Kristen #GoVilanova
12/21/2017 01:44:47 pm
This taught me that if you have a weakness you have a strength too. Sparky failed every subject and lost in every sport he played. Everyone knew he was a loser, even him. Walt Disney even turned him down. He had weaknesses and everyone knew it. However, he did something that not many people do with weaknesses, he used his weakness as a strength. Of course, his weakness was failing in everything, but his strength is the experience he had of being a loser. Many authors try to write a story about a kid that failed and had no friends. Their books are not as good as a person like sparky that experienced it. That is why "Charlie Brown" is such a success, it comes from an author that was exactly like Charlie. This video also taught me that just because you might of had a rough past doesn't mean that your future has too be the same. In fact if you are willing to, your future could be 10x better than your past. Its just like the other video where it says the only way you'll see change is if you change. Sometimes you'll think that your life is worthless and you will never change, but thats something called underestimating. That is you staying your comfort zone. You are made to go out of your comfort zone though. You are made to do the impossible. And you can!
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Caroline L.
12/21/2017 01:59:50 pm
I think that this is more of a motivational Monday video because just because Sparky failed every grade in 8th grade and lost the final match in the golf tournament he still did not give in.
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elsie
12/21/2017 02:31:18 pm
this was inspiring. i loved that sparky didn't give up even though he was a "loser"
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Lexie
12/21/2017 03:12:28 pm
This was an astonishingly inspiring video. I learned quite a bit! First off, never give up. As a child, Charles M Shulz was considered a "loser." He wasn't good in school, wasn't athletic, but he could draw. He failed all throughout eighth grade and high school, but then made his weaknesses into strengths. He started drawing cartoon characters. One of which was a little boy that was also considered a "loser" Now people and children everywhere read and watch this character and his friends. He is a household name, "Charlie Brown." I think everyone should turn their weaknesses into strengths. I think this because although some people think they are perfect and absolutely amazing at everything, but the truth is, humans are not robots which means it is impossible for us to be perfect at everything. Therefore, everyone has a weakness. They should take that weakness and somehow make it a strength. If you aren't athletic, you can use that! Take something you are good at and make it resemble someone who is just like you. BAM! If you did this or something else like this, you just turned your weakness into a strength! In conclusion, my message is to be just like Charles M Shulz (even if you don't make world famous drawings) and turn your weaknesses into strengths! What are you waiting for? It's YOUR turn! GO! GO! GO!
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Justin
12/21/2017 03:20:08 pm
This video teaches a lesson. I know this because it shows many details of motivation. I will be able to show how important the lesson is of the main character.
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Jake B.S
12/21/2017 05:09:41 pm
Sparky never gave up, sparky never fell down, even though he was a "loser", he never thought of himself as bad.
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Sebastian
12/21/2017 05:41:53 pm
This video shows that you should never give up. This is because sparky loved to draw so he created comics and he was proud of this work. He liked it and believed so much, he submitted some cartoons to the yearbook in senior year. He was rejected but he never stopped trying. After high school, Sparky submitted his work to Walt Disney studios. He was rejected again and dint stop trying. Instead, he thought to tell his own life in cartoons and it became successful and what you now know as charlie brown. This shows that you should never give up.
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Josh
12/21/2017 05:50:15 pm
He went through years of being bullied but he did not give up
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Lexie
12/21/2017 06:12:50 pm
Charles is so inspiring, being bullied as a kid and growing up to be a very famous writer is hard. Believing that he will never start or finish college, he did what he loved (drawing) and become one of the best writers world wide. He made his weakness into his strength. Even though he let people call him names, he kept drawing.
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Caroline B.
12/27/2017 08:37:47 pm
Sparky had a very hard childhood growing up. Everyone and even him made fun of him because he could not do everything like reading and math. He though that he would never go to college but he did. His love of drawing helped him. He made his weakness into his strength. You can do that too if u believe and never just give up.
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Mason
1/8/2018 12:02:14 pm
It is so crazy that a kid who got picked on turned out to be a very famous person as he grew up my favorite piece of his his Charlie Brown.
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Jishnu
1/22/2018 03:56:20 pm
While we were watching this I was amazed about how even though sparky was a childhood loser he still went on to make one of the most popular books in the world. He left a large impact on the world, I guarantee if you go around asking kids about charlie brown most people would have read it or watched the movie and at least have heard about it.
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Matthew
1/29/2018 05:11:19 pm
I think this is amazing how he failed not just once or twice, but a lot and still he didn't let that get the best of him. Sparky didn't just stand around and let people make fun of him, he kept trying until he succeeded.
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Larry
4/5/2018 06:33:18 pm
I think that Sparky teaches us an amazing lesson. He shows an obvious example of never giving up. His work got rejected more than one times but he kept on trying. His last quote is another very true statement, it isn't what happens to us that directs our lives it's how we handle it.
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Raahil
2/23/2022 01:33:38 pm
I think Sparky's story is amazing, because it really shows that you don't have to have amazing grades in school or be good at sports to have a good future, or a successful life. It also shows that you can't be just bad at everything, if you have your weaknesses, you have your strengths as well. It doesn't matter what titles you get, and it doesn't matter what others think of you. Sparky didn't have good grades, and he wasn't very good at sports either, yet he still went on to make one of the most well known comics/shows. He failed many times, yet he never quit. He had the title of 'loser' in school, and nobody thought he would amount to much, but because he never quit, and worked hard, he became extremely famous.
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Raahil
3/15/2022 04:25:29 pm
I love Sparky's story, because it really shows that it doesn't matter to get the best grades in your school, or to be the best at sports, and it matters about what talents you DO have and how you use those to your advantage in life. It also shows that it doesn't matter that it doesn't matter about the titles you get in life, because Sparky's title as a kid was a loser, yet he still went on to make one of the most well known and famous cartoons/comics worldwide. It shows that if you know how to use your talents well and are willing to work hard and never give up, you can do anything regardless of your grades in school and titles. Sparky failed multiple times, but he never gave up and became extremely successful in life.
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