One of the themes of this movie is regrets and what we do with them. In this blog, do the following:
1. Discuss a regret in your life and how this regret has made you a better person or has made you think less of yourself.
2. Pretend you are in Judgement City and write a letter to your judges about why you should be able to move on. In this letter, you must refer to at least one experience that shows you to be worthy of this move.
I assume that this blog will have to be more than 7 sentences.
53 comments:
A regret in my life would probly not be careing enough in school. This has made me a better person by me trying to care more about school and have less free time. The thing is, i llike video games and a lot of the times videogames take over that school work time. I should be able to move on cuz i feel that all my fears are gone. I should be able to move on move on becuase in the next life or the moving on life i can over come those fears that i may still have. Being a 11th grader i have to be more mature. I have to over come my fear of working and actually doing something in life and looked for a job. I got a job and i had to put my fear behind me and grow up.
Zack Ruffin
A regret I have in my life is not spending more time with my grandparents. I mainly visit my mom's parents. I never spent as much time with my dad's parents as I did with my mom's parents. One reason is because my dad's parents lived farther than my mom's parents did. However, I still feel like I could have asked my parents to drive me to my other grandparents house to visit. My dad's parents both past away a couple years ago. I still feel bad for not spending a lot of time with them. This regret has kind of made me think less of myself because I spent more time with my mom's parents who are still alive today. I wish I could go back in time and spend more time with my grandparents.
Dear Judges, I feel that I am definatlly ready to move on. I have overcome many fears in my life. Even though I will most likely have some more fears, I feel that I will be able to face them. In my life I had to overcome my fear of monsters. When I was little I was afraid that a monster would get me. When I got older I realized that monsters aren't real, and that I no longer had a fear of them. Another fear that I have had to face was my fear of losing. I am a very competetive person, and a couple of years ago I realized that it was okay to lose once in a while. When I competed in karate tournaments I was use to winning, but when I lost I felt like a failure. After talking to my dad and my karate instuctor I realized that just because I lost one time, doesn't mean that I suck at karate. After learing that, I overcame my fear of not always having to win. Not only have I over come many fears, I think that I learned a lot while being on Earth. With the knowledge I received, and that numerous fears I have overcome, I feel that I am ready to go on in life.
Sincerly,
Rebecca Need
3rd Hour
A regret I have in my life is not doing as well as I'm capable of in school. This has made me a better person because I now know the value of education and how useful it is later in life. I think I should be able to move on because the only fear I had was death, and I already faced it. I now know what I accomplished in life and what I needed to improve on/ do differently. If I move on I will do the best I can...I should move on because I have been to earth many times and learned my mistakes over the multiple times. Each visit I learned something new. I think there is nothing new for me to see or learn.
ok a regret i have right now is that i havent been paying attention in math lately because im lost and im lost because i havent been paying attention im really not good at math and its not my favorite subject but i have really hurt myself by doing this and i have to learn to pay attention, although this year in school i have been trying very hard, more than i have in a long time.
One regret that i have in my life was not telling my parents i love them enough. I really regret this because i almost lost my dad last year and if that were to happen i wouldnt know what to do with myself. I dont believe not telling them i love them doesnt make me a bad person but i think it all relates back to the quote, "you dont know what you have until its gone."
Dear Judges,
I should move on to the next stage because i havnt done anything in my life that has significantly altered someone elses life in a negative way. I may have made mistakes in my life but thats something that you cannot avoid and if you want to send me back just for taking a couple of extra cookies out of the cookie jar then so be it. The reason why i should stay is on 13:6:9 when my brother was an idiot and got a ticket, he then asked me if i could loan him $50 and i gave him the money. I could have been a real D-Bag about it but i helped out my brother and damn it i still havnt seen any of that money, thanks for reminding me
Will Michaels 2nd hour
One regret that I have is making poor choices and slacking off in school. When I was younger, especcially in my freshmen year, I made horrible desicions. I didnt try as hard in school as I should of, and my grades reflected it. I should be able to move on because I have improved. I got my grade-point average way up. I have started studying more. I have developed better studying habits. I have gotten good grades. I am also not making the same, stupid desicions that I was making a couple years ago. After all, I have turned my life around and am now heading down the right path. These are the reasons why I should be able to move on.
Throughout my life their has been many regrets. One regret i would take back would be being lazy in school. If i could go back to freshmen year i would put more time and improve my grades.
Dear Judges:
I believe i should move on because throughout my life i believe that fear shouldn't stop you from doing something. So if i was to move on i wouldn't let fear stop me from accomplishing my goals. One experience i would show you would be back in 9th grade when i stood up to my wrestling coach. He was holding me back from being the best i could be. So i told him i didn't want to be apart of a person that doesn't respect me. Doing this gave me a big confidence boost about speaking my mind and not being afraid of anyone.
3rd hour
One regret I have is missing out on opportunities that I have had. I think that this could also fall into the category of being afraid. I have given up certain opportunities because I was worried about what would happen, and I was afraid of the unknown. If I would have taken some of the opportunities then I might have benefited myself in a way that is no longer available for me. Looking back, many things that I was afraid of never happened, and I worried about nothing. This regret has made me a stronger person though, because I have learned how to get over my fears, and to forget about things that don't need to be worried about.
Dear Judgment City Judges,
I am writing to defend my life. I think that I should move on past Earth, and that the life that I have lived is worthy of this move. Throughout my lifetime(s) I have made many mistakes, but I feel that I have learned and moved on from these mistakes. I believe that it is my mistakes that have made me into the person I am today. For example, as a child I was always afraid of what people would think of me. Now I realize that respect for myself is the most important thing of all. I think that this change has helped me in all aspects of my life. Overall, I think that I should move on because I have made mistakes, but turned them into something positive.
