He has succeeded in so many facets of life, not just to win the approval of the white man, but also to strengthen himself. He was a tremendous scholar and had succeeded so much in high school that greatness was nearly expected from him. It was almost as if by conforming to his social situation now, he could one day stand against it and changed the entire social aspect as a whole. He “visualized [himself] as a potential Booker T. Washington” when he entered the room. Washington was a prominent black figure from decades prior.
A large portion of Holden’s depression comes from failing multiple times. He has flunked almost every class he has taken except English. When he fails, his classes, he does not care about it and goes on with his life. Holden is kicked out of Pence Prep because of his low grades and his inability to take school seriously. This quote shows that he does not care about his future in education.
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.
I never imagined myself taking an AP English class. Upon first arriving in the U.S, I was extremely lonely, lacking any friends or family to share those lonely feeling. At school, I struggled in every class and struggled to make friends with other kids. While at home, television and games provided my only companionship. I missed Vietnam, longing for delicious authentic Vietnamese foods and the love of my big family and closing friends.
By the time I finished the sixth grade I was ready for the seventh and eighth grade, Jr. High School. I continued with the special educational program, through the eleventh grade. I was successful with my grades, and my teachers were supportive. However, reaching the twelfth grade, the teachers were not as supportive as I experienced in my previous years in school. I struggled with my classes with the little support I was given; I became dissatisfy with school.
My mother thought that I was not going to make it. I was born with an abnormally large skull, Yellow Jaundice and had a hernia as well; the doctors back then diagnosed me with water on the brain, and told my mother that I will not have a normal childhood. They were right about the childhood, while I was growing up, during my elementary years, I felt like an outcast, a reject and just a worthless individual. I had a very hard time adjusting in school. I started school by failing first grade.
Reading intervention can improve a student’s reading skills as well as identify other remedial problems that may be prevalent. Several studies that consisted of different students from all kinds of racial, ethnic, and educational levels was conducted with one group of students who did not participate in the intervention program versus those who had low reading skill and did participate in the reading intervention program. The findings of these surveys were quite tremendous. Test scores were lowered for those who did not receive any assistance and for those who did their scores
Looking back on my English experience here at Torrance High I believe I have learned a lot. In my last year at middle school they had us pick our scheduled for the next year at Torrance High, I decided to go into the honors program for English( it was one of my stronger subjects). I got I think the best English 1 teacher in the school. Mr. Duvall taught me a better way to organize the information I had read. I got a B first semester.
Ms. Kelleher English 1, Per.1 24 May, 2010 Becoming more than a freshman Coming to a close from my ninth grade year I improved with coming a better student- athlete at the end of the year. This semester I learned to balance baseball and school, to keep up of a gpa of a 3.0 This semester has been much better than the last even though I’m still struggling with certain classes. I have made a big improvement by studying more and time managing my work . I plan on making honor roll the first semester of next year as a tenth grader. The classes I felt I best improved in were my A.V.I.D.
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.