Randy Pausch, a professor for Carnegie-Mellon University, said before his passing, "The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They show up in our life for a reason--to really show us how much we want something."
Tell me in a one-paragraph response about a "brick wall" you have had in your life. What was your "brick wall"? How did you get over it? What did you learn about yourself during that time of your life.
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I rember in third grade everything was pretty much perfect.I got along with almost everyone and had no drama it was just nice and easy, but once it reached the end of third grade my brick wall apperaed.My closes friend turned aganist me and told my other closest friend not to be friends with me.Eventually it started to affect my grade. All of this drama countinued.Rumors started about all of the people in volved it just got worse and worse.When we thought it ended on the last day of school we were wrong.
Once fourth grade came around it all started again.The new students who came would start in as well when we convinced them to chose a side. It would seem like the shool year would never end. After having all of these problems and making up then hateing each other because of a rumor. It was April and M.Scanlon had heard about everything that had happened she called all of the girls in valved in for a meeting. We learned what we were really doing was gossip.We all learned how it affected others incloding our mentors when they were younger and our best friends. After about a mounth of writing letters of kind things and forgiving each other we learned to put it all behind us it was history. I finally broke my brick wall all of the the things we went through were over. Drama is something that can ruin you forever it will give you a recored. You won't be trusted.So when you have a brick wall you must fight through it and NOT let it get bigger.
Ragan
12-12-11
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The time I had to overcome a bick wall is when I wanted a psp but I couldn't get it. You dont get everything you want. L ife is not all about you. I learned that not everything you want always appear. I got over it by thinking of ally stuff and see if it is alot or is it little. I learned that not everything you want will always be with you. I've wanted to be a football so I tried out and I couldnt make it so i've been stoped by a brick wall. I learned that you dont get everything you want.
Odai
Nick Shutts #23 December 13
I'm a brick wall. I've had people get stuck on me, fall off of me, and eventually get over me. Until then though, they're trying to climb me. One kid named Nick Shutts, tried to ride his bike. He got on it, but the land was too hilly. That's where I come in. I'm like all those hills. I'm like the problem, I'm like that thing you're always worrying about, or cursing about in your life. He tried to ride on a little hill, nothing. He couldn't ride down, because he couldn't ride up first. That kid eventually got over me though. His dad drove him to a cleared, flat land. He knew how to ride, but couldn't ride on the hills. He learned, though, that there are simple solutions, to complicated problems.
Brick wall are to help us to think at first if you really want it. If you can't get through it than you just have to train. It may take a While to train. Others train in a short period of time. It just depends what peson you are. You have to belive in yourself. I've been hit in a brick wall before. It was in math test. I didn't study. I had a bad grade. Ms.Scanlon gave me a paper that has word problems. She said that it will bing back 8 points back in our grade. I have to retry many times. I was about to give up until I give it one more try. I tried and I turned it in. Ms.Scanlon exepited it. I finaly past the brick wall because I belive and practice. It took me a right amount of time to pratice.
Jennie18#
My brick wall showed it self in about mid forth grade.When rumers stared spreading like wild fire.Until then I wasn't one to get involved.Things started to take a turn for the worst.When my dad anounced that he, my little sister and my step mom would be moving 1,000 miles away.I can't remember a time when things were worse.Eventualy the rumers were not derected tords me.As for my dad moving i'm in the middie of over coming that brick wall but i learned to treat others the way you wish to be treated. natalie #21
A time I had to get over my brick wall last summer at the indoor swimming pool. So this is how ot went down. My friends Kayla, Ali and Autumn were swimming and Kayla suggested that we go to the diving boards. Me, not wanting to look like a wimp said, "Yeah! Lets go!". Of course this is a lie but it saved me from total embarssment. So when we got to the diving boards Kayla and Ali went staight to the high dive and Autumn went to the low dive. As for me, I stood and watched. Okay, so if you know me, you know that a I am my biggest critick, so this is what I am saying to myself. "You can't do it. You'll never have the gutts to jump". Now I find myself in line to go. With Ali behind me I know she won't let me go back. As the kids jump, I stand terriffied of what could happen. So many possiblities. So when I get on the board it suddenly starts to move. My first instint is to jump and thats what I end up doing. I jumped right into the water. It turns out that it was really fun. I got over my brick wall. I learned that sometimes scary things can actually be fun.
Ellie
I remember when I was in fourth grade I. No what it was in third grade I really badly wanted to read a hard book. But I had to be a brown reader or somthing like that. So I trid to read harder and harder. But I could not read as good as I thought I could. So then I trid harder and harder at home and I got a little bit better every time. But I stoped and was very disapontid of myself and I almost stoped. Tell my mother told me "your have to try harder.". So I did and got better and better. Then I could read the book and I did and was boring like super boring it's super man but get rid of the man and replace it with a boring and put book at the end and you end up with SUPER BORING BOOK! and that was my brick wall By Gabriel Miller #16
Jacob:
My brick wall is when I was about 5 and on my first soccer team. I was learning the scizzors. I could not get it, I tried over 50 times but I still could not get it.( This is one of my shorter brick wall stories.) One day I woke up and was determined to do the scizzors. After about 2 hours of failing I did it, I unlocked the scizzor curse, for me at least. I learned a very important lesson that day, that if you want something in this world you have to go out and get it. I only learned it because I practiced, and went out and got it.
