Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Years before becoming the world's greatest miler and two-time U.S. Olympian, Glenn Cunningham nearly died in a schoolhouse fire that claimed his brother's life and left his legs so badly burned, his doctor wanted to amputate them. It was feared the seven year-old boy would never walk again. But Cunningham endured the incredible pain and horrible scars and month after month exercised until he could stand on his own. After nearly a year of exercise, he learned to walk again, and in his words, "by the grace of God, I learned to run again.
"The Kansas Flyer" set world records in the mile run (4:06.8) in 1934 and 800 meters (1:49.7) in 1936. He received the coveted Sullivan Award in 1933 as the country's top amateur athlete, finished fourth in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics at 1,500 meters and won the silver medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In 1938, when Cunningham ran his fastest mile in 4:04.4, he owned 12 of the 31 fastest mile times on record. Less than ten years after his accident, he joined the Elkhart (KS) High School track team. As a senior, he won mile run titles at the KU Relays, state outdoor and the National Interscholastic meet in Chicago where he set a world prep record with a time of 4:24.7. Running for Kansas University, he won six Big-6 mile run titles, two NCAA titles and 10 AAU national titles. In 1978, Cunningham was named the outstanding track performer in the 100-year history of Madison Square Garden. Inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, 1979.
I think that he is brave enough to stand up agian when he fall not everyone can do it and he doesn't give up. Even if others think he is going to die, he still fight back for his life.
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Friday, September 23, 2005
After recess, we went to the English corner to do some acting. I didn't act but I watch the show, it was great and in every story there's a moral. Of course, every story have it's own exciting parts.I hope to go there agian it was funny watching my friends acting when they wore the mask.
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Thursday, September 22, 2005
This is a poem by: Lewis Carroll
How doth the little crocodileImprove his shining tail;
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
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Friday, September 16, 2005
Jane! Don't read in the dark
My mother barks
Jane! Don't sit near the TV
My mother screams
Jane! Take a vision break
Oh mum! Give me a break
I care for my eyes
I remember your advice
Thank you mum
I can see better!
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Saturday, September 10, 2005
Yesterday, my mother and I went to the National Library this is not my first time there I’ve been to the old one before but only once. And now they build a new one and tear of the old library and I have been to there twice. Yesterday was my second time there. After that we went to the nearest MacDonald’s restaurant and ate the burgers. Then we went home. I enjoy the trip to the National Library although it was not my first time but it was fun!!!
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Sunday, September 04, 2005
Veronica Ving loves to warble and singas she dances and spins like a top.
She yodels and croons like romantic raccoons.
We've complained but she simply won't stop.
Veronica chirps and she gargles and burpsas she wiggles her hands in the air.
She jumps up and down like a rodeo clownwhile the rest of us sit there and stare.
Veronica chants as she breaks into dance.
It's like watching a crazy burlesque.
We try to be kind, and I don't think we'd mind,but she does this in class on her desk.
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