1.I always try not to have regrets. I figure that anything I've done just makes who I am today so why regret it? But, one regret I do have is telling little white lies. I guess that would be many regrets just put into one catagory. A lot of the time I have a tendancy to tell little lies when im not thinking. They will just slip out like the truth or I will just tell half truths. I try not to do this but sometimes it just happens.
2. Dear judges,
I have thought long and hard about why I should be able to move on, and quit frankly I couldnt come up with anything. I have been through a lot in my life and I've gotton through it, I was the different one in my family when they were all doing drugs. But, I just dont see that as a good enough reason, anyone can do that. I think that i have yet to prove myself and make a significant difference.
Sincerly, Tayler Chase
1. One regret in my life would be not having a better relationship with my dad. I dont think this has made me a better person in any way. But, it doesnt make me think less of myself either. I guess i just wish i would have started off with a better relationship. That way, when bad things happened they wouldnt have seemed so bad and i wouldnt have blamed him as much. I dont think ill really do anything now to have a closer relationship with him because i dont really want one. I just wish things had started off that way so that the relationship we have now would be different.
2. Dear Judges, I know you may think that i should be sent back to earth and learn more but i feel i am ready to move forward. I would be lying if i said that i had no fears. Everyone has fears, its part of being human. However, i have overcome many fears in my lifetime. For example, i used to be afraid of roller coasters. I hated them and would never go on the. But, i faced my fear and now i like roller coasters. I used to think that i would fall out of them or that my heart was just going to leave my body when i went down a hill. But now i love roller coasters. There are many other fears i have overcome in my lifetime and many i hold onto. But i feel that if i were to move forward, which i should, i would face those fears. Thank you, Katrina
the only thing that i regret is not appreciating things. appreciating my life, my family, my friends i think that my biggest regret and something im still currently working on. i think that this regret is making me a better person. its reminding me to keep appreciating things currently.
Dear judges,
i dont think i'm ready to move on. i think i'm still pretty afraid of a lot of things. sure i've overcame a lot in my life but i'm no where near fearless. fears constantly stop me from doing things that i want. some of my fears save me from doing the wrong thing, like i dont lie to my parents, im not doing it because it's the right thing im doing it because i dont want to deal with the consequences if they found out i was lying. and i dont even think fear is that bad of a thing. i think we should be afraid of things that would get us in trouble and screw up our lives. but then again fear can be bad when it stops you from doing things you should. like in 5th grade i really wanted to ask out his boy but i was too nervous he'd say no, so i never asked him. i think fear has it's place in life.
One regret that i had in my life is not spending enough time with my great grandma. It was about four years ago when my great grandma passed away. I didnt really get to know her that well and i regret it a lot. She was in the hospital for awhile with altimers disease, and i never really got to visit her. Now that i look back on it, i feel really selfish and sad that i didnt. This has made me a better person, because i now think about others and not only myself, or putting others first.
Dear judges,
I feel that im definetly ready to move on. I have oversome pretty much all of my fears. One fear would be riding roller coasters. When i was younger i was terrified of roller coasters. I would never go on them because my fear stopped me. But then 5 or 6 years ago, my sister made me go on one, and i ended up loving it. Now i love going to cedar point, and have riden every roller coaster there. Another fear i have overcome is the fear of staying alone. I would never stay alone in my house or go any place alone, because i was afraid i would get kidnapped or someone would break in my house. Now im not as afraid of that, and will stay alone more often. Of course, i still have some fears, but not as many.
In life, i have many regrets that i wish i could go back in time and change those. I truly see my main one being my school work as i grow up. I truly know i am a smart man that can be succesful and do good in school but have seemed to not take that opportunity and am achieving under my level. I regret not giving it my all in my sports and being the best i can be. In school, i wish i would have not slacked and screwed around when now the real test is on and this level is now what the colleges will be looking at.
In life i have made stupid decisions and made mistakes but i feel everybody has done this as well. Aside from these, many people look at me as a trouble maker or jokster but deep down i also have a big heart. i have always shown much respect to all adults such as coaches teachers or other parents. Im never one to bully around others in and out of school. I respect and treat others in the same way i would like to be treated in return. Im not one to start any fights. i do say i cause trouble here and there but i feel thats also part of being a teenager but aside from this i keep all other things to a minimum.
conman
Kay,
I know I will have an hour detention. I would like to say I did not just blow you off. My uncle was just relased from prison today and my whole family is at my house. Also right after school I need to pick my dog up. Top avoid missing your detentions I just wont miss any blogs (duh.) Again I know i will have detention but it was not intentional.
----------------------------------
My biggest regret in my life was not making up the lost time with my father while he was alive. My parents were divosed and many things happened to stop our time together. As I was older instead of making this time up I thought of myself not knowing what would happen. This regret has haunted me for awhile and it has made me think less of myself. I dont see nothing good or nothing that would make me learn from it.
Dear Judges,
I believe I should be able to move on in this life. I may have done things that arent worthy to move on, but my personality and overall decisions should allow me to move on. I have overcome many of my fears, and dealt with many things in my life to make me a better person. I believe I have learned a lot in this life so far. More than the average teen. An example of why is that I allowed my two uncles to live with me. One had an extreme accident, the other just being released on parole. It took a lot to allow two men in my house and help take care of them.
Mikki Nosek
One regret I have in life is kind of not doing the best I know I can in school. It makes my grade go down, and I know I'm capable of doing great. Like freshman year I messed up, and it hurt me a lot. I think this regret has made me think less of myself because I know I can do better than what I have been doing.
