1. Making a Difference The following people had difficulty in school, but found a way to overcome their problems and made a difference!

2. Walt Disney Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for lack of good ideas.

3. Thomas Edison Thomas Edison's teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything.

4. Winston Churchill This former British Prime Minister did poorly in school, failed sixth grade, and had a speech impediment in his early years.

5. Michael Jordan The most famous name in basketball was actually cut from his high school basketball team.

6. Alexander Graham Bell Bell invented the telephone, but struggled with traditional schooling. It’s believed that he had some form of learning disability.

7. Louis Pasteur Pasteur’s scientific work saved countless lives through his discovery of the now-common technique of pasteurization. He was only a mediocre pupil.

8. Wernher Von Braun The rocket scientist failed ninth grade Algebra.

9. Albert Einstein Einstein did not speak until he was four years old and didn't read until he was seven. His teacher described him as "mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams."

10. Abraham Lincoln Lincoln entered the Black Hawk War as a Captain and came out as a private. He also lost a U.S. Senate race before becoming president.

11. Junkyard Wonders Written by Patricia Polacco

12. You Can Make A Difference! How can you make a difference? I can make a difference by ____________.