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My name is Kristine Tirone. My goal is to do something I never thought I'd be able to do. Meaning, I never thought I'd even get close to having the opportunity to leave the country, or be involved with a class in this way. Setting standards for myself and working towards something is a new thing for me. I'm writing this blog to raise money to send my class to Costa Rica. Our class, as a whole, is trying to fundraise over $15,000. This will fund everything from our food, a place to stay, to our flight.

I'm getting a new understanding of what it's like to deserve what you work for. Before, I would sit back and let everyone do the work and I would take the credit. My personal struggles got in the way of my everyday functioning. My focus on education was lost to my other struggles. Not only was I not understanding the work, but I had an increasingly low work ethic. This all started to change over the summer of 2010. Bryan, my teacher, makes it known that he has an extremely low tolerance for slackers. I didn't want to disappoint him, and this motivation was new to me.

I realize as my interactions with people started to change, I started to as well. Bryan always expected nothing but good things from me, and I've given him nothing but that. I suppose if you feel a certain way or act a certain way, you become a certain way. From there it's history, ever since I've excelled in my school work and always do what I say I will. You're only as good as your word.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Dear Santa,




All I want for Christmas is to go to Costa Rica! Over all as a class we have raised $13,650 towards our goal of $15,000. All that we need is 40 gifts of $40. We're hoping to end the year with all the financial matters taken care of. From raking alone our class has raised $3,800, and just recently we have received a grant worth $2,000. We are doing great but with your help we can get everything on our christmas lists! (Except mabey a monkey!)

PLEASE BE A SECRET SANTA AND HELP THE ROBERT J LISTER COSTA RICA CLASS!




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