Rejecting Low Expectations by Ted Slater on 09/22/2006 at 9:24 AM

I read recently that a freshman at the University of Virginia completed his bachelor's degree in one year. With 60 advanced placement credits under his belt, after just two semesters of (obviously intense) classwork, David Banh earned a degree in Mathematics. He took one class during the summer to complete his second bachelor's degree, in Physics.

This young man's accomplishment reminds me that we really can achieve more than many expect of us. Instead of merely attaining the low expectations we're fed by our society through the media and school systems, this man proves that you can do great things while still in your teens.

This man's feat naturally reminds me of the message to "do hard things" promoted by Alex and Brett Harris of The Rebelution. Though still in their teens, they're too demonstrating that the Lord has instilled in us so much more potential than the world would have us believe. Through their website, award-winning blog, conferences, and life, the 17-year-old Harris brothers (currently serving as interns in the chambers of Justice Tom Parker of the Alabama Supreme Court) are an encouragement to those of us discontent with merely "getting by."