My School Trip In the 1990s‚ I went to Regent elementary school in the Bronx‚ N.Y and was a B student. I wasn’t an honor roll student‚ though I believe I could’ve been if I had put in the effort to do so. Like many elementary school students‚ I just wanted to go outside‚ and play Nintendo after finishing my homework. I was also one for leaving my weekend assignments to the last minute. I once did my weekend assignments during a school trip that Monday because I forgot to do it due to my excitement
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Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea is a novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Cuba‚ and published in 1952. This novel centers upon Santiago‚ an aging fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Many people like this story very much and regard it as the most excellent work of Hemingway. I agree with this idea and I think The Old Man and the Sea brought Hemingway to the best period of his literary career. First of all‚ the main reason of my opinion is
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I attended Ketchum High School in Ketchum‚ Oklahoma. My school’s mission statement was: “Educating all students in a safe‚ positive environment through rigorous standards to develop productive members of society. Through accountability‚ collaboration‚ continuous improvement‚ data driven decisions‚ equity‚ high expectations‚ and integrity.” One example of my school’s athletic department supporting this statement is through accountability. My basketball coach would find out each of his players’ schedules
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My artifact is a stepping stone for some. Others might be their biggest and most rewarding accomplishment of their lives. I had chosen my High School Diploma for my artifact. Not because it was rewarding in the educational sense‚ but rewarding in the person I found that I have become and will continue to be. The thirteen or so years of school that some say we were “forced” to go through was the most life changing years of my life‚ where I found myself. In this essay I’ll focus more on the “high school
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many people have different writing experiences; the good‚ the bad‚ and the ugly. We started off writing when we were in grade school and still continue to do so. So why does a first year composition instructor asks us to relive our high school experiences? One of my bad writing experiences was I never was a good writer in general. I didn’t really like writing essays‚ because my essays usually end up being boring and repetitive. Sometimes I am unsure on what I should be writing about. When I write an
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Draft My First Day Fright Have you ever experience a moment where you have no idea where you are‚ and what you would have done in that particular moment? Well I have‚ and here is my story. It all started in late August of 2009‚ when millions of children across the country were looking forward to their first day of school. For me‚ I was not looking forward to start my first year of High School. I still had the middle school mentality. I was concerned that I was not ready for high school. I felt
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closing my mouth and wondering why my thoughts blurted out to a complete stranger who had never talked with me before‚ a sudden realization struck me like a head on collision. Since when do people ask me for advice? All of a sudden‚ vivid images started going through my head‚ like the times when my peers would tease my way of speaking‚ yet they were also the same people who later asked my opinion on a subject. Times when it seemed as if I were isolated from the people around me in middle school‚ yet
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Thinking back to my freshman year at Crandall High School‚ the first thing that comes to my mind is my first day. I walked in the door‚ only to be breath taken of how big the school was. I remember thinking to myself I might as well make myself comfortable here. This is where I will be spending my next four years. I tried out for the Gold Dusters and I made the teams. I worked really hard on all of my school work and I hoped to make my parents proud. When I got into Drill Team I thought it
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was a Freshman in high school. Unfortunately in middle school I realized how much I liked cupcakes and soon was called all of the names in the book. I was 4’ 10”‚ 160 lbs and at this point I started to get depressed just looking at myself knowing‚ I needed to change. The last month of 8th-grade year I skipped lunch to go up in the weight room hoping to change. Each day I waited for someone to notice me as someone other than the “Baby Hippo”. The last day of middle school came around and I had
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School has always been a place where students have been sent to grow and learn. Other than the learning that takes place‚ we as student have to social situations that help to shape who we are (or will be). School can be the place where students can be very expressive or have their voice suppressed. There are ways that school can shape us for better or for worse. My story is gives a brief account of how the school social aspect of school had personally shaped me into the person I am today‚ and the
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