Kewauna Lerna In Paul Tough's How Children Succeed
Kewauna Lerna used perseverance, passion, and faith to achieve success in challenging classes. Firstly, Kewauna used perseverance to get good grades in her college classes. For example, Paul Tough, author of How Children Succeed, points out how Kewauna sat in the front row of the classroom even though she was African American (Tough). As you can see, by sitting in the front, Kewauna used perseverance to earn exceptional grades in her college classes. Secondly, Kewauna was passionate enough about vocabulary, that she created a strategy. For instance, Tough points out Kewauna had a learning strategy to learn her vocabulary without disrupting the professor during class. Therefore, her passion enabled her to create a strategy to understand the