Kashika's Work

The book, Buddhism: Path To Nirvana by K. N. Upadhyaya, is a biographical nonfiction book about Prince Siddhartha Gautama who later came to be known as the Buddha. Siddhartha’s life was filled with many big events which influenced his life. One big event occurred when he went to the marketplace. His father had forbidden him from going there, because Siddhartha’s father had placed all of the sickly, dying, and crippled people there. He had done that so as not to distress the prince. Siddhartha’s horoscope was read when he was born, and it had said to keep him away from distress and sorrow, or else he will become a sanyasi , or ascetic. Despite it being a good thing, Siddhartha’s father did not want his son to become an ascetic. he wanted his son to become a great leader. But when Siddhartha broke his father’s rules and went to the marketplace, he was greatly affected by the sorrow. Never in his life had he seen crippled, sickly, or dying people. Feeling depressed, Siddhartha tried to f...

A Motivational Bullying Poem By Kashika Bharol When I was little and I had my two front teeth sticking out And I was too young to get braces Kids laughed and made fun of me Said I was a beaver and a walrus and called me buck-toothed Then by then, little by little, I was bullied. All it took was one little kid messin' around To a whole group teasing. I wasn't alone Kids all around face this every day The number 160,000 kids afraid to go to school tomorrow because of this meanness And even more than that Are not brave enough to tell anyone Because they're afraid Afraid of being titled as a tattle-tale, a snitch... Anything else people were called in elementary school School's for learning, growing, laughing, playing Not for bullying, teasing, taunting, demeaning But some don't get that Sure, some fall, but they get back up. The bullies won't stop Not with one person Not with two But with three, four, five... a big group There...

Cesar Estrada Chavez was an activist who was born on March 31, 1927 near Yuma, Arizona in his family's small home in the North Gila River Valley. He was the second of five children, and was named after his grandfather, Cesario. Chavez was born to parents who taught him important ideas about hard work, the importance of education, and respect. As a young boy, Chavez worked on his family’s farm feeding and watering the animals, collecting eggs, and bringing water to the house. At age 11, Chavez' family lost their home during the Great Depression, causing him and his family to become migrant farm workers. Throughout his youth and into his adulthood, Chavez traveled around California working in the fields, orchards, and vineyards. This was where he was exposed to the true injustices and hardships of a farm worker's life. Chavez joined the U.S. Navy in 1946, in the aftermath of World War II, and served in the Western Pacific. He returned from the service in 1948 to marr...