Akash Swami clamored to get an autograph from Kyle Williams after the former USC football player finished speaking to his class Thursday afternoon.But the Los Senderos Open School fifth-grader came away with much more than just a signed piece of paper.
"I learned to never give up and keep on trying no matter how tough things are," Akash said. "If you do that, things are going to work out."
Los Senderos, in Camarillo, has a word of the month, and the word for January is perseverance.
The 6-foot-6, 300-pound Williams recently became a fitting symbol for that noun during the final games of his collegiate career and was invited to share his story with more than 150 students during an assembly Thursday...
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