First Day of Class Essay

Before entering the class I knew what the word oppression meant, but when asked to define the term on the first day of the course, I struggled to find words. I thought of words and phrases that related to oppression like “a sense of hopelessness” and “unfair”, but none of these words adequately summed up the term. Oppression was loosely defined on the first day of class as, “cruel or unjust treatment or exercise of authority.” As the class continued, we added other details to add to the concept, such as human flourishing and voice. These additions added a depth to oppression that I had never before considers and I thought about the fact that if the single term “oppression” had so many layers, the stories of those behind the word must have even…

Self-Assessment I remember my first day in my writing class, I was very nervous about writing. I had never taken a writing class before so you can understand why. I have always loved to read but mostly for fun. My first essay was a narrative. I chose to write about an event that took place when I was younger. I must have written over four different essays before I eventually settled on this particular topic. I started to write and so many things where new to me. Where do I…

Upon entering WRC the first day of classes, I had the utmost confidence. I believed my writing was near perfection, due to my pricy and challenging high school education. I still believe that I learned a lot from high school, but this class required a different type of writing that I had yet to experienced. WRC 1013 demanded academically researched papers, which I had done before, but in the past it had been strictly research. In these papers I had to convince my audience of something and why it…

It was a memorable day for the entire Pujara family as India 's number three Cheteshwar Pujara reached his second successive and his ninth hundred in Test format on Friday, that too in his first innings as an Indian Test batsman at his hometown, Rajkot. Considering the match situation, it was a significant knock in many ways. India were 47 for 1 when the local boy Pujara came into the crease and along with Murali Vijay, played almost a match saving innings. Meanwhile, during the course of that…

and the court can decide if they did. After the argument Dawson refuses to salute Kaffee. In a third scene Kaffee is questioning Col. Nathan Jessep as a witness. Kaffee asks to use two more witnesses, but is bluffing because they do not actually know anything. This starts to put Jessep on edge along with Kaffee’s questions. Jessep admits he ordered a code red on Santiago to prove Dawson and Downey were following their orders and did not commit murder. Fromm, who wrote Escape from Freedom, The…

nervously surprising on this day. The day before this day I was tiresome. I didn’t manage my time to when to go to sleep and woke up so tired. I was ready though; I was ready for my first day as a sophomore. Before i tell you this, the day could’ve been better, but i could handle it. I wake up and get ready for the day to start. I had butterflies in my stomach because i was also nervous on who was going to be in my class. I get ready for my day. My brother is starting off as a 9th grader, so i…

boy and girl called Day and June, Day is a kid with lots of street smarts and scored a 1500/1500 but the government said that he scored a 675/1500. Day and June are later best friends in the story. Day lives in one of the poor sectors were the plague is a common issue. While the people in the first class, like June is living in a beautiful apartment spending life swimming in money. Days brother is infected with the plague Day has to get a vaccine before his brother gets even worse. If you didn't…

“What you do on the first days of school will determine your success or failure for the rest of the school year. You will either win or lose your class on the first days of school”. (Wong 1). When planning for the first day of school, it will be important to win my class over immediately, like Harry Wong discusses in his article. In order to win your class over, time preparing is essential for the first day of class. As a teacher you might not have the opportunity to know your next year’s…

Keep Calm and Keep Calm Again Assignments due, finals week, and wishing they were home with their family; those are all things first semester college freshmen stress out about. College is very stressful, but there are many ways a student can stay calm and not stress out over the little things. Although some might say that being a first semester college freshman is stressful no matter what, others would say that with the help of being organized, going to their classes every day, and making time…

It was the last day of summer before my Junior year of high school. Belive it or not, I was actually quite excited to start school. This summer had been pretty sucessful, considering I had been all over the place. Mexico, the west coast, etc. Also during this summer, I had broken up with my boyfriend, (a complete train wreck, that's completely unnecessary to get into.) So that left me confused with my feelings. My ex had a bestfriend, who had over the past year, became one of my very close…