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American Sniper vs. A Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo

In the movie, the sniper was one of the best shots. He never missed and was always on point. He was considered a hero to the world and many other soldiers. He was a one of a kind. He loved his country and knew he had to do everything he could to protect it, even if it meant he had to leave his family behind; it was his duty to serve his country. During his time serving, he encountered many situations where life and death was in his hands and life or death was neither the right choice. Ethically making the decision for someone to live or die is wrong but the sniper was doing it to save his men. An example would be when he saw a little boy running with a missile to hit the American soldiers. Chris the sniper was conflicted and wasn’t sure wether or not to kill the young boy holding the missile who had his whole future in front of him or to let him live and cause his soldier friends to die by the hands of the bad guys (who clearly set up the boy to use the missile). What this movie says about being human is the fact that we as humans can never make the assumption that killing someone is for the greater good. That not only is it hard, but choosing when it’s ethically correct to choose ones life over others. We question wether or not killing in war is okay and wether we have the right to do so no matter what. In which case do we out life or others life. Chris had a very hard time returning back home from his traumatizing time in Iraq. He was called a hero but even then he knew that killing those people and the young boy was very wrong. He knew he was doing it to save lives, but killing humans can never be justified. In the play A Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo , soldiers by the name of Kevin and Tom are in war and they both find themselves in situations, as they try to find their way back home. Kevin finds himself in a greeting with a translator named Muss and they don’t get along. As a soldier, you would expect them to be caring and kind or show some sort of compassion but Kevin was absolutely rude. He didn’t care for life, for respect, but only for objects or things that truly didn’t matter for a human (a gold toilet). He cared little for other people’s lives and clearly little for himself. As a solider, you fight for your country and for your me and for the human race, but Kevin did neither. This play compares to American sniper because, American sniper deals with the good side of human nature, while the play describes the negative and bad parts of the human nature and how people could be directed in the wrong direction in life to be the way Kevin was.

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I'm human...and that means... To be human is to feel. To have emotions. To be sad, happy, to feel grief, to feel anger, to be jealous, envious, revengeful, and any other emotion or feeling that's humanly possible. It's to create relationships with people surrounding us, and building a life and trying to live the life with all of that. It's to love and to hate and to creat best friends. And lovers and enemies or frenemies. It's everything we do to live a life, everything we feel or surround ourselves with. What it means to be human... what other way can you explain humans that is different than any other creature in the world. It's what makes us different. Our abilities to use our knowledge of our emotions and feelings and buildings better world. It's our creativity or just our thought process. Our brain is a very confusion organ that only we seem to understand yet not quite get. To be human is just to feel what we feel and make a life around us to make ourselves happy; our search for life.

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Tupac | Snoop Dogg

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Social Media.... good or bad?🤔

There are always two perspectives and in this case, social media can be used for both harm and good depending on the individual’s moral behaviour. This simply means that a person who is judgemental and ignorant will spread more harm rather than a person who is inclusive and amiable, who tend to spread more good. In the subject of communication, social media can be seen as harmful because it distracts people from speaking to one another in public and potentially creating a connection. Contrary, social media allows one to keep in contact with their extended or immediate family and friends who maybe a distance away from them. Additionally, social media is looked at in a positive aspect because it can be used to educate society in social, legal, or economic matters like the black lives movement. Unfortunately, social media is also malicious because it is a place where people can spread their ignorant and hateful views (example; on a race, religion. Ethnicity, sexuality etc). Social media allows people to find friends that share the same opinion and passions as them but can also spark division and clash of opinions. Overall, social media causes both harm and good to an equal extent.

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Letter to the grade 9 me

Dear grade 9 Me, Take a break! Take a breather. Your grade 9 and 10 year should be about fun and enjoying your years. You should know you are enough and to take the time to truly find who you are. All you have to be is who you really are and you'll make friends who love you for who you are. Sometimes it's okay to be a little selfish and have your own personal days. Also, don't let people use you for your kindness towards them. There are people who like you for you and there are people who use you for their own benefits. It might be hard to realize at first but be aware and you don't need to please people to like you, they will like you for who you are. Making friends is not hard at all so don't worry about that. Worry about who's going to be there for you when the rough patches come. I don't want to worry you about the so called "fake" people because I know you'll choose wisely. As you get to grade 11, you can worry much more about your grades, even though you'll do fine. This is the time when you need to pick up your work and really work for your marks. Don't be afraid to speak to your teachers about anything your unsure about. It's kinda their job to help you. You'll do better if you just ask round for help. It's totally fine to ask someone to help you ... not everything has to be done on your own. Overall, just enjoy yourself and be kind to everyone because you never know what they are going through, but you knew that already. It's okay to cry sometimes, doesn't mean your weak, it just means you feel something and you care. Try to be more open about your feelings and stay true to yourself and your friends( those who deserve it). Do good in school, try not to procrastinate, and be selfish sometimes, your allowed to put yourself first sometimes. Yours truly, The future you

