Hope to see many of you at the game tomorrow at Warren Fitzgerald. I remind you that in order to get the extra credit you have to find me, say hello and give me a piece of paper with your name on it so I remember who I saw. NO PAPER, NO EXTRA CREDIT!
Monday and Tuesday you will continue to work on your group research projects and papers. I have given far more time than I did last year to work in class therefore, I am expecting greatness. I am also expecting 100% turn in rate. Please do not make me email and call parents because you chose not to do an assignment that is worth 300 points in total.
For tonight, contemplate the importance of you. What value do you think you give to your family, friends, community and greater world at this time? Do you think that you represent who you want to be or are there changes you would like to make before you go off on the next phase of your life (post high school)? Lastly, if you had to write an epitaph (sentence on your tomb stone) what would you want it to say?
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Cody Dykes
For tonight, contemplate the importance of you. What value do you think you give to your family, friends, community and greater world at this time? Do you think that you represent who you want to be or are there changes you would like to make before you go off on the next phase of your life (post high school)? Lastly, if you had to write an epitaph (sentence on your tomb stone) what would you want it to say?
Im not going to lie, i don't see myself being to important. To most im just a person to be blown off. I think the only people who actually care about me alot are my family and close friends. I do my best to provide to everyone else and help out. I do represent who i truly am, but that is not enough for some other people. I hope that there is some people i can effect someday but as for now ill probably not effect a single soul. My epitaph would say "rather try then not try at all", i just pulled that out of my ass, but it sounded inspirational.
i feel that i am importantin some ways but not in others. i feel important to my family and friends just because im their kid and their friend. to everyone else i am just another kid of no importance. for my community and the rest of the world however i feel theexact opposite. other than being part of a birth statistic or whatever other statistics there are the world and community would do just fine without me. seeing as how im notin a position of political or global importance almost knows me and i know almost no one. ture, i do my best to be a kid good and all that other stuff but that still dosent mean some kid in japan is going to think of me as important. i think that almost everyone will feel that way. i think this is because in our times only a few people are recognized and this is usually just because they have alot of money, or just climb the long yet ugly political ladder. yes, the world needs the billions of faceless people to run it and work in the shadows of thefamous and important but one less face would not make much of an impact because there are billions of others minus one of course to take up the slack. and seeing as how your dead befor they make your tombstone i wouldnt be able to put anything on it and honestly i dont know what i would put on it if i did. sure i could pull some inspirational quote out of my ass but i wouldnt mean anything to me i would prolly put something that is more true and thought provoking such as: "blind eyes look at me and all they see is the truth" something like this that makes you think about you and your life and how you live it.
Tom Hall
I live by the quote "be the change you wish you see in the world", so answering the question, yes I do think I am an important person to my family, friends, community, and the greater world at this time. I believe every person is put on this world, at this time, and this very place for a reason and a plan. It it significantly up to you, to make the decision to be all that you can be, and more. I am the kind of person that goes out of my day to make others greater. It is very important to me to everyday say hi to people I know and change other lives as best I know how at this time in my life. Right now, at this point in my life I know I am doing the best I can, which goes without saying of course I am not perfect and I have much to improve on in all areas of life. I do represent who I am and who I want to be, to the best I can at this moment in my life. I continue to stay faithful to my strong Christain beliefs, which really does seperate me from the average High School kid. I am anything but typical, but I more then often I get sterotyped for being ditzy, careless, and nothing special. If you really got to know me you would know that I always put God first and live for helping other people. In the next phase in my life I undoubtably believe I have so much more greater things to fulfill on this earth in my lifetime. I am looking to dedicate my life to helping other people and becoming the best person I possibly can. If I had to write an eptiaph it would say "and the end of the day you either focus on what seperates you or what holds you together". I would choose this because it can relate to both optimism and faith which is what I aspire to live by.
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rachel duelo.
I really don't find myself important but others might disagree. I am important in some situations like football. If I wasn't there to block the backs would get know where. They know that. I really don't have an ideal person that I want to represent. I do some things that arn't politcally correct but oh well. I just live and try to be happy. On my tombstone I would like it to say "No Gut, No Glory.
To my family, I don't think I contribute a whole lot. I do little things around the house, but that's about it. To my friends and community, I give loving tender care, and what's better than that. I believe I compltetely represent what I want to be. I honestly wouldn't change the way I am right now. If I had to choose to write my epitaph now, I would choose M.O.B. I'll let you figure out what that means if you like.
