https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen en-us 2018-10-17 15:01:58 UTC 2023-11-10 05:27:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293959112 Greatest challenge: Moving from India at age 18 to the states aka USA.
Greatest success: Making his own book called "life i refuse to give up."
Also he is a media personality. Has a TV show and a radio show o Sundays.

]]> 2018-10-17 16:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293959112 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293959172 The Rock's family went though poverty and eviction. The Rock was also arrested many times for stealing. He was also a football player for 2 months but wasn't allowed to play anymore. He also faced depression. At one point in time he only had $7. The Rock did not let those setbacks stop him and kept trying to be something. Now he is a great wrestler and actor.   ]]> 2018-10-17 16:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293959172 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293959371 back when the war started my mom was with her sisters on the farm playing games with them, my great grandma came to take them away to costa rica so they didnt have to witness the horrors of the war, but it was to late. she had to take them through bloodied towns with dead bodies on the streets, she had to make sure that when they hid my mom and her sisters didnt make a peep, all the while she was about 50-60 years old, sadly she died before i got to meet her,]]> 2018-10-17 16:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293959371 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960651 My mom because she never gives up ever if she's sick and always helps and cares for us. She always puts our family before her and cares so much about us. When my mom gets her migraines she gets up and still makes our lunches for us. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960651 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960692 greatest challenge:she went to toronto univercity, mccmaster univercity, humber college to do 3 courses and now she is really successful because shes a engineer and did photography also a real estate agent and makes basements legal that are not made right.and she used to be a accountant and it was hard for her because it took her lots of time to get there.]]> 2018-10-17 16:34:31 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960692 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960711 I think that my Mom is a grit grinder because when she was little she was getting death threats and she had to drop out of school and also, many of her loved ones died, but, now, she works hard everyday and is determined to keep our family safe.That is why my Mom is a grit grinder.]]> 2018-10-17 16:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960711 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960719 Greatest challenge:
-Had to find a job at 8 years old. 
-Lost all his business in a flood and his transportation trucks were stolen. 
-He was bankrupt, and had to pay for his sons post- education in Russia. 
-He sold all his gold and land. 

Greatest Success: 
-He has 4 successful children; doctors and business men. 


]]> 2018-10-17 16:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960719 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960735 Greatest challenge: Moving to Buffalo, NY for 2 years away from my family and her father (my grandpa) passing away

Success: Becoming a dentist]]> 2018-10-17 16:34:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960735 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960751 Greatest Challenge:  Donated her kidney to my uncle to keep him alive. 

Greatest Success: She and my uncle are now both healthy and happy. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:34:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960751 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960785 My grandmas husband passed away and she raised two men that are now very successful.]]> 2018-10-17 16:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960785 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960832 Greatest Challenge: Had to come to Canada and redo her education even though she had many degrees 

Greatest Success: She is now a very successful real estate agent/lawyer.  ]]> 2018-10-17 16:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293960832 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293961048 My grandfather was in the Vietnam war. He was successful in school until he drafted into the army, He also grew up in the slums of Vietnam.
Now he owns his own shop in upper Mississauga ]]> 2018-10-17 16:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293961048 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293961057 Challenges- grandfather passed away and had to raise 3 children, was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Success- made family business well known in her village and made enough money to get my family through university.]]> 2018-10-17 16:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293961057 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293961096 greatest challenge:he got to NDP leader and and he says he faced barriers to get to it and now in 2019 he;s looking forward to election.]]> 2018-10-17 16:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293961096 hannah_boers https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293961115 Greatest challenge: 
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Greatest success : Later on, his company bought the ansas city star ]]> 2018-10-17 16:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293962337 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293962641 Because he started off in a run down neighbourhood with no father and an abusive mom he did underground rap but then dr.dre gave him a record label and now eminem is one of the most famous rappers alive.     ]]> 2018-10-17 16:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293962641 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293963990 He is a person with brain cancer. He fought so hard to battle it and he got through. He had those days where he thought he couldn't battle it but he did.]]> 2018-10-17 16:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293963990 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293964921 Challenges- is blind,was bullied in high school

Success- won gold medals in the Paralympics]]> 2018-10-17 16:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293964921 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293965468 Brittany Raymond is a grit grinder because when she was little she had a passion for dance and baseball but, she could only choose one because her family couldn't afford it. Then, she went to Mayfield and now, she is a professional dancer and an actor on the t.v. show The Next Step who works very hard.That is why she is a grit grinder.]]> 2018-10-17 16:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293965468 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293965549 Greatest Challenge: His wife died of cancer. 

