blog #35

Santosh's story is terrible and amazing at the same time. The pain he must have felt when he lost his arm. The frustraton he must have felt when learning to use his left hand for everything. And the anger he must have felt when seeing the man who did this all to him, he was still able to shake this mans hand and make peace with him. I'm sure many of us would not be able to do this, I know if i were in this situation i would either want to run away or want to hurt this man the way he hurt me, but Santosh didn't because he wants no more fights, just more peace.

blog #33

I don't think me and my friends have ever really become a "minga". We have never really gone out and don't something great enough to refer ourselves as that. But i do think the leadership class could be considered this. Our class + the Me to We club to great things for out school, the community, and ever other countries around the world (Haiti and Sierra Leone). Raising as much money as we did for all sorts of activities and helping so many people i think i would refer to those groups as mingas.

Blog #32

Another inspirational story! I think when you have to go through what Lindsay did at such a young age the way she handled it is perfectly normal. I probably would have moped just as much as her. But to turn her sadness around in such a positive way is amazing. She stopped sulking about what happened and focused more on what didn't happen, and what shouldn't happen to anyone else. She stood up for what she thought was right and made a difference!

blog #31

what life ultimately means... I have never thought about such a large thing before. For Viktor Frankl, it was probably thinking he was going to die after losing everything he owned that made him think this way. Thankfully, i have never been put in this situation so this thought has never crossed my mind. When i do think about this is guess what he has said could be true. Everyone could be trying to figure out what is meant for them and what they are supposed to be doing with life without knowing they are doing so.

blog #28

I really enjoyed reading this story! something that i learned from it is that there are always negative things in your life. There is nothing you can do about that but whenever you are feeling sorry for yourself you should think how much worse it is for other people around the world and what would help them. Even though Joe had a rough life and i'm sure there many times when he wanted to give up, but instead he helped others and that gave him true happiness and actually ended up changing his life in many positive ways.

Blog #27

I think this is also a good story. Oprah did not have a childhood that is anything like her life now. Growing up with so little money that her family could not afford Christmas must have made her appreciate what little they had and work hard to change her lifestyle and others as well. I don`t have a problem with Oprah but I am not really a fan either. In my opinion her show is so successful because she talks about things that a lot of people are interested in hearing about and because she gives away all the free stuff.

Blog #25

I think IDCI can learn from this school because it shows that even the small schools can make a difference. Not many people have heard of our school but that doesn't mean that our staff and students can't come together to make a difference. And I think our school does this and some other schools could learn from us. From our undefeated victory at the stair climb to the money we raised to support Haiti to the money we raised to support IDCI's own Wade Kos.