Student success statement

"In life as in football, you won't go far, unless you know where the goalposts are"- Arnold H. Glasgow 

In my personal opinion Arnold is right because he is using symbol figurative language. Where the goalposts in a game are a symbol of the end mark of that time period of success that you were working hard to achieve. For instance, in an actual game of soccer or any given sport you work hard, you sweat, and make plays so you can score, to show all your blood and sweat has payed off. And if you score then chances are that you are going to want to score another goal because you like the feeling of it so you do it all again. But the other team knows a bit more of how you play so they make it more challenging for you to score another goal on them. And that's when you change the plays around and learn new strategies and new ways to score the goal. Another example is the opposite where you don't have a given goal short or long term and you just go with the flow and go through the task or life with not mindset of a goal. Which can lead to failure or success, mainly failure.  But as Arnold H. Glasgow states in his quote that you can go far if you don't know where the goalposts are. And he is right so choose the right and stay on the path to success.

Student Success Statement

"I hated poverty. Poverty is more f a choice than anything else, and I can change that (poverty). It depends on how hard I want to work , and I decided that I would change it."- Dr. Ben Carson

In my personally opinion I agree with Dr. Ben Carson, if you hate something like he did he work hard to change it and so he wouldn't have to live with it anymore. If you set your mind and work hard at it then you will have many doors open to you and your dream. Which then you would soon realize that  you have changed it and you are willing to open the doors and step in to your life full of opportunities. To me when he says poverty yes i know what it is but it also means disappointment, regrets, CTW, and all the negative and bad things. That you either decide to change it or not. For instance, if you were to keep on repeating the chain of your mother or father not being able to finish school because they couldn't afford it or made some bad decisions in life. Then, you can change that and learn form them and continue working hard at your career path and in school so you can excel in life and in school. And soon enough doors that weren't open to your parents will soon open up to you  and you COULD SAY I did that and I'm going to decline your offers and accept the best ones. Not the other way around. Or you can go the other route where you don't meet your full potential you decide to keep the things the same and let the pattern continue and you will have to be like your parents or worse to your own children.  So if you don't like something and you want to change it then you should change it and keep on making things a possibility for you and excel.