Superman

Well, if I said I had one goal I wanted to achieve while living on Earth it would be to make a difference. For a long time, the only thing I've wanted was for people to think that I'm a good person. I think its working. When I'm gone from this place I just want to know that I made a difference in someone's life. I suppose thats a lot of the reason why when I grow up I want to become a history teacher. I'm not sure if history teachers have all that much effect in a student's life, but even if only one is changed because of me (for the better) I will be happy forever. I think this goes along with a pretty well known short story about starfish. I'm just gonna paraphrase it, it goes something like this: A man was walking along the beach when he saw a girl also walking along the beach, sometimes he would see her pick up a starfish and throw it into the ocean. The man tells her there are miles and miles of beach and thousands of starfish, so really she isn't making a difference. The girl replies to him, "it makes a difference to that one." I suppose thats all I really want...I'm that girl (don't anyone dare think a single word) and the starfish are like future students (If I really do become a teacher) When I go I don't want to be remembered for my money or political power or being some great athlete (Ha, as if) but as being someone that made a difference in the lives of those around him. I guess you could say I'm really trying to be a superman.

"So here I am doing everything I can holding on to what I am pretending I'm a superman"-Superman by Goldfinger