Rita

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PROLOG

=To Sir= =you are needed for the army at once= =we will pick you up in one week .= =If you do not come you will be shot.= = =

The thought of how much it would hurt my son sent tears streaming down my hopeless face.
i didn't have a choice i would tell my son that night.

" dad you cant leave me"! Sanca said tears running down his grief stricken face "not now please" "your the only thing ive got". I had not told him about the army until that day i had been trying to push the bitter thought away trying to pretend nothing was happening. but as i left my son standing there fear and grief burned at my heart like a raging inferno. Tears streaming down his face as i pulled my hand from his grip "Ben" a harsh voice called "come on don't be a baby" i couldnt help feeling angry as i called back to my new commander "coming sir"! I waved to my boy maybe for the last time as i turned my head and drove away screaming in the background my son was calling out to me but i forced myself not to look back incase i turned around.

=5 Years later........=

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It has been five years since i left my son and not a day goes past that i don't think of him. " ATTACK " a voice screamed out i jump out of the dirty trench the scene of the battle field horrifying to my innocent eyes. Bodies lay all around me some injured some crippled but it was one body that court my eye it was a boy about 14 years young the boy sent memories flooding through me and suddenly i realized it was my son!=====

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Our House Leader Trip!

It was a monday morning and all of the ten house leaders plus Mr.Lloyd and Mr.Parrott were on a trip down to Wellington to go to the Halogen NYLD ( National Young Leaders Day) which is held in different places NZ! At 6.00 am we were on the train down to wellies! We were all really hyped we had been looking forward to this day and going to the conference! We got to wellington and it was pouring so Mr.Parrott got us a taxi and off we went! We got there and there were crowds of people there it was huge and the St. James theatre was really cool! The days theme was "Pluging into your potential" and we had some awesome speakers a few were Nick Tuitasi, Dayna Vawdry,Rob Harly and many other inparational speakers! The day was also about Leadership,and there were alot of good quotes and saying that the speakers told us had been some of the best advise they had ever had! One of them that i liked was:

Be carfull of your thoughts because your thaughts become words

Be carfull of your words becuase your words become actions.

Be carfull of your actions because your actions become habbits

Be carfull of your habbits because your habbits become character.

Be carefull of your character because your character becomes destiny!

we had lots of fun,music,games and junk food there as well. after the NYLD we stopped by TePapa and had a look before we headed back to the train station for our trip home! I reckon that we had an awesome day and it was a really fun experience and it was a bit crazy on the train hehe. I came out knowing a few more things about leadership and life than i did before and had a really great time!

Thanks heaps to the school and Mr.Lloyd and Mr.Parrott for taking us on this awesome trip ! im sure all the house leaders enjoyed it! Thanks Rita, I really enjoyed the day and I think you did well in retelling your experiences to the Tararua Team. Keep it up you have really made a conscious effort to prove yourself as being a successful leader. Mr P

Reflection on term 3 ski trip 2010

1.what were your expectations of skiing before the ski trip? That it would be easy (it wasn't) and i was really exited!

2. What were your two worst fears and explain how you overcome these? a) smashing into the side of the of the cliff: i overcame this by learning how to stop my skiis b) going to fast: i overcame this by going slow then building my confidence.

3. What was your greatest achievement? Skiing down the mountain and not falling over for the first time.

4. What advice would you give to someone who was skiing for the first time? dont give up and persevere.

5. explain some new techniques you learnt from skiing. french fries (!!) to go pizza to slow (>)

By Rita Mcneeter

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