Student Success Statement 11.28.17

"Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it's better to be alone than in bad company."
  -Booker T. Washington

I think this is true to some extent. Well personally I've been surrounded by a lot of bad company growing up but I never felt the need to be like them or go out and do the things they do. I know what they do is bad and I look at myself and think I don't need to be like that. Besides I feel like even bad company are good to some degree because it's mainly just self destructive behavior at this age and they need just as much help as anyone else honestly but we give them a bad name and leave it at that. I think that's unfair and wrong. But I also believe that if people are generally abusive or toxic you really need to cut them out of your life. No excuses it's just baggage on your life. In those specific cases I think it's better to be alone for a while until you find better friends or company. When you do that you really go far. For example I have really smart kind friends now and I feel like they give me more motivation to go to school and be a better person. I'm so glad I have them at such a pivotal stage in my life!