HOW TO OVERCOME.

1. BASED ON THE WRITING OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS:
“LEARNING HOW TO READ AND WRITE.”
Qualities to cultivate in order to
surmount, impossible odds.

2. FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED
TO KNOW TO ACHIEVE
SUCCESS.
MEMORIZE, APPLY, PRACTICE INTENSIVELY.
“ WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO.
EXCELLENCE, THEN, IS NOT AN ACT, BUT A
HABIT.
”
ARISTOTLE: HABIT OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

3. CAN BE USED AS A TOOL TO FOLLOW YOUR
DREAM OF GREATNESS.
“ EDUCATION IS THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON,
WHICH YOU CAN USE, TO CHANGE THE WORLD “

4. MICHAEL OHER, WENT FROM MEMPHIS INNER CITY
BROKEN HOME TO N.F.L. PRO STAR.
WITH PERSEVERENCE AND RESILIENCE
"The big secret in life is that there is no big secret.
Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing
to work." - Oprah Winfrey.

5. Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of
their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
William James

6. ONE OF MICHAEL OHER GREAT INNER QUALITY, AS
LA TIMES REPORTS 02/07th/2011 THAT HE:
“…preferred to observe rather than participate in
social settings…”
“ You can discover more about a person in an hour of
play than in a year of conversation ”
By Greek Philosopher, Plato.

7. LOS ANGELES CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY,
Kenneth Kahn [June 17, 1942––May 27, 2009]
BORN OF DRUG ADDICTS PARENTS, WENT FROM BEING A
MINORITY AMONG THE MINORITIES LIVING IN THE PROJECTS
OF EAST L.A, TO OWNING HIS TOP LAW FIRM & BECOMING A
HIGHLY PAID ATTORNEY AFTER GRADUATING FROM LAW
SCHOOL AT U.C BERKELY(1965).

8. OVERCOME: “ DIFFICULTIES STRENGHTENS THE
MIND, AS LABOR DOES THE BODY “ BY, ANAEUS
SENECA.

9. KNOWLEDGE APPLIED PROPERLY, NOT
JUST KNOWLEDGE, EQUALS TRUE
WISDOM. “I prayed for twenty years but received no
answer until I prayed with my legs.”
Frederick Douglass
“As long as we have faith in our own cause and an
unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied
us.”
― Winston Churchill

10. SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TO:
KATHRYN POPE, M.F.A & BRIDGE PROGRAM DIRECTOR.
DAVID TRIPP, Ph.D.
SIMON KENDRICK
KIRSTEN GRIMSTAD Ph.D.
BRIDGE PROGRAM FAMILY
CYNTHIA RUFFIN.
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