Perseverance

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Eleanor Roosevelt once said "The future belongs to those who beleive in the beauty of their dreams." To me, that is the quintensential meaning of perseverance. What is perseverance? Perseverance is the ability to go on when things seem hopeless. It is also the ruler whereby one can measure of success. or at least how much sacrifice one is willing to make in the name of success. As students it is impossible to achieve personal success without having goals or directions. The goal and direction that often propels us to achieve is perseverance. Perseverance is the ability to forge ahead despite setbacks that threaten to undermine all efforts to succeed. Michael Jordan is thought by many to be the greatest basketball player of all times. But even Jordan's success did not come with out obstacles. Jordan failed to make his highschool basketball team, but he did not quit. His temporary defeat fueled his desire to practice and practice. Because of his commitment and determination, he propelled himself to the top of his game and ultimately to the top of the game.

Like Jordan and others who have achieved great personal success, we as students must realize that now is the time for us to begin to demand of ourselves the discipline necessary to achieve the goals that we have set for ourselves despite difficulties that may arise. This year has not been as easy one for us as a school body. We have been attacked by the local media, who have compared us to "rotten apples" It is at times like this that we need to understand how to go on in spite of obstacles that continually present themselves as a barrier between us and our goals. It is at times like this that we need to understand the essence of "why" we should go on. Success ...

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... ask of ourselves, we mst know that in order to achieve our goals that we must keep the end in mind. Keeping the end in mind gives us the will to overcome those setbacks that are alwas before us.

In life we are faced with many challenges. These challenges often test who we are and what we are made of on the inside. As a student body we have been metaphorically defined as "the rotten apples" of the Wayne County School System; that is not who we are. We are achievers. If we face minor setbacks as we climb to the zenith of the mountain. We will not look at as defeat. Let us hold dear to the sentiment of the late great Helen Keller who said "Do not think of today's failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. Remember no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever lost. Sometime, somewhere, somehow we shall find that which we seek."

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