Dear Judges,
I think that I should be able to move on. At this point and time, I have realized that I haven't been the best student. I know now what was keeping me from doing better. And, I wont let that fear keep me from doing it again. I've figured out how to achieve the goal of doing better. By, better studying habbits, paying attention more, and by actually doing the work.
Katlin Gotshaw
3rd Hour
A regret in my life is that I didnt try hard enough i ELA. I think if I at least would pay attention I could have a better grade. If I would have done the journal project I would be doing better too. I think not trying in ELA showed me that I need to try if I want to pass Kays class. This class is a lot harder than my previous classes, and I guess I wasnt prepared for the challenge. Now that I have gone through that I know I have to pay attention more. I regret not trying in Mr Kays class.
Jake F 2nd hour
Through out my whole life I have had a lot of regrets. One regret in particular is choosing to drink when my girlfriend told me not to. Over the summer, on july 3rd me and my friends were all bored and were just hangingout at someones house. Someone got into the liqoure and brang it out into the gagrage where we were sleeping, later on that night they decided it would be fun to go meet someone at the of the road. After calling them numerous times they wouldn't answer I decided to just go to sleep. The cops were called on them and they were all arrested for being under the influnce, someone ran away from the cops so they thouhgt it was me. I was woken up by kyle freaking out and saying that they got arrested and the cops were at his house for me. At frist I thought he was lying just to freak me out, but he wasn't, I was pulled out of the house and put into the cop car. Do I regret doing this, Yes. I regret getting arrested and being that stupid. But this situation has changed me, it made me a better person and most deffiately a more respectable child. Now when I go to parties I dont drink and I just watch all of the other stupid people.
Dear Judges,
I feel very stronly that I am ready to move on. I have conquered most of my fears and ready for what is yet to come. I am sure I will still have to face many more fears, but I know I can face them. One insence that should show that I am worthy to move on is, facing my fear to ride rollercoasters. 8th grade was my first time ever riding a rollercoaster and I probaly would have never done so if it weren't for our class trip to ceader point. Ridding a rollercoaster for the first time takes courage which I showed. This is why I should be able to move on. Thank you so much for listening.
Sincerly,
John McLean
2nd hour
If I had the choice to do anything over again, it would be to have more self-confidence. I feel that people know they can walk all over me because I can easily be persuaded. I wish I could have self-confidence to stick up for myself. With some of my close friends, I can do that, but one of them makes me feel lower than her and makes me feel like I can’t do anything and she is the best. No joke, she actually has a saying that I have to say to her when she is right. I wish I had the self-confidence back when we started to become friends because she knows it is my weakness and she uses it to her advantage.
Dear Judges,
I understand that I have done things in my lifetime that could have you make the decision to have me taken back to earth. I realize those choices and realize that I could be judged harshly on those traits. Even though I have made decisions based on fear, I have come to think that I could easily be kept here and sent on. The way I was raised has taught me to always be kind to my elders. In that same amount of time spent with my family, I have learned how to control my feelings weather or not I want to scream at someone and tell them they are being ridiculous. When I was back on earth, my extended family (my aunt and two uncles) treated me as a lower human being. I knew that many times I should have stuck up for myself and told them when I felt they were being unfair to me compared to the other family. I learned that timing is key. Based on their life, I couldn’t tell them how I felt because I knew that it would be the least of their worries. So, even though I was wrong for not sticking up for myself, I realized that it was not the best time for me to do so, and that they really wouldn’t have cared, seeing how they hadn’t for so many years.
Lauren Beattie
3rd Hour
A regret in my life would be not trying out for the basketball team my freshman year. I think that this regret has made me a better person because I know that if I'm interested in doing something, than I should just do it. I don't think less of myself for not joining, I just wish I would have.
Dear Judgement City Judges,
I believe that I should move on to the pearly gates because I do have courage and no fear. I have saved a swan from a fishing string down at the local lake. This is just one of the many acts of courage I have portrayed in my lifetime. I am worthy to move on and I hope you agree also
Sincerely,
Heather Horne
One thing I know I regret is not caring about school. In elementary and middle school I had bad grades usually. Over time I realized that my grades would effect me later on in life, so I kicked it up a knotch. I started doing my work more often and paying attention more in class. My grades got better and it helped make me who I am today.
Dear Judges,
I believe I am ready to move for an abundance of reasons. For one, I stick up for my friends if they're being picked on. Also, over the years I've learned a lot just by watching other people experience things. It helps me to figure out what I should or shouldn't do. One time, my friend got punched in the face and I confronted the assailant. I got up in his face and told him he didn't have the right to punch my friend for no reason.
Sincerely yours,
James Richardson
One thing in my life I regret is not doing my best. I don't mean just school but other things too. I feal I don't always give 100% or always give pride in work. I know I could do a lot better in school if I wanted but I never did. Now in my 11th grade year I have a few new goals and plan to accomplish them. First I need to bring my grades up so it will help me get more self respect and it will make me much mor happier. After that I just want to become all I can be. I was not really there for this movie so I have no clue on how to answer this second question.
One regret from my life is not going to go see my great grandma before she died. My parents talked to me and my brother about it and how she was very sick and going to die soon and we had the choice to go see her or not. My dad and brother drove all the way out to Massachusetts and I chose to stay back because I didn't want to remember her all hooked up to things and laying almost lifeless in a hospital bed. I think this was a good decision in a way but I really wish I would have gotten over it and gone and saw her one more time to tell her that I loved her. She was a really important part in my life growing up even though she lived far away. I guess this has made me learn to take advantage of every opportunity you can. People aren't going to be here forever and its important to tell them how much they mean to you everyday because it may be the last chance you have.
