Remember that everyone has different talents. Never stop learning. Do your best at everything at school. If you have to walk the race, walk it but never give up. Don't exclude people just because you're not great friends with them.
Life is short, use time well.
Once, when we were spotlighting the core value Becoming Lifelong Learners, we asked each student at the beginning of the school year to write on a red cutout of an apple a single goal of something she or he would like to learn that year. That spring, we asked each student to identify on a white cutout of an apple blossom one learning goal he or she had achieved. The beauty of this approach was that as students searched to find their own apple or blossom displayed on the tree, they inevitably read a number of other students' goals as well. Thus, they couldn't help but be struck with the collective nature of the effort. Making values last is an aim that, challengingly, reaches a moving target.