I was so thrilled yet scared because I had never been on a rollercoaster. We left home around 9:00am because we live in Far Rockaway which is almost three hours away from the park’s location. We took the shuttle toward JFK, transferred to the Q train and around 12pm, we arrived at final our destination. We started taking pictures immediately. We went to the booth to purchase our tickets for the rides and we decided on the unlimited rides which cost $30 per person.
Every year millions of youths go home to an empty house afterschool, every year millions of parents are in search for a safe place that will inspire learning and help them decrease their child’s stress from the burden of the school day. This has been a social problem for many years, and will continue to be if nothing is done about it. Afterschool programs are essential to today’s youth, without these services many youths fall into trouble and begin their cycle into the criminal justice system. More than half of the children in New York City especially those in low socioeconomic neighborhoods are on their own after the school day ends and are forced to take care of themselves until their parents get home from work. From 3 pm until the time an adult arrives home at 6 pm children are at risk of being introduced to and participating in criminal activity, whether it be peer pressure, gang activities, or just hanging outside.
Immigration Experience Paper Today is the happiest day of my life because I finally got a job. This is not a kind of job that I would desire to have but still it will help me with my expenses. However few months ago, I received my boarding pass to get on the ship to America. I am happy because I got a new job but at the same time more excited that I was going to America, the country where I always wanted to be so I can fulfill my dreams to make money. It was my financial situation that was forcing me to leave my country Italy and go the land of opportunity as we call America.
As it turns out that night and the wonder of going to my first concert was one of the most inspiring moments of my life. After waking up the morning after the show it seemed I couldn’t satisfy my lust for music. I started finding ways to listen to music whenever I could. Even during the short 3 block walk to school I had to have my walkman. For my ninth birthday all I asked for was more music.
I would go try to take the test and never finish because I felt I couldn’t do it. Until December 2011 I keep telling myself that if I didn’t go get it my kids would never have anything and I would be forced to live off the state or my mom. So December came along and I forced myself to go take that test. I was surprised to say I passed everything except my essay part. It took me two weeks to study for the next essay test and I passed with flying colors.
On July 2, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted. Little did I know the confidence, support and inspiration I enjoyed at my current school would soon end at the end of the school year. By the end of my second grade school year, I was well aware I would be attending a new school with students of another race. I lived a block from families of another race but I was sheltered from any concept of the difference of race except skin color. I went to school, church and participated in athletics at the local park, but for the most part everyone was of the same
Disneyland I was looking out the window of the airplane as we landed in Anaheim, California. I was so excited. My family and I took an early flight. The plane departed from John F. Kennedy at 1 a.m. and I didn’t sleep the whole plane ride. My family, on the other hand, were snoring the whole flight.
My First Impression in SFSU Dear Esther, Hi! I am one of your students from English 201. It is my freshman year in San Francisco State University and I can still remember the first day when I came to SFSU, I felt very nervous and strange. Everything here is new to me and I don’t even have a friend to talk to, especially the classes that I have are all for native speakers, so I decided to transfer some of my classes to ESL classes. Since I was just graduated from high school, so for me campus is much larger than my high school and I need to come to every class with the map.
I see my friends getting good jobs and pursuing their education and I was a sixteen year old mother with nothing to look forward to. My life have change so much and my goal was to go back to school and complete my education. For the past three years my mother and brothers always encouraged me to continue where I left off. Finally one day I decided to reapply to a secondary school to complete in education. I try looking for a job first to take care of my daughter and pay for my finances but that wasn’t successful.
Hannah Clark Professor Kurk English 1301.09 December 1, 2014 Repercussions of Homeschooling (revised) The number of children being homeschooled has grown in recent years. Many people erroneously believe that there will be repercussions if they homeschool their children, but there aren’t any. From K-9th grade, I was homeschooled along with my six other siblings. My freshman year, however, my parents chose to enroll me in public school. Homeschooling has proven an educational option, which has yielded great results for many families.