Achievements of a person you admire

My talented family

By Marcela Álvarez R – English student

I confess, I don´t admire many people or things. I think I am so simple, however there are some special features that I consider very important in the people. In this case those characteristics have been the support to my family achievements.

My daddy has art abilities. He has painted beautiful pictures, in fact thanks to his perseverance some of them were sold in small galleries.

My daddy used to paint fruit, landscapes and portraits. He has shared his talent with his children, both have the same drawing skill (I am the exception, I can´t draw anything very well). Nowadays, my Daddy has preserved his ability although he hasn´t been drawing recently, but my brother has sold some little pictures to some friends. He has won some recognition at school and university. He doesn´t make too much money

with this, but he loves to draw. Many times, he can give you a picture, and you don´t give him any money, just your gratitude. It´s fine for him, it just happen when you really enjoy to do something. The most important thing is him  passion.

My daddy has been working so hard to provide my mother and sister, although he doesn’t live with us. He always is concerned about us. One thing that I really admired of he is him humor, he always (most of time) has a good word to you.

He is very gentlemanly (this is very important to me). He has a young spirit. He knows how to listed to you and don’t judge.

I admire Mahatma Gandhi because he inspired the world with his faith in truth and justice for everybody. He based on love. He was great soul who loved even those who fought agains his ideals to bring about peace with non-violence. I admire him for all that he did and the risks that he took. He was jailed many time but he keeps going on. He was also a leader when he defended women 's rights and thanks to him there are women having an importants social and political roles in India . He always was an innovative and creative man his methods were diferente, he was a man how always willing to help people without getting anything wing return. By Manuela P.

Paula Zapata - About Nelson Mandela

Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born in South Africa in 1918. He is also known in his country as Madiba or Tata. He is a symbol of the struggle against racial discrimination, and due to this fight he spent more than 27 years in prison serving a sentence (life imprisonment) which was finished in 1990. His name is synonymous of peace and reconciliation in the world, after his release he was elected president of his country, the first one to come to power in a democratic election.

Mandela was persecuted for his fight against racial discrimination which it was subjected his country during Apartheid. This dictatorship based on racial segregation was racial classification of citizens from their appearance, social acceptance and offspring. After his release from prison in 1991 Apartheid disappeared

During the 27 years he spent in jail, his reputation and leadership grew despite the difficult conditions of their confinement. Additionally, he studied by correspondence through an external program of the University of London, obtaining the degree of Bachelor Laws. During his days of confinement allowed him to receive one letter and one visit every six months. But Mandela spent his hours studying with very little social contact and family.

Madela is an undisputed symbol of human values. During his captivity developed peaceful methods based on the ideas of Gandhi to end the state of terror against the black population of their country: "When I left the prison that was my mission: to liberate both the oppressed and the oppressor." In his speech never appeared feelings of hate or resentment.

His rise to the presidency in 1994 marked a before and after in the history of his country and the world. His term was marked by his tendency to reconciliation and peaceful coexistence. After his government was demonstrated that political activity can be a tool to improve the lives of people through honesty, courage, inclusion, consistency and respect.

Today Nelson Mandela is in a difficult health situation due to his advanced age and the consequences of their time in prison. However, the entire world lives his legacy. His foundation actively promotes the values of his work and has as one of its main causes fight against AIDS. Additionally, the July 18 is celebrated in the world Nelson Mandela International Day, a day that commemorates the birth of this leader and proposes to commemorate the Madiba´s achievements on peace democracy and human rights and also invite society help each other as the best tribute to one of the most important figures in modern history.

Paula Zapata

Maritza Cañas Tony Melendez

NEVER  SAY YOU CAN’T

I admire people with physical disabilities that with your effort, dedication and your high esteem  overcome every obstacle that comes their and especially because every day they have more desire to continue living.

One of those people is Tony Melendez is a Nicaraguan American guitar  player, composer, singer and songwriter who was born without arms.

Tony from child had to live with this disability and suffer the ridicule of his friends  But despite all the difficulties, he wanted to be self-sufficient and with the help of his father who encouraged him began writing, playing with the toes. 

Since childhood he likes the music and loved to see his father played guitar and he began practicing  7 hours per day until he learned to play the guitar with his feet.

He thought he never was going to marry because women were scared when they saw that he had not arms but  now he  has a woman who does not care about his disability and  they adopted two children.

It was an unforgettable moment when, on September 15,1987, he played his guitar for pope John Paul II in Los Angeles. 

“Never be the same” was an appropriate song, for those few moments changed Tony Melendez' life and brought his unrestrained abilities as a guitarist into national attention. It seems to be a fitting place for a man who has spent his life putting personal confidence above his handicap.

One thing I admire is that he feels a normal person because he has his feet and  he can do everything for example driver a car, swim, play,open a door etc

he always is happy because he want live and because god has given him a wonderful life  this makes me think that sometimes we  don't appreciate that we have and always we complain a lot.he always says that everyone can do what he believe impossible just have to trust yourself.

