“Maintaining the highest GPA in my class is a difficult task . It truly takes time management but more importantly acknowledging what you do it for . I know that I am no longer just representing myself”.
“My biggest advice to other scholars of colour is to truly adopt the mindset of Rosa Parks — ‘ No . ’ Do not conform to the stereotypes that have held us under thumbs for so long….Do not be discouraged when someone speaks out against you , simply allow what they say to fuel your fire . But more than anything , do not remain tight – lipped . Stand up for what you believe in and take it upon yourself to be the change you’ve always wanted . Say ‘ No ’ to the ways of the world and stick out . ”
Media reports say Phillips will attend the Nursing School at the University of Texas on full scholarship later in the year. Her plan is to one day own her own clinic as a pediatric nurse practitioner.
Phillips shattered the 125 years old academic history of the high school in Texas, USA.
As a student of Alvin High School she had a 6 . 9 GPA, after earning A ’ s throughout her stay in the school. She emerged the first Black valedictorian in the school’s history.
Alvin High School was originally established in 1894. African -American students were allowed to join the school in 1965.
What Nigeria-born Tobechukwu Phillips said after breaking more than century Texas secondary school record
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