Triumph over Adversity
Posted by: Miss W. in questions, tags: adversity, Cawthorn, Mandela, problems, triumphIn my grade 6/7 and grade 8 history classes, we have been looking at what it means to triumph over adversity.
How to overcome challenges?
How to solve problems?
Some names mentioned have been Vivian Bullwinkel - nurse and Prisoner of War (Australia), Nelson Mandela (South Africa), Captain Cook or early sea explorers, Sam Cawthorn (local Tasmanian) and people with eating disorders. After researching some of these people students wrote their own posts and then created a wordle about the topic.
Is there someone in particular in your country
or your family who you feel has had to overcome adversity?
Tell us a bit about them in a post on your blog or in a comment here on this post. Remember to be internet savvy and not mention full names if you feel they would not like it mentioned on the internet. If writing in your blog, make sure you add a link back to this post so we get a trackback to know where people are writing about this blog.
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August 8th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Hi Sue
This is Fiona Beal from Cape Town writing. I loved this post on triumphing over adversity. Here is South Africa we all respect and admire Nelson Mandela tremendously. It’s amazing how he endured so many years of imprisonment and hardship, and then became President of South Africa after the apartheid era with no bitterness in his heart. It’s amazing. I would like to mention another person from Australia who has really triumphed over enormous adversity, I think. I saw an article about him recently and then looked him up on YouTube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4uG2kSdd-4)
.His name is Nick Vujicic and he was born with no arms and no legs. He worked through many challenges, even went to University, and is now a motivational and inspirational speaker who has travelled to 19 countries. I think it’s so encouraging to read about people like this.
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