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    "FETCH!" is a short story by Robb White that highlights the importance of honesty — it really is the best policy. The story starts in a 17th floor apartment, where George Dixon, an archaeology student, is preparing for a job interview. Six of George's classmates had already been turned down, as this job is everything an archaeology student would want — to travel to Kurdistan and find priceless treasures lost by time. However, Professor Werner, George's potential employer, has a Great Dane that will

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    Character Counts Imagine having one arm. Every day would be a challenge. When people look at their problems and challenges, they just give up and think that it is over. Bethany Hamilton, at the age of 13, was attacked by a shark while surfing with her friends. Most people would panic, but Bethany remained calm and survived thanks to God’s help. “Soul Surfer” by Bethany Hamilton, is about a Christian girl from Hawaii who lost one arm in a shark attack. With only one arm, Bethany was still the

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    Have you ever heard about Bethany Hamilton? Well if you have or have not your're about to. She is really strong and she is a surfer. Then something really bad happened. In 2003 she was just floating on her board and a 15 foot tiger came up and snatched her arm. She didn't see he shark. She didn't feel it at first she looked over and her arm was just gone. Bethany Hamilton was a really good surfer. She won her first amateur surf contest by her tenth birthday. She stood on her first surf board

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    Bethany Hamilton survived a shark attack. Bethany was only 13 years old, and Hawaii’s most promising surfer. Her dream was to surf forever. And make it to the national championships. Bethany Hamilton showed great resilience in overcoming a shark attack in order to achieve her surfing dream. Bethany Hamilton is a very self-confident person. When Bethany got attacked by the shark, she knew she couldn’t surf for a while, but she couldn’t bare to not be in the water. After couple weeks

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    My Dreams Come True

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    One of the most unsatisfying things one can endure in life is not accomplishing their goals. People in this generation don’t work for what they want. They tend to become comfortable with where they are at in life and don’t want to give the effort or risk losing what they have to make their dreams come true. On the other hand, there are those who will do whatever it takes to accomplish their life goals. One of the most satisfying things in life is accomplishing a goal well worked for, but it’s not

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    Soul Surfer Have you ever watched the movie Soul Surfer? If not, I would highly recommend for you to watch it because it is such a great inspirational movie. Soul Surfer stars AnnaSophia Robb who plays Bethany Hamilton. This movie was filmed in Kauai, Hawaii and the director of the movie was Sean McNamara. The movie Soul Surfer is based on a true story about a girl named Bethany Hamilton. Bethany Hamilton loves to surf and spends more time wet than dry because she's in the water so much. Nothing

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    Bethany Hamilton is a 13 year old girl who is more in the water than in the air. No one can understand the love and rush of surfing but her. No one could put something between her and surfing, until one day a shark came and brought the loss of her arm. Bethany was in full panic mode and passed out from all of the blood that was lost, she was brought straight to the hospital. After the attack she thought she could never surf again, but with the help of her friends, family, and, lots of support from

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    On a Friday night, Mary asked, "Girls, what movie should we watch? The Blind Side or Soul Surfer?" Replied Sarah, "Both are similar!" Alisha responded with disavow, "No, they're two different films." The Blind Side and Soul Surfer are both Hollywood movies that are based on actual events that had happened to Michael Oher and Bethany Hamilton during their teenage years. Furthermore, "The Blind Side" is a 2009 American biographical sports film directed by John Lee Hancock and based on the 2006 book

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    Are you afraid of being attacked by a shark? Bethany Hamilton wasn’t until she was attacked by a shark. In the book Soul Surfer written by Bethany Hamilton is about how Bethany lost her arm in a shark attack while surfing. Bethany thought her surfing career was over, but Bethany didn’t give up on surfing and kept pushing herself to learn how to surf with one arm. In the beginning of the book Bethany explains her life and her love to surf. Next, Bethany gets attacked by a shark and she takes us through

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    There are many ways to overcome adversity. In the Movie “ Soul Surfer” Bethany Hamilton loses her arm to a shark. She was still able to over come adverstiy. There are many was to overcome adversity. Some ways to overcome adversity is by having a support sysytem , using association , and by problem solving . Many people overcome adversity. In the movie “ Soul Surfer”, Bethany Hamilton was able to overcome adversity. On of the wass she overcame adversity was by having a support system . In the

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