Salma Arredondo, a student of Ana Barrera at Everett Alvarez High School in Salinas, California, read and responded to the YES! Many of those deemed below average, or even average, early on in school simply give up trying to succeed academically. Teachers need to realize that they are instructing the future leaders and movers of America. All teachers need to teach their students where they came from. Students need to know that they can achieve success in so many ways, and that leaders aren’t only born in America.