by Lanajean Costello, East Naples Middle School
Destined
to make a difference--each person is driven to persevere through the
close knit ties of family,culture, and their vision of a better life and
opportunities.
This Web Quest journey will allow you to explore and read first hand
accounts of how young adolescents withstood the oppression of surviving a
war-torn country, oppression of a government, discrimination because of
who they are, and determination for a better life and freedom to pursue
dreams. Introduction
http://questgarden.com/q/perseverance
As young children and adolescents, living in a life of extreme hardship is the norm. Being stripped of your identity, childhood experiences, and in most cases family--nothing is the same. Your world is turned upside down living in fear, desperation, secrecy, and avoidance of government authorities or rebel militia.
No smiles or laughter are heard over the sounds of bullets ricocheting,
soldiers yelling orders, and homes being ransacked. All you hear are the rattling footsteps of
innocent children seeking safety. Families scrambling to keep their family
together somehow even if it means having to separate and meet together again in the
future. Cries of the innocent are whimpering silently as they long for their families
whom are nowhere to be found because of the war.
Desperately trying to hold together their lives, and
survive
what is expected of them as children living in a war-torn country.
Searching
for food, water, companionship, and holding on to the bits and pieces of
their
culture and remembrances of their loved ones some persevere because of
their determination to survive the unthinkable. Flashback of memories of
what once was a simple way of life and laughter, now their only vision
and dream is a better and safer life.
