Joan+of+Arc

=__Joan of Arc __= By: Vivian Chiang

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Joan of Arc (in French: Jeanne 'd Arc), also known as the Maid of Orleans, was born in January 6th 1412. She was born as a peasant girl in Eastern France. She was the third of five children of Jacques 'd Arc and Isabelle Romee. In her youth, she took care of her father's herds, learned religion and housekeeping with her mother. ======

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When Joan was 12 years old, she started to "hear voices" of St. Michael, St. Catherine and St. Margerate. She believed that they were sent from God. These voices told Joan to cut her hair and dress in man's uniform to help France escape from the English's control. ======

Joan of Arc's Achievements
Joan of Arc was able to enter Orleans. She aroused the city by her confident words. Then she lead her soldiers to give battle to the English. They had won the war amazingly. They took over one after another English forts. When they were attacking the strongest place, Joan of Arc got a slight wound, she was carried out of the battle by a surgeon. Her soldiers begun to retreat. But Joan of Arc commanded,"Wait, eat and drink and rest; for as soom as I recover I will touch the walls with my banner and you shall enter the fort." Later, Joan of Arc mounted onto her horse again. She rode rapidly to the fort, and touched it with her banner. Her soldiers carried it instantly.

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In the Battle of Orleans, Joan led troops to a victory over the English. Then she continued fighting around the Loire. When Charles VII was crowned as a king, he gave Joan a place of honor. Later Joan was ennobled for her services to the country. ======

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In 1430, she was captured by the Burgundians while she was defeating the Compiegns near Paris. She was then sold to the English. The English put her on a trial. They said that Joan was dressed as a man was a very serious crime against the God. She was sentanced to death, by burning. 30th May 1431, it was Joan's execution day. She was tied up on a tall pillar. A peasent made a small cross, that Joan put it on her dress. Her ashes were casted into the Seine. Later, in 1456, Joan of Arc was retrailed by the church. She was pronounced innocent and called her a martyr. ======

What is success?
Success is something that you had done very well, you had work on it very hard.

What personal qualities are needed for success?
I think that if we want success, we need to have confident, perseverance and intelligence.

Find a dictionary definition of success.
There are several definition of success:
 * 1) the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors.
 * 2) the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.

Form your own definition of success (Ms Rogge's Workshop).
Success is achieving your goal, you need to focus on your work. After you said something, you need to make it real, move your action. You need to have the ability to let go, be brave. Success sometimes is right around the corner.

What did you learn during Ms Rogge's workshop?
We all need success to make our life better. But the road to success is always under construction. We are all the ones who are constucting it. The characteristic of success are:
 * the ability to let go
 * focus
 * coach-ability
 * commitment
 * action

Why do people fall short of achieving their potential?
It is because sometimes people are lazy, they think that achiving their potential is a waste of time. Some people make a little mistake and gave up easily.

Why does God want us to achieve our full potential?
God wanted us to have a good and happy life before death. He gave us different ability to achieve our success. We need to show our success, so god won't think he done a wrong thing.

What do you think about this WIKI project - compared to a written assignment? What do you like and dislike?
I liked the reserch. We can learn at the same time when we research. Those research can help us on our history class. I liked the typing on computer rather than written it. Because other people outside from the school can look at it too. They can learn things too.

=﻿Part 4 --- Self Evaluation= 23/25 = Part 1 = Information and bibliography 21/25 = Part 2 = Contributions and Comments 21/25 = Part 3 = Personal Reflections 22/25 = Layout, appearance and design 87/100 = OVERALL MARK