Persistence

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 * Do you sometimes say, "I just can't do this" or "this is too hard?" Do you give up when the answer is not immediately apparent? Persistence means staying the course, taking the time to work at something until you achieve excellence.**

I believe persistence is one of the most important habits of mind that can lead people to success. My dad often tells me, "Try your best to the last minute. Everything is still possible before the result is out." Under his guidance I try my best to practice persistence for every task and the results simply prove his words.

In the chemistry lab we did recently, our group decides to work on dissolving silver ingot in nitric acid. Nevertheless we find out that it takes a long time for us to observe the process of dissolving silver ingot. While being depressed at the discovery, we didn't give up the dissolving experiment. After discussion, we changed the silver ingot to magnesium strip which when place into the nitric acid, changes would be visible.

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