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ehens
ion

A.1.
Thewor
ds‘
fi
ni
shl
i
ne’
bri
ngt
oourmi
ndsnotonl
ythee
ndoft
her
acebuta
lsot
hef
ulf
il
mentofa
n
obj
ect
ive
.

2.
Thepoe
twa
ntshi
sfr
iendt
oki
ckt
hes
tar
ti
ngbl
ock
swi
tha
llhi
smi
ght
.

B.1.
Nooneha syetbeenca
rri
edtothef
ini
shl
inemea nssucc
essdoesnotc
omeea
sil
yorwi
thouta
ny
st
ruggl
e.Onec
a nnothopet
oatta
inone’
sgoal
withoutstr
ivi
ngfori
t.

2.T
hepoe
turge
shisfri
endtoputhi
she
artandheadi
ntoat
tai
ni
ngt
heobj
ect
iveheha
sse
tforhi
mse
lf.
Hemus
tpl
acehi
sfocusonthegoala
ndki
ckwit
ha l
lhi
smig
ht.

C.1.Thetitl
eisveryappropri
atetothethe meofthepoem. Onec annotspendt i
mei njus
twa i
tingfor
thi
ngstoha ppen.Succes
sc anneverbeac hi
evedbywa i
tingforsome onet ocomea ndhel pyout oatt
ain
theobjecti
veyouha vesetforyours
elf
.Youc annotkeepwa i
tingforsome oneelsetoc arr
yony our
str
uggleinyourplace
. I
fyounee dtoatt
ainy ourgoal
,youmus tputallyoureff
ortsinachiev
ingit.Onl
y
yourdeterminati
on,yourconcentra
tedeffortcanhelpyoutor eachthef i
nis
hline.Vict
ori
eswillnever
comet othosewhowa i
tatthes t
art
ingblockhopingtobec a
r ri
edtot hefini
shli
ne.

2. Thepe opl
ewhowa i
ttobec ar
ri
eda rethos
ewhodonotwa nttostrug
g l
eorme etc
hal
lenges
.They
giv
eupea si
lyanddonotha v
et hedeterminat
iontocar
ryf
orwar
dt hestr
uggle
.S uc
hpeopl
ejustwai
tat
thes t
arti
ngline,hopi
ngsuc
ce s
swill
comet ot
hemwi t
houtt
hei
rstriv
ingfori
t.Theyar
eeit
hertoola
zy
ortooc ompla c
enttodoanythi
ngtoa chievet
heirt
arg
et.

3.Yes ,If
eelonenee dstobr i
ngaboutac hangeofatti
tudei noneselftoprosperinlife.
Onene edsto
haveas enseofconvicti
ona ndbecommi ttedtoa c
hievi
ngs uccess
.Ifonefe elsthatthereisnonee dto
str
ugg l
eorg i
vesupea si
ly,onecannotprosper.Oneha stostopwa iti
ngfors omeonet oc arryonesel
fto
thefi
nishli
nea ndstartrunning.
Youmus tov er
comea nya pprehensionsyouma yhav eregardingyour
abil
i
ty,forthatcancompl etel
yunderminey ourconfi
dence. Youmus tdevelopc onfi
dencei nyour
abil
i
tiesanddoa llt
ha tyouca nt
oforgeahea d.I
tisnecessarytokickwitha l
l yourmight,puty ourhea
rt
andsoul i
na c
hievi
ngwha tyoudesi
reanddoy ourutmostt oa t
tai
ny ourgoa l
.

D.
1.a
.Thepoe
t’sf
ri
endi
sbe
inga
ddr
ess
edher
e.T
heper
sona
ddr
ess
edi
satt
hes
tar
ti
ngbl
ock
s.

b.
Bya
nempt
yhe
art
,thepoetmea
nsahe
artde
voi
dofdet
ermi
nat
iona
ndr
esol
ve.

c
.Thel
i
ste
neri
swor
ri
eda
boutma
kingi
ttot
hef
ini
shl
i
ne.

2.a.T
hes pe
ak e
rsaysthatachi
evementwil
lbeyour
sify
oua pplyy
ourmindt
othepathyoumusttak
e
andbel
iev
ede epdowni nyourhear
tthaty
ouc a
ndoit.Yourbodywil
laut
omat
ic
all
yfol
lowyourhea
rt
a
ndmi ndtoputyourthoughtsi
ntoacti
on.
b.
‘Puty
ourhea
dtoi
t’mea
nspl
ant
hes
tra
teg
iesy
oune
edt
oat
tai
nyourg
oal
.

c.
Ifonest
rongl
ybeli
eve
sthatonecanac
hiev
eone’
sgoal
andpl
ansone’
sac
ti
onsa
ccor
ding
ly,
thebody
wi
ll
ensur
ethatthepl
ansar
ee xec
utedpe
rfec
tl
ytor
eacht
hetar
get
.

Appr
eci
ati
ngt
hepoem

There
peti
ti
onoftheword‘bell
s,oft
hebel
ls’
lendsnotonl
yarhyt
hmbuta
lsobri
ngst
hes
oundofthe
bel
lst
oll
i
ng.Itr
ender
samus ic
ali
tytothel
i
nes.Therepet
it
ions
erv
esa
simager
ywitht
hesoundoft
he
bel
lsa
ppeal
ingtoouraur
alsense.

Wr
it
ing

Iama next
rovertbyna t
ureandI li
kebeingincompa ny.
Ienjoypart
iesandouting
swithmyf ri
endsand
myfamil
y.Mypa r
entsareproudofmea sIa mag oods t
udent.Asf
a rastheposi
ti
vetrai
tsinmy
per
sonal
it
ya reconcerned,Iamfriendlyandhelpful.Ihel
pmymot he rathomebylayingthetabl
e,
dus
tingt
hef urni
tur
ea ndk e
epingthingsinthei
rpr operpla
ce.Ineverdisobeymyparentsortal
krudel
y.
Atsc
hooltoo,theteachersneverha v
ea nycompla i
ntsaboutmea sI f
ini
shmywor kontime ,
foll
owthe
i
nstr
ucti
onsg i
venandc arr
youta nyresponsibi
l
iti
ese ntr
ustedtome.

Isoundl i
keapa ragon, don’
tI?Wel l
,farfromit.Iha v
eones eri
ousf l
awi nmype rs
ona l
it
y.Ispendal ot
ofti
met al
ki
ngtomyf r
iendsoverthephonet i
l
llateintheni ght.Thisispla
y i
nghavocwithmyhe al
thasI
donotg etsuff
icientsleepa ndIfeelt
ir
e da ndl
ist
lessinthemor ning.Notonlymypa rentsbutev e
nmy
teachershaverepea t
e dlyadvis
edmet og i
veupthi shabitofmi nebuts omehow, Ihavenotbe enable
overcomet hi
sflaw. Iha v
enowdec i
dedt hatImus tma keac ons c
iouse f
fortt
og e
toutoft hi
sha bi
tifI
havet oimprovemy s
elf.Otherwise
,allmypos it
ivet r
ait
swi l
l beofnous eforifhealt
hisa f
fect
e d,
everythi
ngisruined.

MyWor
dBa
nk

1.
empt
yhol
der2.
dus
tst
orm3.
hea
dac
he4.
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rtbea
t