Reading 10: Reilly, "The biggest Patriots fan"

     I really enjoyed this article! The story of Sam Berns is extremely motivating and moving, he's a sixteen year old stuck in an old man's body but he doesn't let that stop him from doing and accomplishing anything he wants in his life. I also watched the short video of when he met Tom Brady and the rest of the Patriots team, it was amazing of how calm and cool he was around those guys and especially when he did the breakdown. I know I probably would freeze up out of awe of all the amazing athletes that were around him. I had never heard of Progeria before reading this article, but I had seen a movie once where a guy started off as an old man when he was born and became younger as the years past, I kept thinking about this movie while reading this article.

     It was nice how Mr. Kraft invited Sam to the Saturday practice to meet the players of the Patriots and that he donated a large sum of money to the foundation in order to find a cure for Progeria. Sam Berns is such an inspirational person because he doesn't let his conditions keep him from anything he desires to do. There are too kids who are perfectly healthy that are just as Mr. Kraft put it "Woe is me" and who don't live life as full as Sam. I hope that a cure is found for Progeria because it would be a shame to lose someone like Sam, who truely makes the world a better place.    

Reading 9: Polling? There’s an app for that by, Tiara Brown

     The article this week was extremely interesting because it involves two current FGCU students. It's cool how people are own ages were able to create an app that could possibly be the next facebook. I agree with what Anton Nicola said that everyone is scared to do things, I am definitely a perfect example of this because when I come up with ridiculous ideas in my mind I usually blow them off and never ponder the ideas of them again. The lesson that could be learned from this article is that you never know until you try. This is how great inventions are created, take for instance the invention of the light bulb. Thomas Edison took a chance and the result is something all of us depend on a daily for instant light.

     This story inspired me, that you can pretty much do anything you want in the world if you put your mind to it. These two students are just like me, I can go out and do something unheard of as well. I doubt that it would be creating a really cool app, but hey you never know what crazy idea I will think of next. Next time, I will be sure to write the idea down!

Reading 8, Malala Yousafzai interview with Jon Stewart

     The story this week is incredible! For a girl, only sixteen years of age, making a stand to try to bring about changes to her circumstances is not heard of very often and never when the opposing side is the Taliban. I love how she said that if a member of the Taliban came to kill her, she would explain to him her reasons for education and even that his children would benefit from it. Then he could do what he wanted with her, I think we all wish that we have the kind of courage that Malala has, to be able to not fight and turn the other cheek when someone is trying to hurt you. I was also very impressed that Malala's solution to the problem wasn't war but education instead. It's hard to believe that someone such as Malala, who has gone through so much tradegy doesn't feel hatred towards the people who are responsible for these actions, instead she just wants to bring change through peace; a lesson we could all learn.

     Malala is completely right, the key to a brighter future is education. In America, it's really a shame because kids don't want to go to school or work hard for an education where as children in Pakistan would love to have this opportunity. Malala's story could motivate anyone, I believe. We should all take advantage of this great opportunity we have here in the United States because an education only betters yourself and helps you move forward and be more successful in the world. A lot of kids in America need to hear her story so they realize how blessed we all really are.