{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"35711028","dateCreated":"1299850212","smartDate":"Mar 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"Linndzy","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Linndzy","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1290198368\/Linndzy-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35711028"},"dateDigested":1531974011,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Lindsey Pent \u201cA friend walks in when everyone else walks out.\u201d","description":"\u201cA friend walks in when everyone else walks out.\u201d I agree with this because it is true in every sense of the word, and I and I think everyone in the world at least once, has experienced it several times. Those moments in life, when you feel alone, when you feel like everyone has turned their backs on you, like no one cares or understands. Those moments are the moments when true friends shine. It\u2019s in those moments when you figure out who your real friends are. A true friend is always there for you, good times and the bad. People that aren\u2019t your real friends, also known as the pretenders, will abandon you when the going gets tough, and when that happens, a truly good friend will always come along and help you through. Friends are the people that you should be able to turn to when the going gets tough. No matter what you do friends are always there for you. When you feel like you have really messed things up. When you think that everyone has abandoned you, and lost faith in you, friends come in and prove you wrong. Friends always show you the brighter side of things, they are there to pick you up when you fall and help you fight the fight. I know that no matter what I do, my friends, my true friends, will always be there for me when I need them. Even if you don\u2019t know that you need them, or if you don\u2019t want help, they will help you anyways, because they believe in you.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"35655082","dateCreated":"1299780385","smartDate":"Mar 10, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"nikki-wiki","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/nikki-wiki","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35655082"},"dateDigested":1531974012,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Nikki Mora's Response ","description":"You don't know what you've got till it's gone is a quote which I think everyone can relate to at some point in their life. I'm the only girl in my family, I've grown up with boys and since I'm the only girl in my family I've become more spoiled than my brothers and I've always wanted everything to be perfect and I would throw a fit if it wasn't. About 2 weeks ago I had one of the biggest reality checks I've ever had in my life. Instead of going on the school trip I went to do community service at a public school in Escazu. I was supposed to work with the entire kindergarten class but as I was walking into the classroom the teacher stopped me and told me about a kid in her class called Benjamin which suffered of Autism and to be careful with him. But as soon as I walked into the classroom he ran and hugged me and we became really close. As I started to learn more about him and his background I learned that he had been a teen pregnancy and that his mother never had time for him and he barely had any clothes of his own along with many other things. Since he had Autism he needed special classes he had to attend but his mother could not afford it and she was barely around in his life she always had him living at his grandmother's house so she could go around doing whatever she wanted to. This situation made me realize what all that I have and it made me appreciate all the little things my mom does for me all the time. After seeing this situation I'd rather spend all the money that I spend on clothes giving it to this kid who literally has nothing, or even paying for the special classes he needs.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"35614672","dateCreated":"1299723206","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"cfgonzalez94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cfgonzalez94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35614672"},"dateDigested":1531974012,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Carlos Gonzalez ","description":"The sudden changes in life can alternate emotions as quickly as counting one to ten. When one is blinded by emotions, one can honestly loose full comprehension on what is true in life. For example, when one looses something that has been in there lives for a great amount of time and has been significant; one fully achieves how significant that one thing has been when they loose it. When a human being looses something in there life, it\u2019s like taking out a piece of there soul and burning it. The loss of something is truly the worst failure a human being can witness. Let\u2019s say one of your closest relatives dies, picture how complex and sad the whole emotion can be. Picture your neighbor, or in other words your brother or sister dying right now. At least half of the human society that actually pictured the whole tragic experience happening, thought to themselves how tragic this experience might be. Some might just dash as fast as they could to go check on there relatives who they pictured dying and hugging them, I know I did. The reason for such reactions are based on the theory or idea of \u201c you don't know what you've got till it's gone\u201d. Being so costumed on having that particular thing or person just wondering around in your life, blinds you. One is so used to having the company of that particular thing, that they just don\u2019t know how life can change in a matter of milliseconds. Maybe all of a sudden your grandfather has a heart-attack and God decides to take him to heaven, one just doesn\u2019t know. This might seem as a very bias piece of work, but on the contrary I try to persuade anybody who is blinded to go out there and at least show some love to anything they might thing is significant in their life.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"35611938","dateCreated":"1299721089","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"ereiche","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/ereiche","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1226183145\/ereiche-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35611938"},"dateDigested":1531974012,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Kire R","description":"People never truly appreciate how lucky they are in numerous aspects. Instead, they start to take things for granted and do not appreciate the objects for what they truly are. As time passes by, such valuable things tend to get submerged into the giant ocean of the day-to-day life. While gasping for air, these objects lose value in our eyes, and are been to appear as normal, instead for what they truly are. Most of us do not realize that life can change in a second, taking with it some of our most precious objects which we didn\u2019t appreciate; until it was too late\u2026
\nI learned this lesson the hard way. It\u2019s truly hard to remember an event or a fun story during my first years of life that does not involve my grandfather. During my first ten years of life, my grandfather constantly tried to be a huge part of my life. Even though he already had eight other grandsons, he especially tried to be a part of my life. This concept sometimes ignited feelings of frustration in me. At the age of eight, and blinded by my lack of maturity, I couldn\u2019t understand why he acted this way.
