A speaker tells high school students called the Tigers that success comes from three things: respect for yourself and others, taking responsibility for your work, and holding yourself accountable to give your best effort. He uses a call-and-response about initiating the grind together and connects their test performance to the whole school's success.
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I'm here because I believe in your future. I believe in your success. I understand that we are called the Tigers, the Fighting Tigers. Is that right? I'm a Fighting Tiger. I looked up the word tiger, and one of the things that I understood about tiger is that tiger is known for its stealth, its ability to be able to hunt down a prey. And I believe that as Tigers here at this wonderful high school, that you all have the ability to hunt down whatever successful endeavor you want to accomplish and to take it down with force. You have the power within you to do whatever it is that you need to do here at this wonderful high school to make sure that you have academic success. I created the Acronyminals for the Retired, and the Retired with Acronyminals that I have stands for: Together we initiate the grind to reach success. Together we initiate the grind to reach success. Can you say that with me? Together. Together. We initiate. We initiate. The grind. The grind. To reach. To reach. Success. Success. You see, how do I reach success? You reach success through 3 key points. Number one, you reach success through having respect. Respect begins with yourself. Respect means to have a certain amount We have a world standard for you, for the peers, for the faculty and staff, and for everybody that is here to help support you with your academic pursuit. How do we get to the point of success? Through responsibility. Responsibility means that we take it upon ourselves to make sure that we are doing everything that is required of us and that we are giving all that we have to give to take advantage of the resources and the opportunities opportunity that we have to be successful. And then, how do we reach success for all of us? Through accountability. Accountability means that we're willing to take the initiative to make sure that we do everything that we can in our own power to give life all that we have to give. You see, life is about doing good. Life is about dreaming big. Life is about having success. And you have the opportunity to reach success You have the opportunity to go far in life. Just as the football initiates, so does the way to end. But to be in it tomorrow, there are tests that you have to take. And these are necessary tests that's going to require for you to be focused. That's going to require for you to put your heart into it. It's going to require for you to give it all you have. And when you do good on the test, the school does good. When you succeed, we all succeed. When you graduate, we all graduate.
