bepah

Seems there was this guy who had fallen on poor fortune, going from business to business looking for work. Despite all of the jobs he might have been offered, he could not qualify for any of them as he had not finished school and could not perform any of the jobs available.

Down on his luck, he entered into house of ill repute and asked the madam if there was anything he could do to help, such holding coats of the clients, sweeping floors or the like. The madam told him there was a need for a bookkeeper and the job was his if he could do it. The poor gentleman was honest,; and said that unfortunately he had not the education to do the job. The madam took pity on the man, saw that he was hungry and offered him a single banana to slake his hunger, if only for a short time.

He left the house looking for a place to sit and consume his reward, when a man came up to him and said. "That is a fine banana that you have there and I am as hungry as a horse. I'm in a hurry and must get to a meeting. I'll buy that banana from you for a quarter". The man was uneducated but not stupid. He knew the price of bananas and realized that he had a bonanza presented to him.

He took the quarter and hightailed himself to the market where he bought 2 bananas and a pencil. He found a piece of cardboard and wrote on it: Bananas - 25 cents each

His inventory quickly sold out. He then went back to the market and repeated this exercise over and over again, increasing his wealth with each trip from the market.

Over the years, he was able to expand his enterprise and opened retail, then wholesale, then import facilities, buying and selling bananas. Over these years, he became a millionaire and supported a workforce with meaningful jobs at fair wage. He donated to charity and became a well-known philanthropist.

His story became so famous, that he was request by Oprah Winfrey herself to come to her national show and tell his rags-to-riches story. He did just that and relayed to millions of people how from a single banana, he became a respected and generous stalwart of society.

After his story completed, Oprah gushed over the gentleman who had pulled himself up by his bootstraps and asked him to go with her around the world to show everyone what was possible, ending with the statement, "Just imagine what you could have accomplished if you had an education".

The gentleman looked straight into the camera and said, "Oprah, if I had finished school, I would have been a bookkeeper in a whorehouse".

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John Case
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island cassie

haha!! What a great reply to being patronised!!

jason

That is AWESOME,,MY Uncle dropped out in grade 8th and worked at Taco bell and down the road owned his first Taco bell before he even had his High school diploma!!! Education is overrated!!!! Now he ownes 25 years later 9 Taco bells!!!

bigdog

That's it. I'm dropping out of school tomorrow to sell bananas.

Tog Tan

Yup..me too Frank.. gonna set a website to sell M'sian 'naners to the States... Seriously bepah, it's one heck of an encouraging and motivating post in gloomy times like this. Thanks!

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Tog Tan has sadly suddenly passed away 6/16/09. We will miss you Tog Tan.

bepah

For those of you who take this story to heart and are embarking on your road to fame and fortune, please let me remind you,....


The story is fiction, it did not happen, Oprah had no one selling bananas on her show.

So before you quit school, fail, and blame me, let me tell you that education is something that never ends, in or out of school. If you are in school, stay there, even if you think your professors are full of it (trust me, they are), listen to what they have to say and develop an argument against it. If you hate school, that is natural. I hated school too!

The point of the story was ........a joke! Just like life itself.

I think I need to work on my delivery and timing.....

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John Case
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Bob

You did fine. I work in a school and think about dropping out every day!

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Tog Tan

Yo bepah,
Like Bob said, you did fine. In all, it's still a very good motivating read.
Hey Frank, do you think they are gonna let you back in college? Hahaha...

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Tog Tan has sadly suddenly passed away 6/16/09. We will miss you Tog Tan.

modenacart

Life is what you make of it, education or not.

bigdog

I thought that was pretty obvious, lol. I had my toungue firmly planted in cheek with my comment! Funny stuff.

Frank