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I once asked a close friend of mine, “How can a middle school student make a difference?” He simply answered, “ At our age, to make a difference we have to have a drive to make a change. You can’t just blindly run into world wanting to do something; you need a plan, determination, and confidence to know that you can make a difference.” I thought about what he said and realized he had a point. Kids my age are so concerned about the little things we never actually see the bigger picture; that…

Personal Manifesto The subject of personal manifesto should never be something that is of foreign content. There are many different ways that you can be translated into a character. For instance, some contributors are your personality, your occupation, your habits, your work and motivation, and more. What a manifesto is, is what a community thinks of what you are rather than the content of your character. You are defined by society’s social queues and status quos. As a result, more than half of…

Who can be a hero? Regardless of what most people think, not everyone. If you ask someone to picture a hero they might picture a superhero, celebrity, or famous person from the past. Though they can be seen as heroes sometimes they might not really be. Heroes sacrifice for the good of others, show kindness and integrity when a situation calls, and do not brag and boast. Heroes sacrifice time, energy, and even sometimes their lives for the good of others. One example of a hero doing this is…

this happened to us. It completely made our morning and we decided to pay for the people behind us’ order. The cashier told us that we were about the tenth people to pay for someone else’s order just because one person decided to be kind and do a random act of kindness. Kindness can spark a chain reaction. At my old school we did something called Rachel’s Challenge. Rachel Scott was a victim in the Columbine shooting. She had written an essay about starting a chain reaction of kindness and…

It is the year 2021. You hear your name echo through the auditorium as you are called to the front of the stage. All eyes are on you as you walk towards the principal who is holding the piece of paper for which you have worked so hard; all of the hours of work, studying, and preparing. Accepting your diploma, you smile and think about your life ahead. You have just graduated high school- now off to college. How will you be remembered as a student? What will you have done? A legacy is how you are…

The Gift of Kindness When one thinks about kindness what comes to mind? Maybe helping an elderly with something they can not do anymore or making somebody feel better when they are having a bad day. Whatever it is it is always something that is positive. Kindness is something that can change somebody’s feelings, it can help to create a better society, and it is also proven to improve one's health. In the story “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings: A Tale for Children” there was a man who was…

Fooled by Randomness Critical Review This book was hard for me to grasp at first, but it became very interesting after a few chapters. Taleb has changed the way I look at business and the world of financial markets. Fooled by Randomness looks at randomness in a wide-ranging setting and it also looks at all the ways in which it twists our thinking. It also emphases more precisely on the markets and trading. It still ranges into other areas of life and overall philosophy, but Taleb delivers more…

This sequence takes place just after Amélie returns the box of toys she found to their owner. Inspired by the effect this small act of kindness has, she is overcome by an “urge to help mankind”. Amélie has always had an interest in the small quirks that make life unique, so in this sequence, her act of kindness is to share them. This sequence shares the excitement and joy Amélie finds in seemingly minute details, not only with the blind man she walks with, but with the viewer, through the use of…

I have had a rough life. I have been through a lot and I am ready to accept what has happened in the past. The idiots who called me names are gone. There is nothing I could gain from either yelling at them or beating the living day lights out of them. There were times that there were rumors that were spread about me like me being gay or not being able to get a girlfriend. Even though those rumors were false, I thought at the time everyone hated me and so I shut down emotionally. After that…

Introduction Experiments in Sustainability, Kindness, and Social Responsibility; after completing a four week survey of my personal habits which include; what I generate and manage as waste, along with my comportment in the public eye, I found this experience to be quite extensive as well as enlightening. Sustainability Experiment: I have done these types of trials before in other classes. Therefore, this time around was more of a revision than a realization. It was important for me to have a…