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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Rachel's Challenge

Today we had an assembly on the shooting at Columbine High School in 1999. We learned about how Rachel was the first one who died, and we heard about her brother's experience.
Rachel was an amazing girl, and she was amazing at writing her feelings and expressing herself. She was always saying how she would someday effect the lives of people around the world, and it's true!
Rachel has changed the way that I look at the world, and she really lived an amazing life full of kindness.
We all learned today about Rachel's challenge: that we should try to "start a chain reaction" and be kind to others and it will create a ripple effect. I was so touched by this assembly that I cried!
I accept Rachel's challenge, and I will try to spread it!
"You just may start a chain reaction."
-Rachel Joy Scott
(Got my picture from google images! THANKS GOOGLE!)

2 comments:

EmmaSeptember 9, 2008 at 5:33 PM
oh my gosh did you not just LOVE this assembly!? I totally agree with you about how I will never think the same about anyone! (but in a total positive way!)
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WriterSeptember 9, 2008 at 7:38 PM
I'm so glad you guys loved it. You are just the type to spread the chain reaction. Great response. I hope everyone remembers how they felt after the assembly!
Ms. L.
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My Favorite Quotesoo.

Ever wonder how long it takes to change your life? What measure of time is enough to be life-altering? Is it four years, like high school? One year? An eight-week walking tour? Can your life change in a month, or a week, or a single day? We're always in a hurry to grow up, to go places, to get ahead... but when you're young, one hour can change everything.

-Lucas Scott, "One Tree Hill"

What happened to us, you know? I don't know who I am anymore, or how I got here. I miss who I used to be. I want to have a home again, you know? And real friends; you know the kind of friendships we used to believe in. I miss that. And I miss you. I guess I just miss all of it.
-Peyton Sawyer, "One Tree Hill"

I don't miss you, I miss the person I THOUGHT you were.
-Unknown

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

As I began to get deeper into the book, my attitude began to change. I had started reading because I had to get this prize. But soon I read because I wanted the prize. As I progressed, I read because I wanted to know the truth, and as I neared finishing, I read because I had to know the truth. My faith grew in a way I had not expected.
-Lundy

We laugh at the dumbest jokes, put up with each other's worst moods, go along with the craziest ideas, and that's what makes the most amazing best friends.
-Unknown

'It is no concern of mine whether your family has... what was it again?'
'Um... food?'
'HA! You really should have thought of that before you became peasants! We're through here; take him away. Next!'
'But I- okay.'
-The Emperor's New Groove

Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
-Julian Hough

I ran up the door, closed the stairs,
said my pajamas and put on my prayers.
I turned off the bed and hopped into the light...
all because you kissed me goodnight.
-Unknown

Every song ends but is that any reason not to enjoy the music?
-Peyton Sawyer

We all make decisions that change our lives. It is in these moments that heroes are made.
-Unknown

You just may start a chain reaction.
-Rachel Joy Scott

Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intention of throwing it at someone; YOU are the one who gets burned.
-Unknown

We're so cool even ice cubes are jealous.
-Unknown

"it expresses my passionate love affections for you in such an accurate way that it makes my heart melt to hear the truth come out in lyric form."
-Kirsten Winther & Amanda Lundberg (inside joke)

Lose one friend; lose all friends; lose yourself.
-Boy meets world

Love doesn't make the world go 'round,
Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
-Unknown

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
-Unknown

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
-Will Smith

Don’t be offended, but you seem to be one of those people who just attract accidents like a magnet. So… try not to fall into the ocean or get run over or anything, all right?
Edward Cullen, Twilight,

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
-Helen Keller

42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
-Unknown

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
-Martin Luther King Jr.

Sometimes you will f.o.r.g.i.v.e. someone simply because you still want them in your life.
-Unknown

"You laugh at me because I'm different... I laugh at you because you're all the same."
-Unknown

In the book of life, the answer's aren't in the back.
-Charlie Brown

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
-Samuel Butler

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
-John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I don't f.o.r.g.i.v.e people because I'm weak. I forgive people because I'm s.t.r.o.n.g enough to know that people make m.i.s.t.a.k.e.s

You just have to live your life not caring and shake off the drama just to prove that you're better than they think you are.
-unknown

"I'm going to smile like nothing's wrong, talk like everything is perfect, act like it's all a dream, and pretend this isn't hurting me."
-Unknown

I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair.
I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare.
I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind.
I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme.
I hate it, I hate the way you're always right.
I hate it when you lie.
I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry.
I hate it that you're not around, and the fact that you didn't call.
But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you... Not even close, not even a little bit,
not even at all.

-10 Things I Hate About You