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The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

52: A Patient Man

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Society & Culture, History

4.839.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

John loved Peggy so much he would do anything for her... including this!

Transcript

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0:00.0

So what do you want to do when you're older, they ask?

0:03.0

What that question again?

0:06.0

If one thinks for sure, it's okay not to be sure.

0:10.0

Because there's education and training in areas you may not have even thought of.

0:14.0

From artificial intelligence, to genetics, to aerospace engineering.

0:19.0

Get the jump on the skills employers are looking for,

0:22.0

with a T-level, apprenticeship or higher technical qualification.

0:27.0

So let's get the jump and see what's out there for you.

0:30.0

This is the way I heard it.

0:38.0

John was a patient man.

0:40.0

His attraction to Peggy had been instantaneous and profound.

0:44.0

Their courtship, a whirlwind of barely suppressed passion.

0:48.0

And now, as John stood at the altar, watching the object of his affection walk slowly toward him.

0:55.0

His thoughts were those of a man whose patience was finally about to pay off.

1:02.0

As Peggy drew ever closer and the organ heralded the coming of the bride.

1:07.0

John recalled the day he proposed.

1:10.0

At first Peggy had demured.

1:12.0

She said she'd think about it tomorrow.

1:15.0

But John was persistent as well as patient.

1:18.0

And eventually Peggy said yes.

1:21.0

How happy he had been, how relieved.

1:25.0

John knew that the most eligible debutante in Atlanta had accepted other proposals from other men.

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