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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Dream On!



Soul Surfer



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWeOjBCi3c4&ob=av3e- Soul Surfer Trailer.

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to loose something you can't live without? Have you ever thought about what happens to a person when they loose that one thing that made them their own person? What if everything you knew, was suddenly taken away?
Bethany Hamilton thought that she had her entire future planned out. She was going to become a famous surfer and spend all her time riding waves with her best friend Alana. That was until she lost something that could never be replaced. On October 31st, 2003, Bethany was attacked by a 14 foot tiger shark. Her left arm was bitten off leaving only her shoulder intact. She was 13 at the time, my age. Bethany thought that her life
was over because she could not surf anymore. She felt like she had no future and that everything about her previous life was gone.
After the attack, Bethany tried to get back in the water which is a big step after being attack
ed by a shark. If it were me, I would never go near
the ocean again. Bethany tried surfing but it was kind of hard with only one hand. I'm a surfer and I know that sometimes you need two hands, to get enough power to push down so you go under waves and to balance yourself. Even though she failed the first few times, Bethany kept trying to pursue her dream with the help of fans all over the world. Bethany was inspired to continue her dream when she received mail from kids all over the world saying how much they admired her and her courage.
Bethany knew she wanted to be a surfer since her first surfing competition at the age of 8 years old. She won the competition and that was when she knew that she had fallen in love with something new. The attack changed her life forever

because it showed her and the world that even in the hardest situations, you never, EVER give up hope. Bethany wrote an autobiography highlighting the events of the shark attack and her life afterwards. Her book was published in 2004, only a year after her attack. Her book was made into a major motion picture in 2011 starring Annasophia Bobb, Dennis Quaid, Carrie Underwood and award winning actress, Helen Hunt.
Dreams are worth fighting for because if it is really important to you, you will work your butt off to make sure that your dream comes true. Bethany Hamilton fought many obstacles in order for her one dream to come true. One minute you think that you have your entire life planned out and the next it is just taken away from you. So here's the question that's really important, would you fight for what you want, or would you give up hope? Bethany was our age when this happened to her and she fought so why can't we, it's not like we are missing an arm.

Citations.
http://bethanyhamilton.com/about/timeline/- timeline of Bethany's life
http://bethanyhamilton.com/- Bethany's website
I got all my images from Google images or Bethany's website.



Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Love and Kindess Makes The World Go Round



" Treat people the way you want to be treated"- Almost Every Parent


The way that people treat each other is amazing. Walking through the eight grade hallway today, I heard two girls talking and i don't think they saw me because they were talking about me. They were saying some really mean things about me that really hurt my feelings. Little did I know that they were both two girls that I thought were my friends. I try to treat everyone with kindness and I must admit that sometimes I don't succeed. It was really funny to me today because I tried so hard to be nice to these girls and then they repay me by talking about me behind my back.
Kindness is worth fighting for because if people were kinder to each other, then there probably would not be as much conflict in the world. A few weeks ago, we had to write pledges stating what we would do to try and make the world a better place. I pledged that I would be kinder to the people around me. It is a small step but hey I'm a small person. I have been a lot kinder to the people around me lately and most of them have been kinder in return. I treated people the way I want to be treated and today I felt like all the time I've been taking to make sure that I was kind to everyone around me was a complete waste.
Kindness is worth fighting for because it is an important way of life because without kindness, then there is nothing for me to look forward to in life. I need kindness to survive because when I see other people being mean to each other, it makes me feel so sad because I know that people are not naturally mean people. So why do we treat the people around us so badly?