I believe...

I believe that if high school teachers do their job, and high school students do their job, then the students can succeed in all academic things, even the ones they find difficult.

I believe that high school students should be held accountable for their own decisions and the consequences thereof.

I believe that if high school students are given too many opportunities to eliminate the effects of their mistakes, they will never learn to avoid them.

I believe that a child of any age living in poverty does not have an equal opportunity to succeed because s/he has more important things going on in their daily life than school work, such as finding enough food to eat.

I believe that students who are the primary caregivers to their siblings when they get home do not have an equal opportunity to succeed.

I believe that students who have no choice but to work after-school jobs to keep their families financially sound do not have an equal opportunity to succeed.

I believe that students who go home to an empty house, who do not see their parents very often for whatever reason, do not have an equal opportunity to succeed.

I believe that if given an equal opportunity, every student can have a successful academic career.

I believe that every school should have the same resources to use per student.