When I was in 7th grade (way back in the early 1990’s), my dad gave me my first computer. Of course, this was before the days of the World Wide Web being used as it is today, so there wasn’t much “mult-media” accessible on the computer (not that it could have handled much to begin with!). However, I did have a CD-ROM (be thankful those are mostly antiques now) of “Famous Speeches” that came with the computer.

I only remember watching one video on that disc, and it was this one. It changed my life and made me dream beyond my small hometown. I still cry every time Pres. Kennedy says “Why some say go to the Moon?…”

This is a video about dreaming, determination, freedom and humanity’s greatness.

As a result of this speech (and watching it countless times on my now-ancient computer collecting dust in my parent’s attic), I’m a science teacher.

Dream big.