Connections Table MWA 1

At my table, there are four fabulous people: Cecelia, David, Katie and me. Cecelia wrote about the acronyms of IFLU among her best friends. David introduced his cross country team and the concept "split." Kia Kaha was the phrase Katie chose to represent "being strong" in her Rugby team community. I think what is in commonality at our table is that we all valued toward the team that helps us to grow. The words are not just there as an identity for us. but it influenced our idea and expression from adolescence to adulthood.

David started his speech at an instance where he was practicing his cross country race on a hot day. "split" simply means the sections of a distance within a long cross-country run. David transformed as he values the team's pride and experience of the old runners. His greatly demonstrated how "split" carries on the athletic spirit of discipline. He paced and worked harder. David thought, using the "split" concept, he can conquer anything.

Cecilia wrote about her best friend and family, a group of 4 girls that she knew since kindergarten. Cecilia approached the relationship with physical love such as punch and hugs. The intimate relationship between the four girls is touching and lovely. I was wondering what the acronyms of IFLU means all throughout the story, but I loved how Cecilia put it in the end. That IFLU means I f*cking love you!

Katie was first introduced to Kia Kaha because of her rugby team starting high school. Kia Kaha means "be strong" and it is a minority language from New Zealand. Throughout her involvement in the rugby team, Katie begins to take on "Kia Kaha" as a magic word. It contains positive motivation in doing anything and pushes you to succeed.

Despite the uniqueness of all our stories and words, the commonalities I see within our table is that we are matured by the words that influenced us the most. Cecilia becomes certain of her childhood friendships to her friendships for life. David gained modesty and pride with his cross country team. Katie obtained positivity and strongness from Kia Kaha. And for me, "thank you I am fine" made me grow as a person to adapt to a new environment. We all grew in some way that made us better.