dated slurs were still regularly used‚ school was definitely still practicing segregation in the same classrooms. [I]Coloreds[/I] sat in the back. But I was light complexion‚ loose curly hair. As far as I was concerned I was [I]mixed[/I]. so unless I opened up my mouth and said something they thought I was white and I sat with the white kids. I was told to keep my mouth shut cause I wasn’t supposed to be in the school anyway‚ as it wasn’t my neighborhood school. So I never corrected anyone and white
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letters . . .” T he essays you write and the stories you tell come alive when you use description‚ narration‚ and example. Descriptive techniques help you show your reader what you see‚ hear‚ smell‚ touch‚ or taste. Narrative techniques help you concisely tell a reader a story that makes a point. Examples supply specific illustrations and instances in many types of writing. Description‚ narration‚ and example provide the foundations for many other types of essay writing. 120 CHAPTER
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I didn’t worry too much about the new school year. I had sports to take my mind off of what school was going to be like. Luckily I got into classes with all of my friends and my teachers are great. I thought that making friends was going to be hard but I play sports so people already knew me. I was also worried about being at a new school‚ but even though the school looks huge it’s pretty easy to get around. Even though I had many worries about the new school they have all gone away. Although I had
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poorly painted monkey bars‚ and the wood-chipped seesaws on the black tarmacs behind our building. Across the street and a little more than half way into the block was my second elementary school. I can’t quite remember why I had to leave the first one‚ but The Surfside School is where I have most of my elementary school
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You had a set schedule for your life: Monday through Thursday from 7am till 3 you where at school either in class or studying that would sometimes bleed out to your weekends when you did not work (or even in work). Med school was the ultimate goal you had for yourself and you where willing to do almost anything to make sure you got there. While working in the hole in the wall bookstore the manager allowed you to study on duty so costumers can feel encouraged to buy more. So while engulfed in your
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Elementary school was an‚ emotional 6 years for me. Being only in my years of 5-10‚ it would probably be hard to believe that it was during those years when I did my most growing up-- maturity wise. It wasn’t due to one incident in my life that changed me into a different person. It was more a matter of events that made me gradually see myself in a new way. When I was younger‚ I never knew how to think for myself; I was that kid that followed blindly and did whatever everyone else did. I remember
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Massiel Santos Professor Pascale September 3rd‚ 2013 English III/ Assignment # My home Santiago People will always remember where they came from? Ah! When I was a child the world seem to be a place of joy and happiness. Nothing seemed to have much importance‚ yet looking back to my past I can find a meaning to everything. Furthermore‚ my house was located in the Dominican Republic in an amazing town called Santiago‚ where I lived the best years of my infancy. Dominican Republic is located
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“Take away my good name‚ take away my life” This is a quote that I’m sure everyone in this room can probably relate to. We all remember our high school days‚ we wanted everyone to know our name. We wanted popularity and our reputation meant the world to us. What we do and how we act reflects directly on our name. For Shea Simmons what happened to her name was not her fault. Shea spent countless hours practicing and working on Mock Trial‚ working towards getting the scholarship from the Metropolitan
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When I step out of the car‚ I start to feel all kinds of emotions. I was happy that I had finally made it to the infamous “middle school”. I was happy that I had made it to what I thought would be the best years of my life(little did I know they would be some of the worst). I was angry that I had to go to school after a long fun summer. I was also a little worried. Not about the kids or the teachers‚ but rather that I would fail miserably. Opening my locker was probably the most stressful thing I
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I threw my books on the bed and approached the jacket slowly‚ as if it were a long lost brother who I had been dreaming about meeting. I touched the smooth leather sleeve‚ the popped collar‚ and stared at the brown leather lining in disbelief. My mom’s voice echos through the house‚ “Your jackets in the closet” My heart sinks as my mother’s words process in my brain and as I slowly walk to the closet where soon I’ll find the jacket that actually belongs to me. I rummaged through the small space hoping
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