![]() ![]() In the perpetrators’ desire to pursue their own dreams, somebody else’s was destroyed. These acts of cheating, corruption, nepotism and the likes, have direct and indirect implications to somebody else’s life, and to somebody else’s dream. The win-at-all-cost-and-we-are-smarter-than-everyone-else mentality has led them to believe that they can get away with it, and the everybody-is-cheating-anyway mindset is probably how they justified it to themselves that what they were doing was okay. Many sports pundits were pointing at the culture within the organization as the driving force. They cheated with the help of technology to steal pitching signs used by their opponents, the Los Angeles Dodgers, during the championship series.Ĭoaches, players and even senior officials of the organization were found to have participated, in one way or another, in this scandalous activity. A team from Texas, the Houston Astros, was found to have cheated their way to being declared as the World Series champions in 2017. ![]() How about receiving a failing grade because you did not reciprocate the sexual advances of your professor? How many plans and dreams did the collapse of Enron crush? Imagine being a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who dreamed of winning a World Series game but somehow lost because your opponent was cheating.ĭuring the past several weeks, there was a big controversy surrounding MLB. You might have lost your scholarship because somebody else’s unqualified nephew took your spot. As we go through life, we are constantly reminded of how cruel and unfair the world can be that in a world where people have different goals to pursue, their quest to reach their dreams may cost you reaching your own. Good thing, back in those days, nobody told me that I can be whoever I want to be and that if I put in the work, persevered and devoted my time and energy, I could make my dreams come true. There were many other different careers I aimed for while I was growing up – and being a certified public accountant was definitely not one of them. Dreamed of becoming a professional basketball player but I could not even get any respectable playing time in our barangay basketball league. I also dreamed of becoming a rock star heard my own signing voice and never dared to sing in the showers again. As soon as I realized how hopeless the sketches I made looked, that was the end of it. When I was four years old, I dreamed of becoming an architect so I can design a house for my mother. ![]()
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