Follow Your Dream

One day at this school he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be in his life when he grew up. That night boy wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch.

He wrote his dream in detail and even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch and all the things he was going to include in his ranch such as building, track, etc. He drew detailed floor plans for everything he dreamed about owning one day.

The next day he handed this project to his teacher. After two days he received his paper back with an ‘F’ grade on top of it. The teacher asked him to meet her after class.

After the class boy went to meet the teacher and asked, “Why did he get an ‘F’?”

The teacher said, “This dream is too unrealistic as you need lots of money to buy land, pay for horses, and later other things to be paid for. You have no money. There is no way you can ever do it. Write a more realistic goal and I will reconsider your grades.”

That day boy thought a lot about it and then went to his father about what to do. After listening to his problem his father replied, “Dear son, it’s your decision and you have to make up your mind about it as it’s important for you.”

After a week when the boy again submitted the paper, he gave the same paper he gave before without making any changes to it stating at the end, “You can keep the ‘F’ and I will keep my dream.”

Years after Same School teacher went on a field trip with 30 kids to camp on a ranch for a week. It was a big Ranch with buildings and a Track with a big House. To the surprise, it was the same boy’s ranch to whom once she had given an ‘F’ for that paper.

But realizing what she did back then before leaving the ranch she said, “Look Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was a dream stealer and I did that to a lot of kids. Fortunately, you had enough gumption not to give up yours.”