Newt Gingrich

 Man of big ideas  by R.M
9th December 2011

 

Summary: This article is about Mr. Gingrich former house speaker from the Republican Party is a candidate for the nomination. And his thinking ability makes him different than other political leaders is what this whole article is about. Mr. Gingrich has come up with ideas that ordinary leaders would not come up with. And the thing is that the author of this article thinks that his ideas are nonsense. Mr. Gingrich has some great ideas for America to use the resources that is available. Although, Mr. Gingrich’s ideas are very interesting, his ideas and plans seem to fail according to R.M (author) as Mr. Gingrich’s idea include lunar colony that is for the moon to keep the earth bright even at night so that the street lamps or lights are not needed.

           

Response: I think that this article was really good not because the author of the article has criticized Mr. Gingrich, but for whom Mr. Gingrich is. I personally can relate him to my English class because, in our English class, we are meant to be critical thinkers which means that we think something that the rest of the world has not though about yet. And Mr. Gingrich also seem like a man who is a skeptical thinker and that makes me respect him more. Although, I am not really interested in political stuff around the world, the ideas of Mr. Gingrich has successfully made me like him as a person not as a political leader.

Words: 1) Aggrandizer

             2) Armageddon

             3) Predicament

1) Original sentence: Not only is Mr Gingrich not a problem-solver, he is a problem-aggrandizer.

Meaning: A) To increase power

B)   Enhance the reputation of someone beyond what is justified by the fact

    Origin: late 17^th century from French aggrendis

Sentence: Mr. Plonka not only was teacher till he became a aggrandizer and became the head of High school

2) Original sentence: Reading the Gingrich catalog, you get used to intimations—or are they threats? —of Armageddon

Meaning: last battle between Good and the evil before the Day of Judgment according to the new testament of the Bible.

Origin: from Hebrew “hill of Megiddo”

Sentence: In the RE class. Mr. Wilkins and the class talked about if the good or evil won the Armageddon.

3) Original sentence: he phrased our predicament like this: “America is the most energetic, resourceful and innovative nation in the history of mankind.

Meaning: Difficult, embarrassing and unpleasant situation.

Origin: From Late Latin and the Middle English.

Sentence: Pauline was predicament after the Facebook posting that she posted on people’s wall.

30-300-30 no.30!!!

You are about to write your future college roommate a letter. Please provide the roommate with a personal story that will give him/her some insight into your personality. (St. Mary's College, MD)

Dear Roomie,

I am Yamima Sharma and I am from Nepal. I study at Woodstock school in India and I am graduating from here. You may be wondering about why I study at Woodstock. Well, it is because it is an International Boarding school and I feel home here at Woodstock. I have been staying at dorms for four full years already although; I have had the same roommate even when we do have the choice to choose a roommate.

            I am sure that you want to know more about me. Well, I am a cheerful person and it is very hard for other people to be sad when I am around. Sometimes, when I am with my roomie and she misses her home, I always make her laugh and well she gets distracted easily. I am a devout Christian girl and I love playing the guitar when I am at dorms. And everyday, for at least about fifteen minutes, I do play my guitar to get over all the stress that I had at school. And then again, I am lively and jumpy. I love talking, but if someone needs some time alone, then I do let that person to have his or her time to them self. I am fond of cooking and baking especially; I love experimenting while I am cooking or baking.

            I am really looking forward to be rooming with you and also to have fun with you. I am sure that you also will have a fun time with me and who knows, maybe we might just room together for the whole time we both are at the college. Hope you are excited about this upcoming adventure that we are going to go through together. Have a great time preparing to join our new college.

30-300-30 No. 29

What is your favorite word, and why? (University of Virginia)

            OPTIMISTIC is my favorite word. I am a person that likes to be optimistic all the time. And the word OPTIMISTIC has been taken from the word optimism which means to be hopeful and confident about the future or some kind of successful outcome. As it says, it is hopeful and confident for something good it makes me feel happy.

            I am a person who does not give up easily and I always like to think about everything in a positive way. I really like taking things in a positive way no matter how complicated the situation is. I personally feel good when hearing the word OPTIMISTIC because the word always gives me and inspires me to have some kind of hope although at times things don’t go the way they are supposed to.

            OPTIMISTIC has been my favorite word since the day when my parents talked to me and taught me to be optimistic in a situation where there was no hope. And after the lecture that my parents gave me after the situation, things did turn out good and as I took the advise of my Mom and Dad. And then, I learned that being optimistic does help in situations that may not be pleasant at times. As a human being, everyone does suffer and every one comes across some kind of situations that is very unpleasant and difficult to deal with. And at times, I do come across very difficult situations that are not easy and requires lots of time and patience and yet it seems to be failing, but at those times, I have learned to be optimistic and that makes my solution for that problem easier.

            To be able to deal with complicated problems is a gift that I have got because of the word OPTIMISTIC. And as a teenager myself I would want other teens also to think about the word optimism because that does help to deal with problems a lot more easier although one may think there is no chance of hope.

