Student Success Statement: Benjamin Franklin

"Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all."

Beauty fades, strength will definitely not last, and when we all die we will not take our money with us. This is why it is important to be kind to one another. What truly matters is the kindness that comes in the heart. How will any god accept you into their heaven if you are a bad person. How will they accept you if you have cheated and lied to keep a possession, or anything like that while you were alive. All of our material possessions won't matter because when you are off this earth you aren't going to take any of it with you. Besides not being kind makes you ugly. Not being kind makes you weak.

Kindness Clip

Baseball
In this clip the boy, Ian, chose to give up his souvenir for the sake of a little boy he didn't even know. In the video the boy talks about how he thought it was very important to be kind to others because it will always come back to help you. I agree with him 100%. Ever since I was young I was taught to be kind to people. I always thought that being kind is a necessity of living, because being unkind has always seemed like an unhappy life for me. This is why if I were in Ian's situation I would do exactly the same.