Initiative

5-10

Initiative is creativity, inventiveness, originality, ingenuity, imagination. Every time you respond in class, every time you choose your own research topic, every time you put together your own interpretation of a piece of literature, you take initiative. And future employers value can-do professionals who come up with new ideas and chart their own course through projects, employees who are self-reliant. Self-reliant people are self-starters who don’t procrastinate on getting the job done. They know what is required to do and do it. They don’t wait to be told many times. Succeeding in high school, college, and in the career world is taking the initiative.

Choose the Right.

Student Success Statement

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. the slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve problems of human race"

-Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States

This quote means that in life nothing can take the place of persistence. that you have a good life and you should never choose the wrong always choose the right and be appreciated what you have.