Mark
The quote I picked is about Overcoming Adversity and Challenges and I picked it because it is part of the summit student creed. The quote is “We acquire the strength we have over come.” * Ralph Waldo Emerson. In Persepolis Marjane has to grow up and make her own choice or she could be killed. She also stands up for what she believes in and takes risks to speak out with she thinks. Sometimes you have to go against the rules to stand up for what is right for you or leave.
With Hotel Rwanda Paul over come a lot of challenges with being in touch with the some of the higher powers. He is able to get the French and some Belgium soldiers to come and get some of the people that are staying in the hotel the “Whites”. Then Paul tells everyone to call and tries to get help and the people that got help get passports. But on the way to leave the radio person is informed and told that the hotel is trying to get people out.
Swing Kids over come adversity with the power of the police being ignorant of not knowing the singers or people that sing swing music. The kids band together and join the bad side and learn how to not get caught.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Final- Adversity and Challenges
Watching Swing Kids it showed many challenges. The Nazi’s pressured and brainwashed people into joining the Nazi’s. In the movie there were many problems the boy faced like deciding whether to betray his handicapped friend, turn in the book store owner (ids for the Jewish people), and you can’t forget the woman who knew his father (who was Jewish also). He can’t hurt them because he has a heart and that’s why those challenges didn’t corrupt him. The ending he kept swinging, and ended up in a concentration camp, for the fight of freedom of all people (no matter there color or race they are).
Watching Hotel Rwanda there was many adversity and challenges, Paul started out this movie as a man who only cared about the welfare of his family, but changed to now protect his neighbors (refugees). The Hutu soldiers (or rebels) were after the Tutsi’s, there were no countries that were willing to protect them in the hotel, and also they were running out of food (supplies). Paul waited it out and got everyone to the refugee camps, he wasn’t going to let people kill his people. Thanks to the calls from the higher countries saved them many times also.
Reading the book Persepolis was an experience learning that Marji was just like me in a sense just from a different country. Marji faced many challenges from drug problems, suicide problems, war fighting (Iran), love problems, and just swallowing her pride and wear the vial. Marji faced all these challenges and adversities and got out of adolescents and fought back with little rebels actions and got through it. Although living under these conditions. Marji is a woman with will power and strength (rebelliousness), she’s tough.
Madeleine
Watching Swing Kids it showed many challenges. The Nazi’s pressured and brainwashed people into joining the Nazi’s. In the movie there were many problems the boy faced like deciding whether to betray his handicapped friend, turn in the book store owner (ids for the Jewish people), and you can’t forget the woman who knew his father (who was Jewish also). He can’t hurt them because he has a heart and that’s why those challenges didn’t corrupt him. The ending he kept swinging, and ended up in a concentration camp, for the fight of freedom of all people (no matter there color or race they are).
Watching Hotel Rwanda there was many adversity and challenges, Paul started out this movie as a man who only cared about the welfare of his family, but changed to now protect his neighbors (refugees). The Hutu soldiers (or rebels) were after the Tutsi’s, there were no countries that were willing to protect them in the hotel, and also they were running out of food (supplies). Paul waited it out and got everyone to the refugee camps, he wasn’t going to let people kill his people. Thanks to the calls from the higher countries saved them many times also.
Reading the book Persepolis was an experience learning that Marji was just like me in a sense just from a different country. Marji faced many challenges from drug problems, suicide problems, war fighting (Iran), love problems, and just swallowing her pride and wear the vial. Marji faced all these challenges and adversities and got out of adolescents and fought back with little rebels actions and got through it. Although living under these conditions. Marji is a woman with will power and strength (rebelliousness), she’s tough.
Madeleine
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “We acquire the strength we have overcome”. And I think that this applies for all three Persepolis, Swing Kids, and Hotel Rwanda. It applies to Persepolis by the fact that she has overcome so many things. Like the divorce, and moving to a different country leaving her parents behind. I mean she had to deal with making a whole new life, and then she was in a country that was in war when she was younger. She lived a very learn full life because she had to do a lot of independence starting at a young age. She had to learn a lot of social skills all on her own.
It ties into Swing Kids by the fact that four friends get split up because two go into Hitler youth and swing then the other two continue to just swing. And the two who join Hitler youth don’t stay as good of friends because one strongly believes everything that the Nazis tell them and the other disagrees with what the Nazis teach them. In the end one of the swing kids commits suicide. He learned right from wrong and he was not going to support wrong even if it meant death. The two in Hitler youth fought but realized that friendship is stronger than what was currently happening with the Hitler youth and the Nazis wanted from them. The two eventually split up one goes to a work camp, and the other goes and stays in the Hitler youth.
