you least expect it. My first year of middle school was plagued with a chain of distractions that would culminate in the worst experience of my academic career. A common phrase that could be heard at my school just before the first day of seventh grade was “The math teacher is the hardest and meanest teacher ever!” I believed this statement‚ and used it to justify my lack of academic effort. The absence of my mother‚ who spent a significant amount of the school year out of state caring for her extended
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My memory of my middle school math classroom it was one of the scariest part in my school it’s because I don’t understand math much. It was 6th grade in a old dusty building it was like a building that was built during the 80’s or the 90’s. The desk were broken‚ there are drawings on the desk‚ there were cracks on the ceiling‚ and some parts of the wall were turning into a nasty yellow. I sat at the last row in the classroom with 32 students in a room about 50cm3. There is a big blackboard in the
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Muñiz Academy in the 9th grade‚ it was hard adjusting to a school where 94% of the students were Hispanic and with literally less than 6% of the school being black. I would walk down the halls and be called racial slurs because I was black. I could feel the tension between the two races and it also made me feel angry that I came from a family that’s racially diverse. Having a Black American mom and a Jamaican dad‚ and coming from a Middle school that was
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learned to rely on friends‚ to be optimistic in school‚ and to always have a sense of adventure. As I stepped into this big new‚ scary school I realized how much time is going to change things. I always wanted to branch out and find new friends‚ since majority of my friends seperated schools at the end of our middle school journey. You always see in movies about cliques and groupings of friends that stay together. Therefore‚ I strived to find that in my school year. I never expected to be this lucky with
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I am white knuckled. I am red cheeked. I am tucked tightly into my scarf and my size 8 red rain boots and I am gleeful and empowered. My voice grows hoarse as I yelp phrases of equality and love. The crowd of us; protesters‚ activists‚ members of an upset society‚ stand together soaking and smiling because we face the unjust world hand in hand. We have hope in our hearts and determination in our eyes and we will help to change the world. Though we are disheartened‚ perhaps angered by certain political
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Chengye Yin Engl 115 In the story “Graduation”‚ a young black girl feels anticipated and honored with her graduation day. However‚ on her graduation day‚ she feels frustrated and shadowy because Mr. Donleavy‚ a white man‚ delivers a speech to the graduating class of 1940. At first‚ Angelou is quite excited because she is proud of her academic achievements; besides that‚ she is also about to make a speech in front of many students. In addition‚ her mother also gives her a fancy dress with an abundance
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College summer time I had ruby-stained lips from cheap red wine Playin sand vollyball and listenin’ to Luke Bryan You just wanted me in the sack Like the Alabama quarterback This Camel Crush is goin’ up in smoke There were two other girls and I didn’t get the memo You’re a lyin’ lyin’ schemin’ schemin’ cheatin’ fool But don’t worry there too much darlin’ I ain’t as cruel Until I drank that whole bottle of Bourbon And told the whole town about you with a caution sign And I found my daddy’s ol’ shotgun
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Good evening Tally Youngblood‚ so where do you think you would have ended up if the Rangers or also known as Bug Eyes didn’t give you a ride to the Smoke? Honestly if the rangers would have gave me a ride I do believe that i would have found my own way to The Smoke. I feel that way because for one I was already over halfway there but also most importantly as the farther I ventured the more I was thinking like Shay. And if I was thinking like shay then I would have arrived at The Smoke in no time
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State of devastation was left behind‚ once the war had ended and people were free. Families were destroyed with no clue how to rebuild their foundation. War has stained the streets with red‚ and for the first time people were forced to see the reality of what “turning your cheek” can really do. To let one run so far with they hate had left our society in shambles. This compelled us‚ as human beings to change. By building off compassion and empathy‚ to start a new love for our humanity and the generation
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My Graduation as a Samoan Child It was time‚ Chapin High School would no longer be my home as of June 15‚ 2013. The joy of knowing at the very moment I stepped across that stage I would feel as something I have never felt before‚ and after I knew it was time. A day to remember was in the making. I could remember it like it was yesterday morning. Waking up to the smell of the barbeque that all my cousins were making for my graduation party. All the loud voices coming from the kitchen from my
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