I haven't had the easiest life growing up, but I guess who has right? I grew up with an addict, a functioning addict but an addict. I also grew up with my mother and the siblings I know and love who have shaped me to be the strong young woman I am today. My personal development has come so far. I am now almost 20 years old starting to figure out who I am and what I want to do with the rest of my life. Throughout my personal life I have learned you have to get through the storms to have rainbows. Hard times pass you by and you keep moving on. I have been in behavioral health hospitals for anxiety and manic depression, I was attacked, had to deal with sexual assault not once but twice , have dealt with hard earned money being stolen by my father
As a young adult in high school I was given a lot of responsibility along with peer pressure to exceed my family’s principles. The first day of high school as a freshman, was overwhelming, stressful, and full of anxiety. I felt as if I had no one to count on including my family and friends. Felt alone most of the time and didn’t unspoke about problems that began to bother me emotionally, physically, and mentally. My problems arose freshman through sophomore year. I reached a point where I could no longer keep this a secret.
This time my friend was smoking. I made it clear to security that it was only her smoking. I no longer wanted any more trouble like that. Even though I had nothing on me, Mr. Knauber gave a choice of long-term suspension and hearings or withdraw and give up finals, and most credits. I lost most of that semester 's credits. Even though I was upset, I was also relieved. I transferred to Gilbert Sena High and began to try to make up my lost credits. I did all reasonably well at first, nevertheless, my anxiety about school was still severe. I wanted to make a change but was afraid to go to school because I would have anxiety attacks. I never wanted to ask for help because I was scared the teachers would be critical and unsupportive reminiscent of Mr. Steele. I was practically terrified to turn in work, especially in English because I thought that teachers would give me bad grades or degrade me for not doing it correctly. I ended up missing much of the first semester. I knew I had to do something about the fear and anxiety. I did not want to give up on graduating high school or let anxiety control me. I tried many ideas, doctors, etc., to help with my anxiety and nothing worked until I tried acupuncture. Right away, I began
Experiencing hard times is something that human beings endure at some point in their life: Death being one of them. Death affects everyone, whether it is a family member, a close friend, or even a pet, losing someone or something is still a hardship that is never easy to encounter. Gustave Flaubert said, “A friend who dies, it’s something of you who dies”. I could not agree more with this quote. Dealing with the loss of a friend so close to you, takes a part of you away as well. No parent should ever have to bury his or her own child and no thirteen year old should have to face such a loss at a young age, however, on April 21, 2011, my whole life changed.
I had planned to come to school with a better behavior. When the week was almost over, I ended up getting in trouble again, except worst this time. It all started in P.E. when we had to run laps outside. As I was running, there was a girl who tried to boss me around and tell me what to do. So I got angry and pushed her. She then told the coaches and somehow I ended up in the assistant principal’s office. Once again my blood was boiling, and I was ready to psych out. I was very upset and shamed because the girl lied on me and said I tried to beat her up. As I was waiting in the chair to speak to the assistant principal, I was thinking to myself about how much trouble I was going to be in, when I got home. Minutes later the principal came and talked to me. She first explained to me that I had never gotten in trouble before. After that she gave me a big lecture on what happened between me and the girl. She decided to call my parents and the teacher had to give me a mark in my planner. When I got back in the classroom the teacher wrote the mark and she realized I cut the other note out of the planner. She told me to let me parents see my planner and how I cut the other note out. I had to bring it back signed by my parents. Once I got home, my parents were waiting for me in the living room. Somehow they knew about everything I did. They even knew about the not I cut out my planner. So I did not have to explain anything to them.
‘Das Leben der Anderen’ (The Lives of Others) is a striking example of how a director can convey narrative links within a film by employing various styles and film techniques. The Lives of Others relies upon these visual means to assist with the telling of the story as much as it relies upon the script. In this selected sequence of the film, several narrative links are drawn here to form the conclusion of ‘Operation Lazlo’. These narrative links are further cemented by Donnersmarck’s use of various lighting styles, diegtic and non-diegtic sound, revealing camera shots and intricate mise-en-scene.
