I am the mentor to Krystal Lamphier. I don’t know if this should be brought up to you‚ the freshmen teachers‚ or Mrs. Webber‚ I figured I would just email you and get guidance. Near the beginning of the year she told me that she has dyslexia and is worried of not being able to read or keep up with schooling. I comforted her and told her I would do everything in my power to help her. She has tried different methods of learning and believes she wasn’t helped. I don’t want her to give up on herself
Premium High school Education Teacher
I had no makeup on‚ my hair was in a pony tail. I was wearing a tank top and cotton shorts that were marked up from the spray tan. When you first get the spray tan‚ before you take a shower‚ you’re about 10 shades darker than intended. The orange tinted spray covered my lips and I looked genuinely insane and smelled awful. I pulled up to the restaurant in an uber only to see Tarzan sitting on the outside bench near the door writing in a journal with
Premium Debut albums Sexual intercourse Oral sex
Language has played a big role in making my life successful. As senior year was ending I had a major life changing decision. I was unsure whether to pursue my passion of baseball in California‚ or to hang up my cleats for the last time on a high note. Although this was not a life or death decision‚ It was still a decision that was still near and dear to my heart. After going to several people for help and many sleepless nights‚ I still felt helpless. I finally came to the conclusion after hearing
Premium
Coming from a low income family‚ I understand my parents won’t be able to assist me financially. FAFSA is a life changing opportunity‚ and so are scholarships and government grants. Scholarship money will ease the fees for tuition‚ books‚ living‚ and everything I need to attend the University of Texas at Austin. I have a passion for hearing other languages‚ it’s amazing to me. The structure‚ tone‚ and expression changes completely! I watch reality south Korean shows‚ Japanese anime‚ and read biographies
Premium College Higher education University
My mother called me and my siblings to the living room because she had some big news. It was big alright‚ we were MOVING. The thing is‚ it was HALLOWEEN! We all went back to our rooms and started packing. Once we had everything packed we started loading it onto the U-haul. Once we had everything in the U-haul we got on the interstate and off to Richmond Hill we went. It took us an hour but we made it. When we arrived‚ we couldn’t find the house. We passed house after house‚ neighborhood after
Premium English-language films Family Parent
water gently run through my fingers. It was my first time spear fishing and saying that I felt scared was an understatement. I was about to plunge into the water when I felt a shiver run through my spine; I had forgotten to pack my second oxygen tank. How stupid could I be? Besides the fact that I was as nervous as a fish in a shark tank‚ I decided not to worry about it as I still had my main tank. Holding the speargun‚ I leant back off the boat and landed in the water. The water was a
Premium Fish Ocean Fishing
Creativity continues to be a difficult word for me to define succinctly. Yet throughout my journey of self-reflection and self-realization‚ incited by Dr. Johnson’s course‚ Leadership & Innovation‚ I notice that I am doggedly pursuing mastery of the creative energy within me. In this pursuit‚ I have learned that truly embracing and knowing and utilizing my own creativity requires a fearlessness‚ free of self-conscious worry and self-judgment. There’s a quote---whose source has been debated (Henry
Premium Creativity Idea Cognition
still have any complications then we’ll schedule an MRI.” About a week and a half went by until I finally got the MRI it took about an hour and the machine kept giving off these strange loud noises it was weird. Then we had to wait for a few days to get the results‚ It was that Saturday at six o’clock that me and my brother and sister were at my grandma’s then my mom called asking to speak to me I picked up the phone not expecting what I was about to hear‚ “Cameron‚ the results came back and you have
Premium American football English-language films Game
I began questioning my sexuality in seventh grade. I had just been given my first phone and suddenly a whole new world opened up to me. The LGBTQ+ community welcomed me with open arms as I read up on labels and identities‚ and I soon discovered that I’m bisexual. However‚ this “whole new world” also exposed me to bigotry‚ hate‚ and ignorance. Very quickly‚ I learned that people like me aren’t entirely accepted or respected. From hearing “f*ggot” and “gay” thrown around in classes to my friend’s negative
Premium High school Teacher School
George Shirk sits in his office at the Mammoth Times on a Saturday afternoon‚ with his dog‚ Fido‚ who writes his own weekly column for the paper‚ curled up underneath the desk. Early December is the quiet time between the Thanksgiving and Christmas rushes at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area‚ and Shirk‚ a 60-year-old news veteran with a sandy smoker’s voice‚ has kindly agreed to give me an armchair tour of his adopted hometown. Mammoth Lakes is perched in the Eastern Sierra‚ a half-day’s walk from some
Premium Family English-language films Sun