maya Angelou There were people who went to sleep last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake again. ... And those dead folks would give anything at all for just five minutes of this weather or ten minutes of plowing. So you watch yourself about complaining. What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Maya Angelou

10 things I wish I’d known in my first year of university Secrets to success from the editor of Maclean’s On Campus Josh Dehaas September 3, 2013... his was first published in August 2011. It updates at the end with advice from our readers, September 2015 This probably isn’t the advice your mother would give you. She’s going to tell you to get involved as much as possible, to do all of your readings and to stick with whatever degree you’ve chosen. But as someone who graduated with a master’s degree in 2010, I think I know better than mom about what works and what doesn’t. Here are the Top 10 things that I wish I’d known in first year. 1. Meet your professors in person. Guess how many e-mails a professor who teaches your 600-student course receives each week? It’s a lot of e-mails. That’s why it’s important to make personal connections by visiting them during office hours or by asking them questions after a lecture that particularly grabbed your interest. Knowing professors personally is important. They can provide career advice, write reference letters for graduate school and will be more willing to supervise your honours thesis or special project. Plus, if they know you, they may go easier on you should you ask to hand in an essay late. 2. If you don’t like your program, change it. After a few months of my Bachelor of Commerce degree, I realized that endless group projects with people who are only interested in making a lot of money wasn’t the right education for me. Thankfully, I had a teacher in a history course who showed me the value of learning for the sake of learning and who was able to articulate the many ways that history majors can make money including writing a career that I hadn’t considered. It wasn’t difficult to switch to the Bachelor of Arts. I simply took an extra summer course to catch up. Now, I’m much happier for having switched. To be continue.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

A person who acts without knowledge is like someone who travels without a guide, and it is known that a person like this will more likely be destroyed than saved. Hasan Al-Basri