#25 Belonging

Surprise my place where I belong is HOBY! It is my favorite organization because it is a bunch of youth who are determined to make a difference... being at HOBY we are all so different but we are all connected and join together through this organization. I talk to HOBY's everyday and that gives me ideas of how to make an impact in my community and keeps me inspired to keep on going. It is amazing everyone who is a HOBY always does great things in there school, community, country and world. I always have new ideas and I always am involved in community projects and ideas now. I absolutely love this aspect of it.

#24 ...lions and tigers and zebras...oh my

*REDO*

#23 Oscar Pistorius

I believe Oscar should have been allowed to participate in the Olympics just because he had a disability doesn't mean he is any less capable of competing in the Olympics. I believe we deserve to give him the chance if he is able to prove himself which he did. However I think he should have had to make the choice to compete in the Olympics or the Para-Olympics because everyone else has to pick one because that seems to give him an advantage to be more likely to win a medal.

#22 Can you have "bad" morals and still be a "good" leader?

In my opinion yes. A leader is someone who can get others to follow you if your morals don't get in the way of leading I believe you can still be a leader. With Petraeus case I believe that he isn't good at relationships and he made an awful choice but he is still a leader those morals don't really change the fact that he has done a remarkable job in the military. Another example is Hitler he had awful morals but he managed to convince other to follow him and he pulled off an awful genocide. He had the worse morals but he was still good at leading people. You can have awful morals but still manage to lead people.

#21 Lance Armstrong

Hero- I realize what he did was awful from a professional point of view he gained fame and fortune. However, if he didn't cheat he wouldn't have been able to raise as much money for cancer and would not have gained as much publicity for his organization. He did great work for cancer research and he is truly inspirational for beating cancer! The ends justifies the means in my opinion. What he did was really wrong however so much good came out of it that I could never look at Lance as a villain.

#20 My Choice

What I really wanted to focus on is how we can get more students involved in our community and at IDCI. I think it is really important we involve the students more to educate them and make their time in the community more enjoyable. The first thing I have noticed is people at IDCI want to get involved but don't know how to I often have people ask is there any events IDCI needs help with or when is this event at the school I really want to know what's going on and when. As a school I think we need to make it more public as to what events are going on at the school, when, and how students can contribute. This may be by making a school calendar available of all the events in advance by posting it of a wall at the school or by making it available electronically online so students can be able to see oh their is a dance this day or oh idols is this day because it is often really easy to walk by and miss small posters hanging around the school. Also I have noticed people want to get their community hours but don't know how I suggest we start a volunteer club at IDCI and we find different organizations and fundraisers students can participate in after school. Teachers and organizations can come to this club and ask of help with things! This gives us a great opportunity to help students achieve community hours and get more involved with the community. I know other people who have these programs at their schools and it works really well!

#19 The Road to Me to We

a) Tim's Story was remarkable! It showed true out of the box thinking and great leadership. He went in thinking they can't paint they cannot do any thing then he switched his prespective thought of how he can help and what he can do for these people. After time and thought he found a solution and was able to give joy to these patients. He provided people with happiness which in my opinion is one of the best things someone can do.
b) Rain in Kenya: this section made me smile. It is funny how when we have rain or something small we get mad and we feel like our life will end if we touch it but in actuality we need rain and it helps everyones life. It is really amazing how something so small such as rain is so important and can make such a huge impact in our lives every day. It  brought joy and made so much happiness. Little things can really bring everyone together when they need it most.
c) Often in today's society we get caught up in all of these materials and possesions and we aren't as happy as we can truly be. This man gave up everything to try and experience true happiness and he found it he enjoyed living in a state of poverty and living life day by day and moment by moment. We often is our society get overly caught up in the moment.

#18 Me to We 10% Stopped

I believe this experiment was really amusing actually. People were so caught up in the future they were hypercritical and did not jump at an opportunity when they had it. Only 10% of people actually realized they should stop and focus on the present and help someone while they have the chance to. Many people have a hard time focusing on things in front of them because they are caught up in what they have to do eventually.