Drive To Succeed

Service, is compelled to complete his goal through his promise to cremate his dying friend Sam McGee. This is also a labor of love. In line 25, Cap states, “A pal’s last need is a thing to heed, so I swore I would not fail…” This evidence illustrates Cap’s dedication to his friend’s wishes. This also is his motivation to complete his goal. Additionally, in the line 34, the speaker explains, “In the days to come, though my lips were dumb, in my heart how I cursed that load.” This shows the challenge of his promise and how difficult it was to drag Sam’s body while looking for a fire to cremate him. Cap was motivated by his love for his friend and worked very hard to accomplish Sam McGee’s

Through this inconvenient situation, they find themselves stranded in the desert. According to Farah Ahmedi’s memoir on pg. 11 (The Other Side of the Sky), “The gate to Pakistan was closed… Where would we stay? There was nothing here, no town, no hotel, no buildings, just the desert.” Soon enough, Farah Ahmedi spots the solution to the situation which is to bribe the guards with money. Unfortunately, Farah and her mother didn’t have the money, but luckily they find another helping and compassionate family that offers help to them. This generous family tells them a secret about a goat path that leads to Pakistan which smugglers use too. Based on Farah Ahmedi’s memoir on pg. 12 (The Other Side of the Sky), “The woman told us that her husband, Ghulam Ali, had gone to look for another way across the border. He was checking out a goat path that supposedly went over the mountains several miles northeast of the border station.” The next day, they set out for the goat path. The climb was long and exhausting including with Farah Ahmedi’s mother, which had an asthma attack which took longer and her prosthetic leg, but they preserved. Farah Ahmedi’s determination and the will to survive brought/lead to her success. Farah Ahmedi finds out that even in a grave situation, there are still kind people like Ghulam Ali. Ghulam Ali gave Farah Ahmedi a chance of survival and gave

In the text it states “ People were pushing and shoving and jostling up against that gate”. They had met a nice family that was going to help cross the border. Accoing in the text it says “You can go with us” the women said.” What Farah Ahmedi had learned is that not all strangers are rude that some are nice what she said was that she was not tired at all walking with a prosthetic leg this is what Farah Ahmedi had learned when she crossed the Pakistan border

Farah Ahmedi undertook the mission of crossing the Afghanistan border to get to Pakistan in search of a better life. LeBron James persevered though fans full of hatred after he left his home team and joined a new team. Finally, Aengus tackled the expedition of trying to find true love he wanted but never found it. However, two characters had tons of persistence and determination in order to push through a hard time and all of them had the perseverance to try to succeed in their goal.

Farah Ahmedi’s goal was to cross the Afghanistan border to get to a better life in Pakistan. In the first read, The Other Side of the Sky, it says, “‘Night was falling, we were stranded out there in the open’”(Ahmedi 4). This states it was nighttime and she and her mother had no place to stay. Along the way, her and her mother faced many hardships, “The worst thing would have been if we had gotten separated. We were only risking injury”(Ahmedi 3). In addition, “Terribly warm and we had no water, but we walked. My mother began to wheeze. Her asthma was bad. Her anxiety made it worse. We could have gotten over in little more than an hour if not for my mother. Our journey took many hours”(Ahmedi 11). Overall, they succeeded their mission and made it over the border. For example, “This excerpt from “Escape from Afghanistan” describes their efforts to make

Growing up in a war torn country, Farah Ahmedi was used to seeing houses being bombed and her city being invaded. As she grew older, she had a freak accident in which she had lost her leg. Along with this, she had to escape her home in order to save her mom and have a better life. Unfortunately, as Ahmedi and her mother approach the gate to Pakistan, they realize that the door has already been closed. Just as it seems all their luck has run out, Ahmedi and her mother meet a kind man named Ghulam Ali who knows how to get them over the border. He tells them of a goat path that smugglers bribed the guards to keep unguarded and decides to take them along with his family on the steep mountains that make up the trail. According to Ahmedi, she “hardly felt the exertion” even with her prosthetic leg and that her “desperation” gave her “energy” which

Farah Ahmedi and her mom The Other Side of the Sky were on a journey to get to Pakistan from Afghanistan in search for a better life. However, once they got to the border gate, Farah realized, “The gate to Pakistan was closed, and I could see the Pakistan border guards were letting no one through” (Ahmedi para. 1). There was no way Farah and her mom could get through the gate to Pakistan easily and it would be difficult for them to find another way. Nonetheless, Ahmedi was persistence and found another way to Pakistan, over a mountain, with the help of a friend Ghulam Ali. Farah was courageous and agreed to try the other way to Pakistan. While Farah was on her around a mountain her mom’s “asthma was pretty bad at this point, poor thing. No doubt, her anxiety made it worse” (Ahmedi par.11). Farah and her mom went through many hardships to make it to Pakistan. With Farah’s great

