NBA player encourages students to learn from failure
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BROWNSVILLE, Tenn.– A Brownsville native turned professional basketball player revisits his alma mater. Bringing a simple message to young minds. For the fifth year, the community of Brownsville brings together dozens of families to kick into overdrive for the next school year. At the annual back to school fest. The program takes an interactive approach to motivating students. By bringing a well-known alumnus back to his alma mater, “he flew in and he sees that its really important and vital to our community to have support from individuals who are like him,” said Beth Wilson, Director of Haywood County Carl Perkins Center. Philadelphia 76ers and Brownsville native, Jarvis Varnado shares his keys to opening doors.It’s a message built on simple principles for eager ears.”Hard work, discipline, respecting your elders and each other, and be kind to one another,” said Varnado. Varnado encourages students to learn from failures in life and let them mold the future, “you’re going to fail sometimes but its about can you get back up and dust it off and try at it again? That’s what I did and I’m just trying to be a testimony to them,” said Varnado.
