The words of our own Jeremy Johnston...

"Potential is Irrelevant" ~ Jeremy Johnston

These words spoken by one of our own, Jeremy Johnston, are wake-up words, if I do say so myself. Telling his class about the use of potential and what it means to be a student, his words made me really think about what he means. By saying what he did about potential, he means that no matter who you are, no matter your intellectual level or grade, no one will ever get anywhere and be good at something if they don't work for it and make their potential grow into becoming applied skill and knowledge. Even if you do have a natural talent at something, say hockey, you won't become any better or become great unless you work for it and truly want it. Johnston states that turning your potential into growth is something that Michael Jordan did. He practiced and practiced and he got better when he put his potential into action.
Therefore, we will get nowhere and become nothing if we cannot succeed or don't try to put our potential into action.