Jeannie Watts Mrs. Smith English 9 Period 2 May 20‚ 2013 My Personal Hero Journey Have you ever thought about the fact that you are on a journey? Every single person is on a personal life journey. We all became more ourselves and developed throughout our life journey and became a different‚ more mature person along the way. The Odyssey by Homer is an epic poem that is a metaphor for life that teaches its reader that they have challenges that shape who they
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My Hero: Martin Luther King Inspirational‚ religious‚ oratory‚ patience‚ a martyr and a leader are words that describe my hero‚ Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King is highly recognized and remembered‚ not only by African Americans‚ but by all ethnicities. Although he is dead‚ he continues to linger in our hearts and minds. Even at school and in communities‚ he still lives on through the projects that are done about him; the celebrations in February; the holiday in his honor; and several streets
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My Personal Michigan Hero I can feel my brain being overrun by lesions. This is one of the ways my dad‚ Tim Huyge‚ jokes about his disease‚ M.S. He was born in 1970 in a hard-working middle class family. After high school‚ he went to Grand Valley State University‚ and worked as the manager of T.J.Max. Until he had to retire because of his M.S. His impact on my life is never stop working hard‚ enjoy life to the fullest. Soon after having two young boys‚ Tim Huyge was diagnosed with a foreign sounding
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14: Keep your TROPHY Everyone has moments of doubt‚ of discouragement‚ of frustration‚ even the most successful and seemingly strong. One thing we can do to encourage ourselves is to remind us of our past victories. For this reason we need to keep our trophy. Every time you look at the sword of the giant‚ you’ll remember the victory. How do we practically do this? A very simple way is to write our story down. Or put it on a paper and put it on your wall‚ or on your desk. How did David do it? He kept
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Rees Boyle Scott murphy was a young boy who started out life in a different world. In his world anything was possible. The people there were far more brilliant and intelligent‚ and as for technology they were light years ahead. He was just one of the millions of superheroes‚ and from his planet the ability to fly or shoot lasers from your eyes was common. Some people from this planet had one power and others had many. Very rarely‚ about one in every ten million‚ a baby with no powers was born.
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My Hero MLK Jr. “I have a DREAM” That’s what my hero said. Martin Luther King Jr. was born into an African American family during a very racist time period where segregation was a key term for the lives of people. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the greatest heroes of all time because of the ways he stood tall against the crowd for what he believes in and what he knew was true. MLK is one of my all time heroes because of the way he took his stand against racism and tried to defeat it. One of the
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My story is about my hero/role model‚ the retired New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter! He is one of the best shortstop you will ever see in baseball history. Derek Jeter has a batting average of 310! Derek Jeter has won 5 World series and more than 3‚450 hits‚ respect is what Derek jeter has been about in the 20 season he has put on a Yankees uniform. Respect the game and its history. He once said “There may be people that have more talent than you‚ but there is no excuse for anyone to work
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My Hero What is a hero? I think a hero is someone who isn’t afraid to be their self‚ someone who can make you laugh‚ a person that you can look up to and admire their success. I also think a hero is someone who has grow up in a very hard like can still show you that life is fun and worth living. That is why I chose Jim Carrey to be the hero I write about. Jim Carrey is a very smart‚ courageous man who has made it in life by being a comedian/actor. When Jim was ten years old he send out his very
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Price Peters Ms. Sosbee English III AP Period 1 19 October 2012 Grandpa Peters He was a man of intelligence and principle. He was one of the men who stood over President John F. Kennedy as he was closely being examined by a team of six the lead surgeons in their fields. This describes the impactful man‚ my Grandfather‚ Dr. Paul Conrad Peters senior. Jolly and delighted‚ I always wanted to rush to my grandfather’s house whether it was Christmas or just for some social occasion. The opportunity
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things that describes my grandpa. His occupation was a farmer and that is why he is a hard worker. He would wake up every morning go out and complete a task that needed to be done. Then he goes back to his house and cooks his wife and kids breakfast. The fact is that my grandpa was a loving and caring man who would do anything so his family was happy. That is why I miss my grandpa‚ because he was a great man who I don’t remember. The one thing I do remember is that my grandpa and I would always
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