0:00:00.000,0:00:01.164 You are not a mistake. 0:00:01.164,0:00:02.506 You are not an accident. 0:00:02.506,0:00:04.055 You are here for a reason. 0:00:04.055,0:00:05.914 I know you're going through[br]some hard times 0:00:05.914,0:00:08.048 I know life at times might feel rough 0:00:08.048,0:00:10.638 or you might feel weird [br]or things might be frustrating. 0:00:10.638,0:00:12.408 but it's not always going to be like this. 0:00:12.408,0:00:14.848 Your condition is not your conclusion. 0:00:16.087,0:00:20.087 I've got to just take me 5 minutes [br]to kind of just unpack my story 0:00:20.177,0:00:22.523 So that you have an idea of who I am 0:00:22.523,0:00:26.642 and why I speak with the passion[br]that I speak with. 0:00:28.172,0:00:30.849 There was a time[br]when I was in a really dark place. 0:00:31.061,0:00:33.971 You know, my mom had me [br]when she was 16 years old 0:00:34.191,0:00:37.078 I grew up [br]without my biological father in my life 0:00:37.078,0:00:40.598 I struggled with years with drug [br]and alcohol abuse 0:00:40.818,0:00:42.588 and I just found myself in a really, 0:00:42.588,0:00:44.778 really really weird and dark palce. 0:00:44.880,0:00:46.870 I had to repeat the seventh grade and 0:00:46.870,0:00:48.500 when eight grade came around, 0:00:48.500,0:00:50.750 I'll never forget hearing at a teacher 0:00:50.750,0:00:53.470 conference, a teacher tell my mom that 0:00:53.470,0:00:56.110 I wasn't high school material, and I came 0:00:56.110,0:00:58.236 to tell you that that words are powerful. 0:00:58.236,0:01:00.196 And when I heard that statement, I 0:01:00.196,0:01:02.356 remember feeling like, wow, you know, 0:01:02.356,0:01:04.238 like I am really, really a failure. 0:01:04.238,0:01:06.018 You know, like it's one thing to 0:01:06.018,0:01:09.278 tell a student, Hey okay, [br]you're about to graduate from high school. 0:01:09.278,0:01:11.068 You're not college material. 0:01:11.068,0:01:12.538 You're not going to go to Ivy league. 0:01:12.538,0:01:14.918 Maybe you should go to tech school. 0:01:14.918,0:01:15.998 Like, I've heard that, right? 0:01:15.998,0:01:18.105 Like different people[br]have different paths, 0:01:18.105,0:01:20.165 but how do you tell a middle school kid 0:01:20.165,0:01:21.855 that they're not ready for high chool? 0:01:21.855,0:01:22.902 Like, it affected me. 0:01:23.402,0:01:25.588 And I'll never forget[br]going that next year. 0:01:25.687,0:01:29.846 And after a series of events,[br]a lot of fighting,a lot of struggling 0:01:29.846,0:01:31.311 that school end up kicking me out. 0:01:31.987,0:01:33.397 They got all bent out of shape 0:01:33.397,0:01:35.047 because I cut the electricity off. 0:01:36.608,0:01:39.608 The next year I went to another school,[br]got the 0:01:39.608,0:01:41.268 report card at the end of the year, and because 0:01:41.268,0:01:44.945 I did not do well and I did not put good in when 0:01:44.945,0:01:47.888 I got that final report card all F's one C. 0:01:48.041,0:01:51.171 And my mom is this tall, but when she gets mad, 0:01:51.171,0:01:53.271 she turns into the Hulk, you know? 0:01:53.271,0:01:55.850 And I'm think like,[br]this is not going to be pretty, 0:01:55.850,0:01:57.190 but I came up with a plan. 0:01:57.190,0:01:57.970 I said, you know what? 0:01:57.970,0:01:58.780 I'm gonna change my grade. 0:01:59.280,0:02:00.540 So I went to the library. 0:02:00.540,0:02:03.410 I got that white out,[br]I crossed out all the F's and the C. 0:02:03.410,0:02:05.410 I took a fancy pen and a ruler and I 0:02:05.410,0:02:07.300 put those small little dots and lines 0:02:07.300,0:02:09.340 and I gave myself all A's and two B's 0:02:09.340,0:02:11.970 Then I made a copy of it, [br]and as soon as I got home 0:02:11.970,0:02:12.900 I gave it to my mom, 0:02:12.900,0:02:14.120 She took one glance. 