Commentary 4-7-14

Lauren James           Attitude   4-6-14
                                Work Hard    4-2-14

Commentary 3-28-14

Lauren James             TheTruth Prevails  3-25-14
                                   Right Now            3-19-14

Do now 3-27-14

''Truth is powerful and it prevails''
-Sojourner Truth



The truth hurts and it overcomes a lot of things.

Commentary 3-24-14

Lauren James    Dreams and Nightmares  2-26-14
                          Differences                      2-20-14

Do Now commentary 3-18-14

do now- 3-17-14    Lauren James

do now- 2-12-14   Deshaun Newsome

SURVIVORS

Cancer survivors, siblings miss more school days

August 16, 2012|By Andrew M. Seaman | Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Years after they were first diagnosed, childhood cancer survivors - along with their brothers and sisters - missed twice as many 

school days as other kids, according to a new study.

Researchers found that childhood cancer survivors and their siblings missed - on average - 10 days of school during the 2009 academic year, while other students in the sameschool district missed an average of five days

Cancer survivors celebrate life

CANCER SURVIVORS CLEBRATE LIFE

It was a symbolic day in Zion on Friday as dozens of cancer survivors marked a fifth year of being cancer-free by planting a Bradford pear tree and releasing colorful butterflies on grounds near the Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Survivors planted one tree on the grounds at 2520 Elisha Ave., and the hospital donated money to the Zion Park District to be used to plant 86 more trees--one for each hospital patient who has beaten cancer for five years, hospital representatives said.

Volunteers: Mother and son, both cancer survivors, to kick off Relay for Life

On Dec. 17, 2001, Anna Roeser's life changed forever. It was the day the Libertyville mother of three and her husband, Mike, learned that their 3-year-old son, Gus, had leukemia.

The family's joy when Gus completed 2 1/2 years of chemotherapy in June 2004 was short-lived. Six months later, Anna was diagnosed with an aggressive case of Stage II breast cancer.

NEWS

Young filmmakers hit the road, chronicling cancer survivors

By Ted Gregory, Chicago Tribune reporter | August 8, 2012

He sat there thinking about killing himself, a seventh-grader who'd come through the life and death struggle of cancer unable to endure the next part, the part about surviving. Evan Bartlett's growth was stunted by treatment he underwent for cancer he was diagnosed with at 3 1/2 months of age. Over the years, he'd become marooned in special education even though he was certain he could handle mainstream class work. He'd gone through seven years of speech therapy,

FEATURES

Sheri Prentiss, breast cancer survivor

By Jenniffer Weigel, Tribune Newspapers | October 13, 2013

Since she was a little girl, Sheri Prentiss knew she wanted to be a doctor. "My parents would remind me - if you want to be a doctor, you have to work harder than the other kids," says Prentiss, 45 (whose name, until her Oct. 1 marriage to Donald Prentiss, was Sheri Phillips). "So I was always looking ahead to that goal of becoming a physician for as long as I can remember. " Prentiss graduated from Northwestern University in 1989 with a bachelor of arts in psychology and premedica

Commentary

I commented on the following people:

Lauren James-Dreams and Nightmare- Feb. 26,2014
Deshaun Newsome- DoNow- Feb. 26,2014

Do Now 2-25-14

In matters of style, Swim with current; In matters of Principle, Stand like a Rock

-Thomas Jefferson



 I guess it's saying it don't matter what the style is. When someone says it all a matter of principle it's same as saying a moral basis for doing something.

Commentary

Lauren James Differences feb.20,2014
Deshaun Newsome Micheal Irving Feb.5,2014

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Lauren James \You Cant Win Some Without Losing Some\  January 21,2014

Do Now

We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated
-Maya Angelou

I think it means you are a winner not a loser. You like winning so you wouldn't like to lose.

Do Now 2-11-2014

What is granted is often taken for granted
-Father Gerry Hurley


When people try to be helpful  and dont want to be help

Do Now 2-7-14

                               ''The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed''
                                              - Richard Sheridan

If you plan to succeed you will

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Deshaun Newsome January 14,2014

Lauren James January 13,2014

MJ SAYINGS

"I've missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-sixtimes the I've been trusted to take the game winning shot & missed. I've failed over & over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

I think this mean in your life you learned from your mistakes. I know there have been many times I have failed in my life.

My New Year Resolution

1. I will like to change of becoming a better me.
2. Taking school more important
3. Being more helpful

My Do Now 1-13-14

Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it

                                                      -Charles Swindoll

The 90% of your life is important and other is least important

My New Year Resolution

• My new year resolution is become a better me 

1. Putting school as an important part of my life.
2. Being more helpful