Dear Judgement City Judges,
I think I should be able to move on because I have lived a good life and been a caring person. A lot of times I put others before myself and generally try to do the right thing. I have also conquered a lot of my fears such as what people think, fear of the dark, thunderstorms, and being alone. When I was little, I was so scared that there was someone in my room hiding under my bed that I couldn't be alone at night and I got really freaked out about everything. I was also so scared of lightning in thunderstorms that I'd sleep in the bathroom so I couldn't see it outside my window. Then I thought about all these things and what I was really afraid of and realized that its not that big of a deal and I got over it.
One regret in my life is how I am not that careful when I'm driving. I got a ticket a little while ago for driving and running a stop sign. I swear I didn't see it because it was behind some shrubbery and it was for a cross walk in the middle of nowhere. I think less of myself because of this because I realize I am not as careful as I thought I was. However, I also learned to be more careful when I drive and I have not done anything wrong since. This was a learning experience.
Dear Judgement City,
I realize that I have done some bad things in my life. However, I believe that the good things outweigh the bad things. I truly believe that I am a hard working citizen who only messes up every once in a while. An example of something good I have done was that i get really good grades in school. I try really hard. I also have a job, so I realize the importance of working hard in society and life. Therefore, I, Eric Tamm, should be moved on past Earth and advance my life. For these reason I would appreciate it if you even took the time to consider me. Thank You.
Eric Tamm
A regret that I have in my life is taking my parents for granted. It's not unusual for a teenager to fight with their parents, and I don't fight with them very often, however, when I do, I feel so horrible. They do so much for me, then I go and be mean. What I think a common mistake for all teenagers when they fight with their parents is, is that they think that our parents don't have feelings, and that their not effected by what we say to them. However, that assumption is wrong. Whenever my mom tells me that I hurt her feelings, I get the worst feeling in the pit of my stomach. My knowing that what I say does effect my parents, made me realize that I have to think before I speak, and maybe not act like a spoiled brat at times. With this, I've created a much better with my parents, with out so much fighting. Don't get me wrong, we will always still disagree on things, but I understand now.
Dear Judges of Judgment City,
I feel that I should be able to move on, because during my life on earth, I have overcome many fears. However, I'm not saying that I'm fearless, but there's always something that someone will still be afraid of. I feel that if I move on, I will able to overcome the little fears I might still have. When I was younger I had a fear of being myself. I always thought that if I showed people who the real Alanna was, they wouldn't like me, or they would make fun of me. For the longest time, I was shy, wouldn't talk to very many people, except for a few close friends. Then once I started talking, I still wasn't being myself, and I was still being made fun of. Once I hit 8th grade, but mainly Freshman year, I wasn't going to take it anymore. I stood up for myself. This was a great thing that I've had overcome, it changed me. Now, I'm always myself, to whomever I meet. I found that being yourself is the best person you can be, and people will like you for who are, not for who you pretend to be. Although, it's not a great fear, it still helped me and made me who I am today.
Sincerely,
Alanna Nagi
2nd hour
I have many regrets in my life that idlike to go back and change. The thing i regret most is being mean to my grandma and not spending time with her before she died. She had cancer and couldnt take care of herself so she moved in with us for awhile. She stayed in our basement, at times i thought she was annoying and i cant honestly believe how i came to that. Many days i would just walk by her and not say anything, which i regret because she would do anything for me and my family. I just really wish i spent time with her, because before i knew it, she wasnt there for me to even talk to. This made me think less of myself because she deserved better, and was such a kind person.
Dear judges,
I believe i should be able to move on because i have faced many of my fears in life, as well as accomplishing many things. During my lifetime i learned to put others before me and what its like to treat others the way you want to be treated. An experience that shows i am worthy for this move is when i was 15, i was staying at my grandmas house because we thought she had the flu. She wasnt acting right and thenext day she was shaking, couldnt open her eyes, and not responding well. I was so scared, i called my mom, and without my license i took her to the emergency room. It ended up she had severe meningitis and would have died that day, if i didnt take her. I think i have learned from my fears and mistakesand am very worthy to move on.
One major regret I have is not standing up for myself. I do in most cases with people my age and just dealing with stupid things that cause drama. But this time it was different, it was someone I knew, someone I trusted and someone I thought would never do anything to hurt me. But I was wrong. When it happened I didn’t stand up for myself right away. i didn’t really understand what was happening and didn’t know how to deal with it. So instead of stopping it from happening I froze. I was shocked and thought about what to do. All I could think was I trusted this person and I liked him and never thought he would do such a horrible thing, to me especially. I wish I had stood up for myself before it happened but I didn’t I was too afraid. I later stood up for myself, it was much later but in the end I stood up. This makes me a better person because it helped me become a stronger person. I have over come many things in my life I thought I would never get through. Things I never thought I would have to go through but in the end I got through and I have become a stronger person because of it.
Dear Judges,
I think I should be able to pass on because I believe I have over come my fears. I have gone though many things and conquered my fears. I still am frightened of getting up and speaking in front of large groups but when the time calls for me to do so, I do. Even though I hate it. I am sure I will have more fears but I am positive I will over come them and move on.
nicole
One regret in my life is giving my mom a hard time all the time. I feel bad that I don't recognize the things that my mom does for me all the time and it makes her sad that my brother and I don't recognize that. She treats us very well, pushes us to do better, works her ass off to make sure that we have a wonderful life, and she is there when I need her most. This makes me feel less about my self because its a defect of my own character which i can correct, but I just for get to thank too much; but i guess it doesnt really matter if you do it all the time, just the times you can remember to do it.
Part 2
I'm gona be a rebel and talk about why i shouldn't be accepted to move on. I shouldn't be able to move on because I havn't conquered any significant fear besides eating food my mom makes. I have a fear of judgment from every one around me. But my biggest fear is being rejected from society and becoming a total failure, and living with the disappointment of my mom if i don't go to college and live out my goals.
