Student Success Statement

“Courage is being scared to death and doing the right thing anyway.” –Chae Richardson

Reflection: courage to me means to stand up when everyone else is too scared to stand for the right decision. Courage is that tiny voice in our heads that we tend to ignore when we know were going to do something wrong. You might be scared to stand up for what you believe is right but you don’t know the difference it can make. The decision to stand up for what is right can lead for even more than you expected to stand up with you, it takes a courageous one to lead the rest. Be the leader of those who are too afraid to speak up and teach them to have courage as well. We all have fears, and we all need to overcome them with courage. If you only knew what you’re scared of, will actually make you stronger. Fear is a word that stays deep in our minds and doesn’t let our potential show. You’re stronger than you think. Choose the right.

                                                 

Student Success Statement

“You can’t hire someone else to do your push-ups for you” – Jim Rohn

Reflection:

We choose our goals because we are going to pursue them. It must be us who pursue our own goals; it’s up to us not anybody else. We as people always try to depend on others to do things for us but in reality your friend isn’t going to reach your life goal, you must do it. We must take the step of courage and go after our goals and just try to send someone else while we’re in our comfort zone. We need to stand up and take action for our goals. For example I can’t make my friend do my homework just to get a good grade, I need the practice. I’m not going to send someone to go to college and study my profession for me. I can’t make someone go and work for me and earn the money for me. I must believe that I am capable of reaching my goal and take that step of saying I won’t give up until I succeed. 

Everyone is capable of reaching their goals if they put their mind and effort to it. Choose the right.

 

Abraham’s Lincoln’s Act of Integrity

                             

Reflection:

This video was about when Abraham Lincoln was traveling with a man, who offered him first whiskey then tobacco. Lincoln denied both and explained to the man that he made a promise to his mom since he was 9 years old. His mom was ill and was told she wasn’t going to get better, she told Lincoln to promise her that he would never use whiskey or tobacco. The man was surprised about his promise and apologized.

I believe that Lincoln had the courage to keep his promise and I admire him. Nowadays we make promises out of nowhere without an actual act of keeping them. We make a promise but since we keep it in our mind instead of our heart we easily forget and break it. Many make promises like Lincoln did about not smoking or drinking, but since there is more peer-pressure than courage nowadays it’s easy to break the promise and begin to drink and smoke. It’s all a matter of decision, it’s our choice to make promises and keep them and not just think about them one day and break them the next day. I myself have promised that I would not drink or smoke ever in my life, but I can admit that I have been offered but I’ve always said no because I need to keep my promise that I did not only for myself, but for my family. When I keep a promise I try my best to keep it, and most of the time I do because I want someone to promise me something and keep it as well. Choose the right.

  

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“There is not giant step that does it. It’s a lot of little steps.” –Anon

Reflection:

Our life is a journey and we each have a goal to accomplish. Many don’t understand that to reach a goal it takes more than just one step; it requires more than you can imagine. The reason why it takes so many small steps is because every step is preparing us for our goal. Each step might seem harder as we go but in reality one step makes us stronger to overcome the next one. All we need to do is to persist even in the toughest situations in our lives, which will try to stop us or block our way of reaching the goal. We need strength, courage, a vision, determination, and a positive attitude to know that a journey starts with one step. On your journey just remember to say “I will persist until I succeed”. Don’t give up on your journey no matter how impossible seems. Choose the right.

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“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it.” –William Penn

Reflection: I believe that doing what is right doesn't always satisfy every individual; maybe it’s doing wrong that satisfies them. I can personally agree with this quote because I have personally seen or pretty much been through this where sometimes I'm the only one that wants to do what’s right while everyone does wrong. I pretty much go against the crowd when it comes to choosing the right because I know the consequences that will turn out for me. Even though it may seem that no one is with you when deciding what is right, it’s usually the fear of other to get out of the little “popular” crowd because they fear what they are going to say about them. I don't know how I do it when it comes to not going along with the crowd because they might say I’m different but I know that I’m the brave one to be myself and to not let anyone else control my decisions. I try my best to choose the right and it doesn't bother me if I’m the only one choosing it because I know a God that has given me discernment to know what the right thing to do.

Student Success Statement

“Cowardice asks the question ‘Is it safe?’                                                              Expediency asks the question ‘Is it politic?’                                                 

Vanity asks the question ‘Is it popular?’

But, conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’

And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because one’s conscience tells one that it is right.                      –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.   

                                                                    

Reflection:

Sometimes we ask ourselves these questions in certain situations, but the real question we should ask ourselves is 'is it right?', ‘are we brave enough’. Are we really brave enough to actually do what’s right even if it’s not popular? We tend to go with the crowd just to be accepted but we need to know that what is popular is wrong and what no one does is right. We need courage to choose the right and ask questions that will uplift us and give us a feeling to keep fighting and moving forward. Keep walking forward and never look back. Choose the right.
 

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“Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.”