0:02:14.120,0:02:16.300 She was like, boy, [br]where's your real report card at? 0:02:16.641,0:02:18.541 I said mom, let me explain it. 0:02:18.541,0:02:20.371 She said no, no, no I don't want to hear it. 0:02:20.371,0:02:21.651 I know what happened. 0:02:21.651,0:02:22.591 I said, you do? 0:02:22.591,0:02:23.631 She said yes. 0:02:23.631,0:02:25.531 You probably lost it how you always lose 0:02:25.531,0:02:27.491 stuff and you went to the office and they 0:02:27.491,0:02:29.768 had to make a copy of theirs on file. 0:02:31.032,0:02:35.032 I said, yup,yup, you be knowing mama. 0:02:35.032,0:02:35.892 She like, I know 0:02:35.892,0:02:37.322 I'm like, you know everything. 0:02:37.322,0:02:41.642 She's like,[br]I know but at the end of that summer, 0:02:41.642,0:02:45.642 at the end of that summer, [br]when my real report card came in. 0:02:46.232,0:02:47.646 It was really rough. 0:02:47.655,0:02:51.335 I've never forget, like when [br]I first trick my mom and she saw it. 0:02:51.335,0:02:53.165 She was like, i'm so pround of you. 0:02:53.165,0:02:54.455 She started crying. 0:02:54.455,0:02:55.675 I even got emotional. 0:02:55.675,0:02:57.965 I was like, I told your momma[br]I'm going to make you proud. 0:02:57.965,0:02:59.365 She hugging me. I'm hugging her. 0:02:59.365,0:03:00.819 We got like a brekthrough. 0:03:00.819,0:03:03.139 And you're probably wondering like,[br]Jeremy, why were you crying? 0:03:03.139,0:03:06.881 Like you know, you didn't really [br]earn all A's and two B's 0:03:06.881,0:03:10.979 Well, for the first time in a long time,[br]I didn't feel like a failure 0:03:11.882,0:03:14.462 Like I actually felt successful, [br]like worthy. 0:03:14.462,0:03:15.032 Like 0:03:15.032,0:03:17.202 I felt like I was good enough for, so that was 0:03:17.202,0:03:19.825 a bit of emotional moment, but it wasn't real 0:03:20.001,0:03:22.167 because I didn't really earn those grades. 0:03:22.247,0:03:24.647 Now, when my school [br]sent my real report card home 0:03:24.647,0:03:27.510 and my mom saw it, she was in denial. 0:03:27.587,0:03:29.253 My baby made A's and B's. 0:03:29.253,0:03:30.520 so she called the school. 0:03:30.520,0:03:33.567 I was like Ooh, hang up the phone,[br]mama, hang up the phone. 0:03:34.870,0:03:36.503 And again,she's in tears, 0:03:38.299,0:03:40.769 But now what was once tears of joy. 0:03:41.366,0:03:43.528 Now it was tears of sorrow, [br]tears of pain. 0:03:43.528,0:03:45.526 She has the frustration[br]and she's trying to 0:03:45.526,0:03:47.756 figure out like, I wish my baby would just get 0:03:47.756,0:03:50.243 it together and I was so hurt, [br]but I felt stuck. 0:03:50.264,0:03:53.513 I was depressed, I was tired,[br]I was struggling. 0:03:53.513,0:03:55.042 I felt like I was an accident. 0:03:55.042,0:03:56.347 Like what is the purpose of life? 0:03:56.347,0:03:57.677 Like why am I here? 0:03:57.677,0:03:59.507 You know, I felt[br]like I wasn't. I couldn't fit in 0:03:59.507,0:04:01.131 when it was time to read, [br]I didn't want to read 0:04:01.131,0:04:03.010 because somebody was[br]gonna teach me cause 0:04:03.010,0:04:04.059 I wasn't a good reader. 0:04:04.059,0:04:05.334 We was always getting into fights, 0:04:05.334,0:04:06.402 people's bullying me. 0:04:06.402,0:04:07.704 Then there was a time [br]when I was the bully, 0:04:07.704,0:04:10.929 like I just struggle and I was like, [br]what the point of it all? 0:04:11.110,0:04:12.417 And my mom's great mom, so 0:04:12.417,0:04:14.147 she moved me to another school. 0:04:14.147,0:04:17.036 So, now I'm at the school now [br]called Huntsville high, 0:04:17.036,0:04:19.854 This is my third school [br]for the ninth grade. 