Imagine growing up in a small town with a population of 3,000 citizens. Of that 3,000, approximately 1,900 are teens.
Imagine attending a high school with only 530 kids in the entire school. Of that 530, only 200 decided to attend a school of higher learning.
Why did only 200 out of the 530 make this choice? Hope could possibly be a factor, along with negativity. Hope was lost for many of my peers during our childhood. Other peers watched them lose hope and rather than encourage them, these decided to embrace the hopelessness.
They chose to make statements like, “If you are not an athlete, doctor or lawyer, you will not be successful.”
I decided to embrace hope rather than hopelessness and attended JSU and major in journalism and media studies. While at JSU, I’ve learned the importance of family, as well as working hard to get what you want.
Hard work beats talent, when talent doesn’t work hard. Fear will NOT play a factor in my success.
Stereotypes of underachievers are prevalent when it comes to people of the —The Mighty Mississippi Delta.
It saddens me to say farewell, but in my true heart, I can never say goodbye. I want to inform my peers that we are successful, and not limit ourselves and soar higher because we know what we are capable of achieving in our hearts.
Imagine sitting in the family living room watching television and seeing your idol on the screen. Knowing that every celebrity has a background, and we must live accordingly in hopes of reaching star status to find out that we are indeed living to create a background for ourselves.
