As educators I believe that there is a limit to what we can accomplish in regards to any one particular individual (that is not to say we should not keep trying to help all to the very highest degree). There are an incredible number of outside forces and factors that shape the individuals we have as students. At the minimum, socioeconomics, peer pressures, family situations and immediate gratification satisfaction. We work to continue to develop the lessons, traits and experiences that they have already adopted or have been exposed to. As long as we also continue to develop their pride and confidence in themselves we will continue to develop the maturity required in becoming an adult as well as being a success in their chosen profession. I believe that maturity has a great deal to do with the appropriateness of the decisions the students make as well as the outcome of those decisions. A sign of maturity is the ability to know when to continue with what you have always done and get the same results or attempt change to improve the opportunity of achieving greater success in those results.