Blog #12

http://www.maniacworld.com/are-you-going-to-finish-strong.html

This video is really inspirational. I got it sent to me but I'm sure it is on youtube as well. I think it is inspirational because this guys has no limbs but is making the best of it. He can hardly do things on his own but he never gives up and inspires the viewers to do the same.

Blog #10

I think happiness can be found spending time with people you love while doing things you enjoy. For me to be happy I like to have good company, hanging out with my friends, doing things with my family.
To be perfectly honest if I received $500 right now I think the first thing I would do is go shopping. It's really bad that this is the first thing my money would go towards.
With $5000 or $50000 I would want to travel. The first place I would go is Ireland. I would save a lot for after high school as well

Blog #9

These results were not surprising to me. Although this was not my first time hearing this. If this was the first time I've heard this it might surprise me more. I think it makes sense though. Countries like Nigeria or Mexico would be pleased a lot easier, they would be thankful for little things that we would think normal. I think people in these countries wouldn't be worried about what they were going to get on their shopping spree or what kind of flat screen they should get next.

Blog #7

IDCI is overall a good school. There are a lot of good people that go/teach here. For the most part I enjoy going to school here and I would rather go to this school then other high schools around the area for some reason. We have a variety of classes to choose from and in general our sports teams do very well. IDCI is not always the cleanest and some teachers and students are not always the nicest but I think you would get that at any high school.

Blog #6

Many people mainly know about Craig Keilburger's story and I don't think many people know to much about Mark's story. Without reading Me to We I would not have known it but I'm really glad that I do know about it. He had a very successful life and definitely could have made tons of money. Mark took a big chance by going to Thia Land and gave a lot up to work with his brother and Free the Children.

Blog #5- Kim's story

Kim's story is unbelievable. I can't even imagine how it would of felt to not only almost burn to death and the extreme pain you would feel but also to have to live with the scares for the rest of your life. Not only did she have to go through that she also had her picture taken and was famous all around the world. To then have a picture of yourself running naked and burnt away from the enormous flame what would be worse for me then having millions of people seeing this picture is you yourself having to see this picture over and over again.

Blog #4- thinking we

I think this is an amazing story! The fact that this fourteen year old girl is thinking of people that may not be well off in terms of money rather than thinking about what she wants to buy next. At my age I do think about stuff I could do for charity and when asked if i could do what this girl did I would like to say that I could but in reality I do not believe I could. I can't imagine giving up my house and half of my things and I don't even know what my parents would do if I suggested this. I did think about doing this and debated whether or not I could, but I can tell for that when I was fourteen I would not even consider doing this.

Blog #3- Craig's story

Along with millions of other people, I think Craig's story of starting Free the Children is an amazing story. I have read this book before and I enjoyed reading Craig's story as well as all the other short stories in the book. Craig Kielburger's story is amazing and to call it inspirational, in my opinion, is a understatement. This book altogether had inspired so many people to make little sacrifices for all sorts of causes around the world. Whether it be donating a bit of change or moving out of your house and selling half your things and giving the money to charity, this is as working towards Craig's and many people goals of bettering the world.

Blog #2 everything's perfect.. nobody's happy

Although the guy being interviewed is a comedian and he is trying to be funny, I think he is dead on. The technology we have today is amazing. Newer things are being invented everyday, things that may have been thought to be impossible. It is true that the people who have these items take advantage of just how amazing the things are. I completely agree with the man being interviewed on this clip and I enjoyed watching it to because he was entertaining as well and he made me laugh with how impatient and unreasonable so people can be.

#1- hand/ flag thing

In making this flag my group started by everyone tracing their hands. When we had enough some people began to cut and some began to glue them down. There were a few people that came up with ideas but i think we all worked well together. Even with everyone participating and working hard for some reason we still had trouble finishing it in time. At the end of doing this we did have to rush to finish it which did make parts of our flag a little weird looking. We still had fun doing this activity though even if our flag is still a work in progress.