Jordan Short is a ninth-grade kid who just transferred schools‚ coming from Willis High School‚ now joining Quartzville High. With grades that are basically just average‚ he was still one of the smartest kids in his school. And Quartzville High may seem like an average high school‚ and it is‚ but the teachers there‚ are not. Most teachers in this new school are well-known as to being rude and impatient. All teachers but one. Professor Jon Wilson‚ the school’s principal. Jon is known for being the
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“Middle School” “First Day of Middle School: 30 pencils‚ 64 crayons‚ 20 pens‚ 12 rulers‚ and 10 notebooks. Middle of April: 1 pencil you found on the ground in science class.” This is true for many people‚ actually it’s kinda true for me. Middle School has been tough‚ I will admit‚ but I truly believe that high school will be a lot tougher. But middle school will always be unforgettable. Our middle school is a bit different then all of the other school districts. It has grades 5‚ 6‚ 7‚ and 8. Most
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Here I kneel‚ with my aching and bruised knees on the painful‚ damp sand of the Mozambique beach. My mind is utterly confused and terrified; and my body remains at the complete mercy of my nameless persecutors. My last memory was going to sleep‚ while on a family holiday. My mind begins to speculate which reaction would be ideal for this problematic situation in which I find myself stuck with a thousand overwhelming emotions of confusion‚ anxiety‚ anger‚ encouragement‚ joy and peace. Distress and
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said I had to move schools. I would have never thought this would ever happen‚ but my parents just decided to move where it was halfway from work both ways‚ so they decided Royalton. Moving to Royalton was very scary‚ but also a great‚ fun change. It was scary being the new kid‚ but I worked my way around it. There was a bunch of different changes I went through. I also had a very fun time living at royalton since fourth grade and to graduating. It was the middle of the school year after Easter break
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year in elementary‚ math would be no problem for me. Well‚ that was not the case. Sixth grade came and math became my worst nightmare. Once I passed sixth grade‚ seventh was no better and let’s not mention eight grade. In my freshman year in high school I finally was tired of barley passing math so I made it my goal to pass algebra 1 with an A. I first began to check out math books for dummies at my local library‚ and was more than determined to learn this. My hard work towards the end of my freshman
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However‚ after reading these three different narratives on the lives of slaves‚ my eyes have been opened to a whole new meaning of understanding. Just being able to put faces with the stories makes my heart cringe and makes me feel disgusted for the way these people were forced to live their lives. The three narratives I chose to read were: Linda Brent’s‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ the WPA narrative on Richard Toler‚ and the WPA narrative on Charity Anderson. Linda Brent begins her
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Father Returning Home – Dilip Chitre Dilip Purushottam Chitre was one of the foremost Indian writers and critics of the post Independence India. Apart from a being a writer‚ he was also a painter and a filmmaker. Father Returning Home is a short and appealing poem about an old man in a cosmopolitan city where his own sons and daughters treat him as an alien. He himself is estranged from the man-made world. Through this poem‚ Chitre has denounced the urban rootlessness and alienation. The first
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ran to when we had our scars and bumps. We knew that they would give us the right things to make us feel better. When we get older we begin to make more risky decisions‚ and sometimes those become bad decisions‚ possibly ending in injury. As a high school football player‚ I knew that I was taking a risk with my safety‚ but I was not worried because football was something I loved. My football team‚ the Cy-Fair Bobcats‚ were on a 3 game winning streak‚ and that week’s opponent was not too intimidating
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Starting Late Many teenage high school students are tired during the school day‚ distracting them from their studies. That is just one of the many good reasons that the starting time of school should be later in the day. Some people may say that the brain not being fully functional until 9:30 is just a matter of opinion. Studies have suggested that the average adolescent brain doesn’t even start to fully function until around 9:30 am. Many schools already use the suggested later arrival
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April 22‚ 2013 Narrative Essay My very best day was‚ when I was visiting India for the first time in seven years. I was born and raised in India‚ but ever since living in United States for seven years it was the first time I was visiting India. After living in United States‚ for this long time and visiting India was very exciting. I was planning this trip ever since February 2012. It was a very different experience. It wasn’t anything at all like I was expecting‚ but it was more surprising. I
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