My band director had planned 2 Saturday leadership camps where you were trained on how to teach the incoming freshman the basics of marching (standing at attention, the first step, etc.,) however, I was scheduled to work on both of those days so I had to miss the trainings. I didn’t think it would affect my chances of being drum major, so I went to work as usual, and went about my days leading up to the auditions until my band director called me into his office and said, “There’s really no other way to say this, so I’m just going to tell you straight up not to try out for drum major.” I stood there with tears in my eyes, shaking, as he laughed and told me that I was just going to have to find another way to lead. I walked out and cried, more than I did the first time I didn’t make drum major and for much longer. It was my last chance and I blew it.…
On April 1 2008 i was charged with petiit larceny. The incident happened at Whitehall Jr/Sr highschool where i was a senior at the time. The previous day two of my friends and I had taken the bells that rang to change classes of the wall as a senior and April fools day prank. We had hidden the bells in the music room for the night so we could put them back the next day. On April 1 2008 when I attended school that day the principal had discovered the bells were missing a revuiewed the school security tape.…
As a result, I elicited the anger of some of the most aggressive teenagers in my high school. A couple of nights later, a car pulled up in front of my house, and the angry teenagers in the car dumped garbage on the lawn of my house as an act of revenge and…
I second guessed myself on everything and was never sure of myself. This made me think that my grades in my other classes were not based on my intelligence, but on my completion of the work. My love of school disappeared. This small incident still hurts even today. The events which happen to us as children can have lasting impact throughout our lives.…
First Selected two trident brand gums. Testers chose fruit gum and peppermint gum with no sugar. Then Surveyed 14 randomly selected individuals to answer which gum they prefer , Mint or Fruit flavored, and why they choose that particular flavor. The second experiment testers conducted was the lasting of each flavor in our mouths, peppermint and fruit gum. And timed the lasting of the fruit favor and Vice versa for the mint…
Last Spring, I had a student who was in the final semester of his senior year and was oppositional and rude in class. He had come to us because he had failed out of his previous private school and we were his last option. Because he is very intelligent he loved to point out every mistake that I made in class. I would politely accept these corrections, but was annoyed by his negative attitude. When he refused to participated with classmates during an experiment, I asked him to stay after and speak with me.…
To know that she thought I should even consider quitting made me feel that I had let myself and my teacher down. After that day, I was called to the guidance office to decide if I would stay or leave the band. I was torn on whether to listen to my teacher or myself. As I sat in the guidance office, the counselor gave me two choices: to quit band or to get a tutor and practice until I could catch up with the other students. After deliberating over it and talking with my parents, I decided that I would stay in the band no matter how difficult it might be.…
I, Leo Davidson, was born in Vermont, on March 23, 2002. I grew up with my parents who were great role models. I’ve never been held back, and my grades are on average. While growing up, I came into conflict with the “norms” in my community a lot. I’ve never been a “people’s” person and don’t plan on becoming one any time soon.…
Monday, August 22nd, 2016, approximately 10 o’clock PM. I arrived home after a typical summer night out with my friends at the local Applebee’s, however I was greeted at the door by my already enraged father. Before I had time to take my shoes off of my feet, my father was already ridiculing me, spouting phrases such as “you’re so irresponsible” and “you cannot be trusted with anything.” Now of course there was some foul language included sporadically in those remarks, but overall I was shocked at why I was being attacked seemingly unprovoked. My father then decided to inform me that tomorrow at 8 AM I had to report to the soccer fields at Holy Ghost Preparatory School for soccer tryouts.…
1. The time I attended a concert without informing my strict, religious dad. 2. The time I was verbally abused by my 7th grade teacher in front of class. 3.…
Joy Thomas Classroom Assessment Instructor : Barbara Levine “Common Core Testing” The conditions surrounding the Common Core testing situation in my particular school setting is, roughly sixty-five 3th, 4th, and 5th graders combined opted out of the ELA exam this week. The majority of those kids were from Bangladesh who had not been in the country one year and a day to qualify taking the exam. In my class 12:1:1 3rd-4th grade bridge Special Education self contained class, only 3 took the exam on the first day. The follow day one of the parents now sends in an opt out letter.…
My middle school days were not the best; I encountered many instances of bigotry from students. I was teased endlessly and disrespected because of my diversity. Born and raised of West Indian Heritage, students made my life a living hell because I spoke with an accent. “Where are you from?” instantly began the conversation.…
Hook (Find an attention-getting way to start your essay. Maybe talk about why people have rules): This essay is about Bud calloway rules to live by in the book Bud not Buddy. The reason why Bud write these rule to live by is because he wantś to be able to get through life without getting in trouble. Bridge (2-3 sentences giving background on the novel and the role Bud’s rules play): The book Bud not Buddy is about finding out how is his father.…
I stole someone’s phone. Then when I got home I got in so much trouble with my dad and also my mom. After I got in trouble the administrator said that I had to pay for the phone that I stole. The administrator gave me 2 weeks for me to turn the missing phone back but I still refused to.…
In fifth grade I failed the Fifth grade debate. I felt really disappointed at myself. I felt like crying when that happened, but I didn’t. I cried in the inside like I always do in school. And in the outside I sad throughout the day.…