During high school, my friend Ave got kicked out of her house, and her parents disowned her. She would sleep at a different friend’s house every night until one of the teachers at our school decided to care for her, and adopt her. The teacher, Mrs. Carpenter, would provide her with food and a place to stay. Till this day Ave considers Mrs. Carpenter a mother figure. It does not matter if we are blood related, the same race, or even is we do not have the same parents it is still considered family. Family For me, my family has grown and decreased over the years, but one thing has always stayed the same. My father has made the biggest impact on my life. Through the good times and the bad time my father has always been there. My father was not
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Most of those situations and experiences have happened in school. School is a learning facility for children. In school they would enforce this system called the tracking system. Tracking is separating fellow students, also known as peers, by academic abilities. When I was in elementary school they separated us into groups. These groups were called A, B, C, and D. The A group was the group that were mentally challenged. The B group was the group that were not that smart, and really did not try at school. The C group were the average students, and the D group was the really smart students. When I started out in school it was hard for me to learn. I was really good at math, but struggled a little in English. I found out that I am a little dyslexic. In the beginning they put me in the B group. I did not think that was right; I was a smart student but they thought I was not good enough to be put in the C or D group. From that moment on I learned that I did not like people telling me what I can and cannot do. In the middle of the year my school would have these test to see if our learning improved or not. When they looked at my test they accused me of cheating. I scored higher than any of the other students in group B, and higher than most of the people in group C. In they found out that I was not cheating, and moved me up to group C. that was not the only time I was accused of
Most of those situations and experiences have happened in school. School is a learning facility for children. In school they would enforce this system called the tracking system. Tracking is separating fellow students, also known as peers, by academic abilities. When I was in elementary school they separated us into groups. These groups were called A, B, C, and D. The A group was the group that were mentally challenged. The B group was the group that were not that smart, and really did not try at school. The C group were the average students, and the D group was the really smart students. When I started out in school it was hard for me to learn. I was really good at math, but struggled a little in English. I found out that I am a little dyslexic. In the beginning they put me in the B group. I did not think that was right; I was a smart student but they thought I was not good enough to be put in the C or D group. From that moment on I learned that I did not like people telling me what I can and cannot do. In the middle of the year my school would have these test to see if our learning improved or not. When they looked at my test they accused me of cheating. I scored higher than any of the other students in group B, and higher than most of the people in group C. In they found out that I was not cheating, and moved me up to group C. that was not the only time I was accused of