Say, Mean, Matter Forum
Post here each week about contemporary issues that intrigue you. Follow the close reading strategy of 1. What does the text say? 2. What does the text mean? 3. Why does the text matter?
Say, Mean, Matter Discussion Forum—You will contribute one Say, Mean, Matter post online each week. You may choose the content of your post. Consider the following possibilities:
a. Important newspaper articles, which you can find online or in a print newspaper b. Textual quotes from the literature you are reading c. Any contemporary issue that intrigues you You will then analyze the content in terms of “What does it (whatever you chose) SAY?” This is a summary, so put the content into your own words. The next section will be titled, “What does it MEAN?” This is an interpretation. This is where you determine what the content means. This is YOUR interpretation based on your background knowledge and your knowledge of the subject matter, etc. The final section is the “What does it MATTER?” This is the implication piece. What are the possible outcomes? How will this content impact you, the community, the nation, the world? See columns below. There will be a sample SAY, MEAN, MATTER post online for you to consider while you compose your own. Your SMM post is due online each Friday at midnight. Please use your first name and last initial and YOUR CLASS PERIOD. You will NOT receive credit if there is no class period listed. Example: Shelia S., period 1 SEE MODEL SAY, MEAN, MATTER POST BELOW! Gregory Boyle, in TATTOOS ON THE HEART, wrote, "You stand with the belligerent, the surly, and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear"(179). (This is cited in MLA format.) Say: This says that bad behavior is a way of communicating one's pain and that standing with the badly behaved is necessary until the pain is revealed and understood. Mean: My interpretation of this passage is that it means that when people act out and misbehave that they are doing so because they are in tremendous pain. Either they've been neglected and their own needs are not being met, or they have been abused or hurt in some way, or perhaps they've suffered a loss that is too big for them to bear. Instead of using their words about how much pain they're in, they act out by doing things that are inappropriate and often illegal (This is a book about gangs.) Matter: This passage matters because it offers an explanation for bad behavior and challenges us to see beyond the behavior to the heart of the matter. If we can do that, then we may feel more empathy, and as a result, be able to stick it out with those who are acting badly rather than quickly dismiss, judge and abandon them.
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dolores r. period 1
9/16/2013 10:55:05 am
"The Globalization of Eating Disorders” by Susan Bordo
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Marissa C., Period 6
9/21/2013 08:32:34 am
In "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett, the character, Miss Skeeter, says to Aibileen, "I'm tired of the rules."
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Stacie L, Period 1
9/16/2013 12:43:25 pm
"The Globalization of Eating Disorders” by Susan Bordo says
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Sandy Nhan period 1
9/16/2013 12:54:09 pm
"I like it when someone gets excited about something. It's nice" -Catcher In the Rye
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9/16/2013 12:56:25 pm
The stock market is a no-called-strike game. You don't have to swing at everything – you can wait for your pitch. The problem when you're a money manager is that your fans keep yelling, "Swing, you bum!"
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Amanda C., period 2
9/16/2013 12:57:58 pm
In the article "How Bullying’s Effects Reach Beyond Childhood" by Alexandra Sifferlin, she wrote, "Studies document higher rates of anxiety and panic attacks among victims of bullying, and these are snowballing into mental health and behavior problems later in life. That could translate into unstable professional and personal lives as well; a recent study reported that bully victims are two times less likely to hold down a job and also have difficulty maintaining meaningful social relationships."
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Benjamin Trinh., Period 2
9/16/2013 02:44:58 pm
In the article, Couple Finds 2,000-Year-Old Archaeological Treasures Under Their House, I read, "When Miriam and Theo Siebenberg purchased a plot of land for their new home in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City that Israel had just a few years before captured from Jordan, they had no idea of the antiquity treasures dating back from Jesus' time and before that lay underneath."
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Kayleigh Hennerty., Period 6
9/16/2013 02:48:06 pm
Susan Bordo, in THE GLOBALIZATION OF EATING DISORDERS, wrote, "In today's world, it is through images-much more than parents, teachers, or clergy-that we are taught how to be."
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Kathy F. Period 1
9/16/2013 03:28:30 pm
In "The Book Thief" : "Then came the seventh side of the die. Two days after Germany invaded Russia. Three days before Britain and
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Cindy M., Period 6
9/17/2013 02:20:08 am
Susan Bordo, in THE GLOBALIZATION OF EATING, wrote, "In today's world, it is through images-much more than parents, teachers, or clergy-that we are taught how to be."