I do not think that I have hardly any, if any importance on others. I do not believe that I behave good towards my family and friends. Therefore, I am more a pain than I am helpful. I do not think that I represent who I want to be. There are lots of changes that I would like to make before I go off on the next phase of my life, as in tomorrow! That includes trying harder to behave properly, using better manners. It also includes trying not to talk at people and interupt people.
For tonight, contemplate the importance of you. What value do you think you give to your family, friends, community and greater world at this time? Do you think that you represent who you want to be or are there changes you would like to make before you go off on the next phase of your life (post high school)? Lastly, if you had to write an epitaph (sentence on your tomb stone) what would you want it to say?
my importances is to help my family through the tough times and the easy times. it's also to bother and beat up my little brother. I think that my family would be completly different without me here. Sometimes i think that my family might be happier because im always getting yelled at by everyone. I do also understand why. there are certain things that make my dad mad, and i know just what to do. i do see this situation another way though. i think if i wasn't around the family wouldn't have as much to talk about because im always bringing up conversation. i really think they would miss all my dumb but funny jokes. my epitaph would be " be successful with your life, or you live for nothing. Once you accomplish that you live for everything."
In my life i have amazing friends and family that i know will always have my back. I believe that my value to my friends and family is listening and being for them in return. Treat others as you would like to be treated and i try to live by that. I do believe that i represent who i wanna be because i stay true to myself. I treat others with respect and wish for the same in return. Throughout life i will continue to stay true to who i am as person. I follow my values and be me. I really try to be their for my family and friends in time of need. I am their to comfort them because i know they would do the exact same. Truly right now if i had to write a epitaph i wouldn't know what to say. I try to live life the best i can be.
Hey Marc. Sorry I wasn't there today, I was simply feeling shitty.
Firstly, let me begin by complimenting your topic choice tonight. This has to be the most reflective blog we've ever done; many people simply don't recognize their important in the world. So, I applaud this blog topic Marc. This is going to be a hard one to write.
I think that I am a great friend, be it a friend to my peers or a friend to my family, I am always a friend that can be counted on. My modus operandi, so to speak, is that of a optimistic, happy-go-lucky demeanor. I seem to always put a smile on the face of others, and I'm the sort of person who greets each person in the halls at school, who compliments people based on something so simple as a bow in their hair (for a girl, of course) or a nice wristwatch (as if anyone actually used a wristwatch anymore, but you get the idea). With that being said, however, I am fully aware that there are things about me that I need to change before moving onto to life's next phase and indeed I am aiming to change them. My epitaph need only say "Here Lies Ryan Moore. November 30th, 1991." I want to depart from this world with a memory in a mind, not a phrase on a tombstone.
Without trying to sound too dreary, depressing and morbid, I have very little self-importance to assign to myself. I haven't done anything worth crediting myself with more, and I doubt that I ever will. But, all is not lost, I still enjoy being unimportant. My family and friends have great importance to me, however. My parents especially. While I wholeheartedly do not condone their "we're older, kneel before us" attitude at all, I still find them to be remarkably important. Where else am I supposed to get my moolah after all?My friends are also just as important. I also have an extremely European attitude which makes me feel that if you are worth being my friend, then you are worth being part of my family, so I find very little to distinguish friend from family. I happily represent who I want to be, and even if I didn't, there'd be naught to do about it. Now, onto the fun part, my epitaph. One must first understand that I have an extremely sarcastic sense of humour, and am rather dry at the same time. Please, oblige me.
I would either want.
1) "Here lies / An Atheist. / All dressed up, / And no place to go."
2) " Here lies / Steffin. / OI! / Watch where you steppin'."
Or, when I marry:
3) " Here lies an amiable husband and man / He now gets all the peace that he can."
4) "Don't bury her in here too."
Or, in general:
5) "My mother always thought / I was good for nuttin. / Now, from here, I look down and laugh."
6) "God looked down 'pon him and said / No, to the other place instead."
7) "Looking up, I really do see, / just how boring my life used to be."
8) "Here lies Stefan Pelak, age 110. / The Good die young."
For tonight, contemplate the importance of you. What value do you think you give to your family, friends, community and greater world at this time? Do you think that you represent who you want to be or are there changes you would like to make before you go off on the next phase of your life (post high school)? Lastly, if you had to write an epitaph (sentence on your tomb stone) what would you want it to say?
Posted by Mr. Kay at 12:11 PM
well i think that i am important because i am the only child my mom ever had. She always says she wants a baby and wishes she could of have more. But she was only able to have be. she ended up getting cancer a few years after i was born, and is not able to have kids from it anymore. i think that makes me impartant because i made one of her dreams come true. im not really sure how that effects anything other then that tho. most of the time i think i rep. who i would like to be. But im not going to lie sometime i dont. I mess up and do things i wish i hadnt but then again who doesnt? i dont really know what to say to the last one. i like living each day as it comes and dont want to have to worry bout that stuff anytime soon.
