Student Heroes

I have met a lot of students over the years and it never fails to amaze me how resilient they are. I remember one from many years ago that came from a single-parent low socio-economic home. She was incredible. She dressed top notch, got great grades, lived a principled and upright life. She ended up improving her status immensely and was a successful college student.

There was one that could not read. He would memorize the same set of words over and over again only to forget them in a few hours. He was persistent and eventual got a job and has done well in society. He does better that a lot of his more capable cohorts.

Recently, I have been impressed with a number of students who have set a goal to lose weight and become more physically fit. Some of them don't even look like the same individual.

There are those that have made bad choices then realizing their errors get back on course. They have left drugs or alcohol and have moved forward with their lives. There are those who have left bad relationships and are now focusing on improving themselves and not being dependent on others.

Yet, there are still others that have very few obvious struggles and they just continue everyday being the great individuals that they started being.

This school, this city, this state, this country, this world is full of great people.