Essay on Summer Vacation in English

Leaving them behind to focus on myself seemed very selfish and stressed me out. My junior year of high school I had a very vague idea of what I wanted to do with my life. Everything was still in scribbles in my spiral notebook. It wasn’t until the summer of 2015 I realized where I wanted to be and what I wanted to be. At one point I was a California girl. I was obsessed with the idea of warm sandy beaches and surfing every afternoon. At another point my heart belonged to Tennessee. Nashville.…

seven other courses. Because of this, I understand the demanding nature of these AP courses and the preparation needed to do well. Next year I plan to take three more classes, including two more AP classes, AP Calculus and AP Statistics, one regular English class, and one free period. However, math is a subject I excel in, so I do not believe I will…

The first time I truly experienced art and museums would be when I took a family vacation to New York the summer before my freshman year of high school. I remember walking up the steps to the Metropolitan Museum and having my breath taken away when I walked through the door. I remember being in awe as I walked around and thinking I could spend years here and still not see everything I wanted to. It was the summer that my passion to work in a museum started to grow and this desire would be with…

matter of feces. That is when I began to be self-conscious of my speech. I had been in the English as a Second Language program throughout elementary school, and in the fifth grade I realized my biggest errors in the English language were the pronunciations of the “th” and “sh” sounds which slurred into my speech. The former explained my prior difficulty in the third grade. Growing up speaking both French and English has been a double-edge sword, creating…

It was a long and interesting summer for me. One of the best decisions in my life was taking a gap year off after high school. I had all the time in the world to find out who I wanted to be and how I wanted to pursue my future. The lucky ways I was able to expand my knowledge was traveling and working full time. I also had time to do absolutely nothing. I am a huge believer that traveling is good for the heart and soul. Everyone should have a chance to experience different cultures and how…

adventures in elementary school. The ones I remember most are my summer vacations to Cancun, Mexico, the Florida Keys, Park City in Colorado, and Hawaii. My last year in Wolftrap was a turbulent one. The beginning of the year fared as well as the years leading up to it, but once I auditioned for the school musical, The Lion King Jr., my grades…

Mid-summer 2014, my family and I spent two weeks in Costa Rica. It was a vacation filled with many unforgettable memories, and was without a doubt the highlight of my break. We did so much that trip, I can’t even recall all of the places we went and things we did. However, there was one event I could never forget, no matter how much I try. Costa was exhilarating from the start despite all of the plane rides we had to take to get there. In only a matter of days, we had gone surfing, snorkeling,…

different aspects of my life is daunting, but it also allows me to come to terms with my growth as an individual by learning from my failures, confronting obstacles such as adapting to new surroundings, and a different educational system, speaking English properly, and adjusting to a real world working environment.…

Once a single lie starts, they just keep coming and coming, and then you face the consequences. Stanford Wong, Flunks Big Time, by Lisa Yee is a novel that takes place in Rancho Rosetta, California. Stanford flunked English and is being tutored by his arch enemy, Millicent Min. In the process, he is trying to impress Millicent’s best friend, Emily Ebers, without letting her find out that he is being tutored by Millicent. In the end of the story, Emily, Millicent, and Stanford learn that bravery…

“GOOD BYE MR CHIPS” is a novel written by JAMES HILTON, tells the story of MR CHIPPING, nicknamed Mr. CHIPS, who was an English teacher who used to teach GREEK and LATIN at BROOKFIELD. After his retirement he moved across the street so he could stay in touch with the new students. He was 48 when he went with his colleague for spending his summer vacation on Lake, where he saw a young women waving in his direction. He thinks that she is in peril and start to rush to her aid. While helping her,…