...Instead of going with the Stasi to search Dreyman’s apartment after the interrogation, he flees to do the right thing.
I left the conversation Saturday night really disturbed, feeling like this was some sort of burning bush encounter and that I was having a confrontation with God Himself in which He was trying to speak to me. I drove straight to Mecartney and then broke down and just started weeping uncontrollably. The feeling that I had just entered right there into the presence of God was overwhelming and I think for the first time in my life I got that feeling that people describe of being exposed before God and recognizing with horror their own uncleanliness, “Woe is me, I am ruined!” Part of it came from the dawning realization that my heart is a helpless mess that I can’t even begin to understand, and the only thing I could do was to plead with God to help me make sense of it all. I turned again to Psalm 139 again and prayed “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.” At this point I think I truly gave up all claim to know myself and turned fully to God, whom is described in the passage as the God who knew me completely before I was even created.
Privacy, “the state or condition of being free from being observed or disturbed by other people.” A concept which once had meaning and validity, however that concept is challenged today in modern day times as a result of technological advances. One may not feel observed or disturbed by other people, although with the introduction on interconnected devices, global position services, cellular towers, as well as with the internet that concept of being private slowly disappears. All the data transmitted through these devices are stored in databases, digested by algorithms, and served up for various purposes. The more we as a society move towards technology and easy-to-access information the less sensitive private data individuals retain. Previously as we seen in the 1984 German film “The Lives of Others,” in-order to spy on someone it required a fleet of tools, tails, bugged locations, and a
The feeling of being understood by another person at a time in life where everything seems to be falling apart or going wrong, can go a long way towards making sure they overcome it and can get back on their feet. Many people never create a connection with a teacher or someone who is much older than them, but I was lucky enough to do so with my study hall monitor Mr. Cyrprinski. Early on in high school, I had a ton of different worries about my future, and it constantly ate away at me. I was frustrated on a regular basis while trying to figure out how to create a career path, balance a social life, and still succeed in school. From the start of the school year, there never seemed to be a dull moment until that final bell rang in June. School was a personal hell for me. It stayed that way for a long time, until Mr. Cyrprinski began breaking down not only certain perspective flaws I had, but while also relating to me. Mr. Cyrprinski understood the importance of not only explaining the different facets of life to people who were still young, but carried a respectful tone that made you feel as if he truly cared about what someone may have been speaking about.
In a society where more than one-third of the population is victimized by surveillance, people are forced to choose: to betray or to silence. A secret police Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe) and a successful playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) in The Lives of Others are no exception. At first, they appear to be securing a firm stand. Upon Jerska (Volkmar Kleinert)’s death, however, they start questioning their stances. The movie unfolds as the two main characters become alike. Hneckel von Donnersmarck’s use of outstanding mise-en-scene and sound—especially the musical leitmotifs—powerfully persuades the viewers that the pursuit of goodness alone can bind two seemingly different human beings.
“ Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life ”.
In the end in order to achieve success within an individual's life, and become the person one would like to be, you have to go through tough times to become a tough person. Nobody wants to go through pain but in the end that is what defines a person and shapes who they are. An individual can only learn how to grow and flourish through life once they have been faced with hardships that they have defeated.
In today’s society individuals differ in many ways, some possessions becoming more significant in value than others. While there is a large variety to choose from I have chosen what has made an impact and affected my life the most, and arranged them in the top three of my list. I have placed God, my family and education before anything and everything else.
In my life an abundance of people has had an impact on me, especially my family. I grew up with my twin and two older sisters and growing up with three sisters has taught me many essential concepts and lessons including sharing and taking responsibility for the things that you have done. Even though at times it was tough to have an abundance of sisters, I enjoyed it thoroughly. I always had someone I could go to, and having a twin allowed me to have a friend at all times. In addition, by having older sisters, I was able to get useful advice about school and friends. I appreciated all the help they had given me and I learned to be grateful for the advice and attention I was given. Furthermore, my parents were able to teach me vital