for my mom being gone. I lived with my dad and my 7-year old brother in the suburbs. Life was hard sometimes‚ but I got through it. Eventually it came to the first day of school yet again. It was a typical first day of school. Rushing to get ready‚ finding the perfect outfit‚ cliche first-day-of-school pictures. When I got to school‚ everything was normal. Life was good. But‚ in a weird class I had called “Creative Learning”‚ we were given an assignment. It wasn’t a normal assignment. We had to
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American literature was a positive change. Peoples’ writing began to branch off into different realms of styles and topics‚ and people were reading about experiences from other regions‚ cultures‚ and viewpoints. One example of this comes from “The School Days of an Indian Girl” by Zitkala-Sa; “Our mothers had taught us that only unskilled warriors who were captured had their hair shingled by the enemy. Among our people‚ short hair was worn by mourners‚ and shingled hair by cowards” (211). Here‚ Zitkala-Sa
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A frenzy in the middle of November a day that I reside from the Philippines to Virginia. An impactful event of my life‚ I have to unexpectedly adjust my lifestyle. Also‚ I face numerous challenges such as unfamiliarity rules‚ acclimatizing to the weather and searching for social outlets. It seems intimidating and scary at first‚ but my parents guided me to the new culture. Consequently‚ in a few weeks‚ after I arrive‚ my parents enrolled me in middle school. I reluctantly unlock the door‚ glance
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the Civil Rights Movement‚ which caused a lot of fighting between the people of America amongst themselves. These were all catastrophic events in history‚ including WWII‚ the Civil Rights Movement‚ and 9/11 that created a better future. One of the terrible events that happened in American history was WWII. It may have been a deadly war‚ but in the end‚ US came out with a number of benefits. Women acquired a critical opportunity by showing that they could
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through middle school in high school is something everyone has to go through‚ and since everyone will only go through it once‚ it becomes a very special time. It will probably be one of the most awkward and confusing part of most people’s life‚ from the dancing unit in gym class to asking a crush to the school dance. There is not anything to get out of it‚ but there are a few things that will make the six years not as bad and that’s by enjoying every second. The second seventh grade tration day is over
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My first day of middle school I met one of my best friends in the front of the school she had a funny look on her face‚ not the usual big smile accompanied with her big brown eyes‚ but with she looked as though she was scared. When I have her a hug she just stood there and didn’t move and pointed at her throat‚ she fell right in front of me and laid there gasping looking at the ceiling. Everyone including me panicked and out of nowhere this big tall guy in a black uniform got down and grabbed her
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It was a cold‚ dreary and lifeless monday morning during my eighth grade year of middle school. The pain from my braces pulled at my teeth as I moved my tongue across the brackets that were freshly put on five days prior. The only thought that ran through my head was‚ ‘Only temporary‚ I’ll only have train tracks for a year‚ two years tops.’ Slowly and dreadfully‚ I made my way to the bathroom but as I made it through the door frame‚ a dull but awkward sensation of blurriness went through my eyes
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It wasn’t too long before I realized that high school was not just a walk in the park as I anticipated and to be extra serious than what I was. Sophomore year is when I figured this all out and in my Junior year is when I flipped the script. Now I’m striving‚ working‚ and improving on my learning to graduate. In my sophomore I wasn’t doing so sound‚ in I would say the majority of my classes I did fail 2 of my classes when honestly it shouldn’t have happened. The two classes I didn’t pass were English
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was yesterday. I was only 6 years old and I remember how excited I felt when my parent tells us about the trip one week to the day of going away. I had heard interesting stories about Canterbury Tales and I was so excited that in a week I would finally get the chance to visit this place. The wait was long for this day seemed longer hours and seemed like months. Then the day came and we were all set to go abroad on this trip‚ after all the preparation. My father‚ my mother‚ my sister and I grabbed
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In the story‚ “The Terrible Things‚” the author‚ Eve Bunting‚ uses narrative to influence the reader’s’ understanding of history/Holocaust by using a moral that can change everyone‚ good deeds come back which is the moral of the story. An example from the story says “‘We have come for every creature with bushy tails‚’ roared the Terrible Things. The squirrels chatter their fear and ran high into the treetops. But the Terrible Things swung their terrible nets higher than the squirrels could run and
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