When I was in primary school, my school had an annual sports day Usually, girls were 1 in sports like jump rope and boys did the high jump, which I was anxious to take part in. I went to2 up, but the coach said, "Girls don't do the high jump "
I went home and 3 Mom of the coach's words She visited the headmaster the next day "Mr White, Linda wants to do the high jump ""Sorry, Mrs Martinez, but it's our 4 that girls can't do it," he said "But Mr White, I have no 5 of any rules saying that "Finding no such rules, Mr White, feeling 6 , said "I have to consider it" at last
When we got home, Mom told me something I would always 7 : This wasn't just about me Other girls 8 wanted to do this, too A week later, Mom went to Mr White again Finally, he agreed As it turned out, I won the high jump competition To my9 , some of the cheers I got were from boys! My mother was 10 it wasn't about me It was about making people think about and see what girls could do Later, I used this 11 in my career as a building contractor women weren't 12 to construct buildings When I first 13 the business, Mom said, "Go ahead. Start small, but think big." I started with small projects and now my company can handle large ones.
Those experience s taught me though people wouldn't always 14 us, we should be brave to jump over 15 and take paths few girls and women would take And this has really made a difference.
