Journal 27 - Persistence

Persistence. What a word. Many people I know are very persistent. Madison made a very funny comment and said Mr. Scropos is very persistent with giving his AP United States history class homework. This was very true because he never fails to give us homework. But this is very true. According to dictionary.com, persistence is the act of persisting. What a great definition! Thank you dictionary.com! That is they never give up and do it often. It is a good life skill to be persistent. It means that you will stick it through to the very end no matter what happens. You could be going through your eighth year of medical school and it could seem like life just sucks. But if you are persistent and you stick it through you could be a cardiac doctor and make billions, well maybe not billions, but millions of dollars because of all of the things that you learned throughout those torturing years of medical school. This reminds me of a little character I know as Billy Bob the Calf. You see, Billy Bob the Calf was a goat in this world f Bulls. He was this small little calf that could not become a bull. He was very small and young, but maybe, just maybe, if he stuck it through to the end, and he was persistent, he would become a bull. So Billy Bob the Calf was just this young calf in this world of bulls and then he stuck it out and soon enough he was known as Billy Bob the Bull. You see, if Billy Bob the Bull was not persistent, sure, he more than likely would have become a bull, but he might not have stuck it through and could have had some sadness and never really matured and grew his horns to become the bull. But Billy Bob the Bull did stick it out to the end, was persistent and became a bull in the world of bulls.