Home of the Bright Ones
Joshua Academy Creed
![Text Box: I am a beautiful and unique individual. I have a brain to think with and to use on a daily basis; therefore, I can do something, if not everything.
“I am a miracle. There’s no one else on earth like me. I am proactive. I choose. I control me.” 1 It isn’t what happens to me in life, but rather the attitude I take toward what does happen that counts.
If I want success I must not sit and wait for others to help me. Rather, I must be willing to take the initiative and always give my best. I am a leader, not a leaner.
I don’t let my peers do my thinking for me. I think for myself because I am the one who has to live with the consequences of my choices.
I have been blessed with this day. I shall utilize every second, every minute, every hour to my fullest potential. Everything I do, think, and say will be meaningful. Yes, at times I will make mistakes. But, when I continue to try, I will continue to learn.
I realize that no one will applaud my errors and blunders. But, people will congratulate me on the lessons that I learn from my mistakes and those of others. I believe that “a quitter never wins and the winner never quits.” 2
I will only get as much out of my school experience as the effort I am willing to put into it. My teachers can nurture, praise, guide and support me, but I must want to help myself. In order to have rights and privileges I must accept my responsibilities.
Yes, “I have the right to fail, but I do not have the right to take my teacher and other people with me.” 3 Besides, “We are not here to play, to [day]dream, to drift; we have hard work to do and loads to lift.” 4
I was born to be a great person. I can either devote my time to education and success or to ignorance and misfortune. The choice is mine.
1 Marva Collins – “Building Blocks for Excellence”
2 Proverb - Unknown
3 Marva Collins’ Creed
4 M. Babcock (poem “Be Strong”)](image675.gif)
