A choice: Poverty or Prosperity
"I hated poverty. Poverty is more of a choice than anything else, and I can change that (poverty).It depends upon how hard I want to work, and I decided that I would change it." -Dr.Ben Carson.

 Example: You can be poor, but if you work toward your educational goals, you will no longer be stuck in poverty, you will be full of riches in life and in your heart.

Reflection: Dr. Ben Carson tells us that his family was financially struggling.He did not realize then that he had a choice of economic choice of status. In some of the houses his mother cleaned, she noticed other families and their children reading. She decided to make her children read as well. Ben did not like to read, but he began to learn many things. It was little after that he knew he could help himself out of poverty by working harder. He began to read more fluently, and apply sense to the world around him. He went from being the student in class that no one paid attention to, to the very top student! He after graduated high school and became a surgeon who separated conjoined twins. If someone is in this same situation, they should be inspired to work harder so that in the future they do not face economic struggles. In the future, success will bring you happiness to know that you studied so hard most of your life, and you reached your goals. When you focus on school, education offers many opportunities for us to follow the path of success. Just like Dr. Ben Carson was successful by doing good in school, I plan to follow his footsteps by doing my best in school.

Student Success Statment
"You cant be right by doing wrong, you cant be wrong by doing right." -Thomas S. Monson

Example: If you steal some flowers from the market and give them to your mom for her birthday, even though it was seen as a kind act, it was still wrong because he CTW in the first place.

Reflection:This quote means that you could never go wrong by choosing the right. Choosing the right is a motto to life. If you CTR 24/7 you will be happy in your heart & successful in life. If you choose the right you will not have feelings of being guilty. You could never feel good when you do something bad.When you do something bad and try to make it into something good, the final result will still be bad. You should think twice before you act on doing something that you should not do.Another example of this would be if you are stealing money from your parents. You should not steal because stealing is choosing the wrong. You could never feel good about yourself when you CTW. It will lead you down the path of failure in life. You should always CTR so that you will be successful in life and reach your biggest goals.

Student Success Statement
"Of all the work that is done or that can be done for our country, the greatest is that of educating the BODY, the MIND, and above all the CHARACTER, giving spiritual and moral training to those who in a few years are themselves to decide the destinies of the nation."-Theodore Roosevelt.

Example: If you are doing drugs/alcohol, your mind will not be mentally prepared for anything. Also, drugs can have life-lasting harmful effects on youre well being. You have to stay away from drugs to show that your body, mind, and most of all character is in good condition.

Reflection:Theodore Roosevelt is saying that we need to educate our selves in aspects of body, mind, and character, so that we make better decisions. One example can be when registering a vote, we should be prepared for making major decisions as a nation in a whole.

If the body is not healthy, the mind is not healthy either. In order to make the best decisions in life, you need to better yourself in all aspects before you can do that. You have to be a CTR person 24/7.What is most important is the character of a person, because ethics is the role that is played. Ethics are logical reasons for each side of one, and in order for one to show excellence the mind needs to be mentally in good health.

Our country needs leaders who are spiritually and mentally trained to make critical decisions for the well-being of our country. Before you can educate the country, you need to be educated yourself by making CTR decisions. We need to work together to make our country a better place. Something very important in character is who you are. You have to have good character if you want to influence or help the decisions of people that are in need. You will destine the nation in the best way possivle if you CTR. With CTR you have a strong mindset, you will be in good health, and you will have fantastic character. You will be loyal, productive, caring, humble, honest and spiritual.