you here long. I left Inverloch Primary back in 2010‚ A few of you might remember me and I think that you grade sixes would have been in grade Two! Seems like a long time now! Some of my best memories have come from this amazing school such as some of our school yard footy matches when my mates and I would try and take speckys on each other even when the ball was clearly five meters away‚ and sport’s heated Dodge ball matches. I also fondly remember having such an awesome time with my buddy‚
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Before I went to the meeting‚ I was expecting the meeting to be like seen on TV. Looking something around the lines of a middle school auditorium with chairs all facing the stage and someone gets up there and talks. Or a meeting where everyone sits in a circle‚ facing each other and each person shares. Instead‚ the meeting was in a cafeteria in a hospital. The seating was very casual and welcoming. When we walked in there was about 40 people just talking and sharing. There was a very positive vibe
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Well‚ it’s a place where all of your fantasies can come true. You can come to this country with just the clothes on your back and hope in your heart. Then after settling here you will have a closet full of clothes‚ a big house to live in‚ and a bountiful supply of money. You’ll be living the American Dream. You can be and say whatever you want in America. That’s why it’s called ‘’the land of the free‚ and the home of the brave’’ right? Wrong. If you come to America with just the clothes on your back
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challenged until I was well into elementary school. In kindergarten and first “I don’t want to”‚ was deemed a valid excuse. Naturally second and third graders have absolutely no bladder control‚ and thus responding to “Alex‚ how about you read?” with “I gotta pee” had a 100% success rate. By fourth grade I had learned that I could win a free trip to the nurses office by shoving a pencil into my nose and making it bleed‚ a skill that carried me straight into middle school. Sixth grade was a different world
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This may be the most difficult speech I have ever written. Most of us are familiar with the famous photograph of a dead Syrian boy‚ who washed up on the shore of a Turkish beach after drowning as he family tried to escape the violence wrought by the Islamic State terrorist group‚ ISIS. Throughout this tragic crisis‚ countries from all over the world have been called forward as global citizens to help with what has been referred to as the worst humanitarian crisis of our generation. Canada being one
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depending how bad you want it you will succeed. For example‚ when you live in small apartment with very little money but you want to go to college try being in sport or academic scholarship. It really just depend how hard you really want it. Then with school try to be a leader show students the right way to act such as‚ someone you have no clue but always wanted to get to know even if they’re not in your usual clique or squad whatever they call it now a days you shouldn’t let it stop
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It’s hard to believe that nearly 8 years have passed since mom and I took Austin and Tanner to the Inauguration of Barack Obama‚ our nation’s 1st black President. I have been thinking a lot about it as we near the end of the most contentious and ill qualified election cycle I think our country has ever had. Celebrating holidays such as Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday has always provided opportunities for me to teach all of our children about the civil rights movement‚ how far we have come and
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Examining the Key to Happiness In David Foster Wallace’s graduation speech‚ given to the Kenyon College graduating class of 2005‚ Wallace urges the audience to seek a more open minded perspective on the world. Arguing that societies “default setting” is that of pure self-centered thinking‚ Wallace strives to change the way we all view life before us. He states that liberal education teaches one‚ not how to think (as most believe)‚ but rather teaches one the ability to choose how we want to think
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There have been middle schools in the United States since the 1950s and 1960s. Although the grade levels are different between communities (5–8 or 6–8)‚ middle schools have one thing in common: they do not work. Not only do students experience social difficulties‚ but their achievement levels decrease. Middle schools should be abandoned because they simply do not work. When students move from elementary to middle school‚ they face numerous social challenges. For example‚ middle schools are often much
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to the big leagues. You are no longer in the hell-hole of middle school. Now make-up doesn’t make you look weird. And it’s fine to talk to boys and tell your mom about them. If you actually told your mom anything‚ but High Schoolers don’t do that. But you are still worried about how to be the coolest and the most popular person here. Here’s a guide to help you attract attention and become the best most popular coolest person in the school: Scream. As a young girl you have the vocal chords of a whale
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