Character Forges Student Success

During our first SAT class, I looked out the window.  I saw a new student, Jeff, pick up a Learning Consultants sign that had fallen on the ground outside our Old Saybrook office.  He put it back in place. He didn’t know anyone was watching. He simply did it because it was the right thing to do.  During our next SAT class, Jeff saw that I was moving SAT books from my car to our Madison office.  He offered to help.

In the same class, a boy that I will call “Jimmy” grumbled when he had to move his chair in order to let another student pass. Later, he whined when he had to move his stuff in order to let another student sit on an adjacent empty chair.

These little things matter. Character is revealed.  As would be expected, Jeff put in the work during SAT class and his scores shot up substantially. Jimmy put in halfhearted efforts.  During the actual test, he told his mom that he just could not deal with the length of the test and gave up in the last few sections.

Character, not SAT scores, is the point.  Good character leads to success.

We teach our children character. This character forges destiny.