All great paths start with a small footprint, and this first step can be considered as the most important and the hardest. It is an indicator that a person can accomplish. Individuals may use this fact to motivate themselves – if one goal can be achieved, then thousands can be reached by tackling one objective at a time. That is why a high school diploma is of utter importance to me. On the one hand, graduating from high school is not something to be proud of. After all, millions of adolescents around the world finish their schools yearly. On the other hand, however, it is a motivating factor – if a person could finish high school, then they can attain a Bachelor’s degree, then a Master’s, and then Ph.D. It can be compared to proving by induction – because the first one is true, then it can be assumed that the rest is true as well.