{"id":3402,"date":"2015-11-16T19:03:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T19:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theaccent.org\/?p=3402"},"modified":"2015-11-16T19:03:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T19:03:55","slug":"campus-viewpoint-what-does-perseverance-mean-to-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/accent\/campus-viewpoint-what-does-perseverance-mean-to-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Viewpoint: What Does Perseverance Mean to You?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Story and photos by Anthony DeVera, Reporter<\/p>\n

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Emily Marazzo – It means sticking through with what you started to the end, even if you don\u2019t like it. It\u2019s important to me personally. I guess it\u2019s the completionist trait that I have as a person. I try my best not to quit when I start something. If I don\u2019t get something, I\u2019ll always ask for help to get through it, even if I don\u2019t want to.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Jordan Elcock – It\u2019s the will to keep going, like getting through school when times are hard and all that. School, work, and balancing whatever else you do, so I guess that\u2019s that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Jasmin Dale – I\u2019m the first generation in my family to actually go to college. My mom struggled a lot as a teen mom. She gave me the drive to go to school. I want for my little brother to be able to look up to me and say, \u2018if my sister can do this, I can do this.\u2019 I want to be a good influence for him.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Maleha Baset – It\u2019s just fighting through. Basically it\u2019s not giving up. I exhibit perseverance through my classes, and not changing my major. I\u2019m taking basic classes. Everybody has to take basic classes. They\u2019re not always easy and they\u2019re not always fun, but I have to stick through it and remember that I need to get through this to actually take the classes that I want to take and actually enjoy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Jasmine Scott – Perseverance to me is never giving up. No matter what your struggles are, whatever you believe in, no matter what people say, just do not give up on what you\u2019re passionate about. I\u2019m a single mother. I work and I go to school. That in it\u2019s own is perseverance because I have to take care of my daughter, I have to do good in school, I have to work. All of that I have to do just to provide for my daughter and make a better future for me and her.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Shelby Kanpe – I have a learning disability, so I\u2019ve struggled through school and I had to work really hard to get where I am. When I was in high school, our band was going through a really hard time because our band director was out. We had a really bad substitute and a lot of the band was quitting and so I was trying to keep the band going, telling them to stay in band.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Flor Villegas – Perseverance means a lot to me. It\u2019s a main goal in my life. It\u2019s very important. Whenever my family and I moved from Mexico to Georgetown, it was a big change. [My parents] were always there with me, always making everything easier for me and for my brothers too.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nicole Castro – No matter what the obstacles that come your way, you are always set on getting to your goal. Don\u2019t let anybody\u2019s opinion, or what they say about you, shift you away from getting to your goal. My grandmother wanted to go to college so she went out of her way, got a job, and paid her [own way].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Adrian Rodrguez – Perseverance is like staying on topic and just continuing and following your path. Whenever my sister was having trouble at work, she was getting too emotional from the comments she received from her clients being negative. She knew it wasn\u2019t her fault, so she just took it. [It] got her down, but she still continued working through it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Daniel Woo – The will to keep going; maybe finding something in your life, on your own, with guidance. I want to get a job mainly because I want to help my parents since they\u2019ve helped me through so much so far. I want to repay what they\u2019ve done for me. I guess that\u2019s what\u2019s keeping me going. Also, coming across new people and new things. It gives me inspiration to want to learn new things with new people so I can put it forth to maybe helping other people like I\u2019m trying to help my parents. I\u2019m just trying to do what I can.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Erin Daniel – I feel like it means going for what you believe in. When I have to make decisions on things, I base it on what I believe in, what I think is going to work best for me, and what\u2019s going to help me go further into my future.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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David Clark – Life itself is about finding balance. Part of perseverance is you have to throw yourself into things that are uncomfortable. There\u2019s an old proverb, a gem cannot be polished without friction, a human cannot be polished without trial. You have gotta throw yourself back into things. I\u2019m older than most students. I took my first run at college.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Amber Galloway – Something along the lines of not giving up, continuing to keep going, keep trying. I would say school is persevering. Continuing to go through school regardless of hardships in your life, how hard your classes may be, or sometimes you just want to give up and do something else, but we continue to go to school and move forward.<\/p>\n

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Student \u201cS.\u201d – As a recovering alcoholic, [perseverance] is kind of everyday, just overcoming fear and daily obstacles. I\u2019m quite a bit older than most of the people on campus. It was quite difficult to get back into, ya know, wanting to go back to school. I\u2019ve been divorced, my kids are grown. Regarding my identity as mom or wife, I\u2019ve had to figure out who I was as me, myself. With my struggles with addiction, it seemed appropriate to go get my license for counseling. It\u2019s who I am now. I\u2019m a recovering alcoholic that wants to help other alcoholics. Spirituality played a huge role in getting me where I am today. I believe in a higher power. I also believe you can\u2019t do anything, any big huge struggle, on your own. You need a support group, people you can trust, talk to, not judge you, and help guide you through whatever your dilemmas are.<\/p>\n

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Alanah Patterson – You never give up, no matter what you do, at least attempt to do something. I went to a leadership academy for seven years. A big part of our mission statement was perseverance. Everyday, when I complete my homework, because it takes a lot for me to sit down and actually work. I always make myself do it, and I think that\u2019s perseverance for myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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