It ties into Hotel Rwanda by the fact that the hotel manager has to worry about hundreds of people. When the president died then the Hutu starting killing off the Tutsi. The managers’ whole family was Tutsi same with a lot of his neighbors. Then the hotel becomes a safe spot for them. In the end thousands of people died and over a thousand survived thanks to one man with some help of the rebels, and the U.N. The hotel manager learned that life is important to everyone. He also learned that in any situation good or bad he can always help out others.
James
It ties into Swing Kids by the fact that four friends get split up because two go into Hitler youth and swing then the other two continue to just swing. And the two who join Hitler youth don’t stay as good of friends because one strongly believes everything that the Nazis tell them and the other disagrees with what the Nazis teach them. In the end one of the swing kids commits suicide. He learned right from wrong and he was not going to support wrong even if it meant death. The two in Hitler youth fought but realized that friendship is stronger than what was currently happening with the Hitler youth and the Nazis wanted from them. The two eventually split up one goes to a work camp, and the other goes and stays in the Hitler youth.
It ties into Hotel Rwanda by the fact that the hotel manager has to worry about hundreds of people. When the president died then the Hutu starting killing off the Tutsi. The managers’ whole family was Tutsi same with a lot of his neighbors. Then the hotel becomes a safe spot for them. In the end thousands of people died and over a thousand survived thanks to one man with some help of the rebels, and the U.N. The hotel manager learned that life is important to everyone. He also learned that in any situation good or bad he can always help out others.
James
My report is on heroes a Persian proverb says that “when its dark you can see the stars.” When I first joined mattew ‘s class I thought that the class was going to be super boring but it turned out pretty freaking cool. I really have had a lot fun and then we read this comic or a graphic novel called persepolis it was a really a touching novel. It was a bout this girl in Iran and about how her life was it was kind of weird to read but it grew on me ha ha. And then I read that quote “when its dark you can see the stars”.
Heroes I have hero his name is Jeremy Lusk he was a part of the metal mulisha.
He was just a small town kid just like my self and he made something of himself by just riding his dirt bike. The biggest reason for being my hero is because he came up from nothing and he used to just ride the track and just skip to the big double in the middle of the track. One more thing that I think why I liked him so much is that he just wasn’t as cocky as the rest he was way down to earth but had high dreams. He threw the biggest whip that everyone has seen ever .
On Febuary 10th my hero was crushed he was at the xgames in Puerto rico doing the backflip heartattack . He wrecked the bike landed on him and it broke his neck my dreams were crushed. But just like that quote it made me just want to ride harder and be just as good or better than he was. And that also puts me in the adversity and challenges quote also but now I am a better rider and that I am.
Jake
Heroes I have hero his name is Jeremy Lusk he was a part of the metal mulisha.
He was just a small town kid just like my self and he made something of himself by just riding his dirt bike. The biggest reason for being my hero is because he came up from nothing and he used to just ride the track and just skip to the big double in the middle of the track. One more thing that I think why I liked him so much is that he just wasn’t as cocky as the rest he was way down to earth but had high dreams. He threw the biggest whip that everyone has seen ever .
On Febuary 10th my hero was crushed he was at the xgames in Puerto rico doing the backflip heartattack . He wrecked the bike landed on him and it broke his neck my dreams were crushed. But just like that quote it made me just want to ride harder and be just as good or better than he was. And that also puts me in the adversity and challenges quote also but now I am a better rider and that I am.
Jake
Final
Austin
The quote I am choosing is “We acquire the strength we have overcome” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. I chose this quote because in order to learn and grow we have to overcome our challenges and learn from what we have done.
In Persepolis, Marjane started out being spoiled by her family in a nice place and having nice things. While she was growing up her country started to get attacked and her views began to change. Marjane Moved to Austria on her own and started learning who she is. She chose some wrongs and some rights. She tried being a nun, a punk, a druggy and lots more! While she was overcoming her challenges and learning who she is she grew older too. With time we can learn who we are by what we’ve done.