I play big roles i believe in many peoples lives that i am the closest to. Mostly I think I really play huge roles in my friends lives, im always the outgoing and funny one. Friends can always count on me to make them laugh and i love having a good time and being around people. I also really find a lot of joy in helping people and being around big groups. Changes I would like to make are to kind of mature after high school so that Im no so wild and out there all the time, and maybe just sometines when I move into the next stage of my life. My family can always count on me for anything, and anybody can rely on me, if i say im going to do something, than you always know that I will follow through. I really like to live my life by the quote.. "be the change you wish to see in the world," because i think that one by one, taking little steps, we can make such a big differnece in things we would love to see big changes in. When I die I want my epitaph to say.. "Live it up.. or die tryyinnn!"literalyyy...
I appreciate my family very much. My parents saccrafice much to give me and my brother and sister things and opportunites they never had. I do projects for my relatives that are disabled and have a hard time getting outside work done. If it wasn't for my grandma and her property I would not have the chance to enjoy my favorite thing in the world "hunting". I value my family higly. At this point in my life I don't feel that I give much back to the community or the world, but my future goal is to be in law enforcement. Through law enforcement hopefully I can keep my community and my part of the world safe and help it to grow in peace. People should never stop learning. Just because a person's academic career my end, they must continue to learn and grow as the world changes. I think people always need to change and grow. I know I will change before the next phase of my life. That is just part of maturing into an adult. I would like my tombstone to read, "Here lies a good, helpful, peaceful, family man and an BAD TO THE BONE HUNTER".
I think that I am a great asset to my family. I bring joy and fun everyday I see my parents or brothers. I am always joking around with them and having a good time. I get involved alot in my community also. My grandma is a care taker of the mentally impared. I really admire her and how she takes the time when most other people dont even bother. Thats who has inspired me to do the same. I do orginized events for the mentally impared with my grandma. There are changes that I would make in how I view myself, but for the most part I view myself as a mentor. On my tomb stone I would write nothing, for silence is always more powerful than words.
I think that I give my family the value of honesty and responsibility. I think I give my friends and community someone to have a good time with and be proud of. I would like to make some changes in my motivation and determination. I am very determined to be successful, however I have problems with motivation that I would like to change. I would also like to change my grades and move them in a better direction. I would like to get through high school with a sense of pride. If I had to write my epitaph I would want it to say "He lived with purpose".
I think that so far my importance to the world isnt to big. I think that for all of us this is true. Most of us have not gone to the world and done anything that makes us special. I do think that i am important to my friends and family, but to the rest of the world, me, and the rest of the people dont know who we even are. I think that in the future i want to change myself alot. I want to be a person who speaks out alot more and is actually listened to. As for my epitaph i am not sure yet, it is another question for another day.
For tonight, contemplate the importance of you. What value do you think you give to your family, friends, community and greater world at this time? Do you think that you represent who you want to be or are there changes you would like to make before you go off on the next phase of your life (post high school)? Lastly, if you had to write an epitaph (sentence on your tomb stone) what would you want it to say?
my friends are everything to me. literally. if it werent for my friends, i wouldnt be doing the things that i am, or generally be the person that i am today. i would like to think of myself as a normal person, and i wouldnt say i fit into one certain social group. i feel i have friends from all over, as i try to diversify, because who knows whats going to happen down the road. i would like to keep my friends throughout my life, and continue to broaden my horizons. and finally, i really have no idea for what my epitaph to say, i would like to think that i have a lot more life ahead of me, and i am waiting for my life to take shape before i close my doors.
I think i contribute alot to my family. I am funny and nice. But to the world i dont think so that is a little much. I bring joy to my family in my opinon without me idk where they would be. Some changes i would like to make. I think i need to show some more responibility to my family. I think i should do more thiongs with out being told so and just do it. Lastly i am not sure what i would right on my tombstone yet. This question i can not answer now because i havent been married or had kids yet so im not sure whats gunna be important to me in the futture.
The thing I most value in my family is that everybody is there for each other. My family has been trough some tuff times and we all have been there for one another. I think the changes that I would make in my life I would try harder in school. I know in my pass grades I have been slacking off. That would be the most thing I would change. I don’t really know what I would write on my tombstone. I might just go with R.I.P Christina Newman.
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