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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th President of US

What does it say?

What does it mean?

Why does it matter?

Say- This saying that most people that are happy all the time because they have a happy mind.

Mean- This means that happiness starts from someone mind.

Matter- This important because people that are happy always have their mind to be happy and not to show any other emotion.

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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Dale Carnegie 
What does it say?
What does it mean?
Why does it matter?

Say- This mean that if someone be themselves or doesn't act like another person you will meet more people.

Mean- This means that people are interested in other people that act themselves not someone that acts like another person.

Matter- This is important because people like someone who are themselves not someone else they don't want a person that acts like another person.

 Write --What does it mean to be a good person? 

Being a good person requires for you to be respectful,kind,trustworthy, and responsible. 

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 Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back. Thomas Sowell (1930- -            ) Creators SyndicateWhat does it say?What does it mean?Why does it matter

Say- This saying is that if a person is polite to someone then that person will earn their trust and then that person will have people that will trust him/her.

Mean- This mean that a person that is giving politeness and consideration to another person that person will give the same or will return the favor.

Matter- This is important because if a person respects another person the other person is going respect the other person.

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7. My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular. Adlai E. Stevenson Jr., (1900- 1965) US diplomat & Democratic politician

What does it say?

What does it mean?

Why does it matter?

Say-This is saying that in a society,people that are different are allow in the society because everyone is different.

Mean- This means that no one is higher than another  person.It also means that unpopular people are part of the society.

Matter-This is important because everyone is equal and no one is higher than another person.

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4. To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act. Anatole France (1844-1924)

What does it say?

What does it mean?

Why does it matter?

Say- It is saying that if we dream to things then we have to work hard to accomplish those things.

Mean- It means that everyone has dreams and everyone has to work hard to accomplish those dreams.

Matter- This is important because many famous people had dreams to being famous and today these people are famous because they work hard to accomplish this goal.

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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as writing a poem. Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

*Tilling – making rows in soil to grow plants

*prosper—be successful

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MATTER

Say- This means that there is dignity in all work and everything we do deserves our  best effort.

Mean- That we should be proud of what we do because you putting your whole effort into it.

Matter- This is important because everybody do different things and everybody put their whole effort to do those things.

Write: Can people change their futures? Use evidence from the poem, article, or both to support your argument.

People could change their future if they want to. For example, the girl in the article "Taking the High Road" change her life after she drop out and had a baby. Ms Jones  or she said, "I don't have nobody, so for me to do it by myself and not have anybody telling me to do it, it shows I'm really trying. Ms Jones graduated from the Clemente course. This important because this shows how people change over time.

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. Harper Lee (1926-  ), To Kill a Mockingbird, 1960 

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Says- The quote is saying that having a gun or weapon doesn't make you courageous being brave makes courages.

Mean- This quote means that people with guns are not courageous.

Matter- This quote matters because without courage in you you're not going to have much respect from other people.

1.  The film is a modern interpretation of the text, which was written in the 1600's. What did you understand or find confusing? What connections can you make to your history class? 

The thing I understand that in the beginning of the movie the it looked like the people were in war with other people and a lot of people where dying and getting injured.

In my history class we are talking about WWII about how all the world is at war.