Wow, we accomplished a great deal today in both classes. The discussion on the "Dr. Heidgregger" story was great as was the discussion on the 3 poems. Remember that you are able to use the poems as a 2nd source if you would like to switch. Tomorrow, I will be looking at everyone's sources and quotes during your quiet reading time. Please study for the quiz as I would truly like to see everyone do well. If everyone passes with a C or above there will be a treat waiting for you on Monday.
As for today, please do the following:
We talked quite a bit about growing older and whether it can be positive or negative. With that in mind, pick an older person who has had an impact on you (older than say 65)in some way. Explain who they are and their impact and then discuss whether you would view them at all transcendental. If they are transcendental, decide on dark or not and why. Finally, what are your hopes of how you will be when you are "older."
58 comments:
A person who has made an impact on me that is 65 years old or older is my grandpa. I would say he is transcendental(not dark transcendental). He likes to do things his own way and he doesn't really care what others think of the way he does something. For example he likes to fix things around the house , and when someone sees how he fixes it they look at him kind of weird but in the end it ends up the same. When i am older I hope to still be young at heart. I hope to have a good job and nice family. And i hope i can make an impact on someone's life like my grandpa has on mine.
Hannah Aittama
5th Hour
One of the older people that has a huge impact on me is my grandpa. He sometimes likes to try and give me advice on stuff and he is actually pretty wise. I wouldn't necessarily call him transcendental (especially not dark transcendental)but he has pretty much the same views as other older people. They don't really understand how times changed a lot since they were younger. He kindof doesnt accept different values our generation has. My hopes when I am older is to be able to still be considered as someone a younger person can relate to. I would like to be able to have a good conversation with someone younger. Also I want to be able to still travel and see the world. I don't want to be limited to one spot such as my town.
Kristen Pauly
6th hour
A person who has a impact on me is my grandpa. He has a impact on me because he is very funny and caring. I think he is transcendental because he not afraid to say his own opinion on things. Another, is that he doesn't go along with the crowd. I think he is not dark transcendental because he is a nice person to be around. When I get older my hope is to still be able to drive , and walk. Most importantly still be alive.
Katherine Walsh
6th hour
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A person who has impacted my life in a positive way is my grandma. I picked this person because she is a strong person and has been and gone through alot of things. She is a transcendentalism because she likes to do things on her own and with no ones help. She is a good person and she has truly impacted my life. When am older i hope i will have a good job and i hope that i will impact someone elses life. I hope that i can do something really good or be really successful.
crystal maybee
5th hour
The person i picked is my grandpa. He has showed me that no matter how old you are you can still have fun. All he does is go to the casino every weekend. He also likes to travel to other casinos and to other cool places. I would have to view my grampa as kind of a dark transendentalist. He doesn't care what anybody thinks of him but he also says things that people could find hurtful. He still doesn't care. You could call my grandpa a racist but that just his generation. When i'm older i hope to be like my grandpa having fun still. Minus the racism.
Zack Ruffin 6th
An older person that has an impact on me is my grandma. Shes in her 60's but shes super energetic. shes busy all day with helping people she knows and running her own erands. i dont see how shes has that much stuff to do but she definatly keeps herself busy all day. Although she drinks so much coffee that its not to hard to see where all the energy comes from. i wouldnt really call her transcendental but if she was it wouldnt be a dark transcententalism. my hopes for when im older are that ill still be able to have fun and wont be to old n boring.
Andy B, 6th hour
A person that has had an impact on me is my Grandma. I believe that she is transcendental, in a good way, not dark. She is her own person. She is a stonger willed person than you would figure for someone her age. She likes to do things herself without help. If she absolutely needs the help, she would let you know. She can handle herself in the world. My Grandma doesn't care what other people think about her. When I am older, I want to stay the stay the same way I am right now. I want to be loud and outgoing. I want to be a tough person like many other people that I know. Once I grow older, I will only think back to my childhood and act how I acted back then.
William Schwartz
6th hr
My grampa is older than 65 years of age and has had HUGE impact in my life. He impacts my life by always being there for me and giving me lessons though long storys. I have not had a negative impact from him and he is a very nice person. I would not say he is transcendental but just like most of us and does what others do. He likes the old days and does not get along with technolgy which is his action, but thats about it. As for me i hope i don't talk too much when i get older. Finally i hope to live healthly and live my life with no regrets.