 –Thomas Edison, Inventor

Reflection: the world that we live in today has conditioned us to think that the value of an individual consists of what they have, when in reality it’s based on who they are. People see more value in money, cars, gold, diamonds, clothing, shoes, and houses. They prefer to live of the material of this world instead of a gift that God has given us, our lives. With so much distraction of wanting material, we tend to forget the true value in ourselves, which is worth more than any material or object. We are worth more than any money or riches can buy. Each one of you is a different individual with a different value and you show your value in the way you speak and act. Don’t forget the value in you, we are all princesses and princes’ of God and no one or anything can make us more or less than how God created us. Be yourself even if everyone goes against you, know that there is someone who accepts you and wouldn't change you, he made you who you are, don’t change for someone else, He is God. Be the true you J. Choose the right.

Student Success Statement

 “The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in Determination”- Tommy Lasorda

Reflection:

The only thing that stops an individual from reaching a goal/dream is the word “impossible”. If we could just stop focusing on what we can’t do and focus on what we can do, so many goals/dreams would have been already achieved. The word impossible is feared by those that don’t know the potential they have. Fear is best friends with impossible because they both stop a person from achieving or even starting something. For example, when i have lots of homework i still choose to stay up as late until i finish that homework for a good grade. It might be extremely hard impossible for me to talk in front of a large group but all I need to do is be determined to trust in God and he will give me courage and take away all fear and show me what to say.Choose the right.  

    

Student Success Statement

  

“Nothing in the world can take the place of PERSISTENCE.

Ø  TALENT will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

Ø  GENIUS will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.

Ø  EDUCATION will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.

PERSISTENCE and DETERMINATION alone are omnipotent. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”   

                                           -President Calvin Coolidge (30^th president of U.S. 1872-1933)

 

Reflection:

Persistence is the key to success and there can’t be anything to take its place. Many have talent but are too afraid to use it, many are geniuses but are afraid to show it, and many have education but don’t know what to use it for. The only way to succeed in a goal is to first have determination to pursue it and no matter what or who comes along to bring you down, you always have to be persistent. Persistence is the voice that tell you to not give up when you what to throw in the towel. For the fact that we think were not gonna make it, we start losing strength and start giving up little by little. We all should have persistence in anything we do but most of all have faith in ourselves.

   

   

 

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“Never look to the ground for your next step. Greatness belongs to those who look to the horizon.” –Bud Greenspan

Reflection: one’s greatness comes to those that keep their head up at all moments, no matter the situation. For someone to look down, means that their ready to give up or their tired of the journey. The problem that many have is their so close to getting to the finish line but they start to murmur, give up, and let their tiredness of waiting stop them. When they stop losing patience they start getting tired and think that there are so many more steps when its only one left. In reality we let our minds take control over us instead of our desire of finishing. We must never give up on the journey of our life and no matter what happens, keep going, you will finish greater than when you started. 

 

“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body; it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood. But we do know what Greeks knew; that intelligence and skill can only function at the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.” –President John F. Kennedy

                                    

       

Reflection:

Physical fitness is the most important activity for a person to live healthy and strong. Without physical fitness the body won’t know how to move and the body will only function unless we are strong and healthy. This can be seen in reaching a goal, how do you reach goal? You first must plan what you want to become, how you’re going to achieve it and how hard are you going to work. You first must practice the profession you want to achieve before taking on the real world. We must feed ourselves in the way of surrounding ourselves with those who are positive and will encourage you with your goal. Stay strong even though it might seem hard because the harder it is the stronger and wiser you will become out of it.

Student Success Statement

“No student ever attains eminent success by simply doing what is required of him/her; it is the amount and excellence of what is over and above the required that determines the greatness of ultimate distinction.” –Charles Kendall Adams, American Historian

Reflection: 

In order for a person to achieve a great amount of success they have to work a great amount of time. With no work you won’t have any knowledge of what you’re supposed to do and you won’t have experience in doing it. Students have many goals and they must work hard to achieve them because you need action to achieve something. For example, since I’m a student here at LMHS and I’m a senior, I had a goal when I entered 9^th grade to graduate high school, I stepped into school with determination to achieve it. Throughout the years I worked as hard as I could and I've made it this far just a few more steps and I will receive my diploma which is a symbol of my goal in life

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Glenn Cunningham bio

Glenn Cunningham was a born in Atlanta,Kansas in August 4, 1909. as a young boy he and his brother were once in a fire because of a mistake of gasoline instead of kerosene which caused an explosion and caused Glenn legs to burn. Glenn received unbelievable burns and his transverse arch was completely destroyed but unfortunately his brother didn't make it and died. Doctors assumed that Glenn would never be able to walk normally again and even suggested to amputate his legs but Glenn's attitude was stronger than than anyone else. He believed and kept a positive attitude plus his religious faith towards his injuries and recovered with therapy in about 2 years. As time passed he began to walk and he tried and tried his best and he was able to run again. That's where his future began, he became one of the best Olympic runners, he set many records that were difficult for everyone. He was considered one of the greatest American miler of all time. He received the James E. Sullivan award as the top amateur athlete in the U.S. in 1933.