Marjane’s family and friends in Persepolis also contribute a huge part to who she becomes. Whenever Marjane was having problems she would think about her grandmother. Her grandmothers’ advice helped her to learn and understand things that were happening to her. When she was in the diner eating and all of the people were talking about her saying how she never says where she’s from and that her parents didn’t care she finally realized that she’s Iranian and there is nothing she could do about it. She was proud of that fact though.
The God character in the book that visits her at night is more just her thinking to herself in my opinion. God helped her solve her problems and learn new things by her past actions. She got mad at him once because He didn’t satisfy her questions, so he disappeared for a while until she began thinking about things again. The only one who understands what you need is usually you. You have to learn and grown from the failures and success’ in your life.
Austin
The quote I am choosing is “We acquire the strength we have overcome” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. I chose this quote because in order to learn and grow we have to overcome our challenges and learn from what we have done.
In Persepolis, Marjane started out being spoiled by her family in a nice place and having nice things. While she was growing up her country started to get attacked and her views began to change. Marjane Moved to Austria on her own and started learning who she is. She chose some wrongs and some rights. She tried being a nun, a punk, a druggy and lots more! While she was overcoming her challenges and learning who she is she grew older too. With time we can learn who we are by what we’ve done.
Marjane’s family and friends in Persepolis also contribute a huge part to who she becomes. Whenever Marjane was having problems she would think about her grandmother. Her grandmothers’ advice helped her to learn and understand things that were happening to her. When she was in the diner eating and all of the people were talking about her saying how she never says where she’s from and that her parents didn’t care she finally realized that she’s Iranian and there is nothing she could do about it. She was proud of that fact though.
The God character in the book that visits her at night is more just her thinking to herself in my opinion. God helped her solve her problems and learn new things by her past actions. She got mad at him once because He didn’t satisfy her questions, so he disappeared for a while until she began thinking about things again. The only one who understands what you need is usually you. You have to learn and grown from the failures and success’ in your life.
As I read the quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson that says:”We acquire the strength we have overcome” it makes me think. What does this mean? The more I think about it the more clear it becomes to me. As we go through challenges in our life and overcome them we find a new greater strength among ourselves. Though times may be difficult they are well worth the reward.
In the comic book Persepolis we read about this girl that is growing up during a war. A war between her government, the people and another government. Though I don’t know from personal experience what it is like to live during a war that effects your everyday life I have found that through this womans words that I would definitely not like to have to go through those kind of difficulties. Though I would not want to live in such harsh situations they can prove to be good in a weird sense. When people face difficult moments in their life something inside them changes. People will go from average everyday people to heroes. So many people in this world that you would have never thought would do anything great have risen up to become great heroes. In the book 1984 an average unimportant citizen does great things. The main character Winston does the same thing everyday and doesn’t act against his communist government that he hates. Then a girl comes along and changes everything for him. She gives him the nudge he needed to start rebelling against the utopian government he lives under. After many struggles he helps start the beginning of a revolution.
We watched a movie that was previously unknown to me in English called Hotel Rowonda. The main character Paul was a manager at a very nice hotel. Had a family and an average life. Then war broke out and he being a father and husband did what any human being would do, he protected his family as well as he could. He was doing what he could to make sure his family was safe but was put as the leader of the hotel and felt a strong urge to protect not only his family but to keep safe and sheltered the war refugees. In the midst of blood and hatred this normal person rose up to think of some cleaver ways to trick the enemy and get the people at his hotel to safety. He protected over a thousand people in the end including his family. This proves that normal people can do anything if they just have the urge to. If the can dig deep and find the power to do amazing things it is completely possible.
When I think of Emerson’s quote I think of everyday people doing great things in their time of need. People can overcome any adversity and any challenge.
Alex
In the comic book Persepolis we read about this girl that is growing up during a war. A war between her government, the people and another government. Though I don’t know from personal experience what it is like to live during a war that effects your everyday life I have found that through this womans words that I would definitely not like to have to go through those kind of difficulties. Though I would not want to live in such harsh situations they can prove to be good in a weird sense. When people face difficult moments in their life something inside them changes. People will go from average everyday people to heroes. So many people in this world that you would have never thought would do anything great have risen up to become great heroes. In the book 1984 an average unimportant citizen does great things. The main character Winston does the same thing everyday and doesn’t act against his communist government that he hates. Then a girl comes along and changes everything for him. She gives him the nudge he needed to start rebelling against the utopian government he lives under. After many struggles he helps start the beginning of a revolution.