Shaun Gerber
5th Hour
A older person who has had an impact in my life would be my nanny (grandma). She has always been there for me and is a really nice person. She has always incoraged me to do the right thing and telll the truth. I think she is a transcendental kind of person. She is indipendent and does her own thing. I dont think she is a dark transcendentalist because she is always nice and positive. Shes a the glass is half full kind of person. When i am older i hope to be indipentdent and a good person. I also want to be positive and think like the glass is half full instead of half empty.
Katlyn Twigg 6th Hour
i cant really say a person over the age of 65 impacted my life, because i met my grandma on my dads side once when i was three and i don't have memory of the rest because i was to young. but one person that has made an impact in my life is my moms boy friend Larry. since i was seven i did not really have a father figure until i was 12. for the past four years he has been like a father to me. he is more like a normal transcendentalist then a dark one. my hopes for the future is to be a lawyer.
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The person who has the greatest impact on my life is my great grandpa. He is 95, and still is cheerful and positive and basically just loves life, and lives every second he can. He has impacted my life, because he has shown me that no matter how old you are you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, and that anything is possible. Pretty much just not taking life for granted, and living every second of your life like it’s your last. I do believe that my grandpa is transcendental. Mostly because he doesn’t care what other people think, and goes for what he wants to do. When I am older, I want to still be a young person at heart, and still be the positive, happy person like I am today.
A person who has a impacted on my life would have to be my grandmas. They are both one of the most loving people I have ever met in my life. Also, they are transcendental. When they have to get things done, then are on a mission until that task is completed. No matter what it takes, and especially they do it there way. I admire that quality from them both. As for my hopes when I am "older" would to be happy. I am a happy person as it is now, I would like to continue doing so as I age. To be my own person, and to always do what I believe is the right thing. Also, and to not like people influence my decision.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
I can't really do this blog properly. I don't know anyone over 65 that well.
The person had the most impact on me definetly has to be my grandpa from my dads side. He always new the right thing to do and could always back it up with a ligitament reason. My grandfather was probally one of the easiest people to get along with. When he past away the terns ran high in in everyones eyes, his frends, family, and even people that he really didn't even no. I would most deffinetly address my grandfather as a trasnindentolist because he was his own person... if someone messed with a member of his family he work make it his own biusness to kick there ass. He the most cheerful person that you would have ever met. My hope when i get older are to be just like him and have no one look down on me.
John McLean
Taylor Dieck
One person who I know who is older than 65 and is a tranendentalist is my grandmother. She likes to go with her own ideas. She is picky in the ways she sometimes tries to do things. My grandmother apreciates her age, but she also is lots of fun and is youthful in many ways. When I grow up I hope i understand that i get wiser with age, but can still be youthful. Exactly like how she views life. She knows that you get older in life, that is just how it happens. Though it does not stop her from being young at heart. I think this is a very good way to live life, you have to grow old but it doesn't mean you have to be bitter about it.
I would have to pick my step grandpa Tom.He is a vietnam war veteran and always has a good story to tell.He is yet very quiet and has a hard time hearing(from war).He also has great hospitality.I would view him as in the middle.He does like the regular enjoyments of life,has a nice house,but I do know he had a darker younger age.So his younger age i would view as dark transcendentalism.Older ages just normal non-transcendental.When im older i have no clue.I hope to have nice things and a family i guess.
Tyler McLeod 6th
I think one older person in my life that influences me is my grandpa. I think that he is truly transcendental because he always loved to work on something by himself. He always worked on cars and do it yourself projects around the house. He always had a clear vision on what he wanted to do and he was a leader. When he was young he had 9 brothers and sisiters and he was very poor. He worked his way out of it and became a very successful middle class man. I don't think in any way he was a dark transcendentalist. When I get older I want to relate to younger people as much as I can. I want to tell them what I had experienced when I was their age.
Troy Wojichowski 6th hr
John Kent
5th hour
My Grandma Johanna came here from Norway. She was very poor and had to work in the school cafeteria to afford lunch. Her younger brother sold Newspapers. She had to work hared all her life. After Grandpa died she lived by herself for 14 years with out assistance. She had lots of friends and golfed regularly. She loved it when family came to visit. She made us feel like we were special. I think Grandma was not dark at all. There was just more joy when we would see her. I hope when I am older will not be a cranky old person. I hope to become more like Grandma. She made me feel like I was important. I want my grandkids to feel that way.
