When asked "If I could grant you one wish, what would it be?" subjects responded as follows:
- adventure
- a hot air balloon
- to be completely comfortable with myself
- confidence in myself
- to fly in a wingsuit
- to lose weight
- to be successful
- a boyfriend
- Vandy or Northwestern
- to be healed of my anger and hurt
- Atwin
- to make my dad proud of my accomplishments in life now and in the future
- to travel to enchanting places all over the world
- to be confident in myself and my decisions
- to be successful, so I can take care of my parents when they are older like they took care of me
- a boyfriend & a kitten that never turns into a cat
- to just be done with high school
- that someone will find a cure for cancer
- mo' money!
- to be content with the things that make up my life. I want to be happy.
- to be good at something
- to travel the world, under the sea, and travel space. I want to see the future and undiscovered places
- to bake a cake full of rainbows and smiles so we all can be happy
- for cancer to not exist
- that my family wasn't broken
- to live a life I'm happy with. I want to be rich in life rather than rich in money
- to do what I want and not worry about the money I would earn
- to make a difference; to live not just exist
- an A+ on the Crime and Punishment essay
- ***(name of female student in class)
- ***(name of male student in class)
- world peace
- my parents to trust and support my actions
- my family to stop stressing and to finally call somewhere home...
- stay in my home town
- a 70 inch TV that replays Paquiao getting knocked out by Marquez over my bed
- snow on Christmas
- to go to the 2016 Rio de Janiero Olympics
- everyone to be happy
- to live on a private island with all of my friends and family
- to be able to look back on my life and know that I made a positive and lasting impact on the world around me
*Subjects are honors and AP English students (many of them avid pleasure readers) at a public high school in coastal north county San Diego.
World peace
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