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While looking ath the list from both classes i only found 4 people who's project I could join as we are looking in the same direction . 

• Tina Alavarado 

• Gabi Perverzier 

** Summer Morgan 

° Mackenzie DeLauer 

Essay #1

Question : in what ways, as of now, am I able to help people?

Have you ever wanted to talk to someon but couldn't ? Wanted someone to just listen to you in your times of need but had no one? Well I'm sure we've all been through that and we remover how terrible those times were. I don't want people to feel like that, that is why helping others is important to me .

Helping others in anyway that I can is something that is so important because it could seriously change a life. People sometimes feel like they are alone , like what they are doing is pointless and the reality that's not the way things are. Yeah , life gets rough but all you really need is someone who can push you through those hard times because we all go through them.
The more that I write about this the more I start to realize that I'm more about helping people with sort of like emotional issues and just being able to be there for people so that they don't feel like they hav to go through any situation alone ; bad or good. As of now, I can let my peers know that they can trust me and that ill give them advise and help them in any way that I can & I feel like for the most part I have proved that to be true to my friends .
Would I like to help people in other ways? Of course! I don't want to be limited in the way that I can helps people or who I can help. I want to be able to help anyone with anything but I'm not at that level yet. One day ill he able to do that but I have to work my way there; baby steps to reach my goals.

vocab list

•Samaritan - a charitable/helpful person
•Vouch- assert/confirm as a result of ones own experience that something is true
• Variance - the fact or tranquility of being different,divergent, or inconsistent .
• Facility - Space or equipment necessary for doing something
• Alight - to descend
• protocol - official procedure / system of rules
• immaculate - a person who is perfectly clean and neat . Perfect
• accolade - an award or privilege granted as a special honor ; acknowledgement
• attrition - a reduction in numbers or strength
• spiritually - that which gives meaning to ones life nd draws one to transcend oneself .
• Invest - expend money with expectation of achieving a profit or material results by putting it into financial schemes, ahares , or property by using it to develope a commercial venture .
• awareness - knowledge or perception of a situation or fact
• abjure - reject
• diffident - shy ; lacking in self confidence
• sanguine - cheerful
• circumlocution - an indirect way of expressing something .

vocab choices and resources #2

Resources: 
- Karen Armstrong
-http://www.seedsofcompassion.org/why/
-http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/publications/observer/2013/may-june-13/the-compassionate-mind.html
-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSL_xvokoF8
*dalai lama 

Words: 
idiosyncratic- distinctive/ unique
paracetamol- pain relieverdiffident- shy
recapitulate- to summarize
adulation- excessive admiration
egregious - outstandingly bad
abate- decrease or diminish
torpid- mentally or physically inactive
anathema- a disgrace
chauvinist- exaggerated patriotism
imprecation: a spoken curse
ineluctable:unable to be resisted or avoided
mercurial: person who is subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.
emulate- match or surpass, typically by imitation
disarray- disorganized
opprobrium- harsh criticism
manifold- diverse
abjure- to reject
sui generis- uniquewanderlust- a strong desire to travel

Vocab choices #1

* yes these are all words that we know , but how does the definition relate to my launch ? i wanted to use them in a way i knew for sure would be the right way and this is what i came to. Be patient, its all baby steps.

Sources:

• www.givingback.org
• www.kidshealth.org
• www.cspinis.org
• helpingothers.org
• bigfuture.collegeboard.org

1. Foundation- the basis or ground of work
   The foundation was started in the thoughts of one day making a big difference 
2. Organization- association
   The non profit organization focused on children.
3. Donation-contribution
   Her donation was greatly appreciated because not only did she donate her money but also her time.
4. Community service- unpaid work for the community
   her community service consisted of working on the public garden during her free time.
5. Charity- foundation or institution
   the charity needed all the donations they could get.
6. Volunteer- offering yourself for a service or undertaking
   she decided to be a volunteer at the hospital during her free time.
7. Sacrifice- something surrendered or devoted
   In order to do community service she had to sacrifice hanging out with her friends.
8. civic- of or pertaining to citizenship
9. Guidance- learning, direction, advice, counseling
   His guidance meant a lot to her because he is a professional in her field of interest
10. assistance- help, aid, support
    her assistance in these times of need are greatly appreciated
11. Generosity- liberality in giving - largeness or fullness
    Her generosity was greatly appreciated
12. nonprofit- not established for the purpose of making a profit
    the nonprofit organization was very focused on the children. 

Launch

Choosing what to focus on with this project was difficult because I don't know what I want to do with my life! i mean, im only 17 so to focus on one thing is very limiting considering all the responsibilities. There are many things that i enjoy doing but one thing that I've always been passionate about and that I probably always will be is people; helping others in any way that i can.
i can use the internet in anyway that i know how. i can research people who have contributed a lot into giving back to the less fortunate and anything similar. I can use the people around me to get feedback and to get ideas from people who are interested in things similar to my topic.

I want to help people, and not just a small amount, i want to be able to help people around the world. I want to learn what makes people happy; some are fascinated by materialistic things and others by the simple thing sin life, why is that? i want to be able to help rebuild people who have been broken, people who feel like they have nothing left. i want to help people feel good about themselves. i want people to work together and just be happy. can you imagine who much better the world would be?