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...meet with potential investors or customers. Standing in front of an impressive display of their bracelets, chokers and belts, the founders of Bead Bonanza prepared to be judged by a panel of home-economics teachers and students. "We taught our employees to interact with people, be creative and excel yourself and stuff," said Jianna, clutching notecards during a 20-min. sales presentation. Brianna and Jianna are just 13, and they were trying for a gold medal at a national leadership convention for teenagers based on their pitch and, among other things, knowledge of local tax codes...
...He’s able to encompass so many pursuits: the future doctor, student of ancient Greek poetry, firefighter extraordinaire and unflinching Republican,” Watson says. “There is no segment of his life in which he does not have the drive to excel...
During the last semester of UTEP, every student is required to teach classes. Pierce taught 10th grade world history and 11th grade U.S. history at Excel High School in South Boston. He says the school never desegregated itself, and it has a lot of racial tension and “a lot of need...
Smaller, individually strong teams excel when it comes to cross country...
Brooks argued that societal and historical factors have conditioned us to enjoy and equipped us to excel within our increasingly structured, meritocratic society. We don’t rebel; rather, we set goals and obsess about achievement. We don’t do things (like join groups) as an end in and of themselves, but as a means to some future end. We nearly kill ourselves to succeed. Brooks’ is a particularly useful rubric because it encapsulates or explains many of the other criticisms of our generation (such as that we’re too career-focused...