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JOHANNESBURG POST
ELA 2016
A PIECE OF ADVICE‌ In this issue our fans write letter to Aunt Abby. In this month’s issue we have the letter of one of our fans asking Aunt Abby some advice. Dear Aunt Abby,
I am writing you to expose my case. I am a 20-year-old young man. A year ago I met a 23-yearold girl. At first I did not sympathize with her, I did not like her, but over time I got to know her better and she started to attract me. Now it turns out that I keep thinking about her and I like her a lot. My friends have encouraged me to tell her how I feel about her. The problem is that she has a boyfriend. I have had the opportunity to express my feelings, but I have not been encouraged, since I think she is not interested in me. Please tell me what to do since I am confused. I like her a lot and I do not know what to do. I'll be waiting for your response. Sincerly, Desperate me
Dear Desperate me,
Maybe it's the first time you feel such a strong attraction for a girl, and that's why you think that what you feel must be true love. I must tell you that not all attraction leads to a good relationship. It could happen that a person is attracted to another person that is not the best for him.
Conveniently, people not only have feelings but also reason and will, that help us make the best decisions for life. Your feelings are telling you to tell her that you love her but your reason tells you not to, because she has a boyfriend. This time, you must follow the advice of your head and not your heart, respect them. Sincerely, Aunt Abby
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STORIES FROM LIFE
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y name is Brian Boyle, and I am proof that miracles happen.
A month after I graduated from high school in 2004, last year I came home from swimming practice and saw myself involved in a fatal accident with a garbage truck. For the impact of the violent collision, I had shattered my heart in my chest, shattered my ribs, clavicle, pelvis, collapsed my lungs, causing damage to each organ, my kidneys and liver stopped working, my spleen and gall bladder had to be removed. When I get crashed the resulting was in the loss of 60% of my blood, severe damage to the nerves of my left shoulder, leaving me in a coma being held by electronic equipment and medics for more than two months at the Prince Georges Hospital Center in Cheverly, MD. I have no memory of the accident, or of the few days before the date of the accident. The first thing I remember after the collision and that is still alive in my mind to this day was to be in a big white tube. In this tube was a boy sitting to my left, and many other boys and girls on my right side (I use the term boys because they seemed to be my age). I did not know why I was there or even how I got there in the first place. The longer I spent there, the more I could visualize my surroundings. The boy to my left had a cell phone, and asked me if I needed to call someone for me. I said "yes, you can call my parents and tell them that I love them." The next thing I remember is waking up in a hospital bed, chemically paralyzed and connected to all those machines. In the midst of all the whistles and whistles issued by the medical teams that were saving my life at that moment, I could hear my mom and dad telling me between dramatic pauses and crying hysterically that "everything was going to be okay." Suffering began They tell me that I died eight times while I was in the intensive care unit, and even when I woke up from my coma, I could not talk or communicate. It was not known for sure or if he would leave my room in a wheelchair or a morgue bag. As for my future, it did not exist.
Walking again would never happen for all serious injuries and because of the shattered pelvis. Thinking back to swimming was just that, just a thought. Like my body, my dreams were shattered. But did not I give up because I knew God had a plan for me. After I had spent two months in a coma, 14 operations, 36 blood transfusions, 13 plasma treatments, I had lost a total of 100 pounds and had to go to a rehab center in Baltimore. I had to learn to talk, eat, walk, shower, and live independently. After that agonizing experience, I had to go for outpatient therapy in Waldorf, Maryland. After spending a few months in a wheelchair, I took the decision to work hard to get back on the walk, I had been spending a lot of time in a wheelchair, so I started to give baby steps to walk on my own. It was a miracle, after much effort, I was able to walk again, but I wanted to prove to the doctors that I could not only walk, but also run. After I had succeeded, I decided it was time to work hard to get back into the pool. After a few lung tests, I was able to go to the pool a little every week. Before the accident I had three goals: going to college, swimming in the team, and competing in an ironman triathlon one day. After a few months of a few swimming laps here and there with my partner and the good training of friends, Sam Fleming, I decided that I was not going to let my injuries keep me from living my dream. Six months after I started my first year at St Mary's College Maryland and I became a proud member of the swim team. It was not easy, not then, not now. The pain and the agony were real and existed all the way through the good times and the very bad ones. My story is about recovery and return, but I want to do much more than that. I want to make a positive impact on the world. I want to motivate I hope to inspire other people through my efforts to never give up on their dreams and never stop believing and their faith in God, no matter how bad a situation may seem.
Adapted from http://academictips.org/blogs/miracles-happen-brian-boyle-true-story/
JOHANNESBURG POST
ELA 2016
An Interview with: D. Trump DURING AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH DONALD TRUMP HE PROVIDED US THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS:
Q: WHAT DO YOU AVOID DOING ON A DEBATE? A: Every time I enter a debate, there are many people who are waiting for me to make a mistake. Therefore, I have to be very careful and be careful with my words. Even if I am careful with my words, they are misinterpreted and put other words in my mouth, out of context my words. Therefore, whenever I enter into debate my advisers seek that I simply limit myself to answering what is asked.
Q: YOU TALK ABOUT A WALL TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE FRONTIER; DO YOU INSIST ON THIS IDEA? A: The idea was initially thought like a method to avoid the migrants entering the United States. Our country is thought to produce profitability for our nationals not for other nationalities. My idea is to block the entrance to every person that tries to enter our country.
Q: CAN YOU STAND PEOPLE SMOKING NEAR YOU? A: All human beings deserve respect, therefore we must respect customs. In my opinion, if I seek respect I must respect the people around me. For this reason, my point of view is that if it does not affect me I can interact with other people and other customs.
Q: CAN YOU GOVERNMENT PLAN?
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A: One of my first things to do in my government is to reorganize the cabinet. Everyone in this government does his will, instead of doing the best for the country. Everyone has to be focused on a goal, in this case the objective has to be that the country produces more than the quantity that is consumes.
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REMEMBERING MY TOWN AS THE YEARS PASS BY, IT IS INEVITABLE TO SEE CHANGES IN THE TOWNS WHERE WE GREW. READ THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE ABOUT HOW THE TOWN OF GUALAN, ZACAPA HAS CHANGED.
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I GET DISAPPOINTED WHEN PEOPLE DRINK, HAVE PARTIES AND DON’T APPRECIATE THE MAIN MEANING OF CHRISTMAS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY HAS JESUS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THEIR THOUGHTS. I WISH THAT PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS.
I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WHO DRINK ARE VERY IRRESPONSABLE ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS. THIS MONTH IS VERY DANGEROUS, AT THIS TIME IN THE CITY WERE REPORTED A HUNDRED ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY PEOPLE WHO WERE DRUNK. I WISH LAW COULD PUNISH PEOPLE WHO DRIVE DRUNK.
I LOVE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH MY PARENTS; I HAD BEEN LIVING ALONE FOR 30 YEARS. IT IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND WE SHARED WITH OUR PARENTS AND THEY GAVE US THE BEST THAT THEY COULD. I WISH PEOPLE DON’T FORGET THEIR PARENTS ON CHRISTMAS.
I LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WHO LIVE IN THE STREET, BECAUSE THEY NEED CLOTHES, FOOD AND SOME FACTS OF LOVE IN THEIR LIVES ON CHRISTMAS. I WISH PEOPLE WOULD GET ORGANIZE AND MAKE SOME CHARITY TO HELP PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE STREETS.