\nAs the top commander of the Costa Rican firefighters and the proud owner of many animal businesses, he constantly had to make long trips to all over the country. Before each trip, my grandfather always only invited me to his awesome trips. He never invited my brothers or my other cousins. During these trips, we would spend all day running errands and spending time with people we mostly hadn\u2019t meat before. Even blinded by my immaturity, I could understand that my Grandfather had a golden personality. He always treated everybody with incredible respect and always had a smile in his face.
\nEven though this trips were real fun, I usually didn\u2019t want to go with him. My child-like mentality made me prioritize playing in my backyard the whole day on top of helping my grandfather in his trips and spending quality time with him. During this time, I didn\u2019t understand how lucky I was to have a grandfather that would love me on top of everything else and would do the impossible to spend time with me. These immature priorities made me purposely miss most of these awesome trips.
\nI never realized how lucky I was until it was too late. The day of his funeral was my turning point. At the short age of 10, I realized that everything could change in just seconds. I realized how special my grandfather was when I saw his funeral\u2019s magnitude. More than 400 people assisted his funeral, of which most of us only knew some of them. One of the most unforgettable images of this funeral was seeing hundreds of firefighters, close friends, and persons our family didn\u2019t even know cry as hard as I did. It was at this moment, where I realized what I had lost.
\nEven though my grandfather is not here with me, he has been an incredible influence on me. He has significantly shaped me and made me a better person. Now, I try to appreciate everything to its fullest; everything can change in a second.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"35607206","dateCreated":"1299717125","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"hansel.andrew","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/hansel.andrew","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35607206"},"dateDigested":1531974012,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"will's response","description":"Sometimes in life, you have a feeling in your gut that something may go wrong. Other times, you think that everything's okay. You have no idea that something drastic is going to happen and then it does. The saying "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong" applies in real life situations.
\nTake the Titanic for example. It was supposed to be the biggest most luxurious cruise ship at that time. It was scheduled to sail around the world. It sailed out to sea and then sunk and almost everyone died. During the WWI the Germans were going to purchase the LZ4 Zeppelin. It was supposed to make one flight to "prove it's worth" and as soon as it took flight, a storm broke out and it had to make an immediate landing. It crashed into a tree and burned up. The catastrophic event was almost the demise of the manufacturing of Zeppelins. Another important example of something someone tied to do that went seriously wrong is WWI. Germany just wanted a war to expand their territory. So, in 1914 they started the war and in November 11, 1918 Germany had to pay $30 billion dollars over the period of many years to compensate for the damage that they did to France. On a more personal note, my sisters first driving test was hysterical. Meredith took the written test for her drivers license and said that she "felt really good about it." However, when she got the results we found out that she only got one right on the entire test. I texted all of my friends right a way to tell them the news. She was utterly embarrassed. Luckily, she's passed the test and now has a learners permit to drive. All of these examples, large scale and small, show proof that anything tried will somehow fail.