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the 8th article (How Optimism can benefit your troubled teen)
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Thinking
positive has always been a way to uplift one’s mental outlook. By focusing on
the conscious choice that one can make in order to see the glass as half full
rather than empty, troubled teenagers can make the decision to benefit their
own mental well-being. “MindSigns Personal Billboards” is a book composed of 52
signs which can help motivate your teenager to stay positive through
affirmations and thought-provoking questions, despite the problems that an
adolescent may face. The book has one sign for every week of the year which can
be utilized as visual motivation.
Ron Ball, the
author of the book, created the idea by helping his teen daughter when she
struggled with depression. He formed "personal billboards" in order
to keep her visually motivated and uplift her outlook. "I thought the
signs could have a similar effect on other people, helping them stay positive
through challenges and difficulties. Then I realized that today we're all
dealing with so much bad news - terminal diseases, economic turmoil, terrorism
and war - and hoped the book could help kids and adults stay positive through
it all," said Ball. “We keep hearing how we need to help children deal
with what's going on, but the truth is we all need to figure out how to deal
with it. We're overloaded with downbeat news and information that can make us
feel afraid or insecure. When Instead of yielding to negative or
fearful thoughts, we can opt to consciously choose more positive or beneficial
thoughts."
Studies from
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign showed that helpful thoughts are
initiated by happy people. “People might increase their subjective well being
through control of their thoughts.” said Dr. Ed Diener, from the University’s
Department of Psychology.
Dr. Martin
Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania, known for his research on optimism,
remarked “People can control their thoughts much like controlling their
muscles. People’s styles of thinking then become their habits. ”Ball’s teenage daughter grew positively from the mind
signs. “Depression feels like being locked in a cage.
In order to
help his teen daughter with her depression, aside from getting her professional
treatment, he also put up small motivating signs all around the house— on the mirrors, doors, and anywhere else he could stick
something.
LIST OF VOCABULARY:
§ Uplift : meninggikan
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Outlook : pandangan, harapan
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Conscious : sadar
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Decision : keputusan
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Affirmations : penegasan, penguatan
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thought-provoking : menimbulkan pikiran
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Utilized : memanfaatkan,
menggunakan
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Economic turmoil : kekacauan/kerusuhan ekonomi
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Downbeat : permulaan, pembukaan
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Aside : bisikan, suara rendah
Match the
correct similar meaning (A and B) below!
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Number
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A
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B
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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Teenager
Choice
Benefit
Personal
Outlook
Trouble
Diseases
Thought
Stay
Kids
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a.
Live
b.
Mind
c.
Adolescent
d.
Ill
e.
Option
f.
Children
g.
Problem
h.
Advantage
i.
Individual
j.
hope
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