Dane Gray Biography

Like Michelle Knight who had a horrible childhood, “In school, Knight was teased incessantly, but life at home was worse: A male family member started molesting her when she was 5 years old, and the abuse escalated over the years from a couple of times a week to almost daily.” (Jones par. 22) and was kidnapped at twenty-one years old. Stolen from a horrible life to be put in a worse one. Taken for eleven years and found; she now helps others who went through same situations. “Elaine Cagle, seen on a video chat, shared her story of traumatic abuse with Knight, who is reaching out to fellow survivors, hoping to help them find strategies for rebuilding their lives.” (Jones) Knight is like those who overcame their bad pasts and are better than the people who hurt them. And instead of hurting others they build them up to be happy and live a life of happiness. Ones many never expect to have.

As the Christ-centered Leader of one of the fastest growing Church’s in Houston, Texas, pastor Keion (pastor k.) Dwayne Henderson is No stranger to change or Leadership. He has grown his church by over 3,500% in less than five years. He has spent countless hours preaching the gospel to audiences in the USA, London, Africa, and around the World via television. Pastor k. has become both a pillar of Faith and a beacon of hope for all who hear his message. Pastor Henderson was called to Ministry in 1995 at the age of 14, just Prior to his freshman year of high School. He attended Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne in his home state of Indiana where he distinguished himself as an athlete and campus leader. During his high school Career he won

During this project, my class and I learned many examples of choices and consequences made by people throughout every day life. One specific character in the book, Erik Fisher, made choices that not only affected himself, but everyone around him negatively. Fortunately enough, as bad as these choices were; they did cause a few good outcomes.

People can be real heros when they don’t give up.. This taught me never to give up and stay helpful like Lainie. An issue in the world is that people give up too easily. But Jimmy’s mom didn’t give up that’s why she is a hero. To me this is why the mom is a

A role model can turn somebody's life around both negatively or positively. For the author, his role model was Cadet Captain Ty Hill, a man he met in military school. When Wes was preparing to head to "second mess," or lunch, 120 men snapped to attention as Captain Hill took his place. From his memoir, he recalled, "In spite of myself, I was impressed. I had never seen anything like that before. I had never seen a man, a peer, demand that much respect from his people. I had seen Shea demand respect in the neighborhood, but this was different. This was real respect, the kind you can't beat or scare out of people." This demonstrates how Wes admired Ty Hill and he wanted to be like him. Wes is now is now in a different environment, with different standards, types of people and interaction. In military school, silliness frowned upon and leadership was honored. On the contrary, back in his neighborhood, Wes was used to the opposite. In his old neighborhood, "respect" was gained by force. However, in military school, Captain Hill demanded genuine respect from his peers. Having Captain Hill as a role model influenced his decisions because he created a goal. Wes's goal was to garner the amount and type of respect that Captain Hill demanded. As a result of this goal, Wes would walk on the path to success. He would abandon his immature behaviors, allowing him to flourish in military school. Wes abandoned the path to failure

Paul walker is an actor who started acting at a young age. In 2001 Paul Walker had a role of a lifetime and he had started acting in a movie called The Fast and the Furious. The director of the movie knew that Walker was the right person for that role. A few years later Walker also got a role in the movie Flag of Our Father. The director knew that Walker was inspiring people like Vin Diesel to do things they would never do. Vin Diesel never wanted to have kids, but when he met Paul Walker he had his first k id because Walker encouraged him to imagine his life with a child. Diesel said “A lot of tough guys will tell you to wait in the hallway, don’t go in the delivery room,” but Walker told Vin diesel to go into that delivery room, be present and cut that umbilical cord and it will be the best day of your life” (MailOnline). After Paul Walker death Vin Diesel named his third child Pauline. Paul walker inspired me to do things I never wanted to do like. They day my sister was going to college we made a primes that she will do to RCC for two years and why I graduate high school we both will go to VCU together. I didn’t want to say goodbye when she told me that she can’t white for me. But after reading about Paul walker and how he help Vin Diesel. I know that I had to let her go without me.