We watched a movie that was previously unknown to me in English called Hotel Rowonda. The main character Paul was a manager at a very nice hotel. Had a family and an average life. Then war broke out and he being a father and husband did what any human being would do, he protected his family as well as he could. He was doing what he could to make sure his family was safe but was put as the leader of the hotel and felt a strong urge to protect not only his family but to keep safe and sheltered the war refugees. In the midst of blood and hatred this normal person rose up to think of some cleaver ways to trick the enemy and get the people at his hotel to safety. He protected over a thousand people in the end including his family. This proves that normal people can do anything if they just have the urge to. If the can dig deep and find the power to do amazing things it is completely possible.
When I think of Emerson’s quote I think of everyday people doing great things in their time of need. People can overcome any adversity and any challenge.
Alex
Heroes
by Dani
“When it is dark, you can see the sky.” This quote has a lot to do with the heroes that we know. Look at Superman and Spiderman for instance. We all love these fictional characters because they always conquer the bad guys.
We read a book called Persepolis, which was a graphic novel about a young girl named Marji, who over comes a lot of challenges that she has in her life. One of her heroes was her Uncle, who was sent to prison and then later killed because the government found out that he was a Russian Spy. Then she was sent to live with her family friends, who later on sent her to a boarding school. She went through many things here. She started doing drugs, got cheated on, and eventually ended up on the streets. When she went home the war was almost over and she was very happy. The governments made the females wear a veil, which made them hide their hair.
Later on we watched a movie called Swing Kids. It is about some boys who love to dance swing, but the government doesn’t allow swing music in their country anymore. For these boys it was a lot to go against the rules because you can get into a lot of trouble. One of the boys Thomas eventually ends up believing all of the things that the government is teaching them. He turns in his dad, goes against his best friend, and almost kills his best friend. I think the true hero in this film was the boy who stood up for everyone. He made sure that everyone was doing okay and he had fun while he was doing it. It took a lot of guts for him to see what was inside of the boxes. Inside the boxes were ashes of people who were killed.
On the last week of school, we watched a film called Hotel Rwanda. What I watched of this movie was really sad. People were getting killed because they were Tutsis or Hutus. This movie was about a man named Paul who was Hutu and his wife was Tutsi. He ended up saving all of these people who would have gotten killed. He gave everything he had to make sure his family was safe and it eventually paid off. He ended up saving about 800,000 people, with the help of his friends and the army. Now, in real life there is still the war going on only it is in Congo. I think it is very sad that nice people have to go through things. I think that the hero was Paul because he could have been killed, but he didn’t care because he wanted to save his family.
by Dani
“When it is dark, you can see the sky.” This quote has a lot to do with the heroes that we know. Look at Superman and Spiderman for instance. We all love these fictional characters because they always conquer the bad guys.
We read a book called Persepolis, which was a graphic novel about a young girl named Marji, who over comes a lot of challenges that she has in her life. One of her heroes was her Uncle, who was sent to prison and then later killed because the government found out that he was a Russian Spy. Then she was sent to live with her family friends, who later on sent her to a boarding school. She went through many things here. She started doing drugs, got cheated on, and eventually ended up on the streets. When she went home the war was almost over and she was very happy. The governments made the females wear a veil, which made them hide their hair.
Later on we watched a movie called Swing Kids. It is about some boys who love to dance swing, but the government doesn’t allow swing music in their country anymore. For these boys it was a lot to go against the rules because you can get into a lot of trouble. One of the boys Thomas eventually ends up believing all of the things that the government is teaching them. He turns in his dad, goes against his best friend, and almost kills his best friend. I think the true hero in this film was the boy who stood up for everyone. He made sure that everyone was doing okay and he had fun while he was doing it. It took a lot of guts for him to see what was inside of the boxes. Inside the boxes were ashes of people who were killed.
On the last week of school, we watched a film called Hotel Rwanda. What I watched of this movie was really sad. People were getting killed because they were Tutsis or Hutus. This movie was about a man named Paul who was Hutu and his wife was Tutsi. He ended up saving all of these people who would have gotten killed. He gave everything he had to make sure his family was safe and it eventually paid off. He ended up saving about 800,000 people, with the help of his friends and the army. Now, in real life there is still the war going on only it is in Congo. I think it is very sad that nice people have to go through things. I think that the hero was Paul because he could have been killed, but he didn’t care because he wanted to save his family.
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