English-language films

Luc de Clapiers once said, “The greatest achievement of human spirit is to live up to one’s opportunities and make the most of one’s resources.” Life is full of beautiful experiences and opportunities. People just need to recognize them. I believe that each day presents opportunities for achievements. However, the most meaningful experience of my life is when I first did my volunteer work at Clear Lake Regional Hospital in the summer of 2013. Working with the health-care professionals was a…

these measures so we can survive this world with the humans. I feel like we look like cowards hiding from the hunters when we can just fight back. I 'm tired of hiding. All of a sudden then the bell rang and I was late for class. I ran into English class, but she closed the door on me and signal me to go to the principal office. I went to the principal office and sat down on a chair. A couple minutes later a boy came and he had this…

I have learnt in more ways than one never to underestimate my young son after all he is always letting me know “mommy I am a genius”. He has proven this to me at a early age of three this was in Two Thousand and Five. I had left for work as usual on this particular day said bye to my mom kiss D’Andre good bye be a good boy today don’t give grandma any headaches today I told him little did I know the day would turn into such drama. While at work I got a call from my mom she sounded awfully…

NYLT stands for National Youth Leadership Training. This training is run through Boy Scouts and is a one week long camp. I did this high intensity camp last year and was the hardest thing I did in my life. The day before i left to go i was extremely nervous and was sick that 's how scared I was. For me to be eligible to go to this camp i had to lose 24 pounds in 4 weeks i did it but was extremely hard running multiple times a day and eating so little. I was packing and all that i can bring was…

Life May Change, but It Goes On Analysis of Summer Reading “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We need not wait to see what others do.” These words, spoken by Mohandas Gandi many years ago, have also been interpreted in to the popular quote “Be the change you want to see in the world.” In Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café by Fannie Flag, Tears of a…

As the youngest of five, and of those siblings, three are brothers, I can relate to Sally from the chapter 14, Busybodies and Other Fact Tattlers. I always enjoyed tattling on my older brothers, no matter what it was. From the Focus on the Family story, I believe stating that whether Sally had the right intentions of tattling or not was a fantastic point to bring up. Looking back to why I tattled was more for the reasons of making myself look superior to my parents, or in some cases, because…

I was born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona until the age of seven. By the time I was turning eight, my Mother had moved me and my older brother Dave to the reservation. We moved to Sacaton, Arizona (on the Gila River Indian Community Reservation). We lived in a house on the last street called Wihog St. It was a white three bedroom, one bathroom, and floor had pale white tiles in all the rooms. Growing up in that house on held the best memories of childhood life In the front yard there…

Victor E. Frankl, the author of, "Man 's Search For Meaning", talks a great deal about suffering throughout the book. One of the main topics he discusses regarding suffering is that of hope. Without hope, there would be no point in anybody enduring the suffering that they encountered in the Nazi concentration camps. That suffering is life and that to survive suffering, one must find a means for the suffering. So, finding a reason for a person 's suffering will help that person to survive…

The process of Resilience is to accomplish a challenge that was bringing you down and to learn from it. Some people believe that those who struggle in life will never be successful. Life challenges can literally affect your way of viewing things. It will make you believe that nothing is worth the shot for. That life is just terrible as hell, however, what you don’t realize is that you are on process for success. When you overcome that challenge you are experiencing, you are going to gain…

Surgery is a fear of many. Tons of people have surgery every day, and they make it out just fine. Sometimes, it does not end so well. The fear of not waking up after you are put under is terrifying, and it is actually enough to keep some people from getting the surgery that they need. My mom is one of those people that came out perfectly. In September of 2014, my mom started having pain in her neck and shoulder. She thought that it was just from stress, and it would go away with time. She was…