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Tuesday's HW; "It has its dreams, it gets emotional....It asks things of me and it keeps me from sleeping many nights."
"Well that's good. Your heart is alive. Keep listening to what it has to say."

Monday's Hw: "life attracts life." I liked the use of this quote and then I liked how the horse stopped for the serpent.

Weekend homework: It's picked up a lot. I can't wait to find out about Santiago and Fatima... She's confusing though.

Thur. Hw; I find the book a little slow right now but there are parts that I liked. I really liked the caravan leader's response on living in the present.

Wed.'s HW: I really like this book. I like how each person he comes along, there is a way he relates to them. I really like the point in the book where he thinks about his possibilities and then chooses he is going to go to Egypt because he could always be a Shepard.

Tuesday's homework;
'it describes people's ability to choose their own Personal Legends. And it ends up saying that everyone believes he world's greatest lie."
I found this quote saying that we each have OUR OWN individual dream and don't let others tell you, you cannot achieve it.

lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy.(Krakauer 57)I noticed he was crying. that frightened me. He wasn't planning on being gone all that long; I figured he wouldn't have been crying unless he intended to take some big risks and knew he might not be coming back.-Borah(Krakauer 68)I now walk out to live amongst the wild.pg.69

So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences. Krakauer57

"squatting in a vacant mobile home" (Krakauer, 41), where he lived with a lunatic named Charlie.

"He lived on the streets with bums,tramps, and winos for several weeks." (Krakauer 37)

"secondhand aluminum canoe" (Krakauer, 32) "my days were more exciting when i was penniless and had to forage around for my next meal." (Krakauer, 33) "small but dangerous waterfalls litter the canal." (Krakauer, 35) "Alex has one spare oar. He calms himself. If he loses second oar is dead" (Krakauer, 36) "Over 25 pounds lost. But his spirit is soaring" (Krakauer 37)

"I tried to scare him with bear stories. I told him that a twenty-two probably wouldn't do anything to a grizzly except make him mad. Alex didn't seem to worried."(Krakauer, 6) "He was unheeded, happy, and near to the wild heart of life. He was alone and young and wilful and wildhearted, alone amid a waste of wild air and brackish waters and the seaharvest of shells and tangle and veiled grey sunlight" (Krakauer, 31)

Monday's Hw: Again, another set of amazing stories but the most recent one is jaw-dropping.

Weekend Hw: Wow. Colton's trip to Heaven is so amazing and it matches up perfectly with the Bible!

Thursday's HW: WOW! The stories of Heaven are absolutely amazing. Can't wait to hear what else he sees.

Wednesday's HW: I am looking forward to hearing of Colton's trip to Heaven without his father changing the subject.

Tuesday'HW: The Burpos have gone through so much in a month and when they take a break from it all, their son has an appendix!

Monday's Homework: I think I have choose a great book for me at this time about God's Miracles and Heaven.

Cole Lancaster Mr. Pollock English 9-1 26 January 2012 Williams, Alan. Walk-On. Austin, Texas: New Heights Press, 2006. It’s a hard time when you give everything you have to be denied. In Walk-On, Alan Williams tells his journey as not only a Wake Forest basketball walk-on but as a college student. While Alan struggles very often, he uses the struggles as motivation to get better. Not at one point did he give up. He

Thursday's Homework: Alan is still working hard in his sophomore/junior year to keep his spot on the team as well as noticing the role he has on the team.

Tuesday's HW: These pages touched on Alan's trips to Mexico and Ukraine, where he hosted a camp for the kids, and how he realized that it didn't matter is they had cracks in their courts or mismatched sock, all that mattered was that they were rich in faith.

MONDAY HW: For the 2nd time, Alan has been released from the team but his hopes of rejoining prove that he is a very motivated and special person.

WEEKEND HW: Alan has been released from the team but is improving on his own in hopes of returning. His efforts were successful and i'm still loving this book.

Thursday's Homework: Great story of a guy who put in so much work, but didn't get great reward. But he never gave up.

Wednesday's Homework: This is a very motivational book so far about a kid who went from being the best in high school to being a weak, slow kid in college and is working on being the best he can be.