Saturday, November 27, 2010
Roger Ebert
I think Roger Ebert is an incredible man. His career as a movie career is quite impressive. But that's not even the most amazing thing about him. If you haven't hear his story Click here. I just can't believe how strong and motivated he is. To lose his lower jaw and his ability to speak in a battle with cancer. And still keep fighting to live. To share his story. To continue with his life. It's just incredible really. It makes me think, I'm so lucky and blessed to be perfectly healthy and able to function. And when I say that I can only think how Ebert would say he's fine too, say that he's better now after he lost his voice. The man is 67 and is still fighting. I feel like we can all draw motivation from him. We can push ourselves to be better and do more when we look at what he's faced and what he's done in the face of adversity. One small thing that I took away from the article is that it's a waste of time to be angry. Ebert knows that, its hard for him to express himself when he's angry and he doesn't even bother anymore. That's something I want to do.
I'm not quite sure what to make of our "humanity/hope/human spirit" so far. We haven't gotten deep into put I think its going to be very interesting. We've outlined the unit but I'm still a bit curious about what we'll be learning. I'm excited to learn about stories of human struggle and persereverance. I also find two of our essential questions to be interesting. When does a person truly experience hope? What emotions/feelings are universal? Just some interesting things to think about. Something tells me I'm going to enjoy this humanity/hope/human spirit unit.
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