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Clara L. Per 5
9/17/2013 04:18:23 am
Susan Bordo, in THE GLOBALIZATION OF EATING DISORDERS, wrote, "In today's world, it is through images-much more than parents, teachers, or clergy-that we are taught how to be."
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Rosakon C., Period 1
9/17/2013 12:05:14 pm
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
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Lewen M., Period 6
9/17/2013 02:27:38 pm
In the online article, “Brazil looks to break from US-centric Internet,” Bradley Brooks and Frank Bajak wrote, “President Dilma Rousseff ordered a series of measures aimed at greater Brazilian online independence and security following revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency intercepted her communications, hacked into the state-owned Petrobras oil company's network and spied on Brazilians who entrusted their personal data to U.S. tech companies such as Facebook and Google.”
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Jenn X P.1
9/18/2013 03:02:14 am
“You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you. But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew you never knew." - Pocahontas
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Vivian L., Period 5
9/18/2013 06:56:12 am
"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late"- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Xinyi C. Period 5
9/18/2013 10:23:32 am
“My mother told me...if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.”
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Jasmine K. Period 6
9/18/2013 11:17:21 am
Orson Scott Card, in ENDER'S GAME, wrote, “‘I know what you’re thinking, you bastard, you’re thinking that I’m wrong, that Ender’s like Peter. Well maybe I’m like Peter, but Ender isn’t, he isn’t at all, I used to tell him that when he cried, I told him that lots of times, you’re not like Peter, you never like to hurt people, you’re kind and good and not like Peter at all!’” (148).
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Karishma Bhakta P.2
9/18/2013 12:12:59 pm
“Becoming fearless isn't the point. That's impossible. It's learning how to control your fear, and how to be free from it.”
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Yongmin M., Period 6
9/18/2013 12:23:48 pm
Marilyn Monroe said, "I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
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Tyler F. Period 1
9/18/2013 12:50:40 pm
Virginia Woolf said, "Mental fight means thinking against the current, not with it. It is our business to puncture gas bags and discover the seeds of truth."
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Jiayuan (Amy) Z., Period 6
9/18/2013 01:35:10 pm
“Start copying what you love. At the end of the copy you will find yourself”---- Yohji Yamamoto
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Chapman L., Period 6
9/18/2013 04:17:14 pm
“Enormous crimes have been committed that can be traced directly to the highest levels of the Syrian regime.” – Stephen Rapp (as quoted by Olivier Know in his Yahoo! Article “U.S. war crimes ambassador: Assad ‘absolutely’ should be tried for war crimes”
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Clarissa H. period 5
9/18/2013 05:32:48 pm
Susan Bordo, in The Globalization of Eating Disorders, wrote, "In today's world, it is through images-much more than parents, teachers, or clergy-that we are taught how to be."
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Victoria Y. Period 1
9/19/2013 01:10:05 am
“Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.” – Unknown
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Jimmy Nguyen,Period 1
9/19/2013 01:27:20 am
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.” – Albert Einstein
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Eman Al-alami Period. 2
9/19/2013 02:23:49 am
Who I am by Pete Townshend pg 168 " I couldn't get past the unshakeable feeling that there was a party going on somewhere to which I wouldn't be invited because I didn't take drugs and didn't feel at ease with groupies."
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kelly cuadra period 2
9/19/2013 02:29:50 am
In the online Article " Dairy Queen employee's honorable actions praised online"
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Cindy Tran Period 2
9/19/2013 02:38:07 am
"In today's world, it is through images- much more than parents, teachers, or clergy- that we are taught how to be."
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Kevin T., Period 5
9/19/2013 05:46:44 am
"Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be." - Daniel J. Boorstin
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Jin C. Period 5
9/19/2013 05:52:09 am
"You are what you eat." - Victor Lindlahr
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Dylan N., Period 5
9/19/2013 06:02:12 am
"How can mere images be so powerful?" - Susan Bordo
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amira hamideh, period 5
9/19/2013 06:17:12 am
"you can cry, aint no shame in it" -Will Smith
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Victoria L., Period 5
9/19/2013 06:19:19 am
"Schools are constantly ranked on everything from the beauty of their campuses to their party scenes, but rarely on their students' intelligence."
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Christine Lee Period 6
9/19/2013 01:16:10 pm
Schools should be based more on student's grades than beauty. No matter how pretty or handsome a person is, schools and colleges will care more about his or her grades.
