Youheardaboutthesignpostedonafarmer'sfence?Ontheothersideoftheresidesthebiggestmeanestlookingyoucanimagine．Thesignisintendedtostrikeintotheheartsofwould-betrespassers．Itreads"Don'tat

　　Youheardaboutthesignpostedonafarmer'sfence?Ontheothersideofthe residesthebiggestmeanestlooking youcanimagine．Thesignisintendedtostrike intotheheartsofwould-betrespassers．Itreads"Don'tattemptto thisfieldunlessyoucandoitin9．9seconds．Thebullcandoitin10flat!"

　　Don'ttrytocrossthatfieldunlessyouare !Andisn'tthatthewayitisinlife?Wehavetobereadywhenthe arisesorelsewewillhavelittlechanceof ．

　　Sixth-gradeschoolteacherMsSheltonbelievedin ．Studentsrememberhowshe inonthefirstdayofclassandbeganwriting ofaneighth-gradecaliberonthechalkboard．They protestedthatthewordswerenotontheir andtheycouldn'tlearnthem．

　　Theirteacher thatthestudentscouldandwouldlearnthesewords．Shesaidthatshewould teachdowntothem．MsSheltonendedbysayingthatoneofthestudentsinthatclassroomcouldgoonto ．maybeevenbepresidentsomedayandshewantedtopreparethemforthatday．

　　MsSheltonspokethosewordsmanyyearsago． didsheknowthatsomedayoneofherstudents-JesseJackson-wouldtakethem ．Shebelievedthatiftheywerewellpreparedtheycouldachieve goals．

　　RalphWaldoEmersononcesaid"Peopleonlyseewhattheyarepreparedtosee．" that'struethenitisalsotruethattheyonlybecomewhattheyarepreparedtobecome．Andalotof isjustaboutgettingready．

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