MICHAEL JORDAN

MICHAEL JORDAN

Height

6' 6" (1.98 m)

Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in Brooklyn, New York on February 17, 1963.   He was the fourth of five children born to James and Deloris Jordan. After Michael's birth, James and Deloris felt that the streets of Brooklyn were unsafe to raise a family, so they moved the family to Wilmington, North Carolina.

As a youngster, Michael immediately became interested in sports. However, it was baseball not basketball his first love.  He would always play catch in the yard with his father, but Michael started to play basketball because his older brother Larry used to play and Michael really admires him when he was a child.

At High School, he decided to try out for the varsity team but, he could not because he was raw and undersized. The following summer, he grew up four inches and practiced tirelessly. The hard work paid off as he averaged 25 points per game in his last two years and he was selected to the McDonald's All-American Team as a senior.

Following high school, he earned a basketball scholarship from North Carolina University. In his first year, he was named ACC Freshman of the Year. He would help lead the Tarheels to the 1982 NCAA Championship, making the game-winning shot.

After winning the Naismith College Player of the Year award in 1984, Jordan decided to leave North Carolina to enter the NBA draft. Although he decided to leave college early, he would later return to the university in 1986 to complete his degree in geography.

In the NBA draft, he was selected with the third overall pick by the Chicago Bulls. As a rookie for the Bulls, he made an immediate impact, averaging an amazing 28.2 points a game, including six games where he scored 40+ points. He was selected to the NBA All-Star Game and named Rookie of the Year.

This would just be the beginning of a career filled with awards. In the upcoming years, he would go on to win five regular season MVP awards, six NBA championships, six NBA finals MVP awards, three All-Star game MVP awards, and a defensive player of the year award.

In June 2006, he became part owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. Later that year, he filed for divorce from Juanita, his wife of 17 years. They have three children together.

ALEJANDRO QUINTERO.

By: Mónica Vásquez Giraldo

My article is about the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur. They created the first airplane.

On December 17th, 1903, The Writght brothers made the first successful experiment.
The machine rose by its oun power carrying a man. It flewnaturally and at evenspeed; and descended whitout damage. This allowed others to perfect this great invention years later. 

I chose them, because they developed their mechanical skills on a bike shop that they understood the bicycle is an object that requires balance to be maneuvered, they were based on this  and constructed the first airplane.

I love finding that great inventions were created from restless people that always want to give more.

Today we can all take less time to go somewhere than they could have ever imagined, something like a time machine.

In addition to the magic that is feeling like you can touch the sky and reach places that probably you would have never gone before.

 

Today, travel in plane is safest and confortable that there is in the world.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Human rights are important for the fact that government can legislate and also create fairer legislative system which recognize the right for life, physical integrity and own image etc.

One of the  things I always find amazing is the biography of historical Personalities Characters.In this opportunity I want to show you, Martin Luther King JR who led and fought for  the Rights of black people in the United Estates.

Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta on January 15 in 1929.He first began to be well known in 1955 when he led a protest against the way black people were segregated on buses.  By the end of 1956 the segregation had been removed in Montgomery and bus integration had been introduced. Another achievement was in 1963 when  a Civil Rights March took place in Washington.It was officially called the March of Washington for JOB and FREEDOM.

In 1964 he got  the Nobel Peace Prize award and also wrote his legendary speech “I HAVE A DREAM” which heard throughout the world. 

Later, on April 4 in 1968 he was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee when he was standing on the balcony of his motel room.

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Dallas Green

Born September 29, 1980 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Is a Canadian musician who releases music under the name City and Colour. He is known for his work as the former vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. At the age of 12 he started to play guitar and made acoustic covers of very high skilled bands with his friend George Pettit, lately founding the Juno awarded and Multi platinum post hardcore band Alexisonfire.

Alexisonfire with Dallas Green has recorded and released 5 albums a self titled, ‘Watch Out’, ‘Old Crows/Young Cardinals’, ‘Crisis‘ and an Acoustic album called ‘Death Letter. Dallas as City and Colour has released 4 Albums ‘Sometimes’, ‘Little Hell’,  ‘The Hurry and The Harm’ and ‘Bring Me Your Love.’ Being ‘Old Crows/Young Cardinals’ and ‘Sometimes’ Multi platinum in Canada and the US.

While Alexisonfire took a rest as a band from 2005 to 2007 Dallas dedicated himself to his own personal project called City And Colour referring to his name.

In 2006 his first video as a solo singer for the song “Save Your Scissors” featuring his friends and landscapes from his hometown in St. Catharines, Ontario and the Second one for the song “Comin’ Home” reached first places in the much music countdown and the AP magazine best single of the month. His musical ability has always amazed the reviewers and judges also people in general because he records every instrument from drums to vocals each song also he writes the lyrics too.

As City and Colour he has earned Two Grammys, Two Junno awards, Three Much Music Awards and 2 EMA. zHis Alexisonfire carrer has earned also 2 EMA, 2 Much Music Awards and 1 Junno.