"It Was All A Lie"

In the article "It Was All A Lie" by a college student, Laura Jeanne Allen, she tells us that here parents always told her that she could do whatever she wanted in the future. Thus, she always thoughts she can do whatever she wanted since she believed them. Even though she didn't do a good job, they always encouraged her. As she said, "I didn't realize that while filling my head with ideas of what I could do with my life, no one thought to point out all of the things that I couldn't."

I really agree with her because I also had this kind of experience. When I was a little girl, my parents and grandparents always asked me, "what do you want to do in the future?" I always said, "I want to be a Chinese teacher." And they always smiled and said, "Good girl. I'm sure that you can be a Chinese teacher." As I grew up, when I went to school, and got my report card, my grades in Chinese class were always lower than the grades in math class. I also realized I like math more than Chinese. However, they still encouraged me.

Now, I'm old enough. I can think. I realize what I have and what I can do. I know I will never become a Chinese teacher since I can't write well. At the same time, I found I really like math. I'm really enjoy to work with numbers. I may become a math teacher instead of a Chinese teacher. Nevertheless, nobody told me that. I think it is because they wanted to give me confidence. They wanted me to have dreams.