A regret that I have is not learning to shup up when I should. It just gets me into a bigger mess then when it started. Sometimes I have benifit from this, such as my point is being made and sometimes it can make a difference when I'm in an unfair situation, but other times I get myself and those around me in trouble. Then it makes me the bad person...
Dear Judges,
Although I haven't overcome all my fears in life, I am learning from my mistakes. I am a strong person and I speak for myself. I don't let others pressure me into doing things I would'nt want to do, and things that I know are wrong. I am there for my friends when they need me, and I will stick up for them. A few years back my family was at a famiy friends house and we were swiming in their lake. This one kid accidentally hit this girl in the head with a conoe ore and it started bleeding really bad. She fainted and I had to keep her about the water and swim her to shore to the adults. I am still have the fear of seeing blood, but I faced it to help the girl.
I would deffiantly regret that I didn't get to know my grampa that well. He died last year and I realized that I didn't really know him that well. At the funnerals I heard many hilarious stories about him that I had never heard before. It was like I was hearing about a complete stranger. I never knew that my grampa was capable of some of the stuff he did. I wish I would have gotten to know him better. This regret has made me a better person because I try to get to know people better and see different sides of them.
Dear Judges,
I know that on Earth I did not always use the best judgment and sometimes lived in fear. However, thoughout the years I learned to face my fears. Proof of this is that I'm terrified of hieghts. I would always refused to go onto rollercoasters because they went up so high. Then in eighth grade my family went to Cedar Point and I decided to face my fears and go on them. I decided that my first rollercoaster would be the Melenium Force, which is the tallest rollercoaster in the world. Ever since then, I love rollercoasters. This is proof that I face my fears. I know that I probually don't stand out as most outgoing, I really make an effert and will make a great adition to the universe.
Kristen Pauly
2nd hr.
1) One of my biggest regrets in life is definatly the way i used to sprint through life. Its shocking how little i can actually remember when i think about my life, and how much i wish i could just go back and do things with a little more passion. I used to be really superficial, and i was never really worried about how things would turn out for me, as long as people liked me. looking back, i cant really remember much from that time, except constantly worring about how people saw me. Its sad to me that i was to busy worrying about every body else's opinion that i blew off what was going on in my life. Even though i regret this, i would go back and change it if i could, because it has made me appreiciate everyting a little more, and i force myself to remember even the little things. I think this makes me a better person, because i pay more attention to whats happening around me, and i feell like i will apreiciate this when im older.
2) Dear Judges,
I strongly believe that i deserve to move on and leave earth because i feel that i have overcome all of my fears. I fear the little things, like spiders and fish, but deep, meaningful things don't really scare me that much. Over my life time, i have learned taht fearing something won't really get me anywhere that i want to be. There is no point to living if you fear things taht you have the ability to over come. As an example of my courage, i would like to refer to the summer of 2007. I was atending a summer came in West Branch, where a triathalon was held for all of the campers one day. A special needs boy named forrest participated. In the first event, a one lap swim around the lake, he imediatly fell behind, but he kept going. by the time all of the rest of the kids were done, he had barely made it half way. His entire cabin group had left to watch the rest of the race, and only a ffew counslors stayed to watch him. I was disgusted that everyone would just leave him there alone to finish, unsupported. As my cabin stated to leave, i ran into the water, completly clothed, and a terrible swimmer, and swam across the lake to him and finished the swim with him. the entire staff was screaming at me because i wansnt wearing a life jacket and i wasnt in the race, but if it was me struggeling out there, i would be devistated if i were alone. So after i finished the entire triathalon (which nearly killed me!) Forrest gave me the biggest hug, he cried, i cried, everybody cried. And the second that we got back to the lounge, he called his entire family and told tham what happened. i get a christmas, birthday and easter card from this family each year. The point is, that i over came my incredible fear of fish, turtles, swiming and any form of exercise to help him. Nobody deserves to be desserted by the people who are supposed to be there for them. I know what that feels like, and it hell for whoever has to endure, nomatter for how short a time. I put aside my emotions, so that this boy didnt feel abandoned, which he was. I'm still disgusted with all of the people who left him when he needed as much support as he could get. This event has made me grow immensly because of forrest's great bravery to not only enter the race against everyone's doubts, but his courage to finish it when nobody believed in him. I only hope that i can be that brave someday. :)
A regret I have in my life is not telling the people around me how thankful I am for them enough. My grandma was diagnosed with stage 3 ovarian cancer a few months ago and it has helped show me how thankful I should be for what I have. I constantly think about what I wish I could have rather than realizing what is right in front of me. My goal is to start telling others how much they mean to me and for me not to be upset when I don't have something I want. So many people have much less than me and I feel very selfish when I start getting ungrateful. I think this regret has made me a better person because it has helped me realize how amazing my life truly is.
I should be able to move on because I have overcome many fears. A silly fear that I overcame was my fear of rollercoasters. I road the Top Thrill Dragster and now I love roller coasters. A big fear that I have slowly started to overcome is my fear of failure. I used to hate the thought of failing at anything, and I was really hard on myself for doing anything less than perfect. I have come to realize that nobody is perfect, and I will have failures through life. I have to learn from them and move on rather than beating myself up over it.
The biggest thing i regret in my life is how much of a pushover i am. Ive been a pushover all of my life and there was nothing i could do to fix it, because i didnt have the guts to stand up for myself, and i still dont. Being a pushover really lowers my self confidence and my self esteem.
