Excelling in Math I never came kindly to the subject of Math. Math was always about constant rote memorization‚ full of extensive redundant notes that always found their way stuffed into the folds of my notebook never to be seen again. I held onto this impression the entire duration of ninth grade. However‚ upon a simple happenstance of acquiring the right math teacher with a different approach to math‚ I became increasingly aware of my previous errors in thinking. Everything was not as unyielding
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Throughout the year I have learned many things that will benefit me later on in life. Out of all the important things I have learned this year‚ there were three that have impacted my school year the most: Reading the book Freak the Mighty‚ learning the importance friendship‚ and what I am going to do with my life after high school. In the beginning of the year we read a great book called Freak the Mighty. As we read the book our teacher taught us how to annotate and take notes on what we thought
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Since I have started middle school‚ I have grown and learned in my reading‚ writing‚ and thinking skills. A strength of mine that I noticed in all three grade levels was my ability to comprehend the theme and main idea of texts with many details. Another strength that I displayed through all grade levels was analytical thinking. I used and continue to use analytical thinking when reading‚ solving problems‚ and envisioning new ideas. A common weakness that continue to exhibit throughout middle school
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Prewriting for your Essay 1 Pick a topic. Descriptive essays generally focus on a person‚ a place‚ an event‚ or a thing. Writers convey an idea about their topic by describing the topic for the reader in a ‘show‚ not tell’ manner.[1] Showing and not telling means that you paint a picture for your reader. For example‚ instead of saying‚ “There were trees near the lake” you could say‚ “The lake stared through the trees‚ a wide grey eye trapped in a perpetual state
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was in my history class about either World War 2 or about the Slave Trade. At first it took me a few mins but I guess you can say that I was having trouble on how to put my words and information down on paper. I had to do some re-search on writing essays or papers‚ that way I could get the idea of how mine would look or turn out. Once I had that in order and had made my re-search I started reading some information about both of them‚ now my best class in school that I loved was history. I loved reading
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A process analysis essay explains a series of events. Often process analysis essays are written chronologically so that readers can perform a set of steps. To write a process analysis essay‚ you need to understand the steps involved in a process‚ how they relate to one another and how they lead to the end result. The steps below will help you in developing and writing a process analysis essay that effectively and accurately explains the process to your reader.Difficulty: Moderately EasyInstructions1
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Jenny Maguire English- Americas Narrative Structure Paper 2/14/02 Known for his flowing descriptive and gothic style‚ Edgar Allan Poe does not appear to develop any obvious narrative structure in his work. His short stories are generally identified with the gloomy‚ desolate‚ and horrifically shocking sensations they spark within the reader. Particularly in his short story‚ "Ligeia‚" Poe seems to have done away with any sort of apparent structure within the story. Rather‚ he portrays it as a mixture
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In fourth grade‚ I was given a homework assignment of the worst nature my nine-year-old brain could envision: an essay. My entire class erupted with sighs and groans as my teacher explained the assignment: interview someone you know and write a biography. I was stumped; I didn’t think anyone in my family was interesting. I didn’t have an uncle that was a firefighter or cousin that was an astronaut. I had absolutely no idea who to write about. At dinner that night‚ my parents suggested I interview
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I have been called boring. That is not the case! Well‚ I will let you decide. Here is a look into my personal life. I am a parent of 2 kids. I used to be married to Audrey Kingsworth-Trump‚ but we got divorced because she didn’t appreciate my personality. She is already dead to me. I have forgotten about her completely and have moved on. I am now remarried to a Mary Magador‚ who is currently a music professor at the same university in which I enrich the minds of adolescences with knowledge of English
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I rarely spoke in middle school. When people tried to make conversation with me‚ I’d get scared that what I’d say would make me seem lower in their eyes‚ so every single possible response was excessively mulled over in my head. Usually‚ none of my possible responses would seem good enough‚ so I’d either quit and return to the safety of a book —which I always had on me— or awkwardly stand there until the person left me or the conversation. If there was a social or party‚ I’d skip it or read in the
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