First Day of Class Essay

with each challenge comes a weight students have to carry for the semester. A few of the weights students have to carry are the college bills, class work, and planning around class time. Students have to be careful not to carry too much or else they will be crushed. A student can think that they signed up for a light load, but after the first day of class discover they signed up for more than they can carry. It can be hard to judge just how heavy something can be; the easiest weight can be…

Thursday was the day of the Scavenger Hunt and everyone was excited. The Farmington School Scavenger Hunt was held once a year at Meadowthorpe Park and all of the students were invited to participate. The morning of the hunt was bright and clear. Teachers and parent volunteers started arriving around 8 in the morning to set up. The hunt was set to begin at exactly 9:15 a.m. Each year the hunt had a different theme. This year's theme was Spring Awakening and the clues and prizes were all…

author, Edward McClelland, writer of “RIP, the Middle Class: 1946-2013”, clearly believes that the American middