“Imagine”: An Education that Fosters Hope (Original) Risa Sato (Age 16‚ Japan) International School of the Sacred Heart‚ Tokyo President Obama visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial last month‚ 71 years after the first atomic bomb detonated in Hiroshima. The visit replayed over and over on the news and‚ at least for me‚ it was a flag of hope that marks how far we have come in rebuilding after World War II. Growing up in Japan‚ I’ve listened to numerous accounts of the atomic bomb‚ each unimaginable
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What Hope is There for Me? Even though it’s evening already‚ the excitement does not subside at all. It’s the long-awaited day of announcing the winners of the school’s writing contest‚ and the first prize winner has already been announced. Now with everyone eagerly awaiting for the host to announce who the 2nd prize winner is‚ among the crowd is a girl‚ Helena‚ her mind slowly drifting to her thoughts and wondering‚ ‘what hope is there for me?’. Helena loves stories and has read for as long as
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A Gap of Sky by Anna Hope - An Essay To be united with many‚ and still feel so alone in the vastness of great cities – a feeling many can relate to. Every man and woman wakes up‚ steps out into world‚ making their way through the endless clutter of human beings‚ each one with a vast amount of goals‚ that must be achieved and destinations that must be reached. Part of “growing up” has‚ in stereotypical fashion‚ been said to be to accept this reality; the reality of having to check off the “to-do-list”
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Chappell English 1101 September 13‚ 2011 I Hope You Dance “I hope you never lose your sense of wonder/You get that fill to eat but always keep that hunger/May you never take one single breath for granted/God forbid love ever leave you empty handed.” The first time I ever heard the lyrics of this song was a sunny afternoon in July. I was riding in the car with my mom when it came on the radio‚ and it has stuck with me since that day. Lee Ann Womack’s song‚ I Hope You Dance‚ sends a powerful message. Through
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A Hope In The Unseen is a powerful and inspirational teen fiction novel by Ron Suskind. It follows Cedric “Lavar” Jennings from his life in the poor and run down slums of Washington D.C to his life in the Ivy League at Brown University. A Hope In The Unseen shows that no matter where a person comes from they can still have success if they put their mind to it. I also learned that you don’t have to change who you are to fit in with other people. Another message I took away‚ is that
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A Gift of Goats is a Gift of Hope Story and Photos by Darcy Kiefel‚ Heifer International Photojournalist In a mud home made vibrant by beautiful flowers‚ Leokodia Byabasaija extended her hand to welcome a stranger. Byabasaija‚ a beautiful woman who conceals the hardships of her life with an engaging smile‚ lives in the village of Kisinga‚ Uganda. Not long ago she had a happy life with her husband‚ Lesio‚ and their children. Married in 1968‚ the couple‚ working as peasant farmers‚ raised
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a difference? There are over seven billion people living on Earth‚ each with a separate and unique purpose. Jane Goodall‚ one person out of the seven billion‚ knew her purpose from a young age‚ and dedicated her life to fulfilling it. In Reason for Hope‚ Goodall unearths the connection and compatibility between faith and knowledge‚ and shares her project with her readers. Jane Goodall was a visionary‚ and had a project so immense that it must be broken down into three subprojects: the behavior and
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HSM/240 Creating a Social Program June 17‚ 2012 Hope Tree Introduction Although it may not be cost effective now‚ young adults with more adequate life skills will have a more positive effect on society as a whole. Hope Tree is a community based social program creating a safety net for young adults about to “age out” of the foster or group home system. For these youth with already troubled pasts of neglect‚ abuse‚ and abandonment issues; running as far and as fast from the system seems
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Professor Cordero ENC1102 Existence An Analysis of Lisel Mueller’s “Hope” When we are going through hardships in life‚ we feel like we are in a small wreck boat fighting the currents of a nasty sea storm. We start noticing we are miles and miles away from help; we realize we are alone. We cannot see beyond the situation we are currently experiencing. We are blind by the sea storm and it seems like there is no sign of hope anywhere. But just as we fall into despair‚ a luminous light squeezes from
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Reflections of the Past and Hopes for the Future- 2013 Reflecting back on my year‚ I have had many ups and downs. We should accept the fact that life doesn’t always go on the way we plan. Life can surprise you. It can make you cry. And eventually it will put a smile on your face after all the stormy moments. My reflections of myself were not really what I had hoped they would be. I really had to tell myself to stop looking at the things I do so negatively ‚ and turn my thoughts into positive
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