always my absolute favorite. However, my AP Chemistry class during sophomore year changed that and the course my life. It seems a little silly to say that one class changed my life, but in reality, there is no other way to state the impact AP chemistry had on my life. It began with my amazing AP Chemistry teacher who created a fun learning environment. From the labs to the notes, everything was simplified to lamens’ terms, so a sophomore student with no chemistry background could understand the content…
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the lock. When I was a sophomore, I had written plenty of five paragraph essays, plenty of biographies, plenty of poems, and plenty of research papers, as well as read plenty of novels, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, and textbooks. Up until my sophomore year, reading and writing was a tri-seasonal activity for me; fall, winter, and spring. Reading and writing was a burden for me, only to be completed when required. This was true until my first semester of sophomore year. I was taking English…
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My journey with writing began as soon as I could write. When I was eight years old, I told my grandmother that I was a word-weaver and story-telling was my passion. I was notorious for taking my work to my Language Arts and English teachers and pleading with them to read and review my work. During high school, I was enrolled in Post-Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) and I elected to take a creative writing class. At seventeen years old, I was the youngest student in the class, but I believe my…
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The short story, “A Pair of Tickets” by Amy Tan follows the significant internal change a woman experiences when she visits relatives in China following her mother’s death. The protagonist, Jing-Mei is introduced as an individual with no ties to Chinese culture but as the story progresses; she feels her family tradition come alive within her. The setting of the story, China, contributes to the theme of self-discovery because it is a pivotal aspect of Jing-Mei’s feeling of belonging. Foreshadowing…
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The steam, that lingered from my dad’s early morning shower, caressed my soft, chubby cheeks as I plopped down on my parents bed, determined to read a book for the first time. With a glass of rich chocolate milk in my right hand and a book in my lap, I confidently struggled through the first page. This was the start to my confusing relationship with reading and writing. As I continued to struggle through books about fish, trucks and giving a moose a muffin, I developed the skills I needed to read…
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Now this is the story all about how My life got flipped, turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel-air In west Philadelphia born and raised On the playground where I spent most of my days Chilling out, maxing, relaxing all cool And all shooting some b-ball outside of the school When a couple of guys, they were up to no good Started making trouble in my neighbourhood I got in one little fight and my…
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With that in mind, let’s look at some of today’s top baseball players and their stories of rising to stardom. First up, Mike Trout, center fielder for the Los Angeles Angels. Mike Trout is one of the best and certainly most popular baseball players in the game today and he gives a lot of credit for his success to his father, Jeff Trout. According to Jeff, Mike’s love of baseball goes way back to his childhood when he would wake up every day wanting to go and do something with baseball whether…
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the fact that I would be doing baseball in high school. Baseball was definitely in my top two for sports that I most liked, and coming off two state championships and a runner up for grade school baseball meant I was as enthusiastic as ever. I was short for my age, 5’3” to be exact, but I was quick as heck and could play centerfield like a champ. The only problem was the fact that, at the time, my favorite sport was track. Sadly, track in high school is during the same season as baseball. Literally…
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he bought another one, and then I was left with no vehicle. My only option was to work over the summer of my sophomore year and attempt to earn enough to buy a cheap car. I worked all summer, not spending a penny. Near the end of summer, I was able to buy a Ford Ranger off the side of the road. This was a truck I had dreamed of, and thankfully, I had just enough: $2500. While this story may sound easy now, it was assuredly not. On social media, seeing posts of birthday, Christmas presents, or even…
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returned home daily physically and mentally exhausted because their brains cannot perform at the same level as they used to. During her freshman year, Emily began to notice that she was no longer the A student she used to be. The following year, sophomore year, Emily began to look…
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