Persistence

Perseverance is the ability to go on when things seem hopeless. Perseverance is a thing in life that people have to go through. Everyone has there ups and downs. Some people struggle more with perseverance than other people. It mostly can depend on people's emotions or how they were raised. Some examples of perseverance is Elvis Presley- Before becoming a household name, Elvis was fired by Jimmy Denny, then manager of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry after one show saying “You ain’t goin’ nowhere,…

experiences. This is a natural ability that helps students to fully engage in the assignment as well as gain a better perspective of what they research. With all the habits that a person possess such as curiosity, openness, engagement, creativity, persistence, responsibility, flexibility,…

It Takes Persistences, Hard Work, and Patience As the congresswoman Kay Granger said, “Human rights are not a privilege granted by the few, they are a liberty entitled to all.”. Emma Watson, Cesar Chavez, and Mother Jones all fought for different human rights. These three inspiring people fought for gender equality, child labor laws, and migrant worker laws. Although these individuals fought for different human rights, using the trait of persistence they were able to fight for what they thought…

Seeker” by, J. Patrick Lewis are about overcoming challenges. The theme that is shared by these two pieces of literature is we must learn to overcome hardship with courage and persistence. In the play The Phantom Tollbooth dramatized by Susan Nanus, the three main heroes of the play Milo, Humbug, and Tock show persistence by continuing their mission to save the princesses regardless of the obstacles that stand in their path. Throughout their Journey, Milo Tock and Humbug are on…

Keys to Success I am reclined in my Adirondack chair on the beach of my lake house with a cold beer in my hand and my wife an arm’s reach away. I can hear my kids zoom around the property on their dirtbikes. The sound of crickets chirping fills the air as the sky fades from blue to red and the sun slowly sinks below the horizon. Tomorrow consists of chatting with customers for eight hours and then coming home to my wife and kids. This is how I picture success—to me, being successful means…

surmised that the “Jackson Whites [had] lost the cultural traits of their ancestors” and as such had been reduced to a mere “imitation of that of white country folk.” Ironically, while Speck denied having found any evidence of the Ramapo’s cultural persistence, he also donated several baskets made by the mountain people to the American Museum of Natural History in New York to be showcased as examples of traditional Tuscaroran…

A Monster or Not Friedrich Nietzsche, a famous German philosopher and Latin scholar, once said “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you”(goodreads). This quote shows how people turn into the exact thing that they are fighting if the do it long enough and hard enough.This is seen in Grendel when Hrothgar and his men keep attacking Grendel and are acting like the…

For Latina/o students, getting to college is just the beginning of a long and challenging journey, and for many, the toughest hurdle lies in adjusting to campus life and persisting until graduation (Moreno, & Banuelos, 2013). Lack of persistence and failed retention efforts then account for the discrepancy between Latino enrollment and actual degree attainment. While many Latino students enroll to a four-year university directly after high school, very few graduate related to dynamics in…

says in “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids,” if homes and schools encourage growth mindsets, or certain interpersonal skills, it will give children the equipment to flourish in their work. Importantly, tenacity is the skill of determination and persistence combined; it is an admirable quality to hold. Many people know John Heywood’s saying, “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” In fact, in “Outliers: The Story of Success,” the notion of being “good” at a task requires a minimum practice time of around…

During the time of WW2 and the Holocaust, the British government demonstrated determination and persistence when they took action by creating a series of rescue efforts for Jewish children called Kindertransport. The British government knew that their rescue mission would be impossible on however their “persistent efforts of refuge aid committees” allowed 10,000 Jewish children to be safe. The British committee for the Jews of Germany and the Movement for the Care of children from Germany were…