ENG 103-04 Essay September 11, 2012 I wasn’t always motivated to excel in my school work. Years back I didn’t care about school or anything I was hanging with the wrong crowd and playing the part as being a bad child. My mother I always wanted me to change and get focused about life but I was already too far gone. One day I stepped into my class and my whole demeanor changed. I met a woman named Mrs. Renee Troupe Clear.
Summer Reading 2013 “Stargirl” 7) During the novel after Stargirl returns to being “Susan” Leo says that she looked magnificently, wonderfully, gloriously ordinary. Just like every other girl Mica High School. When I read this part of the novel I felt that it was unfair to Stargirl. He changed her so that the people at school would start talking to him again. But, what he didn’t realize was maybe that wasn’t the person Stargirl wanted to be.
Scout acted as if the whole world was coming to an end. But as soon as she realized school was nipping at our heels she perked up some. Scout had always awed in wonder when school was mentioned, since she had never been herself. This was her first year and I wasn’t exactly comfortable with the idea of having my little sister attend the same school as me. When Atticus volunteered me to show Scout to school her first day, I wasn’t too pleased.
The effects of NCLB affected everyone, whether you were at the top of your class or toward the bottom. To those of us who experienced the affects if NCLB first hand, it seemed like the students who put in the least amount of effort got rewarded the same things that the students putting in hours of work got. I asked my good friend Casey Collins, who attends University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, if she felt that NCLB was affective she said, “In all seriousness it was passed to help those who were behind get back on their feet, but it never took into account why all of these students were doing poorly in the first place. It's not effective in the fact that these kids are now moving forward but still don’t have the knowledge to do so. It also holds back the kids who work hard to succeed.” Many of the people I asked agreed in some way with Casey.
We hugged and I left. *2 Months Later* I attend school at Mobile City Middle School. Everyone thinks I am strange and no one talks to me. Mr. and Mrs. Williams think I am a shy girl; all I asked for from them were books. I felt loved, but was depressed.
I moved thinking Richmond would be horrible, but I actually love it. I remember when winter break was over I was supposed to start the same day Richmond did but they did not get all my papers sent over, so I missed like a week of school because of that. When I finally did start I only really knew a couple of people which was good. At least I didn’t start school where everyone was a complete stranger. Over time I developed really strong friendships with a lot of people.
I honestly am not okay with her story. The part that confuses me the most is how her best friend once bullied her to death, because “she was just kidding with Jodee”. To look back at the times when I was being bullied, I could never think of asking my bullies to be my best friend in my wedding. The only person that could forgive someone that did them so much harm has to have a big forgiving heart. After asking her that question I feel as if she does not have that heart.
Michelle’s Memoir This is my life through school; I went to public school all the way through seventh grade I then left North Augusta middle because I didn’t like the people there, After a few days of looking for schools my mother found the perfect school for me Victory Baptist Private School! I went to Victory for a few years all the way leading to 9th grade and it was amazing but my friend talked me into coming to North Augusta High School. At first I loved it I met the love of my life there and enjoyed every day but after two years there I decided public school was not for me I just missed to many days and so the change of schools began again! I looked forever hoping to find another school like Victory; I would have even went back there.
Sometimes, I used to cry after coming back home from school because I did not know what the homework meant. My teachers would try to explain it to me, but it never worked because they were explaining it in English. Although, I was the best math student in my class, I would stand in the border of passing and failing for the word problems would take me down. In addition to my problems in school, when I came to US with my family in 2008, they city was firing workers exceedingly. The biggest unemployment rate was probably
I have taught these girls before and it is a battle no one wins with them. I initially took a hard stance on the lates and was not going to tolerate it, but I soon realized it wasn't a battle I was willing to fight, but I could not just ignore it. I talked to the three and asked them how we could both make this work. They decided the amount of time after class that they were late. The end result is that all three girls rarely come late anymore because they would rather