Today at USAO I learned that hard work does pay off. Things get hard and sometimes it is easier just to give up. If you just stick with something, you may find out that just some effort can go a long way.
For example, I gave a presentation in my PEST class today, and my group decided to do a group project over the topic of a unique weapon of war, rape. We decided to focus on the area of Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has the highest sexual violence rate in the world. The goal of this project was to identify a problem and then develop a solution.
My group felt that the best solution for this specific problem is to create a non-profit organization to help educate women and assist with poverty. At first, one of us wanted to focus on education, and the other wanted to focus on poverty.
We decided the best thing to do is to work together and get over our differences. We combined both our ideas and it turned out for the best. We worked on this project all semester. We presented our project and I think we rocked it. The greatest reward is not the grade but knowing we did our best.
Being a hard worker is a very important life tool. I was taught by my parents to take pride in my work and to do everything to the best of my ability. It is important to not let anyone get you down. You can only do your best and it is important to take pride in that. Sometimes your best is not going to be good enough, but other times, it really does pay off.
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