• Own your actions. Accept the consequences
• Help whenever possible
• Embrace individuality
• Practice kindness and consideration
• Teach the norms. Tactfully confront wrongdoers
• Strive for knowledge

The norms give examples of the proper ways to act and treat people. With it we are able to set up a foundation on which to welcome new people into our community. With out them we wouldn’t be able to keep actions from normal high schools out of our school but with them we are able to so we don’t have so much trouble with the issues and drama that would other wise be here among us today.      To own your actions and accept the consequences is a good norm to remember. Yet it may be one of the hardest norms to follow because most people will be to afraid to come out and own your actions so how would they be able to accept the consequences. Its best to own your actions that way we could help the person fix what ever went wrong. To help people whenever they may need help will help you feel better about yourself while also befriending someone new which will also help anyone feel good about themselves along with the person that you helped feel good about being able to make a new friend just by the who ever helped them helping them out. To embrace others individuality is to embrace the world. No matter where you go or what school you go to everyone is different weather they like to admit it or not. To be different is a wonderful thing in fact its one of the best things in the world.   Practice kindness and consideration is a great thing to do. Sometimes all someone needs is for a stranger to give them a smile. Kindness and consideration also makes someone feel good about themselves and others. Once people started to show me some kindness and consideration I started to grow into the wonderful person that I am now. I now show everyone I meet the same kindness and consideration that I have received here at Olde columbine. I did not get even the slightest bit of kindness at my middle school. We should all teach the norms to everyone even from people out side of Ochs. If everyone knew the norms the world would be a happier place. Tactfully confront wrong doers will better help the people learn to be a better person. People will better decided to actually stop doing what is wrong because they see that they don’t need to cry out for attention. Strive for knowledge so that you can make the best of yourself at all times.

     I try to always follow all the norms because they have brought me so much happiness and I think the norms should be like the Ten Commandments so that everyone follows them. So many people will be a lot happier if they were like the Ten Commandments. The norms are good rules to follow. I think I will teach them to all my friends and family then they can follow the norms as well. I see it here at Olde columbine all the time peoples life changing so much just because of a few norms.