“When I was born all the doctor's gasped and scared my mom, because of my alien like head.” Ansley Seymour was an unusual child from the moment she was born on November 7, 2000. She lives in a zoo of four brothers, one sister, and two sets of parents. She has very problematic siblings. Her six-year-old sister, Lynn was adopted from physico parents who were addicted to drugs and was born with drugs in her system.…
JoAnna Guzman #3 Ms. Vela Synopsis 08 November 2016 Book Synopsis In the novel “Saint Anything,” by Sarah Dessen, the main character Sydney is going through a family crisis with her older brother Peyton. The novel starts off with Sydney’s family in a court house. Sydney’s brother Peyton was a good kid, but as he got older and went into high school, he went down the wrong path and started getting into a lot of trouble.…
Education Currently, Daimonn is enrolled full-time in the 7th grade at Churchland Middle School. The school placement is able to meet his needs at this time. In the last three months, Daimonn has attended school regularly,…
RJ Palacio’s realistic fiction novel Wonder demonstrates the reasons why Summer sits with August and how her motives for being with him change. Specifically, feeling bad, having fun, and liking the same activities as him. Primarily, a boy named August started going to school for the first time in September. This was very hard because August has a malady Treacher-Collins syndrome.…
It was early in the morning in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. James Madison had been elected to be a representative to The Constitutional Convention. This morning, when he woke up he wasn't just hungry for food, he was also hungry for a strong government. He had an especially hearty breakfast, his meal consisted of eggs, bacon, and homemade biscuits that he had learned to make when he was growing up in Virginia. It wasn't a typical day, he woke up with an urge to write, to make a difference.…
As I ran to Mr Rodney Yap’s class, I told my friend to wait outside of class for me and I said “it's only gonna be 15 minutes maximum.” He waited for me, our plan was to go Long’s after I was finished. As soon as I got there, Mr. Yap was waiting in class I could here all the kids talking, yelling, running across the class.…
Wendy Parsons grew up in the small town of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She had a brother, whom both enjoyed playing various sports. When she was twelve years old, she and her family moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and attended Brentwood high school. Her father, Gene Windham, was given the job as assistant coach of Vanderbilt University football team. During Wendy’s senior year of high school, she applied to four different colleges Ole Miss, the University of Alabama, Vanderbilt, and the University of Tennessee.…
Three Years Ago "Mr. Atkinson," Mr. Anderson shouted. My eyes tore from Brandon's and to the teacher. "Don't do that to Mr. Davis. " He tugged on his hair exactly the way I did to Brandon, but with a slightly disgusted expression. I slid in my chair as all the students (which was a hundred or more) stared back at us.…
Dymonta had just begun his final year in high school. He was ready for all the fun that he would have in his senior year. What he failed to realize was that the time would soon come for him to start applying to college. One of his teachers asked him if he knew what college he wanted to go to. He answered no and said that he had not thought about it much.…
Ms. Narwin How on Earth did I end up here? One moment, I’m living my dream, teaching children the wonders of literature, and the next I’m living with my dear sister and her husband thousands of miles away from Harrison High. Okay, so it wasn’t quite as quick as that, but it felt like it. All thanks to that little imbecile Philip Malloy. He ruined me, and I swear, the second I get back on my feet, I’m going to make sure he never gets a diploma.…
A Changing World Volume 1 The Fight to Integrating 1957 The Fight at Central High School Integration is taking place at Central High School in Little Rock AR. There are 9 students that volunteered to integrate Center High School. The 9 students had to report to the school September 4, 1957 to attempt their first day at Central High School. The 9 students that volunteered to integrate at Center High are Melba Patillo, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Gloria Karlmark, Carlotta Walls Lanier, Dr. Terrence Roberts, Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Trickey, and Thelma Mothershed.…
For many parents, the birth of a new child brings joy and glee. However for my father, I was a burden made by his late-night illegal activities. West Englewood is an area many people have not heard of - it’s tucked inside the southwest side of Chicago. During the day, the people of Englewood would wake up to the smell and sound of gunshots and burning tyres. Police officers would parade the streets in their well-ironed uniforms and the alleys would be covered with bright and colourful graffiti of sayings and images, which I didn’t understand at the time.…
The summer between my sophomore year and junior year was a life changing period. For one, my mother and I moved to Waco, Texas, an 8-hour drive from my home of Weslaco. Along with this new address, I also had a new school. Naturally, I went to the school nearest my home, Connally High School. I didn’t know it on my first day of school, but Connally High School would become my 2nd out of 3 high schools I would attend.…
To be fearless is to lack fear. There are so many words that can be used to describe a person who is fearless. Being a fearless person could mean you are brave, daring, or heroic. A person who set an example for those aspiring to have these properties, would be Adam Brown. He shows this in many different ways actions.…