Dreading High School Classes

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Do you have an idea of what high school will be like? I, like so many other middle school students, have a general idea of what high school will be like. There are some things I am looking forward to. There are also some things I am dreading. First of all, you get to choose your classes. I am really excited about this because the same classes every year gets awfully tiring. I know nothing about the teachers, so I might get really strict teachers which would not be fun. This is one thing I am dreading because who likes stern teachers? Although, being able to sign up for classes I want would be worth it. Classes like home economics, FFA, and health science would be exciting to have. In high school, I would get to sign up for clubs or extracurricular

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Blankstyle Scholarship Analysis

program and everything I’ve learned through it. However, graduation looms over my head like a storm cloud, a tsunami inching closer every semester. My name is Addison Fish and I am applying to the Blankstyle Scholarship Fund. When I was a senior in high school applying to college, I knew exactly what I was looking for. I was going to go to a strong engineering based university, get a degree in Aerospace Engineering, and then attend professional…

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Personal Narrative: My Migration To Denver

some people would rather get out then move in, I can’t help but to appreciate all the run-down and ghetto buildings, if you can even call it that. I didn’t grow up attending the best schools in Denver, but my parents did what they could to provide us with a great education. When they found out a new middle school, which happened…

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Writing 102 is the first writing class I have taken in college. While I took AP Lit in high school this class was completely different from what I was expecting. This course has helped me grow as a writer. While there were times that frustrated me, they ended up being my biggest triumphs. Growing as a writer should be the goal in every writing or english class. While that is usually never the case for me, this class has done the impossible. Writing summaries has never been one of my fortes and…

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Why Schools Should Start Later

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Oh The Places You Ll Go Analysis

own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." this quote expresses how I felt on my first day of college. Although college is fun, I had to get through my first day of finding my classes, meeting my peers, and introducing myself. Finding my classes was the toughest thing for me to do on my first day. I was engulf by million of students. It was difficult to find Hasting Hall at first but after walking in circles eventually I found it. When I entered the building…

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Racism: Race and Student Application Essay

were born, our parents have done nothing but try to make our lives as safe and high-quality as possible . Over half of my life was lived there, surrounded by friends and family, but when I was nine, my parents decided to relocate to Massachusetts. They decided to leave their families and friends behind to move us to a new country where our quality of life would be greater than it was in Puerto Rico. My first day of school in the United States was a complete disaster. Now, imagine me, nine years old…

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Reflective Essay On English 101

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Paid Progress

Looking at a page for too long made me want to tear my eye balls out and sitting in one place, reading a 100 page story bored me to death. I would walk into my classroom everyday dreading the upcoming reading assignments. I always felt so much pressure because my teacher expected more from me but eventually I got tired of the high expectations and I was bored of working so rigorously on something I didn’t like to do. Consequently, my reading grades began to decrease within the next couple of years. It…

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Summary Of Lowen's Textbook

textbooks told you wrong because they only told you part of the story or what they thought was important. According Lowen most college students go into college knowing less about the history of their own country than other subject that they studied in high school and the years before. American History id the most disliked subject therefore the least remembered. He claims that history in one subject that…

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