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Wynton Marsalis
Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis knows how important education is for youth, but what feeds their minds and souls, he says, often lies beyond traditional classroom walls.
"The most essential thing for the development of kids and their understanding of the world are those things they do that's not school-related -- just any extracurricular activity," the Pulitzer Prize winner said. "When you have activities you learn at a young age, you can do whatever you put your mind to!" I agree with wynton because education is very important and apon how a student learns is by how the school teaches it. I agree with him that you can do anything you want if you put your mind to it. You have to work hard to get to the goals you have set for yourself. He can see the important things in schools like there programs and the extra events that they offer. It gives students the freedom to do what they want.He also talks about kids setting there own goals and doing everything there own way and learning from that.
"I wanted to really be able to see the students develop," Yarborough said. "Once a young person decides they want to be a musician, such as I did in the third grade, they have a support system that takes them all the way through their career."
I agree that once someone sets a goal they should go through with it. No one should ever give up on the goals they set. Trying is key. Never give up on anything always try try again. I think it is a great thing for well known people to take time away from what they normally do and talk to kids at schools and go around to other public places to help others.