“Two Ways of Viewing the River” by Mark Twain: Response Paper “Two Ways of Viewing the River” is a short excerpt from Mark Twain’s autobiography that compares and contrasts Twain’s point of view as a Mississippi River boat pilot. In my opinion these few paragraphs are pitch perfect as well as technically masterful. The descriptive details in paragraph 1 were especially impressive. However‚ I’m also struck by how universal this essay is a metaphor for everyday life. It is‚ in a sense‚ a comment
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A letter to my 6th grade self Ring ring! The damn alarm clock goes off. My mom’s sweet loving voice doesn’t. Its 6:00 in the morning and the bus will be here in 45 minutes. Today is the day. It’s middle school time. Get out of bed. Do it. I know you’re nervous but just do it. You need plenty of time to look your best in front of all the new people you will be around today. First impressions are everything. Stop looking at yourself in the mirror. You’re fine. Take a shower
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What grade were you in? The teacher I choose to write about is a High School educator whose name is Mrs. Wright. I had her from my sophomore through my senior year. She was the resource teacher for these grades. I have test anxiety‚ have has it since I was a young child‚ and she could get me through without having a panic attack or having to go to the ladies room to puck. This woman was always there to support me while I work through the good and tough times in school no matter what it was. A kindhearted
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Surprise Eleventh grade was a substantial upgrade compared to tenth grade‚ although many things were the same. Same drama‚ cliques‚ and crap just a different day. Nothing spectacular happened to me‚ and all year I went through the motions of my weeks having weekends to push me through. My class load and work kept me out of trouble‚ like I said same thing different day. But‚ it was never that simple for me. Then in comes June 10th and I had a routine doctor’s appointment which became abnormal about
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Nea Community Learning Center F. Nations Course Syllabus English 2/ 10th Grade Section 3 Section 3 is designed to discover‚ observe and illustrate the human condition within the intricacies of war during WW2 Europe and United States through the artistic expression of drama‚ writing‚ and design. World War 2 Driving Question: How can we‚ as Learners of History‚ portray characters and events authentically to represent the social and political environment in Europe and the United States
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Hello students‚ parents‚ and staff members today is a really big day for the 8th graders. They are taking a big step in their future. They are setting their goals to what they’re going to be in the future. It has been a long 8th grade year this year was a very great year now it’s time to move on to high school. I know this year we had some good and bad times but that was all in the past and you’re a new person. Whatever happens during your high school year just know to dream big and never
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My Amazing 9th Grade teacher As a freshman‚ I met Mrs. Chinwe Agbogu. She was from the same state and city as me. Mrs. Agbogu was very understanding‚ courageous and a very friendly lady. Mrs. Agbogu was a very down to earth kind of a lady‚ very understanding when it comes to listening to people and their problems and also their school life challenges. She is always there for me to help me get through my freshman student life challenges. She never judges me or make me feel bad about what ever my
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How to Get Good Grades Aaliyah Council Gateway Community College Topic: Ways people stay focused and determined to getting good grades Specific Purpose: To inform my audience me members the special ways and methods to get good grades and keep their grades up Introduction I. Does your grade point average ever frustrate you or make you depressed? Are you tired of getting bad grades on everything you put so much effort into? II. Achieving success in school‚ takes more than just one’s typical intelligence
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Do you like 6th grade so far‚ basically contrary to popular belief. Well if you’re not then that will change as me as the 6th-grade president in a particularly major way. If you for the most part are having a basically great time this year then I will essentially make it even better‚ demonstrating that well if you’re not then that will change as me as the 6th-grade president in a actually major way. I for all intents and purposes want to for the most part make the school a fairly better place for
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of them until I got good at them. My 9th grade baseline score for the 12 minute run was 2100 and my post score was 2100 also. This was because I had soccer and gym at the same time and soccer helped me with the running. My 10th grade baseline was 1900 and my post core was 2100. This was because unlike last year‚ I did not do soccer‚ so I wasn’t as active as I was in 9th grade. I worked hard on my running and I got a better score for my post test. My 9th grade baseline score for the 12 minu swim was
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