Blog Post #2 - A Message to Garcia -

     My interpretation of A Message to Garcia is that I agree with Elbert Hubbard's point of view. I think it's good that people who don't give up and do things right are appreciated. Taking initiative and excellence are big qualities to have in high school. You need initiative so if your teacher asks you to do something instead of saying I don't know how, you'll do it, or you could do something without being asked which is also taking initiative. Doing something with excellence is also useful because yes you might turn something in without really trying on it, but it's important to actually try and turn something in that isn't work you did in 5 minutes.  Exceeding expectations is also a good thing, however incompetence is not. You don't want to have the inability to do something. If you keep trying and pushing through a challenge in high school you'll be fine. Rowen is a positive influence since he didn't give up and had initiative.