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Cora(Bill): Hello, everyone, this is Cora, Martie's teacher, as you all know. I wish to say a few words about the [[virtue]] of [[persistence]].

Cora(Bill): Hello, everyone, this is Cora, Martie's teacher, as you all know. I wish to say a few words about the [[virtue]] of [[persistence]].

In some ways persistence is as important as [[ability]], perhaps, more so. It is the "get up and go" which results in more [[achievement]] than the burst of energy from one whose [[resources]] are easily depleted. Persistence is a [[folk tale]] among your [[cultures]] where the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise_and_the_Hare tortoise, the turtle, wins the race over the hare, or rabbit].

In some ways persistence is as important as [[ability]], perhaps, more so. It is the "get up and go" which results in more [[achievement]] than the burst of energy from one whose [[resources]] are easily depleted. Persistence is a [[folk tale]] among your [[cultures]] where the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortoise_and_the_Hare tortoise, the turtle, wins the race over the hare, or rabbit].

In your folk tale the rabbit loses the race, not because he lacks the [[ability]] or [[skill]] to outrun the turtle, but because he becomes [[complacent]], resting on his [[ego]] centered laurels and assuming that he will be the winner. But the turtle continues to move steadily, [[persistently]] plodding along, until [[eventually]] her efforts crown her with [[victory]].

In your folk tale the rabbit loses the race, not because he lacks the [[ability]] or [[skill]] to outrun the turtle, but because he becomes [[complacent]], resting on his [[ego]] centered laurels and assuming that he will be the winner. But the turtle continues to move steadily, [[persistently]] plodding along, until [[eventually]] her efforts crown her with [[victory]].