Gil Hooley had a popcorn stand that he hauled to the corner where the American Exchange Bank stands today. He sold popcorn every Saturday afternoon and evening. On Sunday it was common fun to pick the stand up and haul it two miles south of town and put it in the creek. Sometimes it could be found on top of Doc Hobb’s office. Gil never knew where he might find his stand on Monday!

Daniel Tammet sees the world a bit differently than most, and his uniqueness always made him stand out. His story tells of how the things that made others look down on him in his past now make him someone I and many others look up to. While his experience is so rare and only few people have gone through, somehow, his journey, his struggles, and passions are relatable. It’s quite ironic actually, while Daniel suffered from a disability which made socializing and empathy difficult, he was able to share his story in a way where I felt like I’ve had very similar experiences. I believe I loved this story so much mainly because I have quite a few things in common with Daniel. He’s a gay Christian who has a mental illness and I’m a gay Christian raised young man whose parents both suffered from mental illnesses. It was astounding to me to read about how much Daniel was able to grow personally, not even to mention the other things he was able to accomplish because of that growth.

Taylor was working on his family’s ranch, he was the hardest worker on that ranch. Well he and one of their hired hands went to unload a grain bin. Some grain was stuck on the corners of the bin so they tried banging the outside of the bin with a hammer. That did not work so Taylor hopped in, while he was in there, the grain had a crust layer on top. That layer broke and Taylor fell in, the grain and dust covered him head to toe. The hired hand hopped in to try to save him, but he couldn’t get him out, so he hopped in a nearby tractor and knocked the bin over. They cut the side of the bin open and got Taylor out.

“My own heroes are the dreamers, those men and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results, but it is the effort that's heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight. (George R.R. Martin)” The humanitarian in this story has managed to accomplish all this quote presents throughout the book and his lifetime. Greg Mortenson: impatient, selfish, naïve, and a failure at times, takes us through a rollercoaster journey of ups and downs. Mortenson makes us not only relate to him in more ways than one, but questions the purpose of our own lives, and through finally accomplishing his goals, takes us farther

Some people do very nice actions in the world and this one is about Detroit giving out 8,000 jobs to kids for summer paychecks. This article was inspired by mayor Mike Duggan, he was the leader of this project. 8,000 students out of 12,000 kids were hired because of the program called Grow Detroits Young Talent. That program shows kids that they are not gonna have to struggle in life and apply for different jobs at a time, and the mayor Mr. Duggan pitching in and the kids knowing that they have a back support is a very success thing. “We know first-hand the importance of providing summer jobs for our youth and how that experience can transform their lives and put them on a path to success,” Mayor Duggan said and that is very true because

Unfortunately, not all good people end up in good situations. Being a poor boy in a poverty-stricken area makes Ned’s life

Daniel is one of the most respectful and humble kids I have had the opportunity to be around. In the classroom, he did all of his work well and on time. On the football field, Daniel was one of the hardest workers. Other players gravitated to him because of his work ethic and humble attitude. He was asked to play several different positions at different points of his playing

The act of courage Danny had shown was taking responsibility for looking after the house and doing his father’s chores around the farm while he was absent for three years, this was a major responsibility to take on when only just a tween. Danny’s motivation to do this was that one day his father will return soon and everything will be normal again. Since Danny did this, the time period of his father’s absence went smoothly and when his father returned things started to become normal one again.

Erin was explaining how her father had an impact on her daily life. “I’ve learned to be less selfish and to help others in need. During last Thanksgiving, he brought my sister and I to a local soup kitchen. For a few hours, we made and packaged food to give to the homeless” (Kinaci). This describes how Erin’s dad is trying to get her into the habit of volunteering to do good deeds for people who are not as privileged as her. When you finally stop thinking about yourself and start to think about others, you are lending them a helping hand and pulling them from their dark struggles such as poverty to the light-filled side of opportunities such as a new beginning. As a role model, it is important to be selfless because you are giving hope to those who need it in order to keep going. You are also voluntarily leading others to the path of accomplishment and