“ It was not a great relationship, we never got along, He was a very strict person, never really showed emotions. It was as if he never was there for me when I needed him. I don’t like to talk about him.” Okay, so then let’s move on. Tell me how was your relationship with victor? Can we consider him your best friend growing
Two words may, to some people, mean the same thing, and to others something completely different. This is displayed in Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography of the words “vanity” and “pride”. To Franklin vanity is something to be desired, it produces motivation for self improvement and “is often productive of Good to the Possessor & to others that are within his Sphere of Action” (Page 4). To many, pride and vanity are one in the same. As German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote, “Vanity is the polite mask of pride.” Pride is often times defined as how we view ourselves, and vanity being how others view us.
Majority admit doing assignments the night before the due date. Even if the assignment seems very minimal student’s still hold it off till thirty minutes before class starts. For example when a paper is due I find that I skip over all the planning and outlining and just begin with no framework. In the end I turn in something that I am not very confident about and the results are almost predictable. If I would invest the time needed to organize I would have received a better grade.
This way, when my religion began to wane at times I never once felt like that meant I could just be a bad person. Those two parts of my life were always kept completely separate so that if someday if I abandoned religion wholesale, I would not abandon who they expected me to
In the book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck’s conscience and sound heart are constantly at battle; making it extremely difficult for Huck to make decisions, and to determine what is right and wrong. What is the definition of conscience? “The awareness of moral or ethical aspects of one’s conduct together with an urge to prefer right over wrong; a moral judgment”. Your conscience is uncontrollably shaped by your surroundings: society, family, friends, schooling and so much more. Huck grew up around the idea that you should never be afraid of a black person, due to the so called “fact” that they were below you; you had all the power over them.
My ninth grade was pretty cool until the last week of school I let my mouth get the best of me and said some things that I really should’ve not said and because I did I earned the next semester at the alternative school. When school started back I was very sad because I had to go to the “bad” school with all the “bad” kids and I was very nervous. Once I got there it was pretty cool and I really enjoyed it because the classes were smaller and you got more one on one help. My grades went up and my mom decided that I should spend the rest of the year there, which really messed me up because they did not offer any elective classes only the basics . My eleventh grade year was also a disaster because of the struggle of passing my biology state test and I was really distracted and just wanted to go back to the alternative school but my mom and the principle would not send me back.
It was definitely a struggle to get us to learn to read. When it came down to school, especially reading and writing, they pushed us the hardest. It was very important to them and I never understood why. I never wanted to listen to them. I was very defiant when it came to learning.
These kinds of test have been going on for years but they have not put as much importance as they do now. Kids are getting stressed out due to these tests so by the time they take the test they have used all the energy cramming to learn what is on the test. In the past there was no added stress because the outcome of the test did not decide the outcome of their future. If they do bad on test then it creates a domino effect, these test decide who these kids are. It decides if they go into remedial, regular, or advanced classes.
My experiences with reading and writing My earliest recollections of both my reading and writing experiences are not pleasant and to date these experiences have not changed. Prior to my kindergarden days my mother would teach me at home the letters of the alphabet in the hope that my entry into school life would me smoother. I am not too sure that she succeeded. I recall my first day in the kindergarden class, the teacher started off with figures; I thought to myself smooth sailing. I thought that all day this is what I would doing, little did I know that reading would be next.
Portfolio Reflection Throughout high school I have always struggled with writing. I was never able to fully get my point across in an essay. Senior year I decided to take ERWC so I could improve my writing skills and better prepare myself for college. After taking this class for an entire year, I have found that I have gain a greater understanding of the process needed to write a proper paper. I have learned how to properly use transition words, as well as learn how to properly cited the resources and TAG them in the essay.