Triumphing over adversity

14 07 2009

What does this mean?

Visit this visual dictionary and thesaurus to find some synonyms for ‘triumph’ and ‘adversity’.  Make a list of some words you had never heard of before.  Have there been any times in your life when you have had to ‘triumph over adversity’?

I’ve included a list of people who I think have had to triumph over adversity.  What was their adversity? How did they triumph?  What qualities, skills or abilities do you think a person needs in order to triumph over adversity?  Write a post in your blog or a comment on this post.

Rachel – eating disorder

Vivian Bullwinkel - nurse and Prisoner of War 

Weary Dunlopsurgeon and Prisoner of War

Barack Obama  – 1st African American President 

Sir Gustav Nossalrefugee and scientist

Tan Le - refugee and Young Australian of the Year  start at page 5

Original image: ‘Going up!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7997249@N06/1322719882
by: Johann Snyman    Released under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

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