Sunday, February 13, 2011
Overcoming Adversity
Hi, I am Booker T. Washington. I was born a slave. My family was poor so I had to work to support us. I wanted to go to school but I didn’t have the money for it. So to get that money I worked as a janitor at the Hampton Normal and Agriculture Institute in Virginia. Through hard work and determination I became a teacher. I was excited later on because I got a job to head a newly established normal school for blacks at Tuskegee. The school of Tuskegee did not have a lucky start. It only had two buildings and 30 kids in the school. I wanted the kids in that school to go back home after they graduated and teach the people in their community what they learned at the Institute. Eventually, Tuskegee grew to have more than a hundred buildings, 1500 students, and a faculty of nearly 200 teachers. It was a great accomplishment. I am proud of the hard work that I put into making the school successful.
I hope that you realize how important it is to never give up and to follow your dreams. I never gave up when I was in school. I would always look and think what doing good in school would do for me in life. It gave me a good job, and it helped me succeed, I was able to help others. My greatest wish is for your generation is to work hard and achieve your dreams.
I hope that you realize how important it is to never give up and to follow your dreams. I never gave up when I was in school. I would always look and think what doing good in school would do for me in life. It gave me a good job, and it helped me succeed, I was able to help others. My greatest wish is for your generation is to work hard and achieve your dreams.
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