Dear Judges,
I beleive i am worthy of moving on because i can be tough, even if im a pushover. Sometimes i might be able to stick up for myself, but at other times i can be tough and i wont quit at anything. I have many examples this but i want to look at the most common ones, my football career. During football there mightve been a couple times where i doubted myself a little, but everytime i did what i had to do, even if it was alone and not with another team mate. Even with team mates i did better than i would do by myself, because i knew i had someone there by my side that i knew would help me carry out and finish the job. Even if it was a simple punt, and we just needed to hold the line, i was confident that i could do it, and would let anyone get the upper hand because of this small weakness of me being a pushover. All of these events show that i can overcome my weakness and be strong.
Andrew Melton
2nd hour
A regret in my life was not trying in football when I was younger. I never made football a priority and was always last in the monster lap. My parents were there at every practice & game and I could see the discouragement on my dad's face because he knew I wasn't giving it my all. I was being lazy. Who would know that I would have an accident that would prevent me from ever playing football again. You never know how things are going to play out so I learned a valuable lesson about trying harder.
Dear Judges,
I am asking your permission to move on. During my lifetime I have learned from my mistakes and feel that I am worthy enough to move on. I am not perfect, but I have learned to not take anything for granite. In school I have learned not to be lazy and take pride in my work. I am respectful of my family and friends. I have learned to help my parents out and show them that I am not lazy. By trying hard in school, church, and sports I feel that I have lived a good life. Believe me I have made my share of mistakes, but I have learned valuable lessons from them. I have done my best to right any bad things I have done wrong and ask that you please allow me the priviledge to move on.
Thank you,
Tyler McLeod
A regret I have now is not doing things that sounded fun, but I just didn't feel like it at the time. There were times when I was asked if I wanted to go somewhere, or do something, but I was always busy and said no, I should have just taken a break and had fun. This makes me think of myself as a better and worse person. I am a better person because I have learned to just relax at times and just have fun. At the same time it makes me think less of myself because I passed up all these opprotunities, without even thinking about it.
Dear Judges, I think I am ready to move on to the afterlife. I do not fear many things anymore, I have overcome my fear of heights and darkeness. When I was younger I was afraid of heights, but my brother forced me to go to Cedar Point an dgo on the roller coasters, and on the ferris wheel and I liked it. I am not saying that there will not be other things in the world that I will fear, but thats life, everyone is always going to be afraid of something, it wouldn't be life without fear.
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I can honestly only think of one big regret. When my best friend died, I realized that I never told him that I loved him until he was in the hospital and unconcious. I never really thought about it before. I mean he was like my best friend, and I never told him I loved him. Other than that, I have no other regrets. Everyone makes mistakes, and there is no point in dwelling on the past. However, because of this I tell everyone that I love, that I love them now. I never want to experince that realization again, so im not going too.
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Dear Judges,
I realize that everyone wants to move on, but I think that I am very qualified. I have lived a relatively good life. Yes, I have been mean to some people, but I usually apologized later. Yes, I have made some mistakes, but i also learned from them. Also, I hope that I helped a lot of people. Obviously I can never really know for sure (at least not right now), but I feel like I did. A lot of people would come to me with issues, and I would try my hardest to help them as best I could. Sometimes it didnt end great, but most of the time it did. Look, I obviously dont know if I am ready to move on. However, I have lived a good life and learned many lessons. It feels like I should move on now. I feel, like I am ready.
1. One regret in my life that I still do today is that I am afraid of what others think of me. I'm almost obsessed with it. Everyone judges everyone, it's just human nature and it sucks. I don't understand why people just hate others just because. It's so pointless. I have been judged in my life, am being judged everyday, and will be judged in the future as well. Some people don't like me and that's totally fine, their choice but I tend to think that it's my fault they don't like me. In reality I just need to realized that you can't be friends with everyone. All people and different and you can't change that.
2. Dear Judges,
I believe that I am worthy to move on because I am a caring person. I truly care about other people's feelings. An experience to prove this statement is that of my little brother Trent. I have two brothers, one is 14 and the other (Trent) is 9. I basically raised Trent because my parents were at work all the time when he was younger. When Weston (brother who is 14) bullies Trent I stand up for him. I help Trent with his school homework and tuck him in every night when he goes to sleep.
I feel I should also move on because I have conquered many fears in my lifetime. Although I am only 16, I feel that many things I had feared before I feel comfortable doing. For example, I was always afraid to dance up on stage in front of people when I was younger, now it is an effortless experience which I enjoy doing. I believe I am ready for the next step.
Sincerely,
Audrey Beaumarchais
1.) I only have one regret, which is the fact I tend to lose self restraint when I get angry. Other than that I have no regrets. When I make friends I try to be the real me, but only a few people have seen the real me.
2.) Dear Judges,
I have thought about why I should be able to move on and I have come to a conclusion. I don't think i should be able to move on. I honestly don't think I am ready to move on. I don't think I meet your standards. I can't control my anger very well. And I don't think you'd want a person like me.
Sincerely, Dan Calma
Throughout my life i can think of alot of regrets. One regret in my life would probably be not striving for the best in school. I get pretty good grades most of the time. I mostly am A and B student with the occasional B- or C+. Although these grades arent bad, I know i could be getting all A's. If i really cared about my grades, I could have all A's. I rarely study for tests and I usually half ass my homework assignments.
Dear Judges,
I think I am ready to move on because I am starting to get it now. I am starting to study on tests and try harder on homework. In the next couple of years I will be going off to college and these skills with really help me.
Everyone has regrets in their lives, and I don't think that any of them should make people think less of yourself, as long as you learn from them. One regret that I have is taking my mom for granted. I have a strong relationship with her since I never really had a dad in my life, and so growing up me and her had a really strong relationship. As I have gotten older we have grown apart. But, lately I have been happy because we have been getting close again. I don't fight with her a lot but I always regret when I do because I know that just puts us getting closer again to a halt. This has shown me how important it is to work out your issues with your parents or anyone in your life.