Greatest Success: CBC tried to fire him multiple times for no specific reason but he made a come back every time. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293965549 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293965554 Greatest challenge: Moving from Trinidad and Tobago to Canada in his teenage years and his family wasn't that successful.
Greatest success: Winning a silver medal in the 200m dash and 2 bronze medals at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics for Canada]]> 2018-10-17 16:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293965554 hannah_boers https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293965917 My mom came to Canada alone without her parents and raised me and my brother.]]> 2018-10-17 16:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293965917 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293967041 he had to move here with a Pakistan education and little money but now we are living fine]]> 2018-10-17 16:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293967041 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293967256 stephen hawking Les travaux de stephen hawking  concernent 
la cosmologie, la gravite]]> 2018-10-17 16:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293967256 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293967475 Born an Indigenous male in 1964, he already had lost so many rights. However, he still went around Canada on tour, and was lead singer for an iconic band The Tragically Hip. Right before he died, he released an album about the horrible indigenous living conditions. Unfortunately he died in 2017, from glioblastoma a brain ]]> 2018-10-17 16:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293967475 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293967672 She is one of my inspirations because she got into a shark attack and after that she still went back in the water and proved herself. Now she is a pro surfer and she is married with Two kids. She has proven that anyone can do anything. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293967672 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293968060 Challenges- father was alcoholic and left his home at the age of 16.

Success- one of the most famous chef in the world]]> 2018-10-17 16:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293968060 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293968436

Furious Pete other wise known as Peter Czerwinski is a Canadian competitive eater and holds 14 Guinness world records and in 2015~ He battled testicular cancer and overcame it with chemo therapy]]> 2018-10-17 16:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293968436 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293968995 Greatest Challenge: He dealt with racism, he lived in Compton which is popular for being shady, he was arrested multiple times for exercising his right of free speech.

Greatest Success: He made a positive impact on people, he motivated people to use their voices to fight racism. Ice Cube made it out of Compton and now he's successful and he has a lot going for him. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293968995 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293969449 Selena Gomez is a grit grinder because when she was little she was poor and had a single Mom. Until, she became a child actor which was her passion and got bullied at school. She then, ended up becoming a successful singer and actor that she is today.That is why she is gritty. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293969449 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293969815 Navraj Goraya stage name NAV was born in Toronto and raised in Rexdale. When NAV started going to school he didn't have the best grades and often was picked on by the teacher. Nav Didn't have the skill other kids had in his age. That wasn't the only problem NAV's parents didn't have a lot of money either sometimes nav says in his song that he felt lonely when he whore the same clothes over and over again. Nav however had 1 talent Music. His parents say that they don't understand their son's music but their happy to see that he's out of trouble.]]> 2018-10-17 16:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293969815 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293969944 back when the war started my mom was with her sisters on the farm playing games with them, my great grandma came to take them away to costa rica so they didnt have to witness the horrors of the war, but it was to late. she had to take them through bloodied towns with dead bodies on the streets, she had to make sure that when they hid my mom and her sisters didnt make a peep, all the while she was about 50-60 years old, sadly she died before i got to meet her,]]> 2018-10-17 16:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293969944 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293970152 Superwoman because she always made YouTube videos and always tried so hard and finally she got really famous. She never gave up on her dreams no matter what anyone said to her. Finally, she became a famous Canadian YouTuber.]]> 2018-10-17 16:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293970152 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971232
Greatest challenges: faced racism in elementary school and high school, was told he wasn't going to be anything
Greatest accomplishments:
-3 championships (2 with Miami and 1 with Cleveland)
 -Creating an amazing school called "I Promise School" which grants free tuition, food, uniforms etc]]> 2018-10-17 16:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971232 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971360 He came to Canada when he was 13 year old. He didn't know any English when he came but now he is a successful business man.  ]]> 2018-10-17 16:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971360 hannah_boers https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971502 Terry fox ran over 5000 kilometers with only one leg to raise money for cancer research.
 

