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(Chesley Sullenberger)
Chesley Sullenberger loved aviation from a young age. He joined the air force and became a great pilot. He even became an investigator of aircraft accidents with a few others. After he came out of the Air Force, he went into commercial flying. He had had nearly 40 years of flying experience, all leading up to this decisive moment. The route he was flying, U.S. Airways flight number 1592, was going okay when birds flew into the engine and the plane lost all thrust. Sullenberger could go one of three places: one, turn around and go back to the airport behind him, two, keep going until the next airport, or three, turn around and land in the Hudson River. He did the last one, and only five out of 155 people on the plane were injured. He is considered a hero, and I believe that he fits Campbell's version of one too. He dedicated his whole life to flying and safety of flying. He went through his rounds to come out a well-known hero in modern age. He was given many awards and rewards for his great feat, but most of all, gained the experience and knowledge from sucessfully landing an airplane on the Hudson. Overall, Sullenberger is a great modern-day hero who even fits Campbell's description of one. Info: // Chesley Sullenberger //. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesley_Sullenberger Photo: Froum, S. J. (Photographer). (2010). // Miracle on the hudson //. [Print Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.drstuartfroum.com/blog

(My perfect world)
In my perfect world, there would be many people, place, and things to meet and see. I would love for there to be many different cultures so that way many things can be learned from working together. There would be a very complex economy with many investors. There would be disputes between countries and many different sides. There would be war and many other ways of nature taking its course: the strongest survive. I would only be one unimportant person in the major system of the world: only trying to survive and make it to the top of the economical and social ladder before death. I would have many friends and enemies because what are friends without enemies? Actually, my perfect world is right here. Maybe this is because this is the only world that I can make sense. Or, maybe it is because this is my only REAL world. I also believe that if one thing is changed for the "better", others will go terribly wrong and the good would be outweighed by the bad caused by the good. Overall, I like my world how it is, even with all its imperfection, it's perfect, and real.

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(The God Teacher...My Two-sided Gift)


Many of the people in my class probably do not know that I, like the kid above, have a longboard and I ride it very often. The gift of being able to ride well, not having broken a bone yet, is what I enjoy about longboarding. I have bought a few and made some too throughout the past year. I only have two good boards left. I have many other things that go with them like multiple pairs of trucks and sets of wheels. Through all of this, I have had much fun and exercise. This is also a very painful sport when one falls, especially at high speeds. I have heard of serious accidents, some even involving my friend and a badly broken wrist, but have never personally experienced one. Even with the risk of fall, good balance serves me well so the risk of falling is less than the payout for me. Overall, this sport is very exciting, but has its risks, which I willingly take to have some fun.

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(My loss of Innocence)
(I do not believe there is one picture that can explain this, that is why there is not one.) I have had a major turning point in my life when I realized that there is more than just me and my life. I went to Kenya, Africa for a mission trip over Thanksgiving break in 2008. I saw how similar the cities Atlanta and Nairobi are, all up until I saw the outskirts of the city, the slums. There were about 20 huts in the area that my own property takes up. This in itself was staggering, but they were all in terrible condition, especially from the recent fights from the elections. There was even a fire that went through the slums from these fights. Also, after we got past the slums, there were antelope around the road. We could not trust the city water there and had to brush our teeth with bottled water. We went on a safari and saw many different animals, including lions from about 10 feet away. We saw 2 hippos fighting, one spraying his "waste" at the other. All of this very exciting and nice. Now, the reason we were there was to catch up with the people that received cows from the "Cows for Christ" project, where a family receives a cow to get milk, calves, and meat from to sell and eat. These people were very interesting and each life was so different from the others. Most of the people lived in mud huts, but some in brick buildings, and one even in a public schoolhouse where she taught. The people were so thankful for all that the church had done, they all were very nice too. We also visited one of the three well drilled by the Rotary Club and another organization. The number of deaths in the place we visited had dropped from about 30 PER MONTH to 2 just because they had fresh water, not just their stream, with all its diseases! All of this was very eye-opening, but all second to the orphanage we visited. First of all, they had a school, but not like you and I think of one. It was empty except for books and desks. The dorms had mosquito nets over the beds, and holes in the ground for toilets. They did have a computer lab and a sewing room, but not much else was high-tech there. They had a well, cattle stalls, and even a pharmacy/nurse's office. The sad thing about this is the nurse's child was sick with malaria and she couldn't pay for the meds. The orphanage was out of money, so she was basically working for free. The medicine cost 1000 shillings, or about $13. Our group anonymously paid for the meds, but it was still sad. We looked in the grain storage room: only one bag of half-spilled grain on the floor. I even decided to bring my leftover Halloween candy to give to the kids at the orphanage. Picture what you do when your teacher gives you candy, you probably eat it. Every one of these kids saved it. EVERY ONE! All of these things that I saw on my trip to Africa I believe took away my innocence of the world and how there really are worse off places than one thinks. Overall, I believe that my trip to Africa was the main loss of innocence and gain of knowledge in my life that I have had so far

(Nursery Rhyme)


**Rain Rain go Away poem** Rain rain go away,

Come again another day.

Little Johnny wants to play;

Rain, rain, go to Spain,

Never show your face again!

