tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post4402835511011334199..comments2023-11-02T01:28:14.306-07:00Comments on Sioux's Page: The Importance of HeroesSioux Roslawskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-21383171800124509792014-08-14T20:15:09.371-07:002014-08-14T20:15:09.371-07:00First, I'm putting Stone Fox on my reading lis...First, I'm putting Stone Fox on my reading list. And heroes...gosh, that's hard. But Mother Teresa's on the list and Father Damien who worked with lepers and eventually died of the disease. Rodger Young, a WWII soldier made famous in a Burl Ives song...Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, Martin Luther King, and Victoria Woodhull who ran for President (I just read a children's biographyCathy C. Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491874468936336577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-39681649452246751852014-08-07T02:31:02.328-07:002014-08-07T02:31:02.328-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03711551046745751578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-44750343555536451092014-08-06T06:51:31.334-07:002014-08-06T06:51:31.334-07:00Oh, Teri--
I'm going to stop reading the comm...Oh, Teri--<br /><br />I'm going to stop reading the comments (just kidding) because each one makes me hit my head and think to myself, 'Why didn't I include THEM?' You gave me three more to angst about... ;)Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-35138847065203002442014-08-06T06:32:05.002-07:002014-08-06T06:32:05.002-07:00I have so many people I admire. Authors, too many ...I have so many people I admire. Authors, too many to count. I love Anne Lamott too for her unflinching way with words. Toni Morrison comes to mind as well. It took her six years to write her first novel. The manuscript was subsequently destroyed by fire, and she started over! Also J.K Rowling, a welfare mom who took ten years to write the first Harry Potter. <br /><br />I admire Mother Teresa forAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308569005061192110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-34537874182706576582014-08-06T03:34:27.736-07:002014-08-06T03:34:27.736-07:00Mary--That's the thing about lists. It jogs yo...Mary--That's the thing about lists. It jogs your memory and sends your mind in all these divergent directions. Marcia made me realize I HAD to include Anne Frank, and other comments made me wish I had lots more wall space.Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-33068042414136301092014-08-05T21:55:04.915-07:002014-08-05T21:55:04.915-07:00Love the list, and realize I have a lot more readi...Love the list, and realize I have a lot more reading to do after thinking about all these great people!Mary Hornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962782269214823198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-72661909623851573292014-08-05T17:09:38.554-07:002014-08-05T17:09:38.554-07:00Eleanor Roosevelt was such an incredible woman. Ro...Eleanor Roosevelt was such an incredible woman. Rosa Parks, too. As I narrowed the list of my heroes, I tried to pick ones who were probably NOT well known to my students. <br /><br />I agree. When Anne Lamott writes, she bares her soul...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-57245939564261097432014-08-05T15:50:54.203-07:002014-08-05T15:50:54.203-07:00Oh, gosh. Well, Mae Jemison is now, for sure (I...Oh, gosh. Well, Mae Jemison is now, for sure (I'd like to learn more about her now). Eleanor Roosevelt. Rosa Parks. Anne Lamott (because she's so dang honest in her writing). Great post, Sioux. It's wonderful to be reminded of those who inspire us and fill us with awe. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-19721063501036067022014-08-05T02:56:45.832-07:002014-08-05T02:56:45.832-07:00Anne Frank! How could I have left her off the wall...Anne Frank! How could I have left her off the wall? Perhaps I have room for one more? (I'm hoping other comments don't make me hit my head like this one did, and I end up with 117 framed pictures all over my room and down the hall and into the gym...)<br /><br />I got to work with some excerpts from "The Diary of Anne Frank" and since it had been decades and decades since I lastSioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-6733245937659031432014-08-04T22:16:04.882-07:002014-08-04T22:16:04.882-07:00Anne Frank, her Dad Otto and friend Miep, Helen Ke...Anne Frank, her Dad Otto and friend Miep, Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan, Corrie ten Boom -- all writers and speakers of their times, all inspirational. Perhaps it's their honesty and candor, and humbleness.Marcia G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05401846609955732958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-5633386804470496542014-08-04T18:05:18.896-07:002014-08-04T18:05:18.896-07:00And I'm sure you already knew this: Elvis want...And I'm sure you already knew this: Elvis wanted to buy that song--he insisted on her relinquishing all rights--and she refused. Probably lots of people thought she was crazy, as famous as Elvis was, but she stuck to her guns...and then Whitney Houston came along.<br /><br />She has written loads of incredible songs, and is so irreverent when it comes to herself. But you're right. I thinkSioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-18672362800747618442014-08-04T18:00:49.748-07:002014-08-04T18:00:49.748-07:00Kim--I have not read "Unbroken" but I ke...Kim--I have not read "Unbroken" but I keep intending to. Perhaps you just provided the nudge I needed...Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-30480892159019910962014-08-04T17:59:56.652-07:002014-08-04T17:59:56.652-07:00Dr. Tom Dooley--what a great man. Cather--what an ...Dr. Tom Dooley--what a great man. Cather--what an incredible writer.\<br /><br />I've never read "Shane." I guess I should?Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-58690501526256987632014-08-04T17:47:14.981-07:002014-08-04T17:47:14.981-07:00Not so much a hero as an inspiration: Dolly Parton...Not so much a hero as an inspiration: Dolly Parton. She grew up in a shack in Tennessee, left on a Greyhound bus the day after she graduated to seek her fortune, and is now worth $450 million. She makes tons of money off the rights to the 3000 songs she has written. Like that little Whitney Houston tune, "I Will Always Love You."<br /><br />She's a do-gooder with that money. Her Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-64978260859676448072014-08-04T17:43:53.955-07:002014-08-04T17:43:53.955-07:00My dad and two of my brothers. George Washington. ...My dad and two of my brothers. George Washington. Roberto Clemente. Itzhak Perlman. Louis Zamperini. Amelia Earhart. Margaret Sanger. Maria Montessori, Margaret Mead. <br /><br />Hmm...not one writer in the bunch at the top of my head. Kim Lehnhoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516002280882854450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173456260059938165.post-53850354562110152432014-08-04T07:32:34.069-07:002014-08-04T07:32:34.069-07:00It has been a while since I read Stone Fox...shoul...It has been a while since I read Stone Fox...should put it on my reread list. Shane is what I taught and cried with each year. Jack Schaeffer was great western writer who never sent past Ohio...or so I have read.<br /><br />Heroes....Dr. Tom Dooley comes to mind...from St. Louis but you never hear much about his achievements anymore. Ike from Abilene...Jimmy Doolittle, fighter pilot...Willa Bookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043111213031211794noreply@blogger.com