Cameron Noell

[cameron-noell]

Her epiphany.

[hope-inspiration-life]

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For this video I went to Grace Centers of Hope and interviewed a few of the residents who live there. For those of you who don’t know Grace Centers of Hope is a place where people who struggle with addictions, are homeless, or don’t have jobs or money can go to get back on their feet again. It is a Christian based organization and offers a home to them, meals, church, and helps them find jobs and recover from their addictions to get their lives back. These people were the hopeless, the lost and abandoned. But now HOPE is all they have. Hope is found among the hopeless, it is found in our deepest, darkest moments. Because there is the place where hope is the one thing we need.

Thank you to my awesome friend Lindsey Sieja for coming along with me, recording the video and helping me edit the footage :)

[julia-rosander]

Over the summer, we read Half the Sky that explained the oppression that is put on women in foreign countries and how drastically lives are changed because of these standards. Recently, I have seen many images on Social Media that support women across the world and show the limits that are put on women. I thought the second image was particularly interesting because it blends our society with people around the world. In Malaysia, women are fighting against the oppressive laws. These laws are written into the government and lead to an oppressive society. There are legal codes about marriage and family. These family codes are fully oppressive against women. This text is one example of oppression in the world.

[cameron-noell]

Being defeated

Last year in geometry I would do all of my homework the day before the test and blame my bad grades on my teacher. This year I realized if I wanted a good grade in math I need to do my homework every day and practice. I started doing my homework every day in AC with Vishnu (he's a math tutor) and the material seemed so much easier. So the day of the test I think I'm prepared, I feel really good about it, my last two homework assignments I asked only a couple questions and checked them in the back of the book. They were correct. I get my test back and it's 16/30. 🚨🚨🚨 what the heck happened there? I did all of my homework, I asked questions when I needed too and I made math a priority. I've just come to the conclusion that math tests aren't my thing.

[cameron-noell]

Misconception

Before I worked at panera I went there once, and the Mac and cheese was amazing, the perfect amount of cheese and it didn't taste like Kraft. Who would have thought a couple months down the road all of my friends got hired, and shortly after so did I. When I went In For my interview I thought it would be great, I'd work with all oft friends, we'd have a great time and I'd get paid for it. I talked myself up so much that my manager got this crazy idea that I could work the whole line (food set up). I told her, "I love to cook and my grandma taught me how, that's like perfect" (even though I really hate to cook). Next she said to me, how do you feel about working mornings? Well that's perfect for me! I could get all of my work out of the way and have the rest of my day still! I was hired! Once I checked the schedule for the first time I saw my name and under Saturday it said 5:30 am. Ummm what? Is this what they meant by morning shift?! I was thinking like 7/8 not 5:30 AM!!! Things were rapidly taking a turn for the worse. I came in that Saturday at 5:30 am, and my trainer was there, she taught me how to set up the sand which and salad line and how to stick the food and do to go dressing. Oh but don't forget to look at the screen while your doing five million other things she told me."okay". An order popped up on the screen and I panicked, she came over and showed me how to make it. Little did I know, you have to make the sand which in under three minutes. As time went on I could make about 4 sandwiches in three minutes, depending on what it was. I adapted, but the job still sucked. Working at panera did not work in my favor.

[hope-inspiration-life]

Fighting For Hope... A Story Of A Strong Girl Filled With Hope

This is the story of Rachel Swink and her fight for Hope through a devastating moment this past year. Many of you know Rachel and her brother Chandler and if not you have heard about Chandlers passing due to a peanut allergy.I can’t even begin to explain the amount of hope Rachel had to have waiting to get good news about her brother. When he was in the hospital Rachel says “I tried to look at the positives and tried not to think of negative things.” How does some one think of the positive things when her brother is laying in a hospital bed and no one knows if he is going to wake up again. Rachel continued to have hope because that’s all she could have during this hard time, she couldn’t give up. When I asked her where she found her hope and strength she answered “My friends are what kept me going and made sure everything was okay.” Her family and friends have been her biggest support systems throughout this tragedy. Chandler passed away on November 26th 2014 and instead of Rachel losing hope because she had lost her amazing older brother she found hope in a new way. She found hope in the fact that there would be better days to come and she would be okay, even though it would never be the same without him, she knew he would always be with her. He watches over her everyday and she is reminded of him constantly.

Hope can be found in the people around us and in the midst of our deepest darkest struggles or pain. 

RIP Chandler, we love you. 

