When I was in the 6th grade‚ I had my first dog‚ Isabelle. She was a small Dachsund mix with the most beautiful personality. She quickly became my best friend‚ and one of my only friends in the awkward transition from elementary school to middle school. I spent four amazing months with my newfound friend‚ when one day‚ I witnessed her fatal car accident. I felt my world was shattered and became depressed. Once I pulled myself out of sorrow‚ I knew for certain I wanted to become a veterinarian. I
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Memoir: The Truth about Santa It was that time of the year again. Christmas. A time when the dusty tree emerges from its hiding place‚ the shiny ornaments come flowing out of boxes and family and friends gather to have a good time. Nothing but joy and cheer in the minds of everyone as the holiday spirit strikes them all. Yet it is also a day where parents around the world bring forth an unconventional lie in the utmost sense‚ one born from tradition and elaborate storytelling – Santa. Like all other
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during track season? It was a hot day in the month of May‚ our shuttle hurdle team was preparing to run our race that you decide if we would go to state or not. As we were warming up we all felt anxiety rush upon us. We all knew that just by one little mistake we would not be going. We all knew that if we messed up our teammates would not be able to forgive us. This is the feeling of anxiety. We had tried so hard to make it to where we are today and now that day is here. This is anxiety. As I set
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Rather Frank McCourt’s memoir "Typhoid Fever" is fact or fiction‚ has been a debate. The memoir is true because of its realistic aspects to it. The memoir is about typical things a poor‚ Irish boy would go through in his time. He would go through things such as illness‚ poverty‚ and Catholicism. "Typhoid Fever" is about what the author had to go through when he had typhoid fever. The memoir is about the author having typhoid fever when he was ten and what happen in that time. In the beginning
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Throughout my life school had always come easy to me. I had always gotten straight A’s and never had to worry about studying for tests. This all changed when I entered high school and I faced the reality that I was actually going to have to study and spend time on schoolwork. My first semester of high school was rough because never in my life had I studied and now I was faced with copious amounts of homework and weekly tests. My first semester I ended up getting B’s for the first time and even a C
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Be The Teacher: How To Begin Your School Year With Calm‚ Confidence and A Clear Plan A Workshop Presented by Rachel Schankula “A well-managed classroom is a task-oriented environment where students know what is expected of them and how to succeed. According to the research‚ most students will make better achievement gains in a class such as this. A well-managed classroom is also a predictable environment. Both teacher and students know what to do and what is supposed to happen in the
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The memoir‚ Mississippi Solo‚ written by Eddy Harris reveals many things about his character. From what I read from the text I can tell Eddy appreciates life. On page 137 lines 1-2 It states‚ “Too many marvelous days in a row and you begin to get used to it‚ to think that’s the way it’s supposed to be”‚ “ Too many good days‚ too many bad days- you need some break of monotony of one to appreciate the other.” For this reason‚ this quote signifies that Eddy appreciates the good and bad things in life
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Pentatonix Concert Memoir “Are we there yet?” I impatiently asked that about a million times. “Yes we are close now stop asking that”‚ my mom said annoyed. We were going to the Wisconsin state fair to see Pentatonix! I was so excited to go. My sister got tickets for her fourteenth birthday and this was the day I was waiting for this for a month and my whole family was going. We got there‚ but when we tried to get into the fair our tickets weren’t scanning so I was scared that we weren’t
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Personal Essay|Emily Gibson It was a few days after moving to Ohio. I was going to my first day of school. I was and still am a incredibly shy person. I didn’t know anyone an no one knew me. I was scared that no one would talk to me and that I would never make any friends. My mom said to just talk and find people with the same interests as me‚ but that’s hard todo when you’re shy. The first day of school rolled around and I was so nervous. I was standing in the front office. I got assigned
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What was your first experience in high school ? What thoughts were running through your head at the time? My head felt like it was going to pop off my body. Foremost‚ I grew up with parents who moved from the Dominican Republic and never had a college education. The time and dedication they take to do their jobs is incredible. There are times where I don’t get to see my father for weeks being he’s too focused on his job. On one occasion my father had to work for almost 48 hours straight due to a
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