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Throughout our journey in life we will all have unexpected challenges. We can’t choose our challenges, but it is how we respond to these challenges that shape who we become.
在人的一生当中，我们往往会面临意想不到的挑战。我们无法选择这些挑战，但是如何去应对这些挑战，将决定我们成为怎样的人。

No matter what setbacks and challenges we go through, we have learned here at RDF that through discipline, responsibility, and fortitude we can push through our challenges and become better people, and find success in life.
无论我们要经历何种挫折和挑战，我们在瑞得福学校的这几年已经懂得，通过自律、责任和勇气，我们可以克服挑战，成为更好的人，找到生命中的成功。

My favorite value in the RDF acronym is fortitude. By definition, fortitude is courage in pain or adversity. There will always be challenges and adversity in life, but if we have the courage inside of us to push through those growing pains and stretch ourselves we will be able to find success and happiness. We can choose to keep going no matter what life throws at us.
在RDF三个字母缩写所代表的校训中，我最喜欢的价值观是“勇气”。在定义上，勇气是在痛苦或者逆境中所表现出来的勇敢和坚毅。生活中总有挑战和逆境，但是如果我们内心有勇气克服这些成长的痛苦，磨炼自己，我们将能够获得成功和幸福。无论生活给我们投掷了什么，我们都可以选择继续积极前进。