Dreams Can Come True

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Dreams Can Come True Do you know anyone who made a big change in his or her lifestyle? At the age of 40, Tom Bloch was the head of H&R Block, a huge company that helps people prepare their tax forms. He was very successful. Although Bloch earned a lot of money, he wasn't very happy: He spent too much time at work and didn't have enough time to spend with his family. Suddenly, he left H&R Block and became a teacher in a poor neighborhood. "I wanted to...help people who didn't have the opportunities I had" Bloch explained. Learning to control the students was hard at first. But the rewards - helping children and hearing students say he's their favorite teacher - are great. And Bloch is able to spend more time with his family. For eleven years, Tom Neale worked as a lawyer, and his wife, Mel, worked as a teacher, they saved every penny they could. Finally, they had enough money to buy a boat. That was seventeen years ago, and, except for occasional stops, they have been at sea ever since. For the Neale and their two daughters, the difficulties of their lifestyle are very real: There's not much money, so meals are often rice and beans (and fish!). Storms are dangerous, especially when the boat is far from land. But Tom Neale says overcoming dangers together as a family is one of the rewards of their way of life. Another, he says is "seeing the starfish on the bottom of the sea in the moonlight" Questions Do you agree or disagree with those in article changed their lifestyle? If you can be Tom Bloch and Tom Neale who do you want to be? Explain your answer. What are some reasons people change their lifestyle? Do you want to change your lifestyle? How? What do you think how will it affect for his business for Tom's leaving? According to new interchange Jack C.Richards page
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