Opinion: Don't Follow Your Dream

I agree and I disagree with the author of this article's point of view. In Harrison Solow's opinion, the phrase "Follow Your Dream," horrifies and disgusts him. He thinks that children who are raised hearing this supposedly inspiring phrase, don't exactly follow their dreams at all. Instead, he thinks that being told to follow your dreams is simply a different way of saying, "if you want something, you'll get it." I agree with what he thinks in that sense, and do believe that in this generation we are constantly wanting something and never fighting for it, but I also disagree. To me, it seems like Solow is putting all the blame on the phrase itself when really, the way that the phrase is interpreted is a matter of perspective. Some children may hear it and grow up thinking that all they have to do is want something, and it might one day be handed to them. But others may interpret it differently and grow up to truly follow the dreams they had once envisioned, and work hard to achieve it. In my opinion, it depends on the person who hears rather than the words being said.