[mymodernmet]

Two Huskies Appear to Walk on Water Across the Surface of a Frozen Lake in These Stunning Photos by Fox Grom

[cameron-noell]

Epiphany

When I was about 10 years old I lived with my grandma in the summer. My childhood best friend lived right next door and we were inseparable, My grandma treated her as if she were her own. We would go to the beach together almost every day, my grandma would even buy her Dairy Queen when we went (which was often). One day she asked me to come with her because she had to show me something, so I did. We walked around the block and stopped on the side of the street. She walked towards the bushes, crouched down and pulled out an orange pack of cigarettes and a lighter. As I was watching her I realized those cigarettes belonged to my grandma! She was the only woman I knew who had an orange pack of cigarettes so I knew they were hers immediately. After all we were ten years old, how else would you get cigarettes? She held out her hand with the cigarette in between her fingers and told me to try it. I yelled at her and I told her to stop because cigarettes are bad for you, then I asked her, where did you get those from? She told me she stole them from my nana. I walked home and told my nana about it and she didn't believe me. I told her that I wasn't lying and I had proof. I told her to follow me around the block to the bushes and when we arrived she realized I wasn't lying to her. That day I learned a lot but the most important thing I realized was that it's extremely important to be your own independent person, and standing up to peer pressure can be hard, but it is possible.

[cameron-noell]

Mask

To have a mask on means to hide your true identity. But once you hide or cover yourself with a mask for too long that is not a mask anymore, it becomes you.

[cameron-noell]

[cameron-noell]

Inner peace

This is a unique quote that could describe more than just homosexuals. This could relate to anyone and I find it easier to relate to middle school/high school students. I tried to put myself in Sullivan's shoes, I thought if I was a homosexual what would other people say or think about me? I interpreted this quote as him coming out of his "shell" we'll call it. Constantly running from yourself and your beliefs is a heart breaking and confusing thing. By Sullivan saying this, he has told us he doesn't have to act like he is not heterosexual and can happily be himself.

[cameron-noell]

Sources

Sources AP Lang grieving and coping with loss

1.      http://psychcentral.com/lib/the-5-stages-of-loss-and-grief/000617

2.       http://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief-loss/coping-with-grief-and-loss.htm

3.       http://www.webmd.com/balance/tc/grief-and-grieving-what-happens

4.       http://www.spiritscienceandmetaphysics.com/10-healthy-ways-to-accept-the-death-of-a-loved-one/

5.       http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/emotions/death/article2.html

6.       http://www.livestrong.com/article/232227-how-to-accept-the-death-of-a-loved-one/

7.       Iris cover (sleeping with sirens cover) Goo Goo Dolls.

8.     Finding my way

[cameron-noell]

"letting go of what is already gone, called the iris principle in Greek Mythology, is an essential step in transformations that lead to enlightened existence."

- John M. Schnieder

[cameron-noell]

This Is my thought process that goes with my last post.

[kyranwilson]

After really thinking about what my book said about self deception stemming from low self esteem I am starting to agree more. I am thinking that if you have low self esteem you are probably more likely to deceive yourself, but I don’t know if in order to deceive yourself you have to have low self esteem..

[travisprueter-deactivated201707]

I think this excerpt from my book applies well here.

[kyranwilson]

It’s a perfect example.. Sometimes it’s like you block things out that you don’t want to see.

[cameron-noell]

blocking things out is a bad way to cope with things in my opnion. if you truly feel strongly about someone or something feelings dont just go away. and when you try to move on too quickly or just forget about the event and act like it never happened it will come back and hit you. 

[cameron-noell]

Grief

http://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief-loss/coping-with-grief-and-loss.htm

I saw this article online and i thought it would be a great secondary source because it explains the grieving process and the information presented is cited with professional research.

The five stages of grief:

Denial: “This can’t be happening to me.”

Anger: “Why is this happening? Who is to blame?”

Bargaining: “Make this not happen, and in return I will ____.”

Depression: “I’m too sad to do anything.”

Acceptance: “I’m at peace with what happened.”

recently ive been going through some hardships and i've noticed i don't exactly go in this order, but these feelings and thoughts do occur still.

[cameron-noell]

How it feels to be "marked" me.

The fact that I could never be unmarked is completely true. However, I do no agree that boys can and cannot be unmarked. If I want to judge Danny, then I’ll judge Danny and he is now marked. Weather he knew I made those assumptions or not, or weather he was wearing the same clothes as another boy. People will judge you based on the decisions you make every day of your life. This doesn’t mean they are always negative comments, but I’ve noticed it’s easier to put someone down than to bring them up. I’ve noticed this is also a learned trait and we can inherit these behaviors from our parents, sibling. Cousins - anyone really. There is an opportunity cost for every decision you make. For example, today for lunch I brought soup like I usually do, and a girl told me, “you always have soup for lunch”. I am now marked the soup girl, but I’m okay with that because I love soup and it’s my decision to bring I every day. Now if I had a choice between bringing gold fish or pretzels my opportunity cost of bringing gold fish would be missing out on pretzels. Anyways, the whole point of this is how I feel about being marked and I disagree with Tannen and our class discussion that boys have the option to be marked.