#32 Run For the Cure

I think that this type of response is typical to situations like that. Cancer is the Devil. I also think she is right when she says that you need to pick yourself up and keep going after these types of things happen. I know from personal expirence that it is one of the hardest things to do.

#31 Victor's WOW

I think what victor was say ultimately is that life is always throwing curb balls at you and it is your purpose to dodge them the right way. Love is what drives a person to get through the minefield and find the ultimate purpose.
 
"Love is a minefield. You take a step and get blown to pieces, put yourself back together again and stupidly take another step. I guess that's human nature. It hurts so much to be alone that we'd all rather blow up than be single."
                                                                                      -unknown 

#30 JOE

you create your own happiness

#29 Festive Fun

My Ideas:
Snowflakes through the school
Candy grams

What I did:
cut out snowflakes
design candy gram tags
"sell" candy grams on both lunch periods
Put together candy grams
handed out candy grams


*i feel like there was more but nothing is really coming to mind and i was also away sick at some points

#28 Oprah

I think that it was awesome that she paid it forward (must have be expensive, but its Oprah, she could afford it). I dont think that it was her big heart that caused her success, its just the cards she was dealt, it just so happens she has a big heart.

#27 Bronx vs Palo Alto

lookout for others and others will lookout for you.

#26 What can IDCI learn

I think that idci displays the same kind of enthusiasm when stair climb comes around. I think that we need to learn that the little things add up (like the pennies) and need to be appreciated more.

just something cool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c&list=LLJTqyr8dUUGd6bK1YZykOpg&feature=mh_lolz 

#25 Belonging

I belong to the kitchen staff at Crabby Joes. Unlike the front of house (servers, bartenders, hosts, managers, supervisers) we are able to have a fun, productive and humorous time at work. We all are friends and we do whatever we can to help each other out. We all hate our jobs but make the best of it. Its almost like having a little family with the parents on vacation and the kids on house arrest, complete caos, with the guys being like my older brothers. Or it could be compared to prison, the guys being my gang, and me being the new inmate. Both can be realistically compared. In the end i think the purpose of this clan of clowns in my life is to show me what can happen if you dont believe in your goals, and to even further the point of "life's not fair". I refuse to be working in Crabby Joes for the rest of my life.

End of the World

http://www.jibjab.com/originals/2012_the_end_is_here?utm_campaign=YIR+2012+URL+Copy&utm_medium=Share&utm_source=JibJab

#23 Should He Have Competed

I think that he should have competed, end of story.

#22 Bad morals but still good leaders

I think that it is possible for a person to be a good leader but have bad morals, it just depends on what those bad morals are, and what they are leading.

#21 Lance Armstrong

He has done more good than bad.. no one was hurt by what he did wrong except for himself. Hero .

#20 leadership-y

How a movement is made, and a leader created.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ

#19 The Road To Me To We

A) Tim's Story- This should be a movie. It was good that he took a second from being an asshole and actually saw that he could improve peoples lives. I feel as if it wasnt for him doing so, he would not have accepted his vision loss and would be miserable for the rest of his life.

B) Rain In Kenya- We have talked about Kenya in leadership before, and how it is one of the poorest but happiest places in the world. This story is just an inside look of the lives of the truely happy people who do whatever they can for each other with what little they have. It arises a question, why do we, in a first world country, fail to share all or even a little of what we have with one another?

C) Surviving Surviver- Not all that sure on what to think of this story. I think it relates back to media when we learned about the Chilian Miners and how they were unable to be famous, they just could not live that lifestyle. I think the Surviver is the same way, he could not handle the ritches so he turned to rags.

#18 Me to We - 10%

I think it shows the true morals of the 10% and of the 90%. Kind of interesting actually.

Reaction to Obama's re-election - Un- united states!

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/12/petitions-to-secede-are-filed-for-23-states-since-/

#17 Amanda Todd

This story is a prime example of the harshness and viciousness of society. Her story is very sad, just as any other suicide story. The reason it is so publicized, talked about, and specialized is the sheer fact that this girl reached out for help publicly and suffered even more turmoil because of it which pushed her to take her life. The hate groups and immortality of people who mock her death is indescribable, there is no word i could possible attach the reach the full extent of disgust that i feel towards these ignorant actions. Things like this really make me lose hope in humanity. Overall suicide is such a terrible thing, and bullying is most definitely a contributing factor. It all comes down to why do people, and society have to be so cruel and coldhearted?

#16 What Happens Next

I really don't know... I think we should do that balloon idea.. the one where you write your problem on a balloon and set it free. i think if the whole school did that at once it would be almost like a relief.

#15 Challenge Day

I really have no idea where to begin. I was late (feel awful about that, but i managed to run there as fast as i could). I walk in and I was already, just by walking in the door, out of my comfort zone. Trying to sneak in unnoticed was impossible, I was given a round of applause. Immediately overwhelmed with good spirits and motivation. Games were weird, not my thing. I think that the way they changed the mood was so sneaky and perfect (as you had forewarned). I really did not think that I was going to cry, ya know, I went in there with a good mind set not to let things get to me, but the small groups changed that. Almost everyone had taken a turn speaking, I was last, the guy sitting next to me speaking(we will call him John) just broke my heart. He had been Nick's best friend, and the last thing he said to him before he died was "wow nick, you've become a real asshole, what the f*$k is wrong with you", it was the VERY LAST thing he said to him. It was like it was straight out of a movie. I instantly began to ball my freaking eyes out. I couldn't even imagine, but what stuck me the most was the way I thought of John before this, I thought he was a real ass, but then things came together, and I just got it, I felt it. I told about 1% of my life and past of things i've had to deal with, but it didn't really affect me. Its just life, you have to keep pushing for better and not feel sorry for yourself, this is what I told the adult in my group, a male nurse, who said that what I shared had taken him back. He said "I was hard as nails" and I said thanks. I didn't know what to say, i've been through some pretty rough times and I just see them as the past and keep them there. I will always remember what he said, because i truly believe it. A few good things came out of the day, I was like a social butterfly. That person that you saw me go out for a smoke with and I had never talked before challenge day, and now were hanging out, and who knows, maybe challenge day will have created the roots for a relationship (woot woot). Just gotta keep on keepin' on, lifes a garden, dig it, as Joe Dirt would say.


** i hope i didn't overstep the confidentiality of Challenge day by repeating that story, but i know you wont repeat it.