Farah Ahmedi is a young girl with a prosthetic leg trying to escape the war-torn Afghanistan with her mother. According to the text, “Ahmedi and her mother decide to flee their home in Kabul in search of a better life”(“Introduction”). Therefore, they attempt to flee Afghanistan after the tragedies of Farah stepping on a landmine, and losing her father and brother. After attempting to get past the gate and being rejected by the guards, they realized there was no way they were getting past the border that way. They later receded back into the desert and ended up camping near a nice family the next day. Later, the husband came back and told his wife this one route works which the smugglers take. Ahmedi stated, “Smugglers use that path, and they bribe the guards to leave it unguarded” (Ahmedi 8). Due to this, the family let them come with them. The man that found the path works, Ghulam Ali, had told them to rest after the hard days they have had. The next day, they started their adventure on the path. According to the text, “Then Ghulam Ali began to march into the darkness with his family, and we trudged along silently behind them”(Ahmedi 11). During the

Cap is a man who struggled to resolve a promise he made to Sam McGee. The Cremation of Sam McGee is a poem based off the Klondike Gold Rush in which man named Sam McGee leaves his warm home in Tennessee in hopes to find riches. After Sam’s death, Cap finds himself with Sam Mcgee’s body and a promise to cremate him. Of course, Cap could have just left the body but he didn’t. The author explains, “The dogs were spent and the grub was getting low; The trail was bad, and I felt half mad,” (Service 34, 35). This proves that Cap struggled to resolve his current situation and refused to give into helplessness because even as things went horribly wrong, Cap continued forward. He struggled through mental and physical walls, just to fulfill his mission. Cap slowly lost his sanity, but he felt the need to complete his mission because “a promise made is a debt unpaid,” (Service 33). This demonstrates the need Cap felt to complete his mission. Cap is a normal

Farah Ahmedi is a poor girl looking for a better life. Walt Masters is a different boy doing the right thing by saving claims. Aengus is the god of love, curious and determined to obtain what he wants. However, all three of them are determined to complete the mission that they have undertaken because they were trying to make their lives and other lives better.

Explosions, Death, Loss, Fear- all are great symbols for war in A Thousand Splendid Suns. In this novel, Khaled Hosseini uses tumultuous environments to bring up some of the most interesting characters in the 21st century. The three strongest examples are Laila, Tariq, and Aziza. From losing your parents, to losing your leg, Hosseini uses these types of characters to almost make a connection with them. Because we see weakness in them it truly makes their triumph that much greater. War is a raging bull charging through the lives of many, but for some, it makes them stronger.

“What If the Secret to Success is Failure?” by Paul Tough presents how Dominic Randolph, the headmaster of Riverdale Country School, wants his students to succeed, but he believes that in order to succeed, you have to learn how to fail. It is believed that character is the most important part for success. Dominic Randolph, and David Levin, superintendent of the Knowledge in Power Program (KIPP) schools, work together in order to to reach a conclusion, that is character traits is needed in order to succeed in academic and in life. Though a student could be smart in academics, but he has to have character in order to succeed. “The Inverse Power of Praise” by Po Bronson and Ashley Merriman cite how praising a child too much could affect their

Farah Ahmedi tried to escape war torn Afghanistan. For example, in “The Other Side of The Sky” when Ahmedi and her mother were at the Pakistan Afghanistan border “If we got stuck here what would we going to do, where were we going to stay” (Ahmedi 1). Ahmedi wanted to escape very badly because there was no other option for her and her mother. In addition, “Perhaps desperation gave me energy and made me forget the rigor of the climb” (Ahmedi 12). Ahmedi had a prosthetic leg and wanted to escape so badly, that she pushed through

Ever since I began my teaching career, I have been fascinated with the topic of motivation and the role it plays in student learning. Daniel Pink’s book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, has been on my personal reading list for a couple of years now, and I was elated to find that it was one of the recommended books to read for this assignment. I have often wondered why some of my students, and even one of my own children, are more internally driven than others to complete a given task. Now that I am in the process of becoming a school administrator, my curiosity about what motivates adults has been heightened, as well. In the hopes of finding some insight, and perhaps the answers to some of my burning questions, I

Aengus was determined to find this glimmering girl because it was true love for him.Yeats states, “And kiss her lips and take her hands; And walk among long dappled grass ”( Line 20 and 21). Yeats states this because this is showing that Aengus wants to do this if he finds her. Additionally Yeats states, “Though I am old with wandering ”( Line 17). Yeats says this because Angus has been searching for the girl ever since she came to him. Finally Yeats states, “Though I am old with