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Unit 1: Success

Discover the purpose of the Weymouth High School Mission statement and how it can guide you towards a successful future. Explore the impact of income on happiness and the importance of education in achieving your goals.

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Unit 1: Success

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  1. Unit 1: Success Essential Question: What does it take the be a successful high school student? Today’s Topic: THIS school is here for you and future you. Objective: Leave today able to state and explain the purpose of the WHS Mission statement.

  2. Does money buy happiness?

  3. Buys health?

  4. More important than you?

  5. Wait, m buys happiness?

  6. It means A LOT, to a point. • 2009 Study by psychologist Daniel Kahneman and economist Angus Deaton. • "It turns out there is a specific dollar number, or income plateau, after which more money has no measurable effect on day-to-day contentment. • The magic income: $ . As people earn more money, their day-to-day happiness rises. Until you hit $75,000. • After that, it is just m with no gain in happiness.“

  7. 75,000k

  8. Behind the numbers • Incidentally, according to the Census Bureau, the mean (average) household income in 2009 was $6 . That's 9.4% below the happiness threshold. The median (middle) household income was a much smaller $49,777. That's 33.6% shy of the magic number. •  The Census Bureau's 2010 survey counted 116.7 million households and put the average size at 2.58 persons. So that $75K benchmark would be quite a stretch for a couple with several additional kids.

  9. What is it in Weymouth?

  10. So how do I get survival, comforts and some luxuries? Make a median household income of $

  11. Make $7 more over 42 years or $16,000 more a year.

  12. It p to stay in school

  13. College is the B investment you can make.

  14. What do you want to be? • http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm • Let’s check the living calculator to see if that profession can help you.

  15. Weymouth High School Mission Statement • Weymouth High School embeds 21st century skills across the curriculum to prepare students for post-secondary education, careers, and active citizenship.

  16. WHS exists to help you g that will help you succeed in c .

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