Strickland: Making The Impossible Possible

Making the impossible possible

Making the impossible possible is worth reading because it it shows how Strickland became very successful along with some of his students. And how it gives people motivation to do things they never thought they could do ever in there life, while showing you how to do positive things with your time instead of doing nothing.

As Strickland talks about his journey he talks about pottery and how it got him interested in wanting to make things with clay. So he had the idea of having art classes and letting the kids use clay to help motivate themselves.” All I knew was caly and what it had done for me. Intuitively, i knew it could do the same for them(Strickland 7). The motivation that he gave the children made them believe that they could do anything they put their minds to. Sharif Bey was one of Stricklands students many of the teachers thought he wasn't going to be anything since he kept to himself. But when he was given clay he started to make things and sooner down the line he became a director of arts education.

The book also talks about doing something positive with your life many people just sit around and don’t do anything to pass their time instead of wasting it.” We can start living in the moment.

No step is to small. Pick up some trash. Check on a elderly neighbor. Volunteer at your school or a homeless shelter( Strickland 226). This gives people the opportunity to do something with your time instead of not doing anything. This way students can’t get into trouble and having them feel good about being able to do something in there community. He also mentions that the students should commit themselves in something they are passionate about that moves them every time they do it. People who read this book could relate to this if they have a passion or if they do something that that in their everyday

life.
Strickland always talked about being successful when it comes to different events that happened throughout his journey,or if it was one of his students that had success in something they did and achieved on their own. He meets a man named Norman Lear who tells Strickland about his story and what he saw in the program he created.” He wasn’t doing charity; he was telling his story,and he recognized me as someone who could help be apart of that story” (Strickland 214). Every time he accomplishes something weather it was meeting someone new or expanding his company in different ways, he always thought it was success which made him wanting his students to find success.
However many people don’t like the book because many can’t relate to what Strickland is trying to say. Many people don't know what it's like to be those children that don't have the motivation to do anything, or understand what it's like to live in poverty. They also don't like how it talks about race and how he thinks that art can save children's lives. But it talks about motivating children into doing things instead of getting into trouble, and gives them the opportunity to try new things in there lives.
In conclusion Stricklands book shows us how he has changed the lives of many students, and that you can do anything you put your mind to as long as you believe in yourself. And have the motivation or something you are passionate about to help you get to where you want to be.