These hero stories are from Mr. Baker's freshman College & Career Planning course. Students focus on real individuals who exemplify their own values and aspirations for the future.
Frida Giannini
By: Megan from Mission VIejo
"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." By Walt Disney.
Lea Michele
By: Taylor from Mission Viejo
"First night on stage, I turned to my parents and said, 'I love doing this—don't ever stop me.'"
Scott Lope
By: Taryn from Mission Viejo
Atiba Jefferson
By: Michael from Mission Viejo
"To me, Atiba Jefferson is that guy with a camera. No matter what team you put him on he makes it better. Every magazine he's shot for improved once he started shooting for them."- Chris Nieratko
"My work seeks to make connections between different phenomena in the world, specifically between: Nature and Culture, Inner and Outer, Microcosm and Macrocosm" -Chris Drury
You got a dream, you got to protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you that you can't do it. You want something? Go get it.
Michael Kors
By: Tabi from Mission Viejo
“The greatest education in the world is watching the masters at work.” ~ Michael Jackson
Paul Taylor
By: Brianna from Mission Viejo
“I don't really think about dance except just before rehearsals start. I put it off. I don't live my life thinking about dance”.
Rachel Zoe
By: Alex from Mission Viejo
As far as I can remember, every dime I ever had went to something extravagant. I would rather spend more, buy fewer items and have them forever.
Heidi Klum
By: Nicole from Mission Viejo
"I saw that you have to work to get what you want."
Daisy Durkin
By: Mazaya from Mission Viejo
“Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.” --Milan Kundera
“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: the first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.”
Amanda Grabowski
By: Sabrina from Mission Viejo
"I just love the excitement of the emergency room. You see a little bit of everything."
Aubrey Drake Graham
By: Kimia from Mission Viejo
"Because you know life is what we make it, and a chance is like a picture, it’d be nice if you’d just take it."
Kara Dioguardi
By: Riley from Mission Viejo
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music” -Sergei Rachmaninov
“If you want to be creative, get out there and do it. It’s not a waste of time. Do it.” --Michael Giacchino
Lawrence A. Rinsky
By: Megan from Mission Viejo
“The doctor has been taught to be interested not in health but in disease. What the public is taught is that health is the cure for disease” -Ashley Montagu Quotes
"There are many parallels in different sports, which basically comes down to balance, and being able to increase power while maintaining balance and control."
Lamar Odom
By: Dominic from Mission Viejo
"It's hard not to shoot the ball when you can make shots from everywhere."
Mac Wilkins
By: Dean from Mission Viejo
"I live for the discus. I hate Christmas and Thanksgiving and Easter - anything that breaks my routine."
Martina Navratilova
By: Madeleine from Mission Viejo
Martina Navratilova
is a former tennis player and coach who is an activist for animals, gay rights and underprivileged children.
Saku Koviu
By: Fernando from San Juan Capistrano
“All the years here, no matter how big hockey is, all the things I went through off the ice kind of made me realize that it’s just a game.”
Sean Malto
By: Cole from Mission veijo
Teemu Selanne
By: Ethan from Mission Viejo
“We are just playing so well right now, and we have lots of confidence. This team is unbelievable right now. Every line is doing their job.”
"Learning is finding out what we already know. Doing is demonstrating that you know it. Teaching is reminding others that they know just as well as you. You are all learners, doers, and teachers." --
Her son said she was brought up to believe that "giving of yourself was the most valuable thing you can do." For the past 25 years, she devoted extra time and energy to the Pittsburgh Schweitzer Fellowship.
Cassandra Clare
By: Sarah from Mission Viejo
"It means 'Shadowhunters: Looking Better in Black Than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234'."
Organizer created on 7/7/2011 7:21:35 AM by Kent Baker