0:04:20.213,0:04:22.453 Now I'm at this new school, and 0:04:22.453,0:04:25.293 I don't know how to explain it to you,[br]but I got a group of teacher, 0:04:25.293,0:04:26.723 I felt like they were weird. 0:04:27.507,0:04:30.897 They were saying stuff like,[br]Jeremy, we believe in you. 0:04:31.686,0:04:32.435 ME? 0:04:32.520,0:04:36.090 One teacher's like, [br]Oh yeah, Jeremy Anderson up top my man 0:04:36.090,0:04:38.215 Ah, this is going to be [br]the best year ever. 0:04:38.254,0:04:40.413 I'm like, ok 0:04:41.225,0:04:43.134 One teacher, I had to ask him, I was like 0:04:43.134,0:04:45.248 wait a second, y'all are way too enthusiastic. 0:04:45.248,0:04:46.746 Did y'all get my transcripts? 0:04:46.746,0:04:48.250 Like, y'all got the right Jeremy. 0:04:48.250,0:04:50.090 They was like, yup we got the right 0:04:50.090,0:04:52.216 Jeremy, but you're in a new season now. 0:04:53.076,0:04:55.054 So you don't have to worry about the past. 0:04:55.054,0:04:57.024 I was like, yeah, but you do know about last year 0:04:57.072,0:04:58.572 I said, you know this is my third school. 0:04:58.572,0:05:02.330 They were like, we not worried about that again, Jeremy, you're in a new season 0:05:02.330,0:05:05.044 so, let's not bring old things into a new season. 0:05:05.460,0:05:07.260 And they began to speak life to me. 0:05:07.260,0:05:08.470 They began to encourage me. 0:05:08.470,0:05:12.230 They begin to affirm me, and[br]because I was young and I was immature. 0:05:12.230,0:05:14.247 I'm kind of felt like, well, [br]you don't really understand my story. 0:05:14.247,0:05:17.192 You don't come from where I come from and I'll try to build a wall up 0:05:17.192,0:05:19.311 But you know what knocked that wall down? 0:05:19.711,0:05:20.620 It's love. 0:05:21.520,0:05:23.416 You know what, knock that wall down. 0:05:23.416,0:05:24.586 It was perseverance. 0:05:24.586,0:05:26.127 You know what knocked that wall down? 0:05:26.127,0:05:28.307 I was like unwavering commitment and 0:05:28.307,0:05:31.859 support and I realized you could be black, white, purple, blue, green. 0:05:31.859,0:05:33.049 We need each other. 0:05:33.049,0:05:35.294 And if you're showing up, cause you believe in me 0:05:35.294,0:05:39.954 and you see great things inside me, like maybe, just maybe I could do great things. 0:05:42.427,0:05:46.427 Your mindset, [br]your belief system is everything. 0:05:47.147,0:05:50.807 It is so beautiful, and so I came [br]all the way from Atlanta Georgia 0:05:50.807,0:05:52.627 to tell you, you are not a mistake. 0:05:52.627,0:05:53.992 You're not an accident. 0:05:53.992,0:05:55.552 You were here for a reason. 0:05:55.552,0:05:57.302 I know you're going[br]through some hard times. 0:05:57.319,0:06:00.628 I know life at times might feel rough or you might feel weird 0:06:00.628,0:06:01.965 or things might be frustrating. 0:06:01.965,0:06:03.793 but it's not going to ways be like this. 0:06:03.793,0:06:06.185 Your condition is not your conclusion. 0:06:06.185,0:06:08.565 There was so much more that's going to take place. 0:06:08.565,0:06:10.906 There are so much more power that's inside you. 0:06:10.906,0:06:12.277 If you make up in your mind. 0:06:12.277,0:06:15.027 I choose to believe that[br]I could do great things 0:06:15.027,0:06:18.111 and I promise you my young friends, [br]I got to a point in life 0:06:18.111,0:06:20.481 when I was like, man, I got these teachers. 0:06:20.481,0:06:21.504 They must really care. 0:06:21.504,0:06:22.954 Like when you start having teachers 0:06:22.954,0:06:24.424 that get dignosed with cancer. 0:06:24.424,0:06:25.933 but they still show up to school. 0:06:25.933,0:06:28.115 One of my teachers had arthritis so bad 0:06:28.115,0:06:29.930 she couldn't even write on the chalkboard. 0:06:29.930,0:06:32.040 Other teacher was going through a divorce. 