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suddenly understood him. When your temper will
so many people trust him and only make people Experience The Word
are willing to heed his decisions, think you are an
he must take responsibility. That unreasonable person. with Christ The King.
requires him to sacrifice time with You should not be
his family. so emotional; you CTK students are challenged to achieve their
should become more full potential in a faith-filled environment.
Although my communication with rational in thinking Contact us to schedule a personal tour
my father has not been much, he about problems. to explore our school for your student!
has taught me a number of things. Small things are not
When I was ten years old, my worthy of anger; you
temper was not good at all. When always have more
I could not get some things that I important things to
wanted, I would yell and throw do.”
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For some reason, I lost my temper. realize that my father
I cried and made trouble and has always wanted
smashed the bowl. Father did not the best for me. His
say anything; he just took me to expectations for
the car. I continued to cry there; me have been high,
he did not speak. I finally realized because he didn’t
that something was wrong and want me to settle
stopped crying. He gave me a for less than I could
napkin to wipe my tears. Then, he do. He never said,
said something that I have always “Good job,” because
remembered: “You are not a little he didn’t want me
kid anymore. There are billions to think too highly
of people in the world. No one is of myself. Because
obligated to stop what they are of him, I expect a though he was not around in my
doing because you are unhappy; lot of myself. I believe I am more life much, I appreciate that my
no one has to do everything just mature and independent because father’s influence continues to
because you want it. We are your of my father. I have learned many direct me. Even though he is far
family, so, no matter how noisy life skills. Many children whose away, his presence in my life is
you are, how much trouble you parents have important jobs suffer huge. He is my giant. My guide.
make, we still love you in the because the parent has to sacrifice
end. But others are different; time with their children. So, even

Article Submitted by
Shirley Lyu CHRIST THE KING

Shirley (Jiejia) Lyu is the daughter of Chaoyang Lyu and Hongyi Yu. She attends Christ
the King Cathedral School, and her Lubbock parents are Dawson and Renea Samples.
She is a member of the Student Council, the National Honor Society and is president
of Mu Alpha Theta. She has won State TAPPS awards in Math and Calculator and
qualified for the state Science Fair. She plans to attend university in the U.S. and major
in Public Relations.

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