Student Success Statement

“Intelligence is not enough.  Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.”

-Martin Luther King jr.

If you are a straight A student, you're doing great in school, and you work hard to get good grades, that is great.  But, is that really worth anything if you lack character?  Having character means that you know the difference between right and wrong and that you choose to do what is right.  Having character means that you are respectful towards yourself and towards others.  Both of these things have to be implemented into our lives one way or another.  It is important to be education because being educated allows us to know more and have the ability to spread that knowledge.  It is important to have character because our personality is what makes us who we are.  Intelligence doesn't come easily to everyone, but intelligence does not mean that you have to have straight A’s.  Intelligence means that you are mature and wise enough to be a person who does what is right.  Intelligence refers to being able to be kind and humble.  Having character is the fact that you actually do what is right.  We all know the difference between right and wrong, we all have that knowledge, but those who actually live a life of kindness and do the right thing are those who have character.