It’s a new school year, and all our students are bright-eyed and ready to go, filled with lofty goals and high expectations. It’s no different than the way most people start a new year. We look back over what we’ve done, regretting the things we haven’t. Reflection results in the inevitabe conclusion that we will change the things that have caused our perceived failures. But at the end of the day, all we often change is our ideas. True change requires change of action. In other words: You can’t expect a different result without doing something different. So the question we pose to our students is: What are you going to do differently? Are you going to spend less time on Myspace? Are you going to limit your cell phone usage on school nights? Are you going to go to bed early enough, so that you can be as alert as you need to be in class the next day? If you want a different result, change what you do.