Short Story Analysis Title: “Seventh Grade” Author: Gary Soto Vocabulary: - Conviction: belief -Elective: optional course or subject -Sheepishly: in ashy or embarrassed way Setting: The setting of the story is in the past‚ in Fresno‚ California at a school. Main characters: - Michael -Victor Characterization: - Michael is directly characterized‚ “He scowled and let his upper lip quiver. His teeth showed along with the ferocity
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The Letter Grade Speaking for any studious college student‚ the best letter grade will always be the top‚ A+. Evaluating a letter grade for ourselves can be so easy but at the same time so difficult putting it down in words with out bragging about one self. Personally‚ with out the brag‚ I strongly believe I deserve an A. Carrying with a full time paid job and a full time student cannot be easily pulled off but I have managed to handle the responsibility‚ the attendance‚ and the participation
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For many people the most meaningful experience of their lives is well defined‚ clear and concise. One given occurrence‚ at a given time and in a clear setting can change the meaning of life for a person. One late night I sat down in a quiet room in my house to think about my personal experiences‚ the only sound in the house came from an old mantel clock‚ which I like to keep wound and on time. I very much enjoy listening to the rhythmic tic-tock‚ and I regard it as a remainder of our time here on
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Lamentable Moment of my Life By: Renz G. Hernandez “Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have‚ might have‚ and should have.” ~LouisE.Boone The saddest moment in my life was losing my dearest grandfather. I miss him every day. It brings me more pain that I wasn’t able to be around my family during that tough time. And although I know he’s in a better place
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band is? For me ‚ I thought it was just fun until my freshman year. I had all the fun in the world. I thought nothing could get worse than 6th grade concert band. It seemed like the simplest thing on Earth‚ I really didn’t understand anything about music because every few months my sixth grade year I got a new teacher. I had six teacher in the sixth grade. My seventh grade year our teacher was decided(so we thought)but she wasn’t that good in my honest opinion. She always thought she knew what
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will experience many events that will shape and alter your cultural identity. Events can sometimes hurt your cultural identity‚ while others build it up. In my case a big part of my cultural identity is location. An event in my life that has really helped me shape my cultural identity is moving from Kapolei to Hawaii Kai. In Kapolei I would wake up extremely early for school because of the traffic. It would take hours for me to get to school. Especially because I went to school at Saint Louis‚ it
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opportunites to meet different kinds of people. Each person gives us a distant. Some may even play a role to help us change ourselves. without a doubt my mother is the most powerful person in my life. My mother is a strong hard working women that never gives up on her dream. Her life inspire me with confidence and great motivition to succed in life. Most of my mother life is hardships and dedication the way she faces with them resilenty and strongly makes a role model. unfortunately‚ she continues to suffer
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Who cares about good grades? I never did. I had always told myself that a D was a good grade. Although I was very smart I was completely irresponsible when it came to turning in assignments for classes. I had gone through middle school with a mind set that D’s were passing and at the time that’s all that mattered. It gave me more time to be with friends and less with school. But I was in for a wake up call my second year of high school when I was called in by my counselor. “Okay students‚ I’m going
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would rather address me as a human being. There are many embarrassing incidents in my life dictionary and most of them are still playing in my mind. Oh‚ what a memory. There was one day when I accidentally humiliated myself in front of my friends in class. It is not that I was doing something incredibly awesome or what‚ but I had made something that caused me to look stupid in front of others. I was in my dream; rowing my boat under a romantic blaze of light. There‚ sitting next to me was Tyra with
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The Most Important Decision of My Life. During the course of our lifetimes we make many significant and difficult choices that affect us. These choices affect our personal and professional lives. Therefore‚ we make these choices with much thought and care. One of the most difficult and important decisions I have made was deciding whether to keep studying Engineer or definitely change to English Teaching‚ a career that always caught my attention. The question was brought up by my dad‚ he knew that
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