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What has been holding me back? Grade 9. I was the best student. I got all my work done, prepared myself for all tests a week before, handed in all my assignments , and got honour roll. I was never late to class, and I did everything on time. As I got j to older grades, things went a bit downhill ( educationally) . My school work still got done but I was procrastinating everything to the max . I came late to some of my classes and I just got lazier. I also became more to myself and had been more quiet then ever. I was shy and I wasn't very social. Now , I'm doing better in school. I got into the university and program that I wanted to. So far everything isn't as bad but I'm still not the best I can be. I procrastinate every assignment I do. I try so hard not to but I just can never budge. It's not that I never do it, I just do it late and sometimes I'm still surprised as to how I'm still doing good. I know my potential and I know I can do better if I fix that problem.

Me

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Should have but I didn't...

When I was in grade 11, I took a co-op course that had to do with the SHSM program. I was really excited to do so because I knew I was able to work in a gym or a sports retail store. I ended up working at GoodLife Fitness by Eglinton market. I worked there every Monday and Wednesdays from November of 2015 to the end of June 2016. I developed relationships with other workers and personal trainers there. Soon, the members recognized me and I developed friendships with most of the consistent members. I genuinely enjoyed my time there and I was hoping to get a job at the gym. I was beginning to be more active. I sometimes joined fitness classes, or a stayed in late to get a quick workout. I was definitely eager to find a job so I also went job searching just incase I wasn’t offered a job at my gym. Sooner came to later and I had an interview at a retail store called Ardene which I thought would be a new experience at Scarborough Town Centre. After so long of searching I was really excited and totally forgot about the possibility working long term at GoodLife. As I thought, on my second last day at my coop, my manager came to me and offered me a job to work at the gym. I was completely shocked since I prepare myself to move on to another place. I kindly declined his offer…… worst mistake EVER. I ended up not getting the job after my interview at Ardene’s and I also ended up with no job for the summer. I couldn’t even tell my parents of what happened because I was so embarrassed of the opportunity that I missed out on. I could have been working part time at a GoodLife gym right as if now. Looking back now, I regret it even more because of 2 reasons; I’m broke and I no longer go to a gym. I had free access to the whole gym and could have been keeping up with my healthy diet and I could have been saving up money for school or just to have money to spend. This would be the one thing I will regret forever, until I get my next job…this summer…hopefully.

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grown ups now ...1 8

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BLUEBIRD- Charles Bukowski Symbolism is the use of ideas to symbolize/represent qualities and ideas. Based off the poem, a bluebird is the part of u that no one but you know of . Your honest part and true self. The most personal parts of you. The parts of you that you only meet with when your alone, thinking, and being 100% you. Your only 80% yourself with the bluebird in your heart. I once had a bluebird. It wasn't very loud or didn't want to leave my heart much so often. It preferred to stay in there, but I would let it out several times when I was alone, which was often. It was so quiet on the inside but so loud when I let it out. Sometimes it was hard to put it back in. I was never ashamed of it getting out, but more afraid of it not being able to go back in, to quiet down, or just being vulnerable without it being on the inside. This bluebird of mine symbolized my deep expressive feelings. I was so constricted to showing my feelings that it became an issue. I felt like I was so called "heartless" or just emotionless, but instead I was just worried people who know the vulnerable side of me would take advantage of my bluebird or just treat me differently since they've never seen that side of me. I let it out in the open several times and it felt so good to not have such a huge thing hidden inside of me. I keep learning to let the bluebird of mine out more, and it makes life just a little bit easier to live. Just one less thing I need to be bugging about. Just one less thing I have to have my mind occupied with. I wait though. I wait for the day I'll need to put my bluebird back in. For the day I realize that letting out this bluebird of mine was a mistake. I hope it doesn't come to that.

