The Karate Kid

Part One: Summary On May 21, 2015 In Touch Weekly reported Jim Bob and Michelle Duggars decision to contact the police regarding their son Josh Duggar’s sexual molestation of five underage girls after statute of limitations expired. The story contained the police report and confirmation of Josh’s involvement. Allegedly, Josh had fondled the breasts and genitalia of five underage girls, including four of his sisters. The story described the consequences Josh faced at home with no legal…

books that I quickly dismissed as boring, lengthy, and pictureless. My interest at that time was not in reading but primarily in video games and playing baseball but my mother bought me a book that I could not put down, Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a book about a middle school student by the name of Greg Heffley. Greg is a lazy, socially awkward individual with his only hobby being that he plays video games. He eventually has a crush on a girl by the name of Holly, but…

The plot of “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Hard Luck” is full of twists and turns that keep you guessing on what is going to happen next. This story is about Greg Heffley and all the problems he has throughout the entirety of the story. The whole story starts out in the beginning of the school year with Greg Heffley not having any friends. Greg usually has a friend to start the school year, but this year Rowley got a girlfriend and left Greg all alone. At school he tries to make friends, but nobody…

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid The author is Jeff Kinney, Diary Of A Wimpy Kid is the title. The overall summary of the book is that there is this boy named Greg Heffley who has a mom, dad, older brother, and younger brother and he has a normal life as a student, brother, and son who goes to school, has friends and basically lives a normal life in school. His mom makes him write and draw in his diary about what happens everyday in the diary so he and his parents can reflect what happened in his younger…

In the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid directed by George Roy Hill uses many different examples of symbolism that connects to the American Progressive Era and life in America. The true story is about the two leaders of Wyoming’s Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, looting trains and banks which is starting to get harder because of how the times are changing which ultimately in the end leads to their downfall. With that being said this movie could be considered…

Shunning, by definition, is to “persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution”. During the earlier centuries, the use of public punishments not only allowed convicts to be humiliated in front of others, people used it as a way to make society fear the consequences of bad actions that went against society’s faiths and morals, thus leading to shunning. Now, shunning is growing rapidly all across the country and the world. Popular forms of 21st century…

issue. However, it is easier to struggle with time management in school and still pass than it is in karate. With each test I take, I know in my mind that I do not want to stand before the judges and have them watch me struggle. An easy way to prove that I have spent my time well is by making the best out of the terminology portion of the test, which is sadly one of the subjects I see most karate students struggling in. Not only do they fail in preparing their terminology, but they did not put…

The Journey at Northern Karate was an inspiring place to be at. NKS has taught me to stay active and be confident in anything I do. I was taught that if something came in my way I would stand up for myself. I was taught to not show my feelings in class. I was told by the Sensis to “Be Humble in your confidence, yet courageous in your character”. This inspired me through the years I have been with NKS, to make sure that I didn’t give up. I was told by the Sensi to try harder. Out of any…

bullying. I expressed my feeling of fright and helplessness to my mother, who then signed me up for karate classes. That is how my martial arts journey began. I started my karate training with the intention of learning how to fight and defend…

reaction as Kevin and after some time assimilated me into their group. At that point I realized that I was getting all of these friends and I did not have to take up an activity that I did not like. At that point I decided to take of the mask, I quit karate and all other activities and focused on things I wanted to do. While doing this I found it easier to start liking new things like anime, video games and because I started liking new things I got more…