Judges,
I think that I should be able to move on because I have overcame many of my fears. I use to be terrified of roller coasters, but one day I decided to ride them at cedar point and I have loved them ever since. I also am a good person who tries to help anyone I can. I'm not saying im perfect, everyone makes mistakes and no one is perfect. But, I try to do the best I can at everything I do and that is all I think anyone can ask for.
Hannah Aittama
2nd Hour
A regret in my life would be that I didn't spend enough time with my grandpa when he was alive. There is so much that I wanted to learn about him and I feel really guilty. He died when I was eight so I didn't really use the time I had with him. I just regret not being with him more. This makes me a better person because now I try to spend the most time I have and make things worth while when I am with the people I love. You never know what day could be your last or another persons.
Dear Judges,
I believe I am worthy to move on into whatever comes next. I know I may not have been the best person on earth but I know I wasn't the worst. I don't think that anyone has the right to judge someone on if they were a good person or not. In general, I don't believe I am a good person or a bad person. I am just myself and have much more of my life to live. One of my greatest fears are not living up to my goals and potential, and most of all, dissapointing the people I love and myself. As a result I try to live up to my best, although I have many regrets, I learn from my mistakes and take leaps of faith. I try to take opportunities when they arise to help people. Thats all I really want to do with my life is to benefit humanity. The best way to do that is through love and compassion. So far in my life, I think I have gave love to many people, despite if they gave it back, or if they hurt me. There is too much hate in the world for me to cause more of it. I just want to act by not participateing in the hate and evil.
Sincerly,
Megan Kastelen
A regret in my life was not spending more time with my grandpa. You realize when hes gone how cool he was and what he meant to your family. I wish i would have saw him everyday.
Dear judges,
I should be able to move on because I have learned from my expirences. I have learned that you have to appreciate what you have. You have to realize that tommorow isnt always a gurantee. I should be able to move on because I think he forgives me. I think this regret has made me a better and stronger person overall. I have learned a lot from it.
Blanz
A big regret that i have made recently in life would be not trying hard enough in school. My freshman year i had like a 3.5 grade point average. Last year it went down soo much, mainly because i did not care. I was to worried about my friends, social life, and thats when i was with ryan. So i would always focous on other things, and not really care. And that effected me alot! This year im already off to a bad start and i hate it. I have to bust my ass to get better grades and work ten times harder then i would have if i would have just stayed focoused on school rather then my friends and everything. Me slacking off is probably going to effect my future. I'm already so behind in school, its soo hard to catch up. I really am just focousing on school now, i wanna be able to actually go somewhere in life, and be able to walk and graduate with my friends.
John Kent
11-17-09
A regret that I have in my life is how I procrastinate. Me being the oldest of the children in my family I have passed on my procrastination to my little sister. I really would like to stop procrastinating but it is who I am, but it is not as bad as it once was. If I was in Judgment City and I wrote a letter to my judges about me moving on. It would say, To tell you the truth I don’t think that I am ready to move on. I feel this way not because I have not done good things, but that I have done the full amount of good things that I can do. I have participated in many community-helping things, some examples are helping at church, working with boy scouts, and just helping friends out when needed. I feel that I need to so more before it is my time.
1. Discuss a regret in your life and how this regret has made you a better person or has made you think less of yourself.
2. Pretend you are in Judgement City and write a letter to your judges about why you should be able to move on. In this letter, you must refer to at least one experience that shows you to be worthy of this move.
One of my regrets in life so far would be not making it to church enough. This is due to hockey every sunday, but i need to get there more often. I think that right now im not doing my job as a follower of christ.
Dear Judges, personally, i feel im defiantely worthy of moving on. In this lifetime, i have done things that should allow me to move on. In my life, i have been a shoulder to lean on, and care alot about my friends and others. I am very outgoing, and i am someone who puts others before himself. Specifaclly one time, i had a friends whose father died. For two years i as there for that person whenever they needed me. I went there and always was there for them when they needed help. Personally, i helpoed their whole family becuase i cared for them and i was there to help them get over it and not be stuck on the past. I wish the people who i have left in sorrow have someone like who i was to help them. Thank you, and i hope you consider me as someone worth of moving on.
There are a few things I regret in my life time so far. One of these regrets is being shy. I feel like when I started realizing I was really shy I started opening up to people. Now, I feel like I am not as shy as I used to be but I could still work on it.
Judgment City,
I personally don't think I should move on. I still think I have a lot of room for improvement in the shyness department. I have improved though, just not as much as I would like to. Sometimes I still hold myself back from doing things because I am too shy to talk to someone. A good example of this is cashiers at stores. I used to never be able to pay for anything because I was to scared to go and talk to them. I recall one time I cried because my dad was trying to make me. Now I can go up to cashiers, I don't like it but I can do it. I would like to overcome this before moving forward.
I think that one regret I have in my life would be how lazy I am. I wish I wasn’t as lazy as I am. I rarely ever do homework and I don’t study that often except for right before a test. My grades do reflect how lazy I am. My grades are not very good right now. I wish I wasn’t so lazy. Since basketball started I have honestly been trying a lot harder. I know in order to play basketball I need better grades. Which means I have to stop being lazy and try in school.
Dear Judge,
I believe that I should be able to move on because I am truly a good person. I cause no harm to anyone and I respect others. I am not a bad person; I follow that law and do the right things. One experience showing how I follow the rules is when I see something in a store that I no I can easily steal and get away with, but I don’t, I just leave if on the rack just like any other good person would.
