Persistence is the act of not giving up even in extreme circumstances. You learn and use persistence when you start to keep your cool in situations that may be hard to overcome. Even if you think that you can't survive something you always can when you use persistence. Persistence is important to be taught at DRSS because if you always give up you would never accomplish anything in life. When you use persistence you accomplish more then you could imagine. Here at STEM, they want you to accomplish as much as you can, to your best ability. That is why persistence is so important in my life and everyone that has ever faced a struggle. I used persistence in the math investigations this year. When I got confused on certain topics, I had to keep persevering to be successful. My point is that the harder the struggle or the more you are challenged to grow is the more persistence used; the more persistence used, the stronger you are. Never give up!