Everyday Hero Stories

Where did your values come from?

We've all had people in our lives who have made a positive impact on us. A parent or grandparent, a sibling who was there for us, or maybe even just a guy who shines shoes for a living? Whoever they are, tell us their story so they can inspire us even more.

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ENCOURAGEMENT
ENCOURAGEMENT Encouragement When my teacher was asking us to think about someone who changed our life I right away thought of my cousin Angela. Once when my cousin was younger she was a straight “A” student. She always told me “Andrea stay in school its good for you”. “After everything it will be worth it you’ll...
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MOTIVATION
MOTIVATION Motivation I am walking in the school halls, going to class, talking to my friend. Then I turn around and I see a girl walking. Right away I notice that she is pregnant. I suddenly remember about my cousin’s wife, Adilene. I remember the first time she talked to me. She said “Hi”, and “Hey” was my response. She...
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MOTIVATION
MISS MILLER Ever since I was a little kid in elementary school I was never good at school, I hated going and I hated everything about it. All through elementary school I had trouble and I was held back in 4th grade. So I was behind everyone I grew up with. But when I moved to Utah in 2012 I was bumped...
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OVERCOMING
MY HERE: NANCY PEREZ My hero: Nancy Perez My sister and my mom are kinda alike. They both are struggling to raise kids by themselves. My sister got pregnant at an early age. Before she got pregnant she dropped out of high school. Then she kinda pushed my mom away. “Mom, I don’t really need your...
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HELPING OTHERS
HELPING OTHERS Mathu Hodges 4a MS a 5/22/14 Helping others 11:35 and the bell thank god I think to myself as I walked to the lunch room. Lunch started out like any other, I had some money so I and my friends went to get a pizza. Then on the way back we ran into the kid named hennery. “Can I bum a dolla of you my mom lost...
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HONESTY
HONESTY Honesty My cousin and I are watching TV. While we watch he tells me he is tired of watching T.V. “Can we go do something else?” he asks. This reminds me of one time when I was outside with my dad. Suddenly I remember when my dad and I were outside, and he was teaching me tricks. Then my mom came outside and...
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SACRIFICE
SACRIFICE Sacrifice During the 2nd semester of 9th grade, there was a new kid in our math class. The new girl was introducing herself to me. “My name is Kaehalani,” she told me. “Oh….my name is Mckayla,” I responded. She mentioned she was from the Islands of Samoa and it...
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CARING
CARING My Hero My aunt moved to Utah from Arizona to find a better place to live in. She did not like Arizona cause it was too hot there to live. Later she moved into my house in West Valley City. She now has switch and now got a job a new home here in Utah. My dad and I moved in with my aunt in her new Home she...
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CARING
CARING My Hero My aunt moved to Utah from Arizona to find a better place to live in. She did not like Arizona cause it was too hot there to live. Later she moved into my house in West Valley City. She now has switch and now got a job a new home here in Utah. My dad and I moved in with my aunt in her new Home she...
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CARING
CARING When i was little my dad lost his job. So he was very depressed each day. The bills started to go up and it was harder for us to pay for our rent. That was back when my aunt was just moving to Utah from Arizona. My aunt just moved in with us but my dad lost his job. My aunt has been saving money up for such a...
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CARING
MY HERO I am sitting in class and a new student went in and he later was alone he was sitting by himself in lunch he was tall with glasses looked lost and that reminded me of Edgar. School was going to start I had moved schools. And I didn’t know anybody I was scared and nervous so the school’s name was Academy Park....
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FRIENDSHIP
FRIENDSHIP Friendship One of my sister’s friends is sitting at this quince. Just by looking at her you could tell she isn’t very comfortable. She is sitting there with mean looking face. She gives everyone a really dirty look. This reminds me of the time I was in the same situation. My friends had planned to go to a...
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SACRIFICE
SACRIFICE In class, I saw a teacher helping and encouraging a student. Suddenly, it reminds me of how my mother took care of use and worked really hard for us. It was in Myanmar, when I was four. My father passed away because of sickness and left my mother with two children. It was me and my brother. Since she can’t...
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COMPASSION
COMPASSION When I look at my cousin Pierre, I am reminded of who I was in seventh grade. He is always in trouble and he doesn’t really talk to his family. “Sharon, I don’t know what to do anymore. He don’t listen to nobody.” says his older brother. “Don’t give up on him. That’s the worst thing you can do, especially when he...
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LISTENING
LISTENING Ms.A 1A 14 May 2014 Listening When I moved down to Florida, I moved because of some issues I was having in Utah. There came a time when I was in Florida that I had nobody to talk to. So one day I got to finally meet my dad’s part of the family they were honestly as sweet as honey. At first I did not...
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LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP Leadership As I sit in geography class talking about racism, violence, and segregation around the world I think about one man who had really changed the world and stopped segregation. That man’s name is Martin Luther King Jr. He was known for his many great speeches like “I Have a Dream” and “I’ve Been to the...
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HARD WORK
