The Courage of Children: Boston and Beyond XXX
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John Paul Morris<br />
Stefanie Machado, Teacher<br />
Keith Middle School, New Bedford, MA<br />
In my life, I have shown courage. <strong>The</strong>re are a few acts <strong>of</strong> courage that I show<br />
every day. <strong>The</strong>se are things that I do which make me proud, <strong>and</strong> prove me to<br />
be courageous.<br />
Every day, I show courage in my family. <strong>The</strong>re are eight children in my family.<br />
Because <strong>of</strong> this, we have to show courage on a daily basis in order to be<br />
successful. Some people might be embarrassed to have a family like mine.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y might not want to go out in public for fear <strong>of</strong> embarrassing themselves,<br />
but that is not the way that it is with me. I am proud <strong>of</strong> my family. I want<br />
people to see that you can have more than two or three kids in your family,<br />
<strong>and</strong> still be successful, <strong>and</strong> enjoy your life. Because I enjoy mine. Even though<br />
this family sounds challenging, it does not seem to take courage to be part<br />
<strong>of</strong>. I will show you by telling you the story <strong>of</strong> my day. It might seem miserable.<br />
Please don’t think that. I love my life.<br />
On the average school day, I wake up at around six in the morning. I’ll come<br />
downstairs <strong>and</strong> eat cereal with several other people at a crowded kitchen table.<br />
I will then read or go outside while being followed by my little siblings. When<br />
it is time for online school, I go to my computer. I sit there all day with small<br />
people behind me making loud playing noises. My mic usually won’t work so<br />
I will not be able to talk on the Google Meets. This forces me to type in the<br />
chat (embarrassingly a function that I just recently found out about) which<br />
takes a long time, <strong>and</strong> when I raise my h<strong>and</strong>, there is a lot <strong>of</strong> waiting for me to<br />
type. (I’m not that fast.) All day, there is stress, <strong>and</strong> it takes courage to keep my<br />
composure. I look on the bright side. I could have said: every day, I wake up,<br />
go to the kitchen where my favorite people are waiting for me, eat a wonderful<br />
breakfast, <strong>and</strong> then go to school while my little siblings yell playfully behind<br />
me. That is the way I have to think in life. <strong>Courage</strong>ously, <strong>and</strong> positively. It helps<br />
to know that with challenges come rewards.<br />
To me, courage is looking on the bright side. When things are a mess, clean<br />
them. When life is a mess, clean it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Courage</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Children</strong>: <strong>Boston</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Beyond</strong><br />
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