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~:  r1                Y"t  c                     "Were  you  leave  today  and  "A  painter  pa1nts  p1clures  on
                                                                  enter  the  world  of  yesterday.   canvas.  but  mus1c1ans  pa1nt
                                                                    tomorrow.  ond  fantasy."   thew  ptclures  on  s~ence."
        ~ oftboll  become  o  pod  of  my l,fe  ol  o  young  oge.
                                                                        -Wall  D1sney              -Leopold  Stokows  1
      My  father  started  a  La  e Ctty  team  and  that· s  where  all  lh1s

       began.  [verylh1ng  that  I learned  came  from  this  man  and  1!

      has  he ped  me  to  lh1s  day.  Now  gell1ng  through  school.  well
       that· s another  lh1ng.  I have  a ways  been  he  type  of  person

       hal  had  to  study  for  every hing  because  II  didn't  come  easy

       lo  me.  This  loptc  15  very  personal  to  me  and  only  a couple
        of  people  know  thts.  but  I have  never  passed  the  fCAT

       read1ng  unlil  last  year.  I have  always  passed  math  but  read-

        Ing  was  my  enemy.  nld  I had  lh1&  one  teacher.  W,s  name
       1&  Mr ..  Week ey.  Th1s  eacher  too  h1s  lme  W1lh  help1ng  me
                                                                  "Were  you  leave  today  and
                                                                                                 "Nothing  is  1mposstble:
       learn  new  vocabulary  and  understanding  lest  strategy.  I have   enter  the  world  of  yesterday.   [ven  the  word  ttself  say5.
                                                                    tomorrow,  and  fantasy."         I'm  possible I'"
        always  had  le&l1ng  problems.  like  when  I gel  a  est  1n  front
                                                                         -Walt  Disney
       of  me  I would  go  blank.  Th1s  teacher  has  taught  me  how  to

       overcome  tho  issue.  [veryone  hal  reads  this  may or  may

        not  laugh.  but  everyone  has  some  type  of  problem. I may

       not  be  dea 1ng  with  school  or  lesling  l&&ues  but  everyone  has
       something.  I used  to  be  shy  about  talking  about  this  because

        11  ma es  people  lh1nk  I'm  stupid,  I'm  not.  I'm JU&I  a  slower

       learner  a  reading.  Mr ..  Weekley  help1ng  me  w1lh  all  this.  a so
       he ped  me  wi h somelh1ng  bigger.  With  his  help  I passed  the

       fCAT  and  the  ACT  which  got  me  a  softball  scholarsh1p.  I

        want  to  thank  him  for  everylhtng  he  has  done  for  me.  I do   "Were  you  leave  today  and   "Intelligence  is  simply  the
                                                                   enter  the  world  of  yesterday.
       want  to  say  that  1f  other  people  are  havtng  problems  and  feel                sum  of  one's  stubbornne55
                                                                     tomorrow.  and  fantasy."        and  cunostly."
                I e  same  way I did.  Ia  to  lhts  leacherl            -Walt  Disney
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