0:06:32.040,0:06:33.749 another one that just buried her child. 0:06:33.749,0:06:37.406 I'm looking for at all these teachers[br]that going through life just like 0:06:37.406,0:06:40.038 you just like me,[br]but they kept showing up, 0:06:40.548,0:06:42.794 so something inside my brain said 0:06:43.536,0:06:45.102 Maybe I'm worth it. 0:06:45.102,0:06:49.555 Something inside me said [br]maybe can do great things. 0:06:49.555,0:06:51.617 For them to jump through all these hoops 0:06:51.617,0:06:54.114 and go out of their way to kind of connect 0:06:54.114,0:06:55.904 with me for them to make these sacrifices. 0:06:55.904,0:06:57.642 Maybe it is possible for me. 0:06:57.642,0:06:59.194 It's the same way with you. 0:07:03.783,0:07:05.747 Sometimes, I'll go back to like being that little boy 0:07:05.747,0:07:07.807 in the hallway that overhead that teacher 0:07:07.807,0:07:09.880 told my mom cause I wasn't high school material. 0:07:09.880,0:07:11.287 Then I have to remind myself like, no, 0:07:11.287,0:07:13.263 no, no, no, that, no that's not true. 0:07:13.263,0:07:15.902 I am that. I can do that.[br]I can achieve that. 0:07:15.902,0:07:18.114 Sometimes I have to remind[br]myself, what am I telling you. 0:07:18.114,0:07:20.094 Like life can be hard, life can be rough. 0:07:20.094,0:07:23.418 but there's something special [br]and there's something powerful 0:07:23.418,0:07:24.918 about the human mind and 0:07:24.918,0:07:27.604 about the human spirit[br]and about the human will. 0:07:27.604,0:07:30.434 When you tell yourself, I won't give up, I won't surrender. 0:07:30.434,0:07:32.916 I won't quit.I'm going to show up every single day 0:07:32.916,0:07:34.182 and do the best that I can. 0:07:34.182,0:07:36.993 And here's the beautiful thing about you 0:07:37.396,0:07:39.674 is while you're going through your process 0:07:40.140,0:07:42.454 and why you're trying to navigate these waters 0:07:42.454,0:07:46.694 and while you're still, you know, trying to tweak some stuff within yourself. 0:07:47.064,0:07:49.582 You still got the power to save somebody else's life. 0:07:49.744,0:07:52.095 You got the power to speak up for others. 0:07:52.095,0:07:53.964 You got the power to be the voice of 0:07:53.964,0:07:55.804 reason for someone who might be on the 0:07:55.804,0:07:57.528 the verge of doing something they shouldn't do. 0:07:57.528,0:08:00.088 They have the power to brighten somebody's day. 0:08:00.088,0:08:01.378 Your words are powerful. 0:08:01.378,0:08:04.067 Your energy is powerful, [br]and so I don't want you 0:08:04.067,0:08:06.572 all to think that you have to have it all together 0:08:06.572,0:08:09.536 and everything for you has to be perfect [br]in order for you to be a leader. 0:08:09.536,0:08:10.312 No, no, no,no,no,no. 0:08:10.312,0:08:11.554 You can make an impact. 0:08:11.554,0:08:12.818 You can make a difference. 0:08:12.818,0:08:15.378 You can save somebody's life right now by 0:08:15.378,0:08:17.854 you just being unapologetically you 0:08:17.854,0:08:20.508 and you walking in that[br]calling and you speak life 0:08:20.508,0:08:22.618 and you were affirmed and you the others know. 0:08:22.618,0:08:25.408 I see you and I'm with you and I got your back 0:08:25.408,0:08:27.350 and you're not by yourself and I will 0:08:27.350,0:08:29.280 hold your hand as you go throughout this 0:08:29.280,0:08:31.330 journey and even through I'm struggling, 0:08:31.330,0:08:33.887 I don't mind fighting on behalf of you and 0:08:33.887,0:08:35.922 we're going to figure thing out together. 0:08:38.086,0:08:39.625 Key word together. 0:08:41.862,0:08:44.532 We're going to [br]figure this thing out together. 0:08:44.532,0:08:46.302 There's something beautiful about us 0:08:46.302,0:08:48.983 having that mindset of us being together. 