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Lead a horse to water or create a thirst?

There was a man who would take his horse everyday down to the river and drink. One day he brought the horse down to the river and he wouldn't drink. The man found this odd but thought nothing of it. The next day the same thing happened, the horse didn't drink. This went on for a week and the man go worried. He couldn't figure out why the horse didn't want to drink the river water anymore. He thought either, the river water was bad or the horse was sick.   So one night he sat outside the barn and watched the horses' stall. He saw all the kids from the town coming with pails of water to feed the horse. Some were cold water, other were flavored water. He realized now why his horse didn't drink in morning, it was because he wasn't thirsty. The next morning the man woke up extra early. He had a plan on how to get the horse to drink from the river again. He jumped on the horse and made him run for miles and miles until the horse didn't want to run anymore. Their last stop was the river and this time  the horse didn't hesitate, he drank and drank until he was thirsty no more.  The man's plan worked. 

Morals of the story:  
Our goal with education now is not to provide the water (information). With technology and the Internet, our kids are flooded with information. Our job is the create a thirst for knowledge. There is nothing wrong with our youth (the horse) and there is nothing wrong with our information (river water).  If we can create enough thirst they will want to drink from our river of information (education).  Therefore, our jobs have changed from being the source of the information to showing why the information is necessary and how it can be applied. 

Story by: Chris Flo 

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