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Mindy S., Period 6
9/19/2013 07:01:08 am
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future."
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Cindy M., Period 6
9/19/2013 01:34:34 pm
One will never advance, if one only looks at one's past.
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Ronald H. Period 6
9/19/2013 07:18:07 am
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning." - Albert Einstein
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Alex K. Period 6
9/22/2013 04:15:06 pm
I like how he is telling us to strive to better ourselves everyday. I hope i am doing that with my life and not just wasting it.
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Alex K. Period 6
9/19/2013 07:22:59 am
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." --- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Chanel L., Period 6
9/19/2013 07:23:41 am
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it."
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Qinfu G. (Ken), Period 6
9/19/2013 07:24:18 am
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
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Kami T. Period 1
9/19/2013 07:56:03 am
"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me .. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you." -Walt Disney
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Susan Chu, Period 6
9/19/2013 07:59:13 am
"The Globalization of Eating Disorder"
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Brandon F., Period 1
9/19/2013 09:09:09 am
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence." - Robert Frost
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Henry G., Period 5
9/19/2013 10:26:22 am
"Freedom lies in being bold."- Robert Frost
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Ryan H., Period 6
9/19/2013 12:15:14 pm
In "Cases of Elderly Dementia to Triple in 2050," Scott Neuman reports, "By the middle of the century, the number of older people suffering from Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia will nearly triple, severely straining caregiving resources" (1).
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Garin L. Period 1
9/19/2013 12:44:39 pm
"I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book" - Groucho Marx
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Christine Lee Period 6
9/19/2013 01:05:37 pm
"In today's world, it is through images--much more than parents, teachers, or clergy--that we are taught how to be." (The Globalization of Eating Disorders by Susan Bordo)
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Natasha Nix p.6
9/19/2013 01:33:45 pm
“For myself, for a long time... maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn't worth hearing, and I think everyone's voice is worth hearing. So if you've got something to say, say it from the rooftops.”
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Caitlin Lian Eckvahl, Period 2
9/19/2013 01:34:24 pm
A member of the CNN staff, wrote an article on the latest Miss America, Nina Davuluri, who is of Indian decent. "She's the second consecutive New York beauty queen to take the Miss America title, but she's the first Indian-American to wear the national crown -- er, tiara -- atop her perfectly coiffed head."
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Derrick L. Period 1
9/19/2013 01:44:15 pm
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
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Brian Kaw Per 6
9/19/2013 02:20:59 pm
“If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.” -Dhirubhai Ambani
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Wilson T. Period 5
9/19/2013 02:54:28 pm
In the Washingtonpost, Ernesto Londoño and Craig Whitlock wrote an article on the recent event in Syria.
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Kristi L. Period 5
9/19/2013 02:56:17 pm
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new" -Albert Einstein
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Michelle Z. Period 5
9/19/2013 02:57:36 pm
Albert Einstein says: "I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious"
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Lisa D., Period 5
9/19/2013 03:09:17 pm
"Our best thoughts come from others" - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Yijie L., period 5
9/19/2013 03:14:34 pm
F. Scott Fitzgerald, in THE GREAT GATSBY, wrote, “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
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Zhi D., Period 1
9/19/2013 03:53:48 pm
"There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. " by Ayn Rand
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Victor H. Per. 5
9/19/2013 04:01:50 pm
John Wooden once said "Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
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Stanley Yang (Youwei) Period 6
9/19/2013 04:04:37 pm
“The Globalization of Eating Disorders” by Susan Bordo
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matthew salazar period 6
9/19/2013 04:23:02 pm
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Anita Z., Period 06
9/19/2013 05:07:25 pm
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition." ---Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
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Jiayuan (Amy) Z. Period 6
9/22/2013 04:28:07 am
This quotes and your interpretation truly inspired me. :)
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Marjorie L., Period 5
9/19/2013 05:31:38 pm
"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
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Jacqueline W., Period 1
9/19/2013 05:35:06 pm
"My mother had been the one who knew the meaning of each charm on my bracelet- where we had gotten it and why I liked it. She made a meticulous list of what I'd carried and worn. If found miles away and in isolation along a road, these clues might lead a policeman there to link it to my death." -Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
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Chris (Jae) Eom., Period 5.