0:08:49.690,0:08:51.090 You know what I'm saying? 0:08:51.090,0:08:54.792 Not black, white, Asian, [br]Hispanic, not Republican. 0:08:54.792,0:08:58.372 Independent, not gay or straight, [br]not like male or female, 0:08:58.372,0:09:00.886 like us coming together saying, man, we are huamn. 0:09:00.886,0:09:05.166 We are here and I believe that[br]there is more that makes us together. 0:09:05.166,0:09:08.406 There was more than [br]we have in common than we have. 0:09:08.406,0:09:09.674 That's not in common. 0:09:09.674,0:09:12.354 And I believe there are differences in what's 0:09:12.354,0:09:17.073 make us don't dog on amazing our differences. 0:09:20.318,0:09:21.628 I think about that, right? 0:09:21.628,0:09:24.033 Like there was so many amazing things 0:09:24.033,0:09:26.689 and there were so many different[br]amazing personalities 0:09:26.689,0:09:31.569 and there was nobody else this planet[br]exactly like you. 0:09:31.742,0:09:32.762 So I believe 0:09:33.686,0:09:36.046 that we make a decision to say, [br]you know what? 0:09:36.046,0:09:38.418 We will come together as a people. 0:09:38.418,0:09:40.693 We will come together as a nation. 0:09:40.693,0:09:42.946 We will come together as a state. 0:09:42.946,0:09:44.976 We will come together as a city. 0:09:44.976,0:09:46.829 We will come together as a district. 0:09:46.829,0:09:48.806 We will come together as a school. 0:09:48.806,0:09:50.404 We will come together as a grade. 0:09:50.404,0:09:52.364 We will come together as a class 0:09:52.364,0:09:54.114 and we will value each other. 0:09:54.114,0:09:55.784 We will speak life to one another 0:09:55.784,0:09:57.919 and we will help each other go to that next level. 0:10:04.186,0:10:04.929 You know what? 0:10:04.929,0:10:05.894 I'm not just a student. 0:10:05.894,0:10:08.151 You know what I'm saying? That just happening to me this grade. 0:10:08.151,0:10:09.882 I'm not just here at the school. 0:10:09.882,0:10:11.279 I'm here for a reason. 0:10:11.279,0:10:13.483 You know what I'm saying, you got to tell yourself, man, I feel like 0:10:13.483,0:10:15.273 I've been pushed down in the dirt. 0:10:15.273,0:10:17.405 I feel like people have been stomping on me. 0:10:17.405,0:10:19.254 I feel like stuff has been raining on me. 0:10:19.254,0:10:22.202 But you didn't realize as my [br]young friends, you were just a seed, 0:10:22.202,0:10:24.224 so you got to tell yourself. no, no,no 0:10:24.224,0:10:27.110 I haven't been pushed down on the dirt and I haven't been stomped on. 0:10:27.110,0:10:30.461 I've been planted and not been placed [br]in this pot for a reason. 0:10:30.461,0:10:34.261 And we're at this arena, here to be [br]able to have a conversation to say, 0:10:34.261,0:10:36.093 what does it look like to go to that next level? 0:10:36.158,0:10:38.150 And so I need you all to do the same thing 0:10:38.150,0:10:40.020 When you leave here, if you feel like 0:10:40.020,0:10:43.389 you're in a weird place if you feel stuck, if you feel like, you know what, 0:10:43.508,0:10:45.068 I just feel like I need some help. 0:10:45.068,0:10:46.379 You get the help you need. 0:10:46.379,0:10:48.373 That's how you show how strong and 0:10:48.373,0:10:50.339 how bold and how powerful you are. 0:10:51.905,0:10:53.912 What's the next app [br]that you're going to create? 0:10:53.912,0:10:55.217 You don't say sometimes I wonder like, 0:10:55.217,0:10:57.077 you know, say, are you going to come up with a cure 0:10:57.077,0:10:58.560 for alzheimers, domentia? 0:10:58.560,0:11:00.190 Are you going to come up, you know what 0:11:00.190,0:11:03.040 I'm saying, with something that can purify water for people across the globe? 