FEATURE ARTICLE
Mohammad was an active member in the DECA, marketing, club. He competed in the district, state, and national levels for competition. He competed at the district and state level very successfully two years in a row. He was very professional while attending the competitions and represented Truman DECA with honor. He was also the Variquest (poster maker) manager. He took orders, filled them, created, and designed them. In addition to DECA, Mohammad was also a student council representative, on link crew, and the varsity football and track team. He participated in the school fashion show and helped market the event.
Despite the many tough times Mohammad endured, times where he could not go on a trip because of financial issues. Or times where he could not get the toy he always wanted and that always made him sad, but he would tell himself, “one day I will get that toy”. Mohammad remembers, “there was a very special time where I was listening to a motivational video and it said, ‘Tough times will not break me, but it will make me’. Then I realized that all those times I told myself that one day I will have that
While in his sophomore and junior years of high school, Mohammad competed at the district and state level for DECA. During his senior year, He went on to compete in the entrepreneurship promotion plan event, after which the information he attained through STEP-UP got him one step closer to his goals.
But it wasn’t always easy for Mohammad. “Everyone, anywhere, and anytime can go through some tough times”, Mohammad remembers. “These tough times come into our lives out of nowhere. We cannot control when they come, but we can control how we will react to them. Will this tough time BREAK me or MAKE me? Will I let it distract me from my goal? Will I ever get over it? Everyone has a goal in life. These goals might take a year or maybe an hour to ACHIEVE. SOME may take half your life. When you have a goal, you are going to let no one stop you from achieving your GOAL or DREAM. In life, obstacles might delay you from your goal but some obstacles you will learn from. Success is a bumpy road, but just remember on this rode there is one person driving and that is you. Choose your Goal and make it happen.”