We are Always Students

Posted: February 7, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Diet- comedy | Tags: , , | 2 Comments

 

 

This morning I had the honor of attending the Student U Morning Brilliance breakfast.  For those of you who don’t know what Student U is it is a college access program that starts with 50 kids in the summer before 6th grade who have potential to go to college, but have many obstacles to getting there.  Student U surrounds, supports, encourages, teaches, introduces, energizes, feeds, cajoles, and just does not let go of these kids until they not only get into and go to college, but now with their first class graduating this year the plan is to continue supporting of these kids through college to ensure successful independence at the end and people who can come back and be the best Durham has to offer.

 

I am always impressed with the kids, staff, teachers, parents and volunteers at Student U who work hard all the time.  When Hilary Clinton wrote it takes a village to raise a child she did not know how Dan Kimberg the Executive Director and his cohorts would expand on that idea to involving a whole big city.

 

The lessons these kids are learning at Student U are the same ones everyone wishes for their kids.  Hard work, curiosity, and accepting help are some of the stepping-stones to having the life you want to have.  We don’t go on this journey alone.

 

These same lessons are ones that we all could take away and use to improve our own lives.  At middle age I think I finally got this message and have learned to apply it in things I want to upgrade in myself.  The good news is that it is never too late to change, advance, grow and better yourself.

 

So what do you want to do?  Who can you ask for help?  How will you give back after you have advanced?  It does not have to be a daunting task like being the first person in your family to go to college, but it could be to get a new job, run a 5K, learn a new hobby, or lose ten pounds.

 

As they say at Student U:

Discover your best self

Achieve greatness

Respect yourself and others

Dream fearlessly

Share your brilliance

Energize your community

 

To learn more about Student U visit http://www.studentudurham.org