Student Success Statement: Chae Richardson

                      Student Success Statement

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

                                    Chae Richardson

Reflection: I believe and I know so well that fear can take over people because its roaming around us waiting for it to actually be used. I’m scared of things, everyone is scared of things. I’ve seen a lot of people who have let fear control them, they were scared to death. That feeling lead them to do something wrong. If you’re scared to death of not fitting in, some people are willing to smoke weed or go to parties and do other things people say are cool just because they are so scared to death of not fitting in. That’s just one example. There are so many bad things people do because they are scared to death. What I’m scared of mostly is God. It’s a good kind of fear, fearing God is what makes me have courage. Maybe some people who don’t believe, you don’t want to fear God but fear everything bad that can happen to you. Be scared to death of the consquences. Being scared of negative things makes us want to get closer to the positive things. For me, I fear God, he’s not negative but I fear him because my entire life in his hands and I’m scared of loosing him and I don’t want to disobey him. I’m scared of the negative things in this world because I know that things won’t come out well with my life here on earth and how I might end up when my judgement from God comes. But really, think about the negative things, fear doing those because it gives you courage to do the right things. If you’re scared of doing the right thing, do it, that’s what makes you stronger. 

Abraham Lincoln Video

Abraham Lincoln Video

In the video Abraham Lincoln was asked by a man he was traveling with if he wanted some whisky. He denied  it. Then after was asked if he would smoke a ciggarete with him. He denied it again, Two things were thrwon at him, the whiskey, and the cigarrete. But he denied them both becasue he said when he was 9 years old his mother was very ill and she told him she was told by the doctor she would never get better. So she made him promise not to ever use whiskey or tabocco. He promised her and he told them man he was going to keep that promise. I make promises to God, one of my biggest problems is that i eat way to many hot chettohs, they make me very sick and iw as told by the doctor that i had to control it or i was at risk of getting cancer. I was diagnosed with acid reflux disease at a young age because i was eating way to many of thoose chips. I had bad heartburn and felt like throwing up all the time. And i was only in the second grade. Now that i'm older i want to take care of myself so i make a promise to a God and say "i promise i won't eat them for a month." I do it. Sometimes not even a month but 3. I do it not by my own strength but the strength he gives me. When i make a promise like that and i go to the store to go buy some chips or when im offered thoose, i get really tempted. But i don't break the promise becasue i do not want to harm myself and also break a promise with God. Abrham Lincoln got his strength from God, and i believe that. By him we can resist all temptation. Even though sometimes we fall, a promise like that should never be broken. Promises to parents, adults, family, friends, yourself, and to God. Never break a promise.

Student Success: W. Clement Stone

               Student Success Statement

“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity”

                                     W. Clement Stone

Reflection: The only way to get to open the door of a successful life is to do the right thing. The key to living a successful life is to do right things and not make wrong decisions like drugs, lies, and so on. Even the truth can sometimes hurt but you know the truth is sometimes the best thing to hear. The magic keys to our life is to do things right.