I do not know why I was an emotional wreck since this was not my first time being the new kid. I walked into Mrs. Jenkins’s class, and I could just feel the noise getting sucked into the air. It is dead silent, and every student is staring as if I was some alien. Not even five minutes in and I already felt so uncomfortable. Later, recess came, and almost half of my peers came running towards me, throwing random questions at my face. I felt so overwhelmed that I would just stare at them and not say a single word.…
Lab Report Format for Separating the Components of “Panacetin” (2) and Recrystallization and Melting Point Measurement: Identifying the Components of “Panacetin” (3). Lab Notebook Title and Date Objective: Explain the purpose of the experiment and how you plan to accomplish it. Technique: Show the use of separatory funnel and evaporation of solvent setup Reaction(s): Include the main reaction for the experiment and isolation scheme Physical Data: List the molecular weight, melting point, boiling point, density, solubility, and hazards of all pertinent chemicals used in the experiment. Data/Observations: Your observations of the experiment, a. Weight of initial panacetin sample. b. Weight of sucrose collected. c. Weight of aspirin collected. d. Weight of unknown compound isolated e. Weight of recrystallized unknown compound f. Melting point range of recrystallized unknown compound. g. TLC sketches with appropriate data for Rf calculations (Clearly label each column of spots on the page so I know what it is) h. Mixed melting point based on information from TLC Final Report…
I dreaded the alarm that woke me up at 6:30 in the morning. It was as loud as a screaming toddler that could be heard for miles. I groggily got out of bed and got ready for my first day of school. It was a weird feeling not putting on a uniform like I had been for the past nine years, but I also enjoyed that freedom. The nervousness became more and more intense as I could closer and closer to campus. When we arrived, I got out of the car, and watched my dad drive off to go take my younger sister to school. There was no going back now; I had no other choice than to walk through those doors. I felt like my throat was in my stomach. I noticed some familiar faces, and I walked towards them. While I was approaching my friends, a senior, facing toward me, walked passed. He must have been at least six feet tall, which was incredibly intimidating for me at just over five feet. I was not used to the fact that I’d potentially have classes with these giants. Additionally, the array of new teachers, and having to learn all of their teaching styles and things they did or did not tolerate was hard in…
I was recently given the privilege of playing in the pit orchestra for the musical at my high school. I loved the experience of meeting other members of the music department, sharing many cookies. Challenging myself by playing music that I didn’t usually played exposed me to different music that went from five sharps to one flat. Because of my orchestral experience, I will audition for the Wellesley-Brandeis Orchestra. Having experienced a kind of merging between groups, I was able to meet different people (the band as well as the conductor for band), learning how to play a different style as well as learning how to communicate differently than that I was used to. Through the Wellesley-Brandeis Orchestra, I will have the opportunity to meet…
The study of music theory dates back to ancient Sumeria, where tunings and intervals were studied. The ancient Greeks developed knowledge of rhythm, notation and scales. Music theory is a topic within musicology, the study of music. Music theory pertains to the observation and measurement of sound. Some topics that are studied are rhythm, notes, chord, and pitch. These topics are initially taught in music classes. They are the basis of learning music theory and can be applied to other topics as one continues their study of music theory. These topics also are essential elements in the formation of music.…
I in the long run floated towards the gathering that had a proclivity towards extracurricular activities. A considerable lot of the children in that group, including myself, were competitors that still had an enthusiasm for information and self-improvement. That one of a kind athletes, volunteering, and scholastics made that group particularly alluring to me in light of the fact that it secured the majority of my hobbies. The other pleasant thing about that community is that we have the ability to become well rounded and develop better communication skills. I assumed the part as the head athletic trainer, as well as academic decathlon and National Honor Society Vice President. Every “clique” was accounted for in our group. Having agreeable blend of all the other communities truly permitted this group to be varied and one of a kind from numerous different groups that the members could have generally been a part of. I was a unique piece of patchwork in the quilt of our…
FLHS had a mix of students, there were different nationalities, many different ranges of intelligence, and was very diverse. Throughout my years I found that the people who touched me more then anyone and the people I am so blessed to have had the privilege to go to school with were the special education students. Spending 13 years with your peers you are bound to make clicks, and have closer friends as well as dislike certain people. I learned pretty fast that High School isn't like High School musical. Not everything was flowers and smiles.…
Change seemed like the end of a perfect world. When I moved into the new house the smell was unrecognizable, the environment was somber and insipid. School felt strange and I felt everyone staring at me as a strange specimen from a lab. The first weeks were unbearable; I was thirteen and felt like a misfit, I could not get myself to adjust. I talked to many people, but I kept on jumping from group to group because I could not consider any one my friend as in the previous school. Phobia stroked…
Summer went bye like it wasn't even there and by the time school started I was very depressed. The new school I was going to was Naperville North High School which was about ten times the size of my old school in Pennsylvania in size and in the number of students. In my school in Pennsylvania there were about twelve students in each class, here the number runs around thirty two. The school building was so big I had a lot of trouble getting to class on time let alone finding them in the building. The school wasn't what I was bothered by the most because it was the fact that I didn't have any social life and I was a social person. There were a lot of different groups of people at my new high school, it was tough for me to fit in and meet new people. Everyone just knew me as the new kid and didn't even bother to find out what my real name was. The first month of being the new kid is a very hard month of school. I knew no one who I had anything in common with and began to get terrible grades in…
Campus life is something that I think everyone should experience in there lifetime. The feeling of being away from home and being on your own and feeling grown is pretty cool. Creating bonds with our teammates and your roommates and other friends is pretty cool too. You always had friends back home that you were really tight with and may have spent the majority…
The new school year came around and I kept to myself for most of my junior…
I walked out of my class feeling like complete trash. I mean, I was but I usually like to imagine I’m more than that. Collage sucks. Don’t go. My freshman year was great, I had the perfect first time freshman experience, partying, drinking, not really doing anything. That’s UCSan Diego for ya. But now I’m way past that year and all I ever do is work. I’d like to think that maybe it will get better but I don’t think so.…
Senior high was a big struggle for me. Being inundated with new information at a rate that I have yet to acclimatise to, I was falling behind, lost in this rat race. I recalled feeling depressed often and my stress level was constantly high as I barely managed to scrape through the tutorials with minimal understanding. As more and more lectures and tutorials flew past, my doubts only snowballed. It came to a point whereby I was so overwhelmed by everything, I just broke down.…
Going into freshman year, I thought high school seemed like the coolest thing to have ever happened. I walked the hallways with students who were practically a head taller than I was. Sports became a big deal, and school spirit became an essential part of life. As a freshman student, although part of the high school student body, I was still…
High school is a new atmosphere to everyone. There’s more people, new teachers. It doesn’t start to hit you that you’re almost done with high school until the first week of senior year. It feels like just yesterday you were coming to open house freshman year. You defiantly feel a little intimidated when you’re a freshman just because everyone is bigger than you and scary and you have a whole new school to get use to and to get to know the building. Sophomore year you’re still adjusting a little to the new school but you pretty much got it. Junior year you know you fit in and you’re pretty much just ready to get out of school and graduate. And now senior year your saying, “Wow that went way too fast to be over already.”…