04-10-2020, 02:23 AM
Ross nodded his head "Yeah, I'm okay. It's just... what is." He shrugged a little and sighed as he moved to sit on a slightly rotted bench in front of a few run-down looking homes "My dad and I were never close, got even further apart when I told him I wasn't going to do what he wanted me to do."
He ran a hand through his hair and looked out over the horizon, watching as the sun dipped lower "My dad, and my mom really, both wanted me to follow in the family trade. Become a lawyer." He laughed sarcastically and shook his head "Being a lawyer now would've been pointless. I made the right call, getting into childhood education." He glanced over at Chris "To this day, he still didn't see it. He didn't see that I would be doing the world good, by becoming a teacher."
He ran a hand through his hair and looked out over the horizon, watching as the sun dipped lower "My dad, and my mom really, both wanted me to follow in the family trade. Become a lawyer." He laughed sarcastically and shook his head "Being a lawyer now would've been pointless. I made the right call, getting into childhood education." He glanced over at Chris "To this day, he still didn't see it. He didn't see that I would be doing the world good, by becoming a teacher."
You can lead a horse to water, but cannot force a horse to drink.