30-300-30 No. 28

If you were guaranteed a steadily improving standard of living (in terms of buying power, free time, quality of goods and services, etc.), would you be willing to give up your right to vote? Explain.

If I was guaranteed a steady improving standard of living but had to give my rights to vote, then I would rather take the right to vote because I think that every vote counts to make the society or the world a better place.

I personally think that being able to vote or the right to vote is a big opportunity to be involved in one’s own country. I would want to have the right to vote so that maybe my vote would count and maybe the party that I support might be the ruler of the country. Like the saying little drops of water make an ocean, likewise each vote has the ability to make a difference in the world.  And having a power, free time, quality food would come automatically after I choose the right to vote, because I would know that the party I knew would be able to accomplish goals such as having good services.

            I am also sure that that having a improving standard of living cannot be guaranteed because it is impossible to do those sorts of things because, there are people with many different tastes. Also, I can guarantee that steady improvement is also impossible because of the things that are going around in the world. And I would be really proud of myself to be a part of the country’s activity and if by any chance that my party would win, then I would feel accomplished. And even if they do not win once, there is always a second chance.
            To give up good standard of living for the right to vote would make me feel very proud and satisfied. At the same time having the right to vote would give me more freedom because it does not mean that I have to vote every time, neither does it mean that I would have a life that is full of junk without good standard of living.

30-300-30 no. 27

Jogging has become extremely popular. Explain why you jog or why you don't.
Jogging has now become the habit of many people around the world. People have now started to jog for the benefit of their health and well, a popular exercise Yoga has made it even more popular.
     Staying fit is important for everyone around the world. And jogging is one of the exercises that is now recommended by people around the world. As fast food has been very common around the world, people enjoy eating fatty food therefore that has led in high number of heart attacks or heart related issues amongst people. Therefore, people go to doctors and the doctors recommend the patients to do some jogging. I personally do not go for jogging neither do I enjoy it.
     I do not enjoy jogging because, I live and study in place where there are many mountains, and therefore, there is enough exercises going on everyday. I do consume lots of junk food, but that does not make me want to jog because of where I live and the fact that I have no energy to jog because of the amount we have to walk everywhere and also the fact that I have lots of work adds on to the fact that I have a very busy schedule and that I do not have any time to jog.
Yes, jogging would be helpful for my health, but the fact that I am very busy as a junior in the school does not allow me to go for jogs. And the fact that doctors recommend it does mean that it is a good exercise and that it makes the risk of one having heart disease a lot less. Hopefully I will not have any issues with my heart so that I would not have to jog anymore.

30-300-30 no. 26

What are the most important extracurricular or community activities? What made you join these activities?

            Woodstock school, in India is my community now and I really feel very involved in it. As Woodstock is a boarding school, I am a part of the dorms and the activities that the school has. We have many extracurricular activities that are held by a group that is known as CARE.

            As CARE is an extracurricular activity that the school has for the community, I really like being part of it because it helps the community. CARE is responsible to organize social works that involves the students and the staff of the school as well. Through CARE we help children mostly, and other people that requires help from other people. And because of CARE I have been able to make new friends that are younger than me, and I have had opportunity to work, play and help Children.

            Also, as becoming a pediatrician is my dream, and this extracurricular activity that my community has involves children, has helped me to understand children and like children even more. Although, joining a CARE activity was first inspired by my friend. Her name is Shirly and she was the one who went to the orphanage and help out the boys from that orphanage and she asked me to try and come. Then, I first went to a CARE trip in 9^th grade. First, I was not that enthusiastic about going for CARE, but as I went for the first time, I felt like I needed to be involved in it more. And then after that I went for the next one and that made me realize that this would help me to accomplish the dream that I have.

            And I think that CARE is the most important community activity that I am involved in because of what we do. To fulfill my dream, I feel and think that CARE has helped me to even be sure of what I want to do for my future as my career.

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How have all your acquired experiences shaped your career goals?
            As a missionary kid, I have traveled around different parts of the world and have seen many things going around in the world as well. My goal for my career is to become a pediatrician. And the fact that I have been in many rural areas of the world has made my heart desire to work for children that are under privileged. 
            Getting to be a part of the helping aid has made my heart have even more passion for children that are sick and under privileged. My goal con be accomplished not only by just becoming a doctor and diagnosing and giving children medicine, but at the same time to play with them, and making sure that they get to enjoy their lives to the fullest. Having to get to go in a rural Village of Nepal, I started to have passion for children and that has led me to not be scared of them or, to get grossed out to play with them, rather, teach them how to do things correctly at the same time play with them and to be good friends with them and to have some good memories with them.
            To achieve my career goal or to become a pediatrician, my experience in a village of Nepal has helped me find or pick what I want to become in the upcoming future. Getting to know people especially kids with malnourishment has inspired me to become a pediatrician and serve people especially little children around the world. And being able to do some service with people has made my dream a lot more firm and I know that I will accomplish this dream because I know I can do it.