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"35598672","dateCreated":"1299710172","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"arifishman95","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/arifishman95","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35598672"},"dateDigested":1531974012,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Ari Fishman","description":"If asked if adults are obsolete children, I am sure that most of you would say no, since even though adults want to have fun, they are much more mature. I have to disagree with you, and consequently concur with the question. First, you have to consider the fact that a person is already physically-grown doesn\u2019t make it a mature person. The beard, the license, the job and the money don\u2019t mean anything when talking about maturity. The actual maturity is accomplished by being mature, and the act of being mature is defined as having reached an advanced stage of mental or emotional development. It is common to feel the arrogance of an adult whenever it refers to a kid. They always underestimate the power of the innocence of a child. Furthermore, the stereotype that kids only want to have fun, and is the only thing they do, is wrong. Kids also have concerns; they care about their fellow mates and are capable of understanding. As a matter of fact, while dealing with conflicts, kids often tend to have the calmer and wiser reaction. For example, it has been proven that kids while making new friends are capable of being nicer, gentler and more socially extroverted. Adults are cynical; they develop their own walls and only allow those who are \u201cfit\u201d to come inside. They judge with the ardor and passion of the Almighty and they forget that other people have feelings too. If someone has tattoos, then they didn\u2019t get enough attention when they were young. If someone is shy, then they feel insecure. It\u2019s all a vicious circle to see who has the biggest stick and who has the better salary. It\u2019s all a competition for adults, and still they say kids are the immature because they fight over everything. Well, it is ironic that adults fight over jobs, over relationships, over money and the shallowness of the world. Children can be more mature than adults and they have a view of life that surpasses the dreams and hopes of those whom grown weary of life. Adults are nothing more than obsolete children whose life is a reflection of what they cannot longer do, but can only dream of doing with all the wasted imagination and dreams.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"35596474","dateCreated":"1299708520","smartDate":"Mar 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"mekster","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mekster","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961126\/mekster-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35596474"},"dateDigested":1531974012,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"P DIDDY","description":"People mistakenly assume that whatever starts off bad will magically end in good. Suddendly, when things don\u2019t go according to plan, they ask themselves: \u201cWhere did I go wrong?\u201d People fail to see that life is not a slideshow of one picture after the next, where you can reset and readjust. Instead, life happens to be one uncut, raw, unrated film with no pauses and no rewind button.
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\nTake for example what once happened to a friend of my sister. It was my oldest sister\u2019s birthday, and as celebration she and her friends came over to the house. The ngiht was theirs, except for one simple detail: My mother had told them that she didn\u2019t want anyone drinking in the house. But of course, who gives a fuck. As immortal children that we are, we know nothing will ever harm us, not even a kind warning from the voice of the experienced. So, clearly, they drink, and it\u2019s not even to the point where they are tipsy, but instead, they go all the way. They empty out vodka bottles as if they were water from the last oasis in the desert. The Jaggermeister disappears into thin air as it corrupts the fragile liver of ignorant teenagers.
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\nThe thing was now out of control, but as a 14 year old, what was I supposed to do? They were so wasted that I was afraid they would kill themselves by jumping into the pool and being dragged to the bottom by the weight of their own clothes, which by now, was very little. They were brushing their teeth with a bottle of Jag, you know what I mean?
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\nSo, the next morning I wake up feeling like P. Diddy, and I go down to the livingroom where I encounter commotion. My sisters and their friend looked pale at the sight of my mother. They were quietly sitting as my maid pulled out the couch, filled with vomit, out of my sister\u2019s bedroom. Their friend, in her drunkenness, decided it would be a fun idea to throw up on the bed, which by the way, was about five steps away from the toilet.
