today,,i went to a talk by mrLIU(principal) after school. it is mainly on encouraging us to score higher & achieve better grades. he pass us 2 pieces of paper,same copy. its all about a story named 'follow ur dream'. we're told to keep 1 piece & pass the other piece to 1 of our friends. unfortunately,,i have alot alot of friendsXD..haha.. so i intend to type the whole story on my blog to pass this story on.

So yea..here it goes,,

follow your dream

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Isidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth-a-risk programs.

The last time i was there,he introduced me by saying,"i want to tell you why i let jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable,race track to race track,farm to farm & ranch to ranch,training horses. As a result,the boy's high school career was continually interrupted.When he was a senior,he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be & do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch.He wrote about his dream in great detail & even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch,showing the location of all the buildings ,stables & the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4000-sq-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.

He put a great deal of his heart into the project & the next day he handed it in to the teacher.2 days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large F with a note that read,'SEE ME AFTER CLASS.'

The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class & asked,'why did i receive an F?'

The teacher said,'this is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. you have no money. you come from an itinerant family. you have no resources. owning a hourse ranch requires a lot of money. you have to buy the land. you have to pay for the original breeding stock & later you'll have to pay for large stud fees. there's no way you could ever do it.' Then the teacher added,'if you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal,i will consider your grade.'

The boy went home & thought about it long & hard. he asked his father what he should do. his father said,'look,son,you have to make up your own mind on this. however,i think it is a very important decision for you.'

Finally,after sitting with it for a week,the boy turned in the same paper,making no changes at all. he stated,'you can keep ur F and i'll keep my dream.'

Monty then turned to the assembled group & said,"i tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4000-sq-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. i still have that school paper framed over the fireplace."

He added,"the best part of the story is that 2 summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my range for a week." When the teacher was leaving,he said,'look,Monty,i can tell you this now. When i was your teacher,i was something of a dream stealer.During those years i stole a alot of kids' dreams. Fortunately you had enough grumption not to give up yours.'
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so,,the moral of the story is: Dont let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart,no matter what.:))

ok..finally finish tying the whole story down.PHEW!!~
gtg & have my nap.
shall post again some day.
i shall posepone my replies again.haha

msTRICIA