【正文】 but you might not know that until you join student government or the debate team.And no matter what you want to do with your life, I guarantee that you39。t just important for your own life and your own future. What you make of your education will decide nothing less than the future of this country. The future of America depends on you. What you39。ll need the creativity and ingenuity you develop in all your classes to build new panies that will create new jobs and boost our economy.We need every single one of you to develop your talents and your skills and your intellect so you can help us old folks solve our most difficult problems. If you don39。s not always easy to do well in school. I know a lot of you have challenges in your lives right now that can make it hard to focus on your schoolwork.I get it. I know what it39。t always as focused as I should have been on school, and I did some things I39。s not enough money to go around. Maybe you live in a neighborhood where you don39。s no excuse for talking back to your teacher, or cutting class, or dropping out of school. There is no excuse for not trying.Where you are right now doesn39。s what young people like you are doing every day, all across America.Young people like Jazmin Perez, from Roma, Texas. Jazmin didn39。s had to endure all sorts of treatments and surgeries, one of which affected his memory, so it took him much longer hundreds of extra hours to do his schoolwork. But he never fell behind. He39。t any different from any of you. They face challenges in their lives just like you do. In some cases they39。ll decide to get involved in an extracurricular activity, or volunteer in your munity. Maybe you39。re not going to be any of those things.The truth is, being successful is hard. You won39。s okay. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who39。t let your failures define you you have to let your failures teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently the next time. So if you get into trouble, that doesn39。re stupid, it just means you need to spend more time studying.No one39。ve got to practice. The same principle applies to your schoolwork. You might have to do a math problem a few times before you get it right. You might have to read something a few times before you understand it. You definitely have to do a few drafts of a paper before it39。t a sign of weakness, it39。re discouraged, and you feel like other people have given up on you, don39。s the story of students who sat where you sit 250 years ago, and went on to wage a revolution and they founded this nation. Young people. Students who sat where you sit 75 years ago who overcame a Depression and won a world war。ve got to do your part, too. So I expect all of you to get serious this year. I expect you to put your best effort into everything you do. I expect great things from each of you. So don