Dr. Benard says, “we’re born with an incredible capacity to overcome challenge and adversity. Even if bad stuff happens…you have the power to make your life different.” Think about a time something bad happened to you. Describe what were you able to learn from it? How can you remind yourself that you can learn from difficult challenges?

Take a look at this checklist developed by the United States Department of Education. This website provides a great deal of information about what you will need to be doing academically during your freshman year of high school (even if you are not planning to attend college), as well as links to other helpful sites if you are interested in financial aid information. Take a look at the checklist. Do you think Guadalupe followed this checklist? Why or why not? Which items are you best prepared for? Why do you believe you are prepared for these? Which items do you see as your biggest challenge? Why do you believe these will be challenges?
https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/prepare-for-college/checklists/9th-grade

Guadalupe says, “you can see obstacles as punishment … or you can see obstacles as challenges…to learn”. How do challenges or difficult experiences help people learn? We know from the film that Guadalupe is going to college, do you think she will be successful? Why or why not?