I just could not resist mentioning the following 'odd' news story that appeared on the AP last weekend. As the old joke says, if you look up "perseverance" in the dictionary, you will see the picture of....Cha Sa-Soon. Here is why:"A woman in South Korea who tried to pass the written exam for a driver's license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time. The aspiring driver spent more than $4,200 in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test. She told the Korea Times newspaper that she needed the license for her vegetable-selling business."
Wow. How many pounds of carrots will this woman need to sell to re-coup that amount of money? Isn't it amazing the amount of determination needed to continue to reach this goal, with little hope of success? And would you want to be the one to actually teach her how to drive a car, now that she has passed the written portion of the test? :-)
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