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\nWhether it was the fact that they decided to throw a party at the house, or whether it was the fact they decided to break my mother\u2019s only rule, the whole night started off wrong, and it ended even worse.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"35544508","dateCreated":"1299647293","smartDate":"Mar 8, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"dmarin464","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/dmarin464","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1225941095\/dmarin464-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35544508"},"dateDigested":1531974012,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"daniel marin wiki response","description":"It is a common generalization that you don't know what you've got till it's gone. A recurrent example is family. People take their family for granted. In general, people go through their average day focused on their little bubble they call \u2018life\u2019 or \u2018the real world\u2019. However, bubbles fly away and eventually pop. People don\u2019t say, \u201cI love you\u201d enough, and many of the times, they don't call, or talk to their families. And one day, when a member of a family passes away, one regrets not having called them, or not having written them a letter. They start thinking of hat could have been done, or what they really had before, and know, it\u2019s all gone, forever. Another example is school. Unimaginably amount of people who go to school end up hating school, as well as seeing school like a boring prison and big waste of time. They resent homework and despise teachers. However, these people don't have a clue of how important school and education is, until it gone. If these people were to have school taken away from them, their whole future could be potentially ruined. Education is extremely important in order to get a job and do it well. It is important to know about life itself, and in fact be thanking the world that is has constructed a system of other people sharing and teaching their ideas to others. Learning is a virtue, and if you don't learn how to learn, then what is school for? A disguised example is one\u2019s shelters and facilities. The average person has access to food, water, light, a roof, a bed, comfort, communication, and fresh clothes. However, there are people in the world who can\u2019t eat or drink because of their location, their economic status, or the health. There are people who don\u2019t live under a roof and sleep on the floor as opposed to a nice, warm, comfy bed. People who have to wear the same torn clothes every day, and who share dirty water with animals in order to survive. People who sit around all day on their computer\u2019s surfing the web and ranting about how slow it is, while others don't even know or can\u2019t read or write to send a letter to their family. Whether it be family, education, or shelter, people don\u2019t know what they\u2019ve got until they lose it, and only then can they, at the very least, come closer to understanding the importance or virtue of what one has.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"35539122","dateCreated":"1299638830","smartDate":"Mar 8, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"AmandaTrejos","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/AmandaTrejos","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35539122"},"dateDigested":1531974012,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"amanda trejos","description":"You don\u2019t know what you\u2019ve got till its gone
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\nMost people don\u2019t appreciate what they have and take everything for granted. Humans are greedy and are always searching to obtain more and more but never really seek for the true meaning or value of their gifts or what they have in front of their eyes. It is harsh to think this way, but I agree with this statement. I never realized how important the relationship with your parents was until one day some strings got tousled and made me think otherwise. As a teenager you really don\u2019t want to get on your parents nerves or get them too worried about you because they will start asking questions and making you feel examined. You think they are just doing this to get you annoyed and mad, but what they are really trying to do is protect you from any harm that you may encounter. There comes a time in life in which your parents don\u2019t ask you any more \u201csilly\u201d questions and seem to let you be a free spirit. In this moment I felt surprised and disappointed of myself. All these years I have been begging for freedom and sovereignty, and now that I obtained it I wished I had my parents worry more and protect me more. The love a parent gives you is the only kind of love that no one else in this world can ever replace, and if you take it for granted and don\u2019t welcome it then it is very possible to want it back. This time it might be harder to acquire. This is why I agree with this principle and so I try to be grateful for every thing that comes to my life, because I know that maybe one simple thing can later become a valuable aspect that I can regret loosing.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"35523368","dateCreated":"1299623683","smartDate":"Mar 8, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"jsutton26","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/jsutton26","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1222961183\/jsutton26-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/35523368"},"dateDigested":1531974013,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"wiki- jonathan","description":"Adults are nothing more than obsolete children. Adults develop their lives safely; they break away from that which used to drive them when they were younger, but ultimately, adults simple become a corrupted version of their dreams as children. As children, we all enjoy the simplicity of live, we see the world as a playground at our disposal, but somewhere along the path, we become blinded to greatness. An architect becomes an architect out of some misplaced desire to draw, to imagine, to build with the tip of his fingers. A doctor becomes a doctor out of childish instinct to help others and be good and pure. Adults take their childhood dreams but transmit it in such a safe way. Their dreams and aspirations as youngsters fade away as they adapt into a world that does not accept innocence and playfulness, but that demands cold and calculated precision. The fun is gone and instead of taking risks, of not being afraid to get hurt, of not being afraid to experiment, adults embrace the reality of life. Kids place their hand on the hot pan to see whether it is hot or not, adults read the manual, they feel the hot air, they take precautions. This is the dream nowadays. Play it safe and check the pan without any risks, without any surprise. Great people were once children, and their jobs are defined by that great potential. That potential is only limited to what society accepts, one step at a time, and that potential is limited by the risks the adults are willing to take. To dream with the intensity and the vivacity of a child is accepted by adults, but to actually bring those dreams into reality is another subject. Adults may be fueled by the children within them, but they are not driven by that child. Adults are nothing more than adsolete children with dusty dreams.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}