One regret in my life is not spending more time with my family. This regret has for sure made me think less of myself. I love to be with my family very much.
Dear Judges of Judgement City,
I would like to write you this letter to tell you that I am ready for the next step. In my life I believe that I have shown bravery. I believe that I have also lifted my fears. When I was young, I had this sort of chronic fear of being around people, talking with people among other things. My fear was of being judged by other people. I have opened up quite a bit over my lifetime.
I believe that this shows that I am ready to move forward. I hope you will take the time to seriously consider me.
Thank you,
Chris L.
A regret that i have is not doing the T.I.E.S. program again this year. I really enjoyed working and learning with the children in the program and i miss doing that everyday. I stopped doing T.I.E.S. because i thought it was to much work. I realize now that this class is to help others not just yourself and i am ashamed with myself for letting this opportunity slip away. However I plan on redeeming myself next year by taking this class again. I truly think that i should move on. Although i did not take T.I.E.S. class this year i did take it the year before and plan on doing it again. I also have done toys for tots last year and this year and i often attend the special olympics. These are just a few reasons why i feel i should be able to move on.
Taylor Wattles
A regret I have is not being more involved in school. Yes, grades being part of this statement but not only this. I regret not being involved in activities, and taking chances on stuff. For an example when I got invited to Communications camp, I didn't go. I really regret not seizing the opportunity to go because I heard it was very fun. I didn't go because I really do not like talking about my life with random people. I believe that it is okay to share your problems to some extent. This kind of makes me seem like a bitter person, but really i guess I am just shy in expressing my true feelings.
Dear, Judges
I feel I am worthy to move on because I feel I recognized a big part of who I am. I realized in order to live a happy life you have to let people help you. Yes, before I didn't really ever express my feelings or trust anyone but I am starting to. I overcame my fear of sharing my feelings, and I feel this is a very big step towards who I can work up to be.
Taylor Dieck
2nd hr.
1.) Although I try to live my life with no regrets, I have found that mostly everything happens for a reason and regrets can help shape who a person is and how they behave. Often I have found that my biggest regrets are those times when I didn't say what I wish I could have. Yeah, I've made my share of stupid mistakes, but I have come to realize the regrets I hold onto much longer are far deeper. Probably my biggest regret I would say was not spending enough time with my grandpa when he was a little younger. My grandpa is still alive at 88, but he lives with dimensia and he can rarely remember my name, let alone who I am. This has helped shaped me into the person who I am today because I have started to put aside things of lesser importance to spend time with my friends and family because they truly are the ones I love.
2.) Dear Judges,
I believe that I should move on because in my life, particularly the last year, I have overcome and remarkable obstacle in my life. This obstacle being my fears caused by an equine (horse back riding) accident I was in last October. It is a long story but in short, I was in the hospital for a while with a broken leg, scars all over my neck and face, and a pretty messed up back/neck. Prior to the accident I never really bought into the whole "post traumatic stress" ordeal but after my traumatic experienced I constantly replayed it over and over in my head. I was afraid. I went from being the best speed rider on Lakeland's Equestrian Team (an accomplish I had been working towards since I first starting riding horses at four) to being scared to even look at my horse. I swore that I would never again get on another horse ever again. Last summer was the first summer I can remember where I didn't ride. Then, a week into practice I thought about everything and after much convincing, for the first time in almost a year I got back into the saddle (literally) slowly. I'm not gonna lie I was scared, but I overcame my fears and in fact, I recieved Gamer of The Year, for best speed rider for the third year in a row. I exceeded all my personal time records and I learned that life should not be controlled by one's fears. thanks, Emma
I do not regret anything in school, I regret how I treat my boyfriend. I was jealous and not trusting, I had reasons, but I needed to let those reasons go. It has not made me a better person yet, but I definitly have a goal.
Judges,
I don't really want to move on. I feel like I have A LOT to learn and I need to learn to appreciate the people in my life. I believe having fear is a part of being human. I would hate to be fearless, life would not be fun. I am one of those people who instead of saying "I'm never going to get kidnapped", I say "I know it is going to happen, I'm just waiting for it to happen." I do not have enough experiance to move on and I have a lot more to live for.
1. I have many regrets, as Im sure everyone that is typing this does, but lets pick one. One of my biggest regrets is taking plays of this year against walled lake central. We were kicking this teams ass in the first quarter. Then they scored their first touch down. It was my fault... Yes, the ref did blow the whistle before the play even started. Yes, I was getting blocked by 2 guys. Yes, I do believe that there was something I could have done different, or tried harder to get those blocks off of me and stop the play in the backfield. The worst part is, I have all the games on film, so I get to go back and just groan every time I watch the touchdown go right by me.
2. Dear judges, I am not going to sit here and nag you or beg you to let me go on with my life. I know I have made the right decisions at the right times, and am deserving of this passage. No, I am not saying I am perfect by anymeans. What I am saying though, is that I have greatly showed progress and learning in my life. For example, I respect my elders. It is something that I have been taught is right, but have taken it upon myself now to realize that I should want to, and need to respect my elders. At this young age, I have learned much already, matured much already, but I am still willing and ready to learn greater things. Thankyou.
One regret in my life would be makeing the bad choices i have been making lately, and not caring enought about my school work. I know that i have the ability to to do well in school and make better choices. I just have to step up to the plate and be reasponsible.
Dear Judgment City, Im not really sure if i am completly ready to move on, Im still going up and making the bad choices that every teenager will make one day.With school I am defenitly ready to start doing better.I guess all im saying is that im still a kid and i dont know whats waiting for me on the othere side, and i love were im at now. Im not a perfect person, Im me. Nothing more
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