“I Just Wanna Be Average" MIKE ROSE Mike Rose is anything but average: he has published poetry‚ scholarly research‚ a textbook‚ and two widely praised books on education in America. A professor in the School of Education at UCLA‚ Rose has won awards from the National Academy of Education‚ the National Council of Teachers of English‚ and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Below you’ll read the story of how this highly successful teacher and writer started high school in the "vocational
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Does the first Amendment affect your livelihood? Hmmm...I’m not sure...Is water wet? Is the grass green? Do skittles come in different colors? Do we even really need to ask? Of course it does....The first Amendment is important for a lot of reasons‚ one being that it allows us to show our individuality and uniqueness. If we weren’t allowed to express ourselves‚ be it in writing dancing‚ comedy‚ and many other ways‚ then our individuality and uniqueness would never be seen. We might as well be mindless
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As I stepped through the doors of high school on the first day of school‚ I had little to no care about two things. I didn’t care about how weak my muscles were and I certainly didn’t care enough to do my homework right when I got home. It is December now and I care a whole lot more than I originally did. I took longer in the morning or I’d spend 15 minutes before I go to bed to pick to pick out my outfits‚ I’d cram before exams or quizzes‚ I’d pay attention more in class and procrastinate less after
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I awoke to the slamming of the front door‚ remembering that it was Sunday‚ my dad’s favorite day of the year‚ the first day of hunting season. I jump out of bed and stumble down the stairs waking everybody else in the house up. Looking out the window I see my dad pull away in his big red pickup truck with the sleeve of his orange hunting jacket hanging out the window. Hoping he brings home dinner‚ I start to make myself breakfast‚ I make my dad’s favorite; eggs with crispy bacon. As I’m cooking breakfast
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are a lot different than I expected. I guess I had a fairy-tale vision of what it would be 409 like. The first day here‚ I almost wanted to turn around and go home! It’s not paradise! I knew it would 410 be humid‚ but I still wasn’t prepared for how humid. My skin constantly feels wet and very sticky‚ and 411 this is uncomfortable for me since I’m used to a very dry climate. But the most shocking thing I found 412 out right from the beginning when I arrived on Saturday (January 27) was that the Bible
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Haley was so nervous‚ it was her first day in Kinder. She was this pretty little girl with fluffy brown hair and amazing big brown eyes; yet‚ she had always been an insecure girl. She constantly thought to herself‚ “what will other children think of me? What if I do not make friends? What if no one likes me?” as she looked for her classroom this was all she could think of. Then she saw the sign on a door that said “Kinder” with a blue butterfly. As she entered‚ every head in the room turned towards
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Heading for an Interview? Is your “First impression‚ the LAST”? A phrase that we have been using time and again. The fact is‚ it is a profound truth. And it gets at play the most when one heads for the ultimate nerve-juggling task. A Job Interview! Your first interview for a job unarguably is that decisive moment which has the tendency to influence your entire life‚ be it personal or be it professional. Have you ever imagined that this moment‚ if it turns in your favor‚ will determine the type
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My First Day at A University of Khon Kaen Have you ever been so excited that your heart can’t stop beaten? That’s show I was on my my first day at the Khon Kaen University. I was very excited‚ but also I was frightened. I was about to meet people who were going to be with me for four years. I kept asking myself; “would they be nice?” That morning I woke up very early but arrived at the faculty late because I don’t know the schedule of the transport in the university; my body was petrified. I could
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Tho Nguyen English 2/26/2013 Narrative Essay: Final 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
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Average Racism post I too‚ have never heard the term “average racist”. I believe it is a term to remove accountability. Average is “in between”; it is the mean‚ not swaying one way or the other. So average is therefore neutral. Neutrality does not excuse responsibility. Bystanders have a responsibility to intervene . “Staying out of” an issue where this is injustice‚ is taking a side; it is giving legitimacy to the perpetrators. That is a simplified statement in reference to a very complicated
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