[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” align=”align_left” border_width=”2″ el_width=”70″ accent_color=”#b4ca64″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]HOPE Farm (HF):<\/strong> You mentioned that HOPE Farm has positively impacted your life. How<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> They taught me how to be a real man \u2013 not just the world\u2019s perspective of man, and that\u2019s someone who gets money and gets girls.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> Before you came to HOPE Farm, was your definition of a \u201creal man\u201d different?<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> It was based on what I saw on TV and on other people who weren\u2019t doing it right.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> What is \u201cdoing it right\u201d mean? What is a real man?<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> A real man is somebody who takes responsibility for what they do. They are mature. They don\u2019t come easy to peer pressure. And they follow what God says.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> What do you want to be when you grow up?<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know what I want to be, but I need to make up my mind because I\u2019m in the eighth grade. I don\u2019t have that long.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> You have plenty of time. Do you have any possibilities \u2013 maybe this or maybe that.<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> I did want to become a businessman \u2013 because my uncle is a businessman. He brought me to his office, and he said if I do what I\u2019m supposed to do \u2013 like go to college \u2013 that he can give me a job and I take make certain amount of money in certain amount of time. My mind was just blown. But he did say that school comes first.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> That\u2019s good advice.<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> He also said that you can play basketball and if you do make it, you still need to have a background or a great education. It\u2019s been proven, people who don\u2019t have a good education go there (NBA) and mess up and then lose their money.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> So…playing basketball for a living wouldn\u2019t be a bad thing?<\/p>\n Scotty (smiling):<\/strong> I would love to play basketball….<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> Who is your favorite player?<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> Kevin Durant is my favorite player.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> Why?<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> Because he\u2019s humble. When he won the award (NBA MVP), he was just humble. He was telling what he went through, and how people told him that he couldn\u2019t become an NBA player. It kind of inspired me.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> What other males do you look up to? You mentioned your uncle…do you look up to him?<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> Yes, sir.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> Who else?<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> I look up to my coach at school. He told me a lot of things that have helped me throughout my experience at my new school. He kept me on the right track.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> Is he a real man?<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> Yes, sir. He\u2019s the definition.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> Anyone at HOPE Farm?<\/p>\n Scotty:<\/strong> Mr. Moss, because he said he went through the same things that I went through. He tells me when I do silly things, he says there is more to it than that. He thinks more about the future than I do.<\/p>\n HF:<\/strong> Over the last 9 years at HOPE Farm, has your Scotty:<\/strong> It\u2019s definitely changed. Now I\u2019m thinking about…how can I be a good father? What are the good qualities of being a good father? 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\nperspective about long-term versus short-term changed?<\/p>\n