The TWO people that I have choosen are my nanny and my grandpa Freyburgher. Well first of all my nanny is so smart. She had a career as an RN. She met my bubba when she was 16. They have been married for 49 years. She is transendental because she does care what other think. That is how she raised my mom, my aunt, and my uncle. My grandpa Freybugher is a special person to me. He was in the Navy. Lived to see his most of is great grandchildren be born. I really dont think that he is transendental at all. He wants to be liked and cares what everybody thinks of him.
A person who has had a impact on my life is my grandfather. He is transcendental but not dark. He opened his own business and likes to fix things. He also taught me a good work ethic and dont leave a job half done. He does his work and jobs his way and can be deferent. If I can make a impact on someones life like he did mine ill be happy. But preferably i would like to get out of town or just do something fun with my life.
kevin anderson
6th hour
A person that has impacted me that is 65 or older is my mom's dad, or my grandpa. I say this because he always tells stories of things that he did that weren't smart decisions and how it affected him. Also, he always is a good person and helps me out if needed. Last thing about him is he has helped me stay drug free from some of his stories he has told me. I do view him as transcendental because he never seems to do what others do. Now i don't mean he was his only friend to do majauna but he went down the left road instead of the right where everyone else goes. At least most of the time that is what he does. I don't see him as a dark transcendentalist because he alwys seems to pull good out of nothing. For example during thanksgiving when we would watch the Lions get owned he always found away to make it a good thing. Now for what i want to be when i am older. I hope i am completely good transcendental because when i am president of the U.S. i don't want to follow what others do because that probably would end up in a nuclear war or something. Also, when i have grandkids i want to be a good influence on their life and tell them good stories like my grandpa. Last in 2048 i am running for president and will be independent most likely and will put america in good hands.
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
I feel the person that impacts me the most was my grampa. I find this because when we would have family dinners he would always sit next to me and tell me stories about when he was a kid. He would always tell me his funny stories and thats its good to go out and have fun to a degree and not to cross the line with something stupid. I also felt that in a way, my grandpa was a transcendental (not dark). I find this obvious in many ways. The biggest being how he had a shed and he would sit out there alone and one after another create projects. Create amazing wood projects such as bird houses and rocking chairs. And when it is my turn, I hope to look down at my grandkids the same way my grandpa looked down at me. Being able to look at them and tell them about all the stories and events i did or went through throughout my life.
Conner Risi
Explain who they are and their impact and then discuss whether you would view them at all transcendental. If they are transcendental, decide on dark or not and why. Finally, what are your hopes of how you will be when you are "older."
My grandpa is one of my best buds. However he is not transcendentalist. This doesnt make him a bad person whatsoever. He teaches me alot. We enjoy doing th e dsame things. He is always at every one of my games, and i like hunting with him. My grandpa has tought me manners, he always does the most proper thing in life. I think that everyone should get a taste of these and know them because it is a big part of society. When i get older, i want to live life worry free. I want to make enough money to be able to comfortably live. Like my grandpa, i want to be involved in my grandkids and kids lives. I think that i wouldnt be much pf aa transcendentalist when im older because, im very active now, and i might slow down and take like as it comes to me.
A person who has had an impact on my life is my dad's dad, Roger. He worked his whole life and in the end got what he wanted. In some ways he is a transcendentalist but not fully. He loves sports and is athletic. I dont think he lost his youth. I dont want to get older but i realize it sucks and will happen. When I am older i atleast still want to be young at heart.
Mikki Nosek 5th HR
We talked quite a bit about growing older and whether it can be positive or negative. With that in mind, pick an older person who has had an impact on you (older than say 65)in some way. Explain who they are and their impact and then discuss whether you would view them at all transcendental. If they are transcendental, decide on dark or not and why. Finally, what are your hopes of how you will be when you are "older."
Mr. Kay,
The person that has greatest impacted my life is my grandpa. He has always been there for me and my family. He has helped me be the person that I am today. I would say he is definatly a transcendentalist. He always goes against the grain and doesnt care about what others think. I hope that when I am older I will also influence my grandkids. I want them to look up to me and hopefully be their hero. Also, I hope i dont just influence my grandkids but also all the others around me. I want to make an impact.
