The Root; Published By Kalyn Womack
It took 14-year-old Xavier Jones two hours to get to his eighth-grade graduation. Not because he was stuck in a traffic jam or went the long way because of a detour. Jones intentionally made a six-mile journey by foot underneath the heat of the morning sun because he was determined to get that diploma in his hand, according to CBS News.
“If you really want to get something, then you have to work hard for it,” Jones told CBS. Read more