9/20/2013 12:54:54 am
As you are wasting your breaths complaining, there are people taking their last ones. So be appreciative while it's too late to realize. -Thomas Wilkerson
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Steven W. P.5.
9/20/2013 02:44:46 am
Money is the poor people's credit card.
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Tatiana C. Period 5.
9/20/2013 07:16:44 am
I always thought insanity would be a dark, bitter, but its drenching and delicious if you really roll around in it---Kathryn Stocket, The Help
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Luwei T., Per. 6
9/20/2013 08:53:49 am
The article the following description describes is "Pope Francis: Church too focused on gays and abortion" by BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24166434).
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Jiamin Li period 1
9/20/2013 09:16:26 am
You may know my name but not my story, you've heard what I've done but not what I've been through, you may recognize my face, but not my mind. You see my weakness, but I'm stronger than you can imagine. (This passage I've read from the Internet.)
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Nicole G., Period 6
9/20/2013 10:22:33 am
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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My T. Period 2
9/20/2013 12:06:41 pm
In Sarah's Key, Tatiana De Rosnay wrote, "It felt natural, being with him. As if we had been doing this for years. As if this was not just the third time in our lives we were seeing each other."
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Rainie X., Per 1
9/20/2013 12:39:05 pm
"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood"-- Marie Curie.
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Leodarwin L P1
9/20/2013 12:53:48 pm
“What I'm doing right now, I'm chasing perfection.”- Kobe Bryant.
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Janet, F. Per.5
9/20/2013 02:10:57 pm
In Syria submits 'initial disclosure' of chemical weapons, Shashank Bengali wrote, "Experts at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons in The Hague began translating the document from Arabic and reviewing its contents, but organization officials released few details."
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Patina H. Period 2
9/21/2013 11:08:54 am
"Belief in one self is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture."-Lydia M. Child
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Jean Muangkaem
9/21/2013 07:48:25 pm
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr.Seuss
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Jean M., Period 2
9/21/2013 07:49:06 pm
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Yela M., Period 5
9/22/2013 07:47:24 am
“Isn't that the greatest gift in the world-just not to care?"
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John H. Per. 5
9/22/2013 12:07:22 pm
"Believe you can and you're halfway there." -Theodore Roosevelt.
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Judy U. period 5
9/22/2013 01:15:56 pm
"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever"
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Stephanie Wong, Period 06
9/22/2013 01:28:23 pm
"It's better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." - André Gide
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Eric V, Period 2
9/22/2013 02:16:41 pm
"Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming." -Mr. Chin
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Tommy C., Period 5
9/22/2013 04:58:11 pm
Rick Riordan, in THE LAST OLYMPIAN, wrote, "A great hero must be rewarded".
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Daniel Ly Period 2
9/22/2013 05:12:51 pm
"Being on top of the world doesn't mean anything unless you know what it's like to be at the bottom." - Anonymous
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Daphne L., Period 6
9/22/2013 06:16:55 pm
"Two steps forward, one step back." -Anonymous
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Dannie Perez, Period 3
9/23/2013 03:46:23 am
"Stay gold..." - Johnny from the Outsiders
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Shirley Ho, Period 3
9/23/2013 04:03:01 pm
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” – Bob Marley
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Stephany F., period 2
9/23/2013 08:41:29 pm
“Finally, the lock clicked and she tugged the secret door open. A rotten stench hit her like a fist. She drew away. The boy at her side recoiled, afraid. Sarah fell to her knees. Sarah could not speak, she could only quiver, her fingers covering her eyes, her nose, blocking out the smell.....She sank to her knees again and she screamed at the top of her lungs, she screamed, for her mother, for her father, screamed for Michel.” ― Tatiana de Rosnay, Sarah's Key
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Justin Saisho P. 2
9/24/2013 01:57:26 am
"Catcher in the Rye" the quote "Only educated and Scholarly men are able to contribute to this world"
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Kalvin Lam Period 2
9/25/2013 02:17:58 am
California raising the minimum wage to $10 by the year 2016
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Rico L. P.2
9/25/2013 02:21:12 am
Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. –Joshua J. Marine
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Michael Qi, P.1
9/29/2013 06:26:38 pm
“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.” - Bruce Lee
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Garin L. Period 1
9/30/2013 01:11:57 am
Jean-Paul Nerriere said "A language is the vehicle of a culture"
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Steven Coto per6
10/25/2013 04:50:54 am
Say "I want to be your Favorite hello and hardest goodbye"
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