This popular nursery rhyme is based off of the time when the Spanish tried to conquer the English and lost because of bad weather. The time is when Elizabeth 1 ruled. The point of the rhyme is that the English people wanted the Spanish gone so that "Little Johnny" could go out again. Johnny (The English) has to face the loss of innocense that there is a war out there, but that there is "evil"(The Spanish) and that he can't ignore it. The rain is really the Spanish armada, which the English hate, so they say "go to Spain and never show your face again." Basically, this nursery rhyme is very popular worldwide despite its English origin.

Lyrics Source: // Rain rain go away //. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.rhymes.org.uk/rain_rain_go_away.htm Picture source: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcShH5EyN-qyxlLd0y4kWMz7RD7tACm-Fwl_krVZ5YcStm62V4g1

(The Flood Poem)
There was once a world That was pleasant, for there was no clashes. Until something went very wrong, someone along the way invented matches. As this place turned worse and worse, From above warnings came in flashes. These said that something bad was to happen, that the world would soon be ashes. Then there was a disaster, but all I heard was crashes. I couldn't do anything about it, Just had to see the bombs' dashes I did not care, for that would only lead me to follow the fascists. But in the end it did not matter, for we all went out without any bashes. I was not like any other Flood characters, having no opinions and no actions. I just sat through it, not eager nor sad, just plain. Picture Resource: (n.d.). Retrieved from https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSL1pi7BuLMq7ddfPkP32fprrLG2IkD7vvPE-4jGUNQJeVU8G3oSg

(Changes in the stories)


In the story of Midas, there were three main transformations. One of them started out as a reward for Midas's hospitality to the gods. This soon turned evil as he wished for gold touch. The gods warned him from taking this, but with stupidity and greed, he did not heed their warnings. Midas soon found out why the gold touch is bad, but to repair himself he had to repent to the gods and he then got his ears turned into donkey ears. After that, a servant whispered this secret into the ground, which then sprouted plants that whispered the secret all of the time. After everything, all of these transformations were punishment for the king's greed. Picture source: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://key-universe.blogspot.com/2011/01/midas-myth.html

(Changes in our world)


I think that the most prevalent metamorphosis in today's world is how everyone moves so fast. There have been many comments on this fact, even commercials, but it does not diminish the fact that everything from gadgets to styles are constantly going out the door. Things like smartphones and technology in general have come a long way from just a few years ago when most phones were just not as good as they are now. Also, things like clothes, activities, and hobbies shift in the blink of an eye. I believe that these are the most prevalent changes in everyday world. Though they are continuous changes, not sudden, they are still very big, for our world is completely different today than it was even just a few years ago. Photo source: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2011/05/04/how-china-recycles-millions-of-cellphones-every-year/

(My favorite season)
My favorite season is Fall. This if for the wonderful feeling of freshness, not too hot or cool, like Spring. I would like Spring more, but there is pollen and many changes in the weather in the Spring. Winter is too cold and dry, while Summer too humid, not wet, and hot. All of this leads me to appreciate fall for its gradual decline into the colder season. I also find that I do besti in the second quarter of school, for I have found my rhythm in academics, but not started slacking off yet. As an archetype, the fall is very cleansing as it reminds me of my goals in life, for sometime I forget and need a less aggressive voice in life, but to not let too much pass over my head. Overall, I love fall for all of its relaxing factors such as the weather and my general mood at this time of year. Picture source: http://gocanada.about.com/od/canadatravelplanner/tp/fallfoliage.htm

Assignment #10(Evaluation)

Life, as we have learned, is a cycle of life, maturity, death, and changes which all allow us to grow to our maximum ability before our death. All of the archetypes in //Man The Mythmaker// come together to represent this cycle. We start off with the beginning, where everything is perfect and gradually gets worse until destruction is needed to restart. This cycle can be a model for anything one wants it to. It could be applied as everyday being a new opportunity at life, or a whole universe's cycle. This is why these ideas are called archetypes, for they can be applied universally. Overall, This unit has helped me to see the side of life where the focus is not on you, where you are only part of the system, blending just as well as all the others. But, through all of this is where our word extraordinary comes, an ordinary person that is only just the slightest bit over that, how one man can stop the flood, or that the whole sea of hope commands a god to stop his actions. How one man who demonstrates his abilities is told to have awed the world by walking on water(if one chooses to believe it). Or how one child's idea in class sparked so many ideas that soon the whole class is the leader of their own minds, knowing that all they really know is an insightful answer to one simple question, yet understanding so much more than that. It says that the little things as well as the big, conserved as well as the broad, can all have equal weight to keep the world spinning. This is all a whole relationship going on right under our very noses, yet having no scent, so as to not let us see or smell it until we have ideas like gateways into a whole other world to see this wonderful place. I believe that the key is an open mind, and the other world is really just our world from different perspectives. It is things like these that makes the word focus both ways-that one can be both part of the crowd, yet leader of it too. It is a very complicated concept that needs many counterbalances to exist as it does. But this is our world, so complicated, but so simple if one is ignorant to anything larger than himself. I think that this is the reason we have read this book, to offer us a clue to the bigger picture, but one can only choose to follow that clue on his own.

Picture source: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.entrepreneurshipsecret.com/business-succession-planning-and-the-business-life-cycle/