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Switching Gears After Twenty-five Years
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Just Say Yes
By Shannon Anderson The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.
~Kalpana Chawla I have always loved school. I played school with my younger sisters from the time they were old enough to talk. I even tutored my mom when she went back to school to get her GED. I wrote in my high-school diary that I would be an elementary-school teacher and write books for kids someday. When I was in fifth grade, I won a schoolwide writing contest. An author had come to our school for a visit, and she called me up to claim my prize: an autographed copy of Can't Catch Me, I'm the Gingerbread Man. Up until that point, the bulk of my writing had been in my diaries. It was the first time I had viewed my writing as something that others could enjoy. (Keep reading) | 
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