Jesse Pearl speaks to Arbor View High School's National Honor Society about why GPA alone won't cut it. He shares a story about his principal, Delbert Cornella, to show why building relationships and competing against the world matters more than grades.
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I'm honored to introduce our guest speaker tonight. He's a close family friend, and I'm just thrilled that he could come out and speak to you guys. I really think that you'll enjoy his presence. So, everyone, Jesse Pearl.
Is this incredible with this talent behind you. What about the talent in the room? It's been a long time since I received a standing ovation, But would you give a standing ovation right now for this NHS staff team? Right now? Thank you. Any freshman in the room? Just one. Any sophomores in the room? Okay. Any juniors in the room? Are there any seniors in the room? Are there any parents in the room? Sophomore. Did you hear those parents? We are leaders. Now, this time I want you to sit, like, three minutes. We are leaders. Absolutely. If you. If you are in this room and you have a GPA of 3.5 or better, let me hear it. If you have a GPA of 3.8 or better, let me hear it. If you have a GPA of 4.0 or better, let me hear it. It's a smart group right here. Really smart. You're really, really smart teenagers. Really, really smart young adults. And it's not enough to be smart in our world. Do you believe me? I'm proud of you for your GPAs. I am proud of you for getting. I really am. But if you are coming to my class just to get the A, step up to the podium, I will give you the A. And I do not want to see you in my class again. No one took it, but that lady took it. Now, one student never stepped up. You know why? Give you the greatest good. Striving to be the best is good. 3.5 is good. 3.8, 4.0 and better is good. It's not good enough. You want to get the lesson? I feel like I'm one of you. Do I look a little like one of you? Somebody you are. Me? Absolutely. Every time you get called to the principal office, you're not always in trouble. Well, there was a gentleman by the name of Delbert Cornella. Delbert Cornella was my high school principal. He called me there and he sat me down. He says, young man, you know why I called into the office? I said, no, sir. He says, I want you to know that you are the smartest black kid in this school. Well, that was supposed to be a compliment, wasn't it? Right? Am I right? How should I have taken that? I did. I also understood his Source. So at 16, I said, Mr. Cornell. I said, Mr. Cornell, with all due respect, I appreciate that compliment, but I do not compete against my children. When I leave your school in two years from now, I'm going to be competing against the world. So it doesn't matter what you look like. It doesn't matter what your religion is. It doesn't matter what your sect is or your culture or. It doesn't matter where you're from as much as imagine where you're going. You want to build relationships. You don't want to just get degraded. Go out there and build relationships. Because we're all in this together, this melting pot, call of world. We are all in this together, and we all have gifts and talents and challenges and limitations, and we can all get there with the support of others. And I want you to know that. A person is a person because of other people. It.
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