The three most important things I learned this year are, respect, behavior, and actual studies. I learned to respect people so that they will treat me the same way (this is my This I Believe thing too). I also have learned to behave better, so that I don't get any Falcon Fouls. They are really annoying so I am trying my best to avoid them. And learning actual things as well, because I am learning new things everyday that I may use in my future life.
Something I think that I will remember for the rest of my life is the To Kill a Mockingbird feast, and how Carter forgot to bring crackers. But then months later he finally brings crackers. I dont think anyone will forget that, considering we made fun of him for so long. The nicest thing somebody did for for me in this class is Vince. He literally shared his Google Doc with me to help, and also helped with other stuff outside of class. I don't think I really taught anyone anything.
I am proud of what I was able to learn this year. Many other people won't learn this until next year, things like Socratic Seminars, going to the Holocaust museum. And we did some fun things in the class as well, like the To Kill a Mockingbird feast. I am proud to be in this class. I think the most challenging part of the year was the beginning of it. When I didn't know that much, and when I was being exposed to these new things. But as the year progressed I got used to it, and it wasn't as hard as it was in the beginning.
I think my best piece of writing was the Poe story we had to make up. I enjoyed that one the most, and I got to get creative with it. It was fun to write that one, and I also got a 3 on that one. My favorite book was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows because it was so different from the rest of the series and showed a lot of stuff about Snape, and the best ending ever. Some advice I have for next years students is to do your work, give it your best effort, and have fun learning new things.
This I Believe speech - Respect is Something Everyone Deserves
I believe that we should show respect to one another. You may think that this is pretty obvious, but if you look around you, you can see many people being uncaring and disrespectful. Being like this can make people feel bad, and much more serious things can happen because of these feelings. This may have happened to you before, and you probably didn’t like it. Maybe you were the one saying these unpleasant things. But if everyone treated each other like they would like to be treated, nobody would not feel good about themselves, and maybe even regard you as a friend.
I feel that this is important because people sometimes called me Ravi, that kid from Jessie. I sort of felt bad when they called me by that name, although it was just because they told me I looked like him. Soon after they started to call me that just to make fun of me. Now I just shrug it off, but then I realized how other people might feel if I called them names. I was disrespectful and tried to call other people names. Maybe it was just a joke, but people may still feel bad about that. So I decided to stop calling people names, because I didn't want them to feel bad. Respect is something everyone deserves, no matter what they’ve done. I know a few people who are hard to be respectful towards, but I still try my best.
Many people in this school don't care at all how you feel, and will not hesitate to call you much worse things. I see it all the time, and lots of times they are doing that to amuse themselves and their friends. Some are even bold enough to talk to teachers like people they despise. But not all people are like this, a lot of the students don't say mean things, and are really nice. If you're feeling down they will come and cheer you up, and I think that all of us should be like that. They have set the perfect example to make other people feel good. And instead of being accepted by our friends and discarding others, we should accept everyone.
Saying nice things can make people happy, so don’t be afraid to make someone’s day.
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