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Greatness

For the remainder of the school year, my freshmen classes will be completing a project about what makes people "great" or praiseworthy. The first section is to write a research paper on someone they admire who would be considered "great." The restrictions were that there person could not be an active drug or alcohol abuser or have an extensive crimal history. Of course, they had to tell me the person before researching and got a 10 minute lecture about choosing a person you actually admire, not someone that is "easy." The list sounds like it will be interesting reading:
2 Oprahs; 3 Muhammad Ali's; Paris Hilton; Pat Tillman; Geo. Washington; C. S. Lewis; Dr. Apgar; Picasso (ok, he may have been a drunk, but at least it sounded interesting); Freddie Adu
Jose Cesar Chavez (boxer - it's a theme in one class); Nascar driver; Pole Vaulter; Archeologist
Marilyn Manson; Buddy Rich; and a bunch of people I never heard of (but seem to not be famous for drugs or crime)

The second portion is an interview of local "great" person and lastly an essay on how they themselves are "great" or will become so... all in all, it should be interesting reading.

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