0:11:03.040,0:11:05.780 Are you going to create[br]the next app con connect us? 0:11:05.780,0:11:08.236 Are you going to be the next teacher or superintendent? 0:11:08.236,0:11:10.687 Are you going to be the next leader in our community like, 0:11:10.687,0:11:13.407 like, I'd be wondering sometimes like what are the great things 0:11:13.407,0:11:14.527 that you're to accomplish? 0:11:14.527,0:11:17.767 And there are times when I look at what's happening in the world 0:11:17.767,0:11:19.356 and I'm a bit discouraged. 0:11:19.907,0:11:21.512 I've got a seven-year-old daughter 0:11:21.512,0:11:22.742 and a one-year-old baby boy. 0:11:22.742,0:11:24.332 Sometimes I look at the crazy stuff that's 0:11:24.332,0:11:26.102 happening in this worls and I'm like, man, 0:11:26.102,0:11:28.992 what kind of world am I rasing my kids in? 0:11:29.170,0:11:31.380 But then I'm encouraged because I 0:11:31.380,0:11:32.960 get to come to events like this. 0:11:32.960,0:11:35.068 And I'll get to look in your faces and connect 0:11:35.068,0:11:37.428 with you and I have no doubt that there's great things 0:11:37.428,0:11:39.593 inside you and that you're going to experience 0:11:39.593,0:11:41.533 some amazing things inside your life 0:11:41.533,0:11:44.946 If you make a decision to say, I'm going to speak up, 0:11:44.946,0:11:47.121 I'm going to stand up.I'm going to save a life. 0:11:47.121,0:11:49.514 If you tell yourself I will be a leader. 0:11:49.514,0:11:51.435 If you tell yourself, I am going to show up 0:11:51.435,0:11:53.901 every single day of my school and I'm going to go above and 0:11:53.901,0:11:56.957 beyond because there are some kids in some different countries 0:11:56.957,0:11:59.070 and some different places that wish they had 0:11:59.070,0:12:03.070 the opportunity to be at my school, to have floors and lights 0:12:03.070,0:12:04.202 You know I'm saying 0:12:04.202,0:12:05.936 and screen and technology. 0:12:08.874,0:12:11.434 I've been some places my young friends while 0:12:11.434,0:12:13.724 I walked us through schools and some different countries 0:12:13.724,0:12:15.084 doing some volunteer work, 0:12:15.084,0:12:17.144 and I'm seeing the facilities they're in. 0:12:17.504,0:12:19.872 I know I've met some kids that would love 0:12:19.872,0:12:22.063 to come here and able to go to school 0:12:22.063,0:12:24.920 that has a gym or be able [br]to go to school that has AC 0:12:24.920,0:12:26.780 or to be able to go to school that they has desk, 0:12:26.780,0:12:29.826 or to be able to go to school where they get their own books and then some 0:12:29.826,0:12:31.331 of y'all tablets and all these extra things. 0:12:31.331,0:12:32.803 We are so privileged. 0:12:32.803,0:12:35.151 What do we do with this opportunity that we have? 0:12:35.151,0:12:37.591 I want to challenge you to make the most of it, 0:12:37.591,0:12:40.479 to speak life, to love, to encourage. 0:12:41.256,0:12:43.906 To wrap your arms around those who are 0:12:43.906,0:12:45.573 struggling and you let them know, 0:12:45.573,0:12:47.216 you know where you're not in this by yourself 0:12:47.936,0:12:50.300 What we're not going to do is we're not going to quit. 0:12:50.300,0:12:52.436 What we're not gonna do is we're not going o surrender. 0:12:52.436,0:12:54.141 What we're not going to do is we're going to just 0:12:54.141,0:12:55.832 you know what I'm saying, just stay in this place. 0:12:55.832,0:12:58.011 We knew that eventually things would change. 0:12:58.521,0:13:00.481 Like eventually it's going to turn around 0:13:00.481,0:13:04.481 for my good and we'll be stronger from it and we'll be better equipped 0:13:04.481,0:13:06.261 and this will make us better people. 0:13:06.499,0:13:08.955 Now you can't always control what happens to you. 0:13:08.955,0:13:11.892 My friends. But you can[br]control how you respond to it.