What Is an Outstanding Student?

What is an outstanding student?
I’d really like to know.


Is it the one who gives a glimpse
Of brilliance now and then?
Is it the one who shines so bright
Then fades and goes quite dim?
Is it the one who does just enough
To earn the coveted grade?
Or is it the one who’s happy with
Whatever has been made?


I think the one who shines each day
Who is steady and is true
The one who works and works and works
To learn the things to do
The one who strives and maybe struggles
To be the best of the be...