Spoken Word Jeremy Asiedu

Spoken Word

Success and working hard are two key words, because working hard will bring you success: success to enjoy, like sweet vanilla ice cream. Success to bask in, like lying in the hot rays of the sun along the beach. But mostly to remember the obstacles you’ve defeated while trying to succeed. As Booker T. Washington once said, Success is to be measured not so much by the position one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed. Meaning: whether it’s a mountain you’ve climbed, or a jungle you’ve swung through, like a monkey on a vine, or even the little things you do (like picking up three pieces of litter from the earth each day), or the heavy hard work to earn the success and the skills of perseverance; work hard to be known for great things. Persevere through the tough challenges. Work hard to be known for something, and to leave an impact. Whether it's the game changing events

that took place on the court or the field because of you. So work hard to be known for great things. Most importantly, for the obstacles you beat to earn the luxuries of success you have (or have yet to have). Work hard to reach your state of success. Work hard and try, try to achieve your goals to succeed. Focus in school. Try hard in school. Study hard. Get good grades to receive a good education and to reach your satisfaction of success. Doctors, Nurses, Biologists: they all go through training and a lot of studying to reach the knowledge they need to be successful. So try hard to one day reach your goals.

Jeremy Asiedu, Grade 5 Bailey Elementary, Woodbury Teaching Artist: Frank Sentwali