Reflection: this is a very inspiring story to know that he didn't give up even though the adversity that went to his life. This en-courageous me to never give up when an adversity comes into my life.

Student Success Statement

“Adversity causes some men to break—others to break records”- William A. Ward

Reflection: when it comes to adversities coming to our lives we all have a choice to let them break us and leaving us to our lowest point to give up or to be strong and overcome them. Adversities come in all sizes but the affect is the same, the pain or sorrow that it brings us will change who we are if we give it permission. We must stop letting these adversities bring us down, don’t be afraid. We need to let out the courage that we hide within us and never give up in any situation were in. We need to start breaking our adversities before they break us. Be strong and have perseverance. Adversities make us stronger.

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“The best inspiration is not to outdo others, but to outdo ourselves.”-Anonymous author

Reflection: I personally agree s much with this person because we need to inspire ourselves in the things we achieve. Yes some think that outdoing others makes them feel better but it really doesn't it just makes you seem as someone that will always push others down and that’s not very nice. We need to outdo ourselves to show that were stronger than what we used to be, that we can inspire ourselves to not give up to keep going in life because we each have our story and sometimes we need to hear these words from other someone  else but the most inspiring words  come  from our own mouth. We need to strong and courageous and never give up in any situation were in. remember to outdo yourself first before you outdo others or someone outdoes you. Be stronger than the person you were yesterday.

Restoring Faith Humanity

Reflection:

This video impacts me to see what brave people there are in this world. There are so many situations that many don't have the courage to help others, but then there are those that no matter the situation they will sacrifice their time or even their life to save someone else. It’s good to know that there are brave people out in this world. We should all try to let our courage out to be brave and help others to change the world. We all have courage within us but sometimes we have more fear than courage and that fear stops us from actually being brave in difficult situations. We must let go of the fear to become great brave people and help others. There must be compassion within us to help others and we should all learn how to give to those who are less fortunate because there is a joy in giving. We need faith, courage, strength, unity, and compassion to save this world together.

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“If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.” –Thomas j. Watson

Reflection: when wanting to achieve excellence we must stop what we know that we are doing wrong and start to do what’s right. To pursue excellence we must let go of what stops us from choosing the right thing to do, this can include our friends, peers, fear, weakness or even ourselves. There must be a determination to reach excellence. A pact must be done to remember what you’re fighting for. Keep trying your best to do excellent work and even if you fail once get back up and try again, don’t ever let anybody bring you down or stop you for what you’re pursuing. Follow your dreams with perseverance and hope. Don’t give up. Choose the Right!

    

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"It's not the will to win, but the will to PREPARE to win that makes the difference." -Paul Bear Bryant

Reflection: Many people think that winning is everything but in reality they don't understand what was the real reason why they won. The way they prepared themselves and practiced everyday was what helped them win. their determination and working as a team is what helps you accomplish your dream or wish. for example if you know you have a test and you are determined to get an "A" than you have to do whatever it takes to get prepared. If you study everyday before the test, you will see result when you get your test back with a great grade and you will realize that all that hard work paid off. Prepare yourself for the challenges in life and you will be able to get up with courage and be the difference and reach your goals.

Paul Bear Bryant

Paul bear Bryant was the 11th of 12 children who were born to Wilson Monroe and Ida Kilgore Bryant in Fordyce, Arkansas. His nickname "Bear" stemmed from having agreed to wrestle a captive bear during a theater promotion when he was 13 years old. Paul was 6ft 1in and began to play football when he was in middle school and continued until high school. In his senior session he won the 1930 Arkansas state football championship. Paul received a scholarship to attend to the University of Alabama and continued to play football. after h finish college he decided to become a coach he coached in many university's like the university of Mary land, University of Kentucky, Texas A&M University, and the university of Alabama. Paul Bear Bryant became a great american football player and coach. He was best known as the longtime head coach of the University of Alabama football team. After the 1982 season, Paul decided to retire, four weeks after he retired he died from a heart attack at the hospital. The Paul Bear Bryant Museum, Paul W. Bryant Hall, Paul W. Bryant Drive, and Bryant-Denny Stadium were all named in his honor.

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 “You will become as great as your dominant aspiration (goal)”                   - James Allen

Reflection:We all have dreams when we are children but only those who pursue there dream will achieve it. We all dream to become someone in life but sometimes those dreams are broken by situations in life. We should never give up on our dreams because there the ones that will takes us far in our life. We should become what we dream because even if it seems foolish to others, it means a lot to that individual. Don’t give up on achieving your dream, as long as you keep walking on the path that will lead you to rightousness you will succeed. If you decide to become something little you will become that but if you aim for the highest, the dream that everyone else is afraid to pursue, you’ll be the successful one. Always choose the right.