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Born on October 21,1955 in Windsor Nova Scotia, Don Aker was a normal high school teacher who aimed for his goal of becoming an author. He succeeded only because he tried really hard and never gave up, even when problems occurred. He is now a role model to his past students and his future students because he wanted something that was very important and meaningful to him and he didn't give up no matter what got in his way. When Don Aker was a child he loved going to school because it was his…

The idea of sugar daddy was not a foreign idea for me. The term daddy appeared in television shows or jokes in memes online. I decided to investigate on sugar dating because I saw a video of sugar babies interviewing to promote one of the websites. I was simply stunned at the mindset of the sugar babies, I wanted to dig into see how much of the glamorous stories were true. My main object of the essay was sugar babies, but I had to make my research from the sugar daddies view. Majorities of the…

I have never had the passion of reading. When I was younger my mom would always read me a short story before bed time. As a toddler, I would try reading to my mom and make up little stories of my own. Growing up, I was diagnosed at an early age with ADHD (Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder). When I was not on medication, consecrating on homework or class work was always a challenge for me. Reading and writing has never been a passion of mine. The only time I would read a book or a novel…

In junior high, you don’t want to be different. The isolated society that consists of seventh, eighth, and ninth graders calls for everyone to be the exact same. All you have to do is copy the kids everyone thinks are cool, and you will have a higher self-worth. Right? It was eight grade, and I was a confused, chubby, and nerdy little kid. All I really wanted was for people to think I was cool. My sense of success was defined by what others thought of me, and if my peers didn’t think highly of…

Christina Castellana: Can you tell me about your childhood? What did you enjoy doing? Ernest Hemingway: I was raised just outside of Chicago. But, I spent most of my time in Michigan. There, I appreciated the outdoors by hunting and fishing with my five siblings. I also enjoyed playing football and boxing but, most importantly, I believe I showed an early love for writing. CC: How did you get into writing when you were younger? EH: I think I was born a journalist. When I was in high school, I…

The well-appraised author, Shel Silverstein, is an accomplished poet, cartoonist, songwriter, and playwright that has made an impact on children’s literature in ways that one could never imagine. Silverstein’s quirky writing style and fun black and white cartoons attached to his poems, drew many kids to enjoy his poetry even though they did not have happy endings. An exceedingly large portion of young children thrive on the notion of happy endings always being the end result, but Silverstein was…

I like reading whenever I’m really bored or stressed out. Nicholas Sparks is probably one of my favorite authors. I’m a basic girl, so I love movies about love and about sad things. I think sometimes you just really want to cry, so watching sad movies doesn’t help, but it makes feel not so alone in some ways. All of Nicholas sparks’s books have made really good movies. I think it's normal for just about every girl to like at least one of Nicholas Spark’s books that has been turned into a movie…

Ronit Patel Mrs. Stangl Ela/Reading 8 January, 2018 Ben Mikaelsen Have you ever wondered how Ben Mikaelsen writes such great stories? Well, in this analysis, you are going to find out! Ben Mikaelsen was born on December 8, 1952 in La Paz, Bolivia. His parents were of Danish descent and they were missionaries. Ben got bullied in Bolivia because of his race and at age 12, he moved to the US where he again got bullied for having a different tone to his english. Ben Mikaelsen owned a male American…

For my Independent Research project I chose to figure out which brand of paper towel absorbed the most amount of water. I had four brands of towel to choose from and these were: Kleenex, Handee, Sorbent and Coles Ultra. I tested the absorbency of these towels by placing them in water and figuring how much was left in a bowl after I had taken the towels out, the remaining water was later weighed. The paper towels were first weighed to find out how heavy each of the towels were and then this…

High school students go through a lot in their four years in High School and one of these things is the many novels that they have read in their English class. These novels can span from a man finding his purpose to a man who had to kill his best friend in order to move on in his life. These novels all have individual themes and messages that relate to everyone in unique ways, but even with these differences the books still relate to each other in a very significant way. All of these books…