Logan#19 December 14, 2011:
My brick wall was a ride at the carnival. I didn't want to ride it then my brother called me a baby. That infuryated me So I decided to ride I thought I was going to throw up when the ride started. It started and it was actully really fun. Now I know to try something or you'll never like it.
p.s This occured when I was in kindergarten.
My wall was geting to ride my bike. I could not balence on it and, when evre I got on and started going i would hit the mail box. I learnd that the faster you go the easer it is to balence.So I just go fast on my bike.and thats my wall.:Derrick
I learned that you never get what you want for every holiday.When my mom gets me something and if I say that thats not what I wanted then my mom would smack me on the mouth sometimes because she says thats not good to say and thats not heplfull or nice.Or some times she would just take it away from me untile I say sorry.So my mom says what you get is what you get and if you dont want it then dont take it or just say nothing and take it.And thats what my mom would say the whole time.Life is just not perfect or fun and not good.I thought life was going to be good but it isn't.Everybody gets a brick wall.And just figt for the brick wall.lesly#12
One of my brick walls is learning how to control my self.I try to stop some times I can stop.Some times I can't.You half to try hard. If you want some thing badly enough then try untill you get it.
Nicholas mawby#15
My "brick wall" is when my Grandpa John died.It was hard to get over it but eventually I did.I got over it by trying to forget about it.I also just calmed down and like I said I tried to forget about it.I learned that life is important and don't take your life for granted.
Ian #8
My brick wall is spelling tests.I study and study and study the words.The day of the test today.I'm ready to go.I think I'v done good so far.Then my teacher says a challenge word.I didn't study the challeng words.I'm not a good speller.I think brick walls are there to help you.kenna snipes
I am a brick wall.For some people,I am hard to overcome,for others not so much.A brick wall that I've overcome is the time that I bombed a Comm.Arts test.I was never good at Comm.Arts so this test was hard for me.On the day of the test,we were given 1 hour before lunch and 1 hour after.After that day,we had to stay in at recess to finish.It took me a long time to finish the test.I eventully finished but I got a bad grade.I learned that I had to practice Comm.Arts. - Marla Hughes #13
One of the brick walls I have had jump over is learning how to canter on a horse.Of cours,I didn't jump over the brick wall on my horse... I cantered around the wall!I had cantered a few times, but it was on accident. I'd fallen off my horse everytime I,d canter. Falling off made me scared to learn how th canter on purpose. Deep down, I knew on the other side of the brick wall was me cantering on purpose without falling off.Myriding instructor knew I was scared,so we started really slowly.After practicing and practicing,I finally cantered around my brick wall. Elizabeth
Brick walls get in your way.If you don't really want it,it will stop you.If you really want it nothing will stop you.One of my brick walls was my broken wrist.I had a hugelly important basketball camp comming up.I worked and tryed harder than ever too work my wrist back too strength.My wrist was strong enough to get to get my cast off 5 days before the camp.I was suppose to get it off a week after the camp.My most recent was a knee.It took 1 week to heal. AUGGIE!!!!!
I think that the brick wall means that the wall is there for a weans, because something that you willy want is on the outher side, and you have to get past it, like for example: I wiily wanted to go outside, but I had done something wrong that I was not postto do, but I had did it. What I had to do was to say in side and do notthing and stay in my room. What I leand was to not do something that your parents say not to do. Some times the brick wall is not going to be there, so that means that you need to make your our anser. That is what I think the quote means to me.
I cansometimes be a brick wall.People have to go around me.Jump over me.And even run right into me.Sometimes it takes a while to get around a brick wall but thats okay.A brick wall I had was when I did not know how to ride my bike with out training wheeles.But evently I got around that brick wall.
Michael LOOK UP^
you will git froshdid on your way like me i am not giving up i am giting my daploma .
vanita january,4,2012
my brick wall.
I was taking care of my grandma bringing her water,food,and helping her walk.We would have so much fun we would play board games and we would play card games as usual.One day I woke up to get her her daily glass of water and when i went to give my grandma her glass of water she was not there.I asked my dad where she went and why she was not there and he told me that she was at the hospital again,my heart sinked and I asked my dad what happend and he said that she ha d been diegnosed with cancer.I felt so bad and I missed her already,I laied in her bed wishing she was there to hug me and tell me everything was going to be alright.It was dinner time and my mom came home without her,
she had died in the hospital from cancer.:(
Brick walls r mad frum briks not lif
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