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This is an introduction to a student writing assignment based on the "This I Believe" series of radio and web presentations. It is an attempt to encourage students to identify and tell their own stories in an effective way.

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By: shia25 (20 month(s) ago) Private Comment

Your belief shows your status of mind.... have faith in yourself

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This I Believe :

This I Believe

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"Never has the need for personal philosophies of this kind been so urgent.“ Edward R. Murrow

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. . . terms like credo and belief trigger religious associations

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If our government begins with . . .

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then. . . who are “we?”

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In this room are a diversity of beliefs.

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Imagine what 300,000,000 different beliefs are like?

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Compose a personal credo that distills your unique approach to life into a short statement of no more than 250 words. Your challenge is to

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Articulate your commitment through your life experience.

consider this example . . . :

consider this example . . .

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“I believe in stories. Stories that live and breathe. Stories that are fruitful and multiply. That create stories within stories. Bring into being stories of my own. I want stories that provoke a powerful response be it tears, laughter, or thought. I desire a story to have a gravity of its own. If it’s not worth telling more than once, it’s not worth telling. It should continue to pull me back again and again . . .”

or this . . . :

or this . . .

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“I believe that music is a force that stands and beckons the souls of humans to step out of their secret places. . .

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. . . I have seen the power of a guitar’s voice as it draws out the souls of strangers in a crowd from under their superficiality and holds them spellbound as one. . . .

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. . . I have felt an overwhelming sense of unity fall over a huge crowd of people when the insightful artist reveals his sorrow, his frustration, or his overwhelming joy with a melody. . . .

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I believe in closed eyes and dim lighting, in tapping feet, concert halls, and heads carried up and down by the rolling swells of a melody. . .”

or maybe this . . . :

or maybe this . . .

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“I believe in the wisdom of the ages. . .

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My happiest place was sitting on my grandmother’s counter, while she was cooking, trying to memorize her cornbread recipe.

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I would sit on her powder blue carpet and run my fingers over the hand stitches of her many old quilts. . .

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. . . while the colored glass humming bird feeders on her porch made patches of purple and green move slowly around her living room.

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. . .Her wisdom slipped by so many, but I drank it in like sunlight. . .”

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Your assignment? . . . Tell your story be specific

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when was your belief formed?

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How was it tested?

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changed? how was it

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Think of your own experience

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Think about of your own interests

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of your family and friends

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tell of the things you know that no one else does

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Your story need not be heart-warming, . . . but it could be,

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it need not be gut-wrenching, . . . but it could be,

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it could even be funny…

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but it should be real.

be brief :

be brief be brief

name your belief :

name your belief

be positive :

be positive

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Avoid the royal "we."

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Use “I” . . . . . . . . a lot.

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be personal

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Don’t talk about what “others” should do or what they should believe . . .

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Say what drives YOU to make the choices YOU do

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Use words and phrases that are comfortable for you to speak.

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Find the words, tone, and story that truly echo your belief and the way you speak.

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What do you believe?

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