Sara Elliott 1st hour
My first thought when we were told we were watching a movie in class called The Power of One was it was going to be some stupid corny movie that I could sleep through. To my surprise I wanted to stay awake. This movie is powerful and attention grabbing and realistic. Before I entered Global Ed I was oblivious to the world. I thought segregation was only in America but as I learned in the movie it can happen everywhere. Before I didn’t think there could be segregation in Africa because a good percent of the population was black but that shows how oblivious I was. In another Global Ed video, Hotel Rwanda there was segregation between the Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s. Like in this movie there is segregation between the Africans and the Dutch who came to South Africa.
When the movie started I felt so bad for poor P.K. He had it rough from the start, he got peed on, his mom died, and he was separated from his best friend and put into so many different and new atmospheres. But then I realized he manages to make it through all of these situations with his head held high. P.k. was different from most of the other people in South Africa at the time because he didn’t like segregation and he treated everyone the same. In a way that made him a hero, he could bring together different tribes and get them to work together in harmony instead of fighting.
The holiday season is my favorite, but nothing beats Christmas and Christmas break. My family doesn’t really have many traditions anymore since some of the older people in my family who kept them going passed. Some of my favorite traditions passed with them. When I was little on tradition I remember well is my grandma, my moms mom would make these ginger snap cookies. She would only make them over the holidays and no one made them like her. Another one that passed was every year we would go to my Cousin Heidi’s house on Christmas Eve and my Cousin Julie’s house on Christmas day. Some of the holiday traditions we still do aren’t big. Every year we have a party with the family on my mom and dad’s side. On Christmas day we have to wait till everyone in the family is up to open our presents and then the whole family go to eat Christmas breakfast. In my opinion traditions can keep people from moving on with their life but some traditions are good to keep for the same reason.
The best Christmas I can remember was when seven. My sisters and I got up and there was a big box waiting for us and inside was tickets to the Disney parks. There were seven suit cases behind the couch and then my parents, two sister, grandparents, and I was off to Disney world. I don’t know why I thought it was so amazing. Maybe because I like to travel or because it was one of the last Christmases I would spend with my grandpa. For some reason that Christmas was perfect.
I couldn’t wait for the New Year, the new decade. This decade I had good times to remember, bad times to try and forget, and grudges to let go so I could go into the new decade peacefully. For the New Year I vowed to let go of all of my grudges on almost everyone but there will always be a few that couldn’t be let go. Also I decided I was going to try something new every month of the year. I try to erase memories from this year and move on which was the best way to ring in the New Year for me.
2009 was a crazy year for me but was the year I remember the best. My grandpa died and he was the only person who couldn’t annoy me and he could make me happy and make me laugh when I needed it. I took me most of the year to realize he was gone. I loved my grandpa and I always will.
2009 wasn’t all that bad though. I became a lot closer to my middle sister, Becca. Also I got to know my oldest sister, Rachel for the first time in a long time. I got over A LOT this year but what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and that is the biggest lesson I learned in 2009. Everything that has happened to me this year was meant to be. It made me a stronger, happier person that I deserved to be all along.
My first thought when we were told we were watching a movie in class called The Power of One was it was going to be some stupid corny movie that I could sleep through. To my surprise I wanted to stay awake. This movie is powerful and attention grabbing and realistic. Before I entered Global Ed I was oblivious to the world. I thought segregation was only in America but as I learned in the movie it can happen everywhere. Before I didn’t think there could be segregation in Africa because a good percent of the population was black but that shows how oblivious I was. In another Global Ed video, Hotel Rwanda there was segregation between the Hutu’s and the Tutsi’s. Like in this movie there is segregation between the Africans and the Dutch who came to South Africa.
When the movie started I felt so bad for poor P.K. He had it rough from the start, he got peed on, his mom died, and he was separated from his best friend and put into so many different and new atmospheres. But then I realized he manages to make it through all of these situations with his head held high. P.k. was different from most of the other people in South Africa at the time because he didn’t like segregation and he treated everyone the same. In a way that made him a hero, he could bring together different tribes and get them to work together in harmony instead of fighting.
The holiday season is my favorite, but nothing beats Christmas and Christmas break. My family doesn’t really have many traditions anymore since some of the older people in my family who kept them going passed. Some of my favorite traditions passed with them. When I was little on tradition I remember well is my grandma, my moms mom would make these ginger snap cookies. She would only make them over the holidays and no one made them like her. Another one that passed was every year we would go to my Cousin Heidi’s house on Christmas Eve and my Cousin Julie’s house on Christmas day. Some of the holiday traditions we still do aren’t big. Every year we have a party with the family on my mom and dad’s side. On Christmas day we have to wait till everyone in the family is up to open our presents and then the whole family go to eat Christmas breakfast. In my opinion traditions can keep people from moving on with their life but some traditions are good to keep for the same reason.
The best Christmas I can remember was when seven. My sisters and I got up and there was a big box waiting for us and inside was tickets to the Disney parks. There were seven suit cases behind the couch and then my parents, two sister, grandparents, and I was off to Disney world. I don’t know why I thought it was so amazing. Maybe because I like to travel or because it was one of the last Christmases I would spend with my grandpa. For some reason that Christmas was perfect.
I couldn’t wait for the New Year, the new decade. This decade I had good times to remember, bad times to try and forget, and grudges to let go so I could go into the new decade peacefully. For the New Year I vowed to let go of all of my grudges on almost everyone but there will always be a few that couldn’t be let go. Also I decided I was going to try something new every month of the year. I try to erase memories from this year and move on which was the best way to ring in the New Year for me.
2009 was a crazy year for me but was the year I remember the best. My grandpa died and he was the only person who couldn’t annoy me and he could make me happy and make me laugh when I needed it. I took me most of the year to realize he was gone. I loved my grandpa and I always will.
2009 wasn’t all that bad though. I became a lot closer to my middle sister, Becca. Also I got to know my oldest sister, Rachel for the first time in a long time. I got over A LOT this year but what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and that is the biggest lesson I learned in 2009. Everything that has happened to me this year was meant to be. It made me a stronger, happier person that I deserved to be all along.
