“Beyond every effort put first, lies an undiscovered
opportunity.”
—Cassia Lewis
“The highest reward for a person’s toil is not
what they get for it, but what they become by it.”
—John Ruskin
“Men give me credit for some genius. All the
genius I have lies in this: when I have a subject
in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is
before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it.
Then the effort that I have made is what people
are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit
of labor and thought.”
—Alexander Hamilton
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... to make their best
effort in their academic
course work.
When academic school work is meaningful,
when it is seen as a relevant endeavor,
students are invested whether or not it is
“practical.” Best effort is possible when
children have a wish to discover meaning
and find relevance in what they are studying.