Even if she is small, and only nine, she has a big imagination. chloe is my little sister who teaches me how to be creative and think outside the box, and by outside the box I mean turning a card board box in to a washing machine. for example just before diner chloe was playing with fuzzy ties and she made a spitting camel. she also is a big goof ball and that is who she is and she isn't afraid of what other people might think of that. she teaches me to be myself. and her even being one of my he
This assignment was difficult for me trying to figure out who my living hero’s are and why I considered them heroes in the first place. I had to really think about who my heroes are, and why and think outside of the box in terms of who they are and why I admired them.
My Mother is probably my greatest hero. She has accomplished so much in her life putting herself through medical school while having two small children most of it being a single mother. Going on to run a successful lab in the Seat
Maya Angelou is a person who has overcome great obstacles, kept a vision for her life, and for what she can give and achieve. She has inspired me to be a better teacher, as she stands as one of the truly great ones.
She practices her art, and continues to produce her creative works even as she has moved into her 8th decade of life.
She teaches compassion, tolerance, and respect; she lives
compassion, toleran
Cancer is perhaps the most frightening of all diseases we face. And the thing is, it's very often entirely preventable. If we simply made some different decisions, earlier, many cancers would never happen.
That sounds like an audacious statement. Cancer after all, comes "out of the blue" -- we report that it happ
1. Heart Disease
One in three women get heart disease . Heart disease is responsible for
488,946 deaths in women per year – more than all forms of cancer combined
(more than 950,000 Americans die from heart disease per year). It is the mostsignificant health concernfor women in the U.S. today, but according to the American Heart Association, only 13 percent of women know that heart disease is a major threat to their health.
To minimize your risk: Don’t smoke; Limit intake of alcohol;
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Hi Friends and Sports Fans,
A special guest story teller showed up to read to Ms. Bland's 2nd grade yesterday (Harry's class) at Graham Hill elementary. Please click on the
link above for a photo and more details:
Regards,
Beth
After a decade of consistent declines in teen drug abuse, a new national study released today by the Partnershipfor a Drug-Free America® and MetLife Foundation points to marked upswings in use of drugs that teens are likely to encounter at parties and in other social situations.
According to the 2009 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), sponsored by MetLife Foundation,the number of teens in grades 9-12 that used alcohol in the past month has grown by 11 percent (from 35 percent in 20
