Read the passage below and summarize it using one sentence. Type your response in the box at the bottom of the screen. You have 10 minutes to finish this task. Your response will be judged on the quality of your writing and on how well your response presents the key points in the passage.
In today's pressured world, many teens are afraid to fail--and even--afraid to succeed. They don't want to stick out, whether for good or bad. They want to be accepted, and just 'fit in.' This type of mentality will lead you nowhere but the path to mediocrity--and that is nothing to be proud of or content with. Each of us have different talents and different abilities, so don't get me wrong--it's not about being the best--but rather about being the best YOU can personally become.
The hockey great Wayne Gretzky has said "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Think about that. If you don't try, you have a 0% chance of success! But if you put all your heart into something, and work hard, you can and will succeed in whatever you will.
And if it turns out your best wasn't good enough--then at least you tried--and will have no regrets and no wonders of 'what could have been.' The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them, into the impossible.
Teenagers today are afraid to fail and succeed and just want to be accepted but this type of mentality will only lead to the path of mediocrity as each of us have different talents and different abilities.
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