Mary’s Minute
“There
are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and
learning from failure.”
~ Colin
Powell
It
has been a bit of an emotional week for me as I left Bill 2,000 miles away in
Palo Alto, California. I admit I worry -- even though I know it won’t do
any good.
One
thing I am not worried about is whether he can handle the work at
Stanford. I know from the experience of Perry Central kids that he is
ready. The data shows that our kids
do really well in college and even more important than the numbers for me are
the stories. Just this year already, I have heard of multiple students
who said their calculus class in college is easy because Bob Linne prepared
them so well. We hear this every year. Bill will be in Calc III with students from
all over the world, but I know that he is ready because of the preparation he
had at a little country school in Southern Indiana. Our teachers believe
that our kids deserve the very best, and through that belief and their hard
work, they have prepared our students to thrive at the best universities in the
world.
I
went through some Kleenex this week, but I didn’t shed a tear worrying whether Bill can handle the rigor of Stanford. Thanks to Perry Central teachers, he is
prepared. As an administrator and a
parent, thank you, teachers!
Have
a great week!
Mary
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