 ]]> 2018-10-17 16:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971502 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971612 Greatest challenge:Becoming famous in the school even after people didn't believe in his art which was his Youtube channel.
Also he had nobodies help.
Greatest Success: Getting 200 subs and over 6700 views. Highest viewed video is 550 views. Also a great school atlete.

]]> 2018-10-17 16:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971612 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971961 He is the ultimate grinder because while teaching he broke his neck (or maybe before he started teaching i forgot) but still he died for 7 seconds but still kept following his dream teaching and kept going]]> 2018-10-17 16:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293971961 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293973563 She was born to teenage parents, who were poor and immature. She was sent to her grandparents house, where numerous men sexually abused her and in her early teens she lost a baby boy 2 weeks post delivery. She found herself turning to drugs and alcohol to cope with her depression. Finally at 16, she read a very inspirational book written my Maya Angelo so she decided to change herself. Now she is a self made billionaire and very popular in the world. ]]> 2018-10-17 16:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293973563 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293974856 Serena Williams because she always plays on and keeps trying even if she is losing just to win. Serena Williams is a very gritty person and she never gives up at all just to get her victory]]> 2018-10-17 16:56:05 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293974856 hannah_boers https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293975393 2018-10-17 16:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/293975393 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294093307 Challenges: He had a heart disease at the age of and the doctor's said he cant play football. He didn't give up so easily and worked hard and hard until he could fulfill his dreams.
Success: 5 time ballondor winner. 4 time Ucl champion. A on the league title in the pl and la liga at least once. A on the euro 2016 for Portugal. Only Only in the pl to wn a ballondor.]]> 2018-10-17 20:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294093307 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294110456 My mom is a grit grinder because my mom came from India and works two hard jobs.She also goes to work even if she is injured or sick. My mom also always wants to do productive  things all the time.That's why my mom is a grit grinder. ]]> 2018-10-17 21:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294110456 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294112705 Denis Shapovalov is a grit grinder because even though his age of 18 he still plays professional tennis against professional tennis players. He once even beat Milos Raonic who is one of the best tennis players in the world.
 

]]> 2018-10-17 21:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294112705 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294115207 Messi is a grit grinder because as a kid he had a growth defect which made him smaller than most kids his age. Although Messi's height he trained hard and became the best on his team. Then later on in life he was on the team Fc Barcalona and even though his height he still is one of the best soccer players.

]]> 2018-10-17 21:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294115207 680951 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294129617 Greatest challenge : Viola Desmond often faced racism because she was of mixed race 
Greatest challenge :She opened her own salon for black people because other salons only allowed white people in .Also, she became an activist after she refused to vacate a seat in a theater that was reserved for white people. ]]> 2018-10-17 23:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294129617 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294149192 I choose my mom because she is the best grit grinder I know because my mom goes to work at 6:30 am Comes back at 4:45 pm. Then takes my sister and I to after school activity's. Then we come home at 7:30  then she has to make dinner pack our lunch and my dad's sometimes. My mom always takes me where ever I want to go. She doesn't make excuses that we kids don't listen she just says, "it's my job." My dad also works hard but my dad says that being a mother is the biggest responsibility. My mom has always been there for me and my sister.She is the greatest and awesome-st GRIT grinder ever! 
Love you, Mom!]]> 2018-10-18 00:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294149192 https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294673991 Drake's parents divorced when he was 5. He was raised by his mother in a Jewish neighborhood and school in Toronto. Drake dropped out of school to become an actor. He soon made his first song and it was a hit. He then pursued his dream as a rapper/singer. Drake had a hard childhood but, that did not stop him from becoming who he is now!      ]]> 2018-10-19 03:03:59 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_boers/u1qdpa4zwxen/wish/294673991