[nukkad] A Boy Named Sparky

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A Boy Named Sparky         
 
The late Earle Nightingale, writer and  publisher of
inspirational and motivational  newsletters, once told
a story about a boy named  Sparky. For Sparky, school
was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the
eighth grade. He  flunked physics in high school,
getting a grade of  zero. Sparky also flunked Latin,
algebra, and  English. He didn't do much better in
sports.

Although he did manage to make the school's golf
team, he promptly lost the only important match of
the season. There was a consolation match; he lost
that too.

Throughout his youth Sparky was awkward
socially. He was not actually disliked by the
other  students; no one cared that much. He was
astonished  if a classmate ever said hello to him
outside of  school hours. There's no way to tell how
he might  have done at dating. Sparky never once asked
a  girl  to go out in high school. He was too afraid
of
being  turned down.

Sparky was a loser. He, his  classmates...everyone
knew it. So he rolled with  it.

Sparky had made up his mind early in life that if
things were meant to work out, they would.
Otherwise  he would content himself with what appeared
to be  his inevitable mediocrity.

However, one thing was important to Sparky --
drawing. He was proud of his artwork. Of course,
no  one else appreciated it. In his senior year of
high  school, he submitted some cartoons to the
editors
of  the yearbook. The cartoons were turned down.
Despite this particular rejection, Sparky was so
convinced of his ability that he decided to become a
professional artist.

After completing high school, he wrote a
letter to Walt Disney Studios. He was told to send
some samples of his artwork, and the subject for a
cartoon was suggested. Sparky drew the proposed
cartoon. He spent a great deal of time on it and
on  all the other drawings he submitted. Finally, the
reply came from Disney Studios. He had been
rejected  once again. Another loss for the loser.

So Sparky decided to write his own
autobiography in cartoons. He described his
childhood self -- a little boy loser and chronic
underachiever. The cartoon character would soon
become famous worldwide. For Sparky, the boy who
had such lack of success in school and whose work was
rejected again and again was Charles Schulz. He
created the "Peanuts" comic strip and the little
cartoon character whose kite would never fly and
who never succeeded in kicking a football.


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