A person that influences my life is my grandpa. He means alot to me and he has been through alot and has acomplished alot. He has had many heart problems. He has had over three heart tacks and has a tripple bypass and a quadrupal bypass. This year he just had a pacemaker put in. I'm very luck to still have him. He has been thruogh so much and still is fighting. I really look up to him for this. He lives very close to me so I always visit him. He always has good advice and is a good person. I always look up to him and respec him.
Chris Reid
5th hour
Mr. Kay,
MY gradpa is a very important figure in my life. Even though he is old he still does all of the stuff he used to when he was younger. He still hunts with me and my dad and bowls as well. He understands and allows me to live the way I like. But he also gives me advice about life from learning from his mistakes he has made. When I become old I hope to be like my grandpa and be a big figure in my grandkids life. I hope to do all of the same things that I did when I was younger. I want to introduce my grandkids to the outdoors hunting, along with sports.
Tim wilson
My grandmother is approaching her late 70's and she has done great things in her lifetime so far. I believe she looks at getting older in a positive way because she has done and seen so many places and things in her life. I also think she sees it in a positive manner because she can still do things that other elders cannot. I definitely see her as a transcendentalist because of things she has over come by herself. My grandmother is a breast cancer surviver and widow of two husbands. And she did not let ether of those things stop her from doing the things she wanted to do or see around the world. I don't think she is a dark transcendentalist, although she frowned upon the deaths of my two grandfathers she did not let it get in the way of the things she wanted to accomplish. When I get older i hope to see old age as a challenge so that can overcome odds and live long and strong just like my grandmother.
Taylor wattles
The person who has made an impact on me that is 65 and above is my papa. He is definitly transcendental. He does things how he wants them done. He has his own way of doing things and doesn't care what people think of it/him. I respect this because I admire that he can still do things his own way even though he is old. He has made an impact on me because he helped me understand that you can have your own way of doing things and that you don't have to follow in other peoples shadows. When I am older I hope to still have a good heart and live my life the same as when I was young. I hope to be a good example of a transcendental person and hope to influence others as my papa did me.
Hm. My mother's mother is an artist in Wisconsin, and she inspired me to become something great in my own way. whether I sculpt, paint, or sketch my way there. She's my role model, even if there are bumps in my life, or if my children won't get along. All I have to do then is pour my pent up feelings onto a piece of cardstock, and everything fades away, if only for a moment.
My grandma, being a complete individual with her love of the wild of both America and Africa, is the most amazing person in Wisconsin. I always have a headful of ideas, and she helps me funnel them into reality.
I hope that when I'm older, I will have a family with three beautiful children(like my mother does), a hardworking husband, and a steady flow of profit coming from fans of my artwork helping pay the bills. I just hope I won't be a stubbourn parent, even when it's called for when my daughter would want to spend an evening with her boyfriend.
Okee....I hope I answered this blog in a good way.
Steffeny Apollo
5th hour
Cody Kabisa
6th hour
I chose my grandpa as someone who has impacted me. I grew up with him teaching me many of the values he was taught and passed down to my mom and uncles. He has impacted my personality a great deal over the years. Anywhere i go with him he makes an acquaintance. It's like he tries to learn as much as he can, and hear as much as he can with that one person. Hes given me incentive to start conversations with complete strangers. Hes 84 and he has an abundance of vitality. As for him being a transcendentalist, i would say he is. Hes very proud of the person that he has become. He is definitely not a a dark transcendentalist, he always tries to find the positives in things. When i get older i want to be that crazy old lady that says inappropriate things and just blame it on the time. I want to be able to share my stories and teach lessons. I never want to wonder what if.
Chloe Martin, 6th hour
Someone who has made am impact on my life would have to be one of my grandparents, my grandparents. I would have to say he is transcendental but the good kind. He loves doing things his own way and by him self. He wants everything perfect. He always fix things that get broken around the house and for the rest of my family. The little repair man of the family. He will always give you advice on things that he thinks is right and give his opinion. When i grow up i hope i cant put a big difference on people or someone in my family that in younger than me. (:
Mr. Kay I don't look up to old people. My grandpa isn't even 65. He is like 58 or something. Jeez. How am I supposed to work with this?
A Person who has made an impact on me that is older than 65 is my grandpa. I would have to say that he is Transcendental. He does things his own way. And has his own opinions about everything. If he doesn't think that something is right, he will go out of his way to change it. When i am older i hope to still be a kid at heart. I want to be able to have fun with my kids. And be able to do things, as i do now. Well maybe not everything. I also hope i can make an impact on someones life.