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Ma familia

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THE WORLD VS. ME (Difference of how the world and I see myself) Tegist, you’re too nice. Tegist, don’t do that, they wouldn’t do that for you. Tegist, you need to know how to say no more often. Tegist, thanks for the advice. Tegist… why didn’t you do that yourself then. Tegist, thanks for listening, I’ll call you later and tell you more after. The way I see myself and the way the world and other people see me are through two ends of the same . From what I've been told, I am a giving person and I care so much for others, to the point where I put the people I care about before myself. Is it really so bad to care so much? I didn't think so, but apparently doing so many things for people means your being used. My dad, and my friends tell me so but sometimes they ask me; do they do the same for you? Does it really look like I'm taken advantage of? It makes me feel like I'm a weak person. Like I can't make my own decisions or im not strong enough. That's when I rethink about who I really am and if the parts about me that I like are actually worth liking. I know I am a caring person and with every decision I make I always consider people's feelings and wether or not everyone ( even the people I don't like) would be okay. I love helping people and giving them advice but the "world" called my advice "something I never do my self"... With this, I love being social and talking to everyone and being friendly and just having a good time and just being content with whatever's happening in the moment. Even the "world" can agree on that. I love the person I am right now. I love the mistakes I make because I'm always taught a lesson and can better myself. I also love the difference in how the world sees me and the way I see myself because I feel like it can sometimes keep me in check and help me really think of all my actions and decisions in life. "Tegist...be great, be you."

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Other People... A. Pain ( your own and the kind you inflict) B. "He opened his heart" " He learnt the results of things he had done; things he had been blind to as if he did them; the ways he had hurt the world; the damage he had done to people he has never known, or met, or encountered. It was the hardest lesson yet" "The physical torture had been kinder" "The demon stripped away the cover of forgetfulness, stripped everything down to truth, and it hurt more than anything" C./D. In the first quote and second quote, it's being said that pain inflicted on others not only hurts the people who it's out soon but rather the people who have cause other people pain. People do things irrationally and when they come to their senses, they feel the pain because they've put themselves into other people's shoes. Pain is a feeling that comes full circle. Physical pain is nothing compared to the mental and emotional pain people feel. The saying "the truth hurts " comes handy in the third quote. The deman has stripped off the ignorance and all the layers of forgetfullness and the things he has done or covered and just pulled out the truth which hurt most compression to all the physical torture he was going through. D. Text to self I've been in many situations when I have done things irrationally and without any thought causing harm to others than to me, but later realizing the damage I've done and feeling the others pain. Text-to-world Tiger woods who allegedly for three years cheated on his wife and only till his messaged were publicly released , is when he apologized for his actions. " I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart" He came to the truth once his forgetfulness and lies were stripped away from him just like it was done to the man by the demon. He, without realizing caused pain on his wife and kids and only realized when he faced the truth.

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My Song that helps me Cope

“There’s always been those times, when I needed a breather” I can’t lie, this is tuff. Life is just one big blob of emotions and decisions and plans that won’t even matter to me or anyone for the matter once were all gone. Well, that’s what I believe… I think. Sometimes I just wish things weren’t like they are now. When I say things, I mean EVERYTHING. The way we live our lives. Everything just makes everything so hard. Ughh. It’s so hard to explain, but I know how I feel about my so called “everything”. “And if you’re feeling all confused, know you’re not alone” Any problem I have whether it’s my self-doubt, or family issues, or just those deep thoughts I get into and stare into space and I rethink everything about everything, Be Alright is my go to song. It puts me into this calm state and kind of just refreshes my head, and it’s like I can restart my day or whatever I was needing to do. It helps me to think I’m not alone in my head, or that everything’s going to be alright, and I should just go with the “tide”. It always puts me in lcheck, and it’s like an alarm clock to remind myself that EVERYTHING, is going to just be okay….well I hope so. “Don’t trip, baby just live” Don’t trip Tegist, just live, it’s cool, you’ll be alright… go with your tide. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RAMLtiyPT2A

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By. Mistica and Tegist

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Your pencil ( Poetry)

Im in class and your pencil aches in my hand as I write on my paper. The longer it touches the paper the better it writes and that feeling of relief when your pencil last touches the paper. This pencil is your bicycle taking me to my destination.