The School of Athens News ~ Every Day is a Day Worth Fighting For

The School of Athens News

and 

The International School of Intelligent Students (the MORE POWERFUL ISIS)

presents

In a world of so much negativity
We want to share so much positivity

Building Eiffel Towers of Courage, Confidence, and Capability in our Students.

~ Every Day is a Day Worth Fighting For

Every day is a day worth fighting for; breaking down the barriers that are preventing us from becoming the best possible versions of ourselves.

Every day Xavier wants to quit.

Every day we persist in helping him learn to believe in himself again.

Persisting over and over, using Bruce Lee's wisdom of letting our dreams, beliefs, and actions flow like water, KNOWING our persistence WILL pay off.

Persisting in our belief that THEY CAN do it and giving them UNLIMITED opportunities to prove it and to BECOME UNLIMITED.

Not telling them WHAT to think, but HOW to think.

Over and over until we succeed in wearing away their CURRENT limitations.....

Until JOY is achieved.....

Throughout the ENTIRE classroom!

*On Friday Xavier gave up and walked out of the classroom, twice. Because he chose to give up on himself, he chose to give up his position as my assistant. 

On Monday he came in asking what he had to do to earn his position back. I told him he had to become strong enough not to quit on himself.

He tried. He failed. He quit.

On Tuesday he came in asking what he had to do to earn his position back. I told him he had to be become strong enough not to quit on himself.

He tried. He failed. But he didn't give up.

He tried again. He failed again. But he didn't give up, again.

He tried again. He succeeded......

And my happiness for him flowed out of the tired cells of my body into the tired cells of his.....

And we both became re-energized and overjoyed as he had EARNED his position back As my assistant. 

Today he's going to come in asking what he has to do to keep his position.....

And I will ask him,

What do YOU THINK, Socrates?

And he WILL succeed!

This has been a School of Athens & International School of Intelligent Students production. 

Thank you for reading :-)