One bright but chilly January morning in 1957‚ I ambled across the campus at Pacoima Junior High‚ killing time‚ stalling on my way back from the restroom to class. It was report card day and I‚ like most eighth graders‚ felt relieved that the fall semester had come to a close and something new would get under way; new teachers‚ new kids to meet‚ new assignments to ignore. My classroom was near the gym in a row of low-slung‚ drably painted buildings that were symptomatic of 1950’s public architecture
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I was so happy that we had a five day weekend‚ this week. I don’t know why I felt like this week went by slow. We got our first progress reports on Wednesday and I wasn’t extremely happy with my grades. Upperclassmen would always tell us that senior year would be the most relaxed year of our four high school years‚ but honestly it does not seem like it. It’s not that the subjects that are hard‚ its keeping up with every class and the assignments. The thing that i am stressed about is processing all
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do to make my education at Xavier High School possible. In The Divine Comedy‚ Dante Alighieri once said‚ “Consider your origin: you were not made to live like brutes‚ but to follow virtue and knowledge”. And for the past seventeen years‚ I have lived by these words. These few words have made me think of where I am from‚ and whether or not I will let it limit and define me. Whether I want to be out in the streets‚ or be something more. Whether I wanted to be like everyone else in my neighborhood
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Graduation Day Like once said by Mahatma Gandhi‚ “Be the change you wish to see in the world”. Throughout the story Graduation Day you could really tell that this quote applied to Maya Angelou in a huge way. The story is based around the eighth grade graduation of Maya Angelou. Her main point reflects the unfair treatment of african americans during that time because they were not valued for their educational intelligence. She does an amazing job telling the story by changing her tone and feelings
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and in the visual‚ “Graduation Day”‚ both depict the common theme that people should embrace their culture and heritage. In “Nombres”‚ the theme can be seen when Julia’s mother states‚ “You know what (Julia’s) friend Shakespeare said‚ ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet’‚” (Alvarez Pg. 1). This shows that Julia’s mother doesn’t want her to be ashamed of where she comes from‚ and that she should embrace her name. This theme is also evident in the visual‚” Graduation Day”. The fact that the
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Andre Williams Jan. 8‚ 2013 Research Paper For American Literature The History of Gospel Music. Introduction The History of Gospel Music Gospel music is a Christian musical genre. Christian music in other forms is the creation‚ performance‚ significance and the significant thing about gospel
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It was my first day of practice for high school swimming. There I was- a scrawny freshman‚ idolizing these upperclassmen who towered above me. Being the only freshman in my class‚ my coach had me train alongside these giants. I remember the countless morning practices‚ which always involved grueling endurance sets‚ where my teammates lapped me constantly while I struggled to make the intervals; feeling disappointed in myself‚ but determined to continue working hard in order to catch up to my teammates
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“That day I felt like a part of me had gone … I just cried all the night‚ it doesn’t matter if my brothers saw me scared‚ I wanted to run… and I did it.” My story start with me saying about …me‚ because this is an autobiography and I will do it like I want‚ first of all‚ I need to tell you about my family‚ my paternal grandparents were Maria de Jesús Torres and Thomas Jaramillo‚ I didn’t meet my grandmother‚ she died along time before I was born on May‚ 11th 1999‚ and my grandparent… I don’t remember
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Literacy Autobiography My mother read to me as a child for fun and school. She read us books such as‚ Go Dog Go‚ You Read to Me‚ I’ll Read to you‚ and To Kill a Mockingbird. My father read books to my sister and me‚ such as Fairy Realm‚ Little House‚ and Percy Jackson‚ before bedtime. I now find reading very enjoyable‚ even though my dyslexia has made reading more difficult. Although I enjoy reading now‚ I used to have many hard days when reading felt like a chore. I remember my mother and me sitting
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The Best Days In Your Life The quote school days are the best in your life is a very personal question to the person. For it involves them looking back at their life and remembering their experiences in the school and out. Lots of kids say that they hate school‚ and say they never want to go. But without schools we wont learn the skills we need for jobs in later life. This would make jobs unsafe for we would not have the knowledge and technical know how. In some countries it is not essential for
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