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I guess an older person that has had the most influence on me is this confirmation teacher at my church. She suffered from breast cancer eventually having to get them removed. She had to deal with many bad looks and still does but she stays strong everyday. She did teach me to be strong and transcendental because when many kids in my class chose to do one activity because everyone was doing it, I chose to do something no one else did. In that way she taught me that I am my own person and that I don't have to follow everyone, I can do whatever I want. I guess you could consider her a dark transcendentalist because she had to go through something so traumatic in order to face reality, but I would see her as not dark because she sees the bright side of everything and doesn't take things in such a terrible way. When I get older I want to be nice and not whining all the time, and not treat the youth of that generation harshly as many elders do. But I may give them a hard time every now and then, just to have fun with being old and everything. I will be the youngest old person though, I'm going to have fun with it.
Carolyn Newton Period 5
The most influential person over 65 that I have had a chance to meet is my dad's friends father. He is an old wise man who has become like a grandfather to me. I see him every year when my dad and I go pheasant hunting. He shows me how to do things and if I'm having problems he helps me out. He doesn't only teach me about hunting, he influences me in ways that make me a better overall person. Obviously, he has been around awhile, and he has experienced a lot. So, I learn from his actions and I learn from the stories he tells me. I definately think he a transcendentalist. As long as I've know him, he has always taken his life down his own path, making his own descisions. I don't think he is a dark transcendentalist because he always views the glass half full. He always tries to find the good in a situation instead of pointing out negative things.
A person who has made an impact on me that is over 65 would be my grandpa. I would say my grandpa is a little transcendental but not much. He is definently not dark transcendental. He chooses to be cheap. He has boat loads of money but does not want to spend it. He also wants to keep things how it was back when he was young...like black and white TV, no cable, VCR's instead of DVD's etc. When I become old I would like to be kind to everyone along with staying up with the times.
Mr grandma is the person im going to be talking about. She is very much so a ranscendentalist. Constantly, she is encouraging me to be myself and make choices for myself. My grandma has always done what is best for her, and no one else. I dont think she is a dark transcendental. I say this because she always tries to live up her life. I look up to her because she cares for everyone and tries to be the best she can be. When im older, i hope to retire and stay healthy. Maybe have grandkids and travel.
Amy urbanik
5th hour
An older person that has an impact on me is my grandma. Shes in her 60's but shes super energetic. shes busy all day with helping people she knows and running her own erands. i dont see how shes has that much stuff to do but she definatly keeps herself busy all day. Although she drinks so much coffee that its not to hard to see where all the energy comes from. i wouldnt really call her transcendental but if she was it wouldnt be a dark transcententalism. my hopes for when im older are that ill still be able to have fun and wont be to old n boring.
6th
An older person who has influenced my life is my grandma on my mothers side. She is one of my favorite relatives to be around because she is so open and caring. No matter what I need she is there for me and always does it with an open heart. My grandma also is very fun to be around. I would view my grandmother as transcendental. She does what she feels is right for her. My grandpa and many of her other family members follow a different religion than her, but my grandmother goes to church alone because that is what she believes in. She is a very strong person. I do not find this as dark transcendentalism because she is optimistic and very outgoing. When I grow older I hope to have followed through on my goals of today and live a joyful life. I hope that I have accomplished great things and made an impact in other's lives as my grandparents have done for me.
The elder person that has an impact on me is my, now dead (sadly), grandpa Kleiner. As I said, he was my grandpa, and he was the best grandpa I ever had. Although I didn't talk to him that much, I wish I had because he seemed like an awesome person to be around. He always called me J.R. 'cause he was cool that way. He changed my life and i'll never forget it. I new him since I was little and a few years ago he died...to say in the least i was sad. That was the first time in my life that I had cried so hard, because I barely new him, and I think that was a mistake on my part. But that day I learned that you don't know what you have until it's gone. I had an awesome grandfather, but I didn't realize that until he "left". Now I don't think about him everyday, but I still miss him. When i'm older I hope that i'm at least somewhat like my grandfather, because people like that only come once a life time.
James Richardson
5th hour
A person that has had a great impact on my life would have to be my grandpa. My grandpa is very wise an humble and is always trying to help another person. I do think he is transcendental. He goes to church but also has a love for guns. I remember after church in the summer when i was little that he would take me out to the rifle range to fire some rounds. I don't think he is a dark transcendental because hes not extremely different. I hope to be humble, happy, and be financially secure.
