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佳作欣赏:Follow Your Dream!(ZT)

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发表于 2004-10-8 22:10 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
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Follow Your Dream! `$ \4 v3 w. o+ O& x' x
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8 d- D: f3 T- ~: d: LI have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. - c* K4 I1 ]3 h+ T- X: p
He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money ; s+ W" }9 I$ c7 |" d( V
for youth at risk programs.
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The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, 'I want to tell you . E$ ~, i; D, p! e, w( D
why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young $ _# N( f1 N- ~
man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable " I# G7 ?: H9 B7 f! |- w
to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training 1 \. f/ r+ I: q$ P# J
horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted.
$ I* K) U) E2 o& [' i9 b" q( aWhen he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted
& c5 h+ K) L0 |' G4 Xto be and do when he grew up. 9 g: @: C/ \+ Z4 g0 F' P7 ?7 w& I

( m- Y4 Y3 A8 A7 b'That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday
6 f" n/ K% R% V) L! p* U# s; Howning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even * i$ I1 ~6 K0 ]2 T5 U9 e/ s
drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings,
; R' W2 K; `! N' d  ?1 uthe stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot
. M4 _- Q& O9 Y% h; fhouse that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. , `# l' B& P6 ~

) m& Q1 \2 [* M8 r8 y'He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he
- g0 j% e! a2 t+ Bhanded it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. % F0 ^1 l' C& T- B, K6 k, X; K
On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, `See me after 4 g! L5 r% d2 I. i# S1 l9 L3 J
class.' 6 R# C2 x3 a% S9 r5 M, p: ?) ~

  h5 H+ g* Q; O  y( u'The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked,
) f  k+ k/ I8 [, J  Y" Y`Why did I receive an F?' $ _1 ?3 X6 U, o' u
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'The teacher said, `This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. 9 n3 S: E+ n) S
You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. 0 m- }! j9 b/ c1 u4 i( @8 P
Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land.
  A( q; `/ Q' ?- S9 m) g: YYou have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to 8 R" p6 O  t3 T3 x+ b8 @) x9 K
pay large stud fees. There's no way you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher
; }' w7 z% {" {+ M6 Nadded, `If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will + P! u2 q7 |% `* B1 f
reconsider your grade.’
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'The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father 1 w* ~# J: v& n$ X
what he should do. His father said, `Look, son, you have to make up your 4 v" m: m* Z, a7 w
own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for ) l3 y8 p0 `# s4 }! Q+ i
you.’ 2 J  t; g4 c% c  ^+ u: g
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'Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same 1 _7 V9 e" O$ M9 x5 H! Y
paper, making no changes at all. He stated, `You can keep the F and I'll
( I1 K9 X+ I* }6 B0 qkeep my dream.''
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Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, 'I tell you this story 9 M% s* H. o, F2 J
because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of 1 F+ d& d% I' l8 Y7 r
my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the
9 q* w6 c$ m4 M" ~fireplace.' He added, 'The best part of the story is that two summers ago ! K! ~* }4 d% I8 P8 G9 M& \  r, B
that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.' # V$ [# J' `/ R
When the teacher was leaving, he said, `Look, Monty, I can tell you this 8 L7 e  _& J1 h6 v$ _) z
now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During 1 p& q) c+ C* S. s$ A! s
those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption
- R, k6 f/ K+ M9 B3 H# g5 wnot to give up on yours.’' 9 `: M2 W) b& x: }6 \5 |
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Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
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发表于 2004-10-10 12:40 | 显示全部楼层

啧啧,真是理想主义者

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发表于 2004-10-20 20:21 | 显示全部楼层
Fine
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发表于 2004-10-20 20:43 | 显示全部楼层
老杨团队 追求完美
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