Pages Of Determination

Bowley Collins sits in a classroom full of open textbooks-but his is borrowed, battered, and missing half its pages. With only fragments and memory, he fights through the night to complete an assignment. Though punished alongside those who didn't try, Bowley's quiet effort becomes a lifelong lesson. Years later, as a teacher, he passes it on: "It doesn't matter how many pages are missing in your book. What matters is what you do with the ones you have."