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Submitted to Contest #102
The small fragile seed would laugh at you if you told it, one day it would be a tall and strong oak tree. Sure, it knows it's going to be an oak tree but it doesn't know if it's going to be tall and/or thick. That's mostly out of its control. Now, what if you gave that seed the ability to dream...? Then it would dream about being the tallest and strongest tree ever. But, still, how tall and thick the seed grows to be is out of its control. Would the seed be justified in feeling sad if it grew crooked and thin? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The...
Submitted to Contest #101
The old days of school were nice, back then classes were composed of only modern tables, wooden chairs, and a blackboard. Kids came to school to study, at least most kids. Some, like myself, would rather spend all day working in a ditch with our best mates than sit in a classroom all day watching a boring teacher teach boring teachings. That is exactly why I decided in 1998, at age 13, that I would stop wasting my time in school. My parents didn't agree with my judgement. We were at the dinner table when I brought up the idea⦠...
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