Student Success Statement 

"Character is higher than Intellect" 

Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Reflection: Having a good character and being a good person and having a good pure personality is higher than intellect because being smart or knowing everything doesn't always lead you to happiness. And happiness is the goal to my life. I'd rather be happy with the person I am. 

Student Success Statement 

"Character matters most." 

Dale Murphy 

Reflection: This quote basically means that personality is the most important thing, not riches nor materialized objects. And I completely agree with that. 

But what I still dont quite seem to understand is why we only quote "famous" rich people. 

People with money always seem to loose insight of who they really are and just blurt out "inspirational" things to the media to make themselves look good. 

So yeah, I'm not buying this. 

Student Success Statement

"Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education." 

M.L, King Jr. 

Reflection: His quote does sum up the true goal for real education. Education shouldn't just be about the grades you get or how much schoolwork you do, Education should be more than that but the public school system of the US still doesn't seem to grasp that concept. Education should allow one to find their character and who they are and guide them to whom they want to be in the present and future. The main reason for Education is TRUE knowledge and intelligence and that's what we should be aiming for instead of grades. Anyone can get good grades as long as they do their work but that doesnt mean that they understand or truely learned anything.