DONT TAKE PARENTS FOR GRANTED One day my dad came home from work really tired. I didn’t know he was tired so I asked him if he can help me train. He told me he was tired and that he didn’t want to train me. I insisted for him to help me but then I remembered something. His work it is very difficult. That reminded me of the time when I...
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COURAGE
MY HERO ESSAY My Hero Essay I’m walking down the hall when all of a sudden a kid stops me. The kid asks me about the scar on my arm. Then I start to think back to when the accident happened. I was in a tackle room hanging out with my friend, Brady J and my sister. After watching TV for a while me and my friend started...
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PEACE
VENGEANCE SOLVES NOTHING Vengeance Solves Nothing In my welding class, nearly every day, a group of punks walk up to me and start screwin’ around like a bunch of monkeys. They make fun of me, nudge me, and don’t stop bugging me. The rage inside of me boils like that of a volcano. Only one man can share this feeling: Kratos, the God of...
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BEING THERE
FRIENDSHIP It is my first year in high school and as I walked to my class I can hear all the kids around me talking, yelling, and texting before class starts. I look at the time on my phone and the bell rings. I am far across the side of the whole school from where my class was and there is a swarm of kids bumping into...
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RISING ABOVE
"RISING ABOVE" AS IF WRITTEN BY DANI JOHNSON First of all, my name is Dani Johnson, and I grew up in a home filled with drugs, violence, abuse that varies, rape, and poverty. Now, I am a multimillionaire; but before my success, “I was a fat cocktail waitress, with what seemed like no hope or future.” As a child, my step father would sexually, verbally, and...
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KINDNESS
KINDNESS Andre Yatta 1B 14 May 2014 Kindness My aunt Gina would be one of the nicest people you have ever met if you ever met her. She just always has a smile on her face and no matter what time of day it is, she’ll always be there. If you ever need someone to talk to, she’ll be there for you, even on her worst days...
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FRIENDSHIP
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER Best Friends Forever A new student has come into my math class. She is sitting all by herself. So, I decide to go And sit next to her. By the time that I sit next to her, I say "Hi" and she says "Hi” back to me. When I start to talk to the girl, I got a flashback from when one of my friends started to talk...
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STRENGTH
FIFTH GRADE TORTURE Sami Hills 1B Ms. A Fifth grade torture Here I am starting another gruesome year of school; it’s like being a cow walking into the slaughter house. Even better now is the fact that it’s high school, the years that everyone remembers throughout their entire adulthood. I walk into my first period...
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FRIENDSHIP
MY HERO Tayhler Murphy Miss A. 5/22/14 I walk through the halls passing faces that I’m somewhat familiar with. Quickly dodging everybody that nearly runs into me, I make my way into class before the late bell rings. As I walk into class I see my friends that I met at the beginning of the year. Suddenly, I see...
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HOPE
MY LIFE I am currently 17 but back when I was 7 I lost my best friend and my brother. My brother was ten and died when a doctor did not do his job and overlooked something little. I went to counseling for that until 6th grade. Then when I was 10 my parents got divorced and I lost relationship with my father. A couple...
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SPORTSMANSHIP
SPORTSMANSHIP Sportsmanship One day at practice in the gym that is as big as my house. I was our daily warm up of free throws. I overheard one of my teammates talking about how she never got to play a lot of our games. I go over to listen a little bit more, “Coach is always playing the same five people every game” she...
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FRIENDSHIP
FRIENDSHIP Friendship It was one day at school when a new student had walked into my class. All of a sudden, it had reminded me of when I was new kid in school. I was kind of shy and scared at the same time. It had started when I moved to Utah with my family. I was going to attend David Gourley Elementary. On the first...
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OVERCOMING
DEMI MY HERO Elizabeth Chavez 4A Ms. A 5/13/14 Overcoming I’m texting a friend, while she’s freaking out on me because something hard just happened. She asks me for help. Suddenly I go back about two years ago and remember about overcoming my addictions and disorders. It’s the first day of seventh grade and I was...
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IMAGINE
WORDS I was walking to lunch one day, when I heard my friend. As I approached him he was shouting words that some people may find distasteful. You could tell that the words were bad because many people were uncomfortable around him. I would repeat it but I would probably get in trouble. All of the sudden, the kid that...
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FRIENDSHIP
FRIENDSHIP I am at school in class, and I see a new kid come in class, When I see him he looks lonely, and looking at him makes me think about my best friend, and what he did to make me his friend. When I was in second grade, I moved schools. The first day of school I walked in and it was as loud as a stampede. I could...
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MOTIVATION
MY HERO OPTIC NADESHOT I was at home playing Xbox doing what I normally do. Having fun playing with my friends. We were playing Call of Duty. We were just doing what we occasionally do which is play in a competitive tournament for some money. All of a sudden my friend said something that reminded me of my hero: Optic Nadeshot. It was...
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HOPE
HOPE IN THE DARKEST TIMES As I flipped through the channels on my television I stopped at the news. There was another shooting in Utah. There was another hurricane in Japan. There was another mugging just a mile away from where I live. I, like many other Americans, immediately thought back to the day when mayhem and destruction was...
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