Tyler Inman
5th
A person that has made an impact on my that is 65 years+ would have to be my grandma rose. That women has been throught alot of stuff, shes had a stroke, broken hip, etc etc. and still everyday shes laughin her butt off in her wheelchair..She is quite oldfashion i must say though. She gets mad at me when i say fart, or when i burp and dont say excuse me intime. I think my grandma is pretty transcendental, because there isnt alot of gmas like her. I come home and shes smiling, laughing, sitting in her wheelchair. Shes paralized on her left side and she still does laudry and the dishes, she just wants to help out because we help her to. But shes a tank, I love her. But as for me, I dont want to be an old hag that smells like cat pee, that ends up in a home. I want to be jolly, and do all that christmas shopping for my grand kids. I do not want to live in one place all my life, so hopefully as i grow older i will be able to move around more often.
Steffie Sammm.
Megan Fraser 6th hour
One person that has made a big influence on my life is my grandma. She has always been there for me since day one and I talk to her about a lot of things. She will give me good advice when I need it and be able to just listen. I can talk to my mom about a few things but my grandma is the one who understands me. We have the same kind of personality but she has the wisdom that I don't have yet. I don't think she's really all that much of a transcendetalist. She's just pretty normal and goes with the flow most of the time. Sometimes she can be stubborn but I think everyone is like that a little bit. When I'm older I hope that I am a good person and that I stay on the right path and stick to my values. I want to make a difference in the world.
The person who has affected my life greatly was my maw ma. She was my mom's mom. I would most defiantly view her as a transcendentalist. She was indeed a dark transcendentalist. She always had something negative to say but then would change it into a positive. She was an amazing person! I hope I will still have somewhat of my youth with me when I grow old.
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SAMANTHA CASTEEL
5TH HOUR
to support The Dr. Heidgregger Experiment there is the element of youth. you do not hae to be young to be youthful. being youthful means filling your soul with life. a person that is 65 years or older that had an impact on me woud be my cousin's grandma. she was almost like my third grandma. i viewed her as being a great individual and full of life. she drove a school bus for the elementry and was always there to listen to your problems. she always seemed like she was making life better for everone else around her. unexpectantly she was found to have liver cancer and died quickly. she fought strong and tried as hard as she could not to give up.
One of the people in my life who has impacted me the most would be my grandpa. I have learned from him that you do not necessarily have to tell people that you love them to show that you love them. I don't think that I can honestly remember the last time he said, "I love you" to me. I still know that he loves me though through all of the things that he does for me and my family. He can come across as an old, grumpy guy who does not like to be bothered - and that is sometimes true. He still cares greatly for his family and puts us first in everything that he does. My grandpa also taught me the importance of working for what you want. He started off living on a farm with parents and many siblings. My grandpa worked diligently through high school and into college, helping him graduate from Harvard with a 4.0. He later went on to become the Vice President of Engineering at Harley Davidson. This just shows me that if you want something, and work at it, you can do it. I believe that his life shows how he is a transcendentalist. He is not a dark transcendental because he always tries to find the best out of any situation. My hopes of how I will be when I am older are that I will live life with no regrets. I want to know that I made decisions and followed through with them. Even if they weren't the best decisions, I would want to be able to be proud of myself by knowing that I learned from my mistake and got something positive out of it.
Kaleigh Swanson
6th hour
Mr. Kay,
The older person I will be explaining about is Pat. She was me Grandpa's wife. She isn't my Grandma (genetically) because she wasn't his first wife, but she still made in impact on life. She died a couple years ago but she still is loved and remembered by my family. She always used to tell me I could be anything I wanted to be, and even though I've heard that from teachers, parents, and many others, she is the only one I have ever believed. Like people told me that, but when I heard it from them it just sounded like words. Nothing special, just words. But when Pat said I could do anything, it seemed like the most honest thing someone has ever said to me. I would view her as transcendental. She, I think, is transcendental because she always just sort of wanted to be what she wanted to be. She didn't care what others thought, she never cared what others were doing, she did what she wanted to. Maybe that's why I believed her when she told me I could be anything, just because she became what she wanted to be and was comfortable with it. She just was like no one I have ever met before. By all means, Pat would never be a dark romanticist. She was always thinking of things in ways that would make her seem like an optimist. She was always happy with what she was doing and what she was thinking. She is just happy and different. My hopes when I am older, is to be much like Pat. I want to be happy, an optimist and, at the very least, I want to be different. I don't want to be the Old Grandpa that says, I remember when Bread only cost a nickle, I want to be on the same level and with the same liveliness as the youngsters. I want to be young at heart my entire life. Just like Pat.
-Luke LaFountain
6th Hour
this brings back the memories, and the tears.
the one person who influenced me a lot, and who i never give credit to, was my grandfather from my dad's side. Richard Visger. He was a bright man, who set high standards, and achieved them. he was a very diligent worker, even till the bittersweet end. he ended up dying of a cancerous tumor in his head, which pushed against his brain until it was no longer able to properly function. that was the bitter part, but the sweetness of it is that i know he is in a much better place now, where his hard work has paid off. i miss him dearly, and i never give him enough credit to the so many things he influenced me to do, and to act in certain ways.
off topic, buts such a tragic thing that people get to learn so much more about people when they are deceased. quite sad, as they can never close those open doors we call questions. because the quote that it will all blow over in time is quite true, yet everyone always remembers, and at the worst possible times as well. i hate it. i hate it with a passion, and as the self contradicting quote, no one lives forever. because in essence, when we have children, they live for us, for what we didn't get to do. they pass us on for eons and eons, to the, and this time it is only, bitter, cold, lonely, and heartless end.
back to the topic. he was and in-between transcendentalist. he would say good things when they were earned, and harsh things when you didn't live up to your words. when i grow old, well, i don't want to "grow old" at all, i want to live life to its fullest, to the bitter-sweet end. i really want to just, if i ever need to, slowly slip into being old, either that, or make a complete transition overnight.
a song that love, the singer exclaims, I Don't Want to Grow Old! I Just Want To Explode In A Karaoke Supernova!"
kinda the way i want to go out. cause if i am going to die, well GOD DAMNIT, I AM GOING TO GO OUT IN STYLE, DOING SOMETHING I LOVE, AND I AM GOING TO GO OUT LIKE A SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION!
thats the end for me.
inspiration is given to all my older friends, as they really thought me the way to un-shyness.
you are all once again, thanked so much, cause i wouldn't be in this place without all of you!
Nick Visger
nickvisger@mac.com
A person that has impacted me the most is my 70 year old grandpa. He has impacted me because he always has a positive attitude and he has always believed in me. My grandpa is the main reason that I play basketball. He use to play back in the day and I think his love for the game rubbed off on me. My grandpa is a true transcendentalist, when he graduated from high school he was asked to play basketball at a very good school, and this is every basketball players dream. My granpa turned down this amazing offer and joined the army. Everyone just wanted him to go to college and play, but he decided to do what he thought was important. When i'm older I want to beable to look back on my life and know that I did everything that was important to me. I hope to also one day have kids and grandkids that I can teach what I know and love.
I'm gonna pick my grandpa. i think my grand father has made a huge impact on my life. i feel this because he is always there for me and always help me out on many decisions. i feel my grandpa is a light transcendentalist because he is a very nice person to anyone he meets.My hopes as i get older is to be more acceptable and learn more as i go on. i guess be more like my grandfather. that's what i feel what i should do as i get older in life and make it the best i can.
Pick an older person who has had an impact on you (older than say 65)in some way. Explain who they are and their impact and then discuss whether you would view them at all transcendental. If they are transcendental, decide on dark or not and why. Finally, what are your hopes of how you will be when you are "older."
To be honest mr. kay i would have to say no one has. im sorry i cannot do thid blog. If you dont want to count it then so be it. I dont care. Again im sorry for not being able to do this blog.
Mr.Kay,
I don't really know a person who is over 65 and has impacted my life. So, I'm just going to use my Nana. My Nana has made a huge(i mean huge) impact on my life. She has always been there for me and has always been the one person in the world I could talk to about anything. I would veiw her as transendental. She's not dark she's just normal Transendental. My grandma has tought me so much that it's physicaly impossible to just some it all up in one sentence. But everyday it's something new. I find her transendental because she dosn't get mad, she really understands that everything happens for a reason and that has always done things her own way. When I get old I just hope that I can know that I've lived a good life and hope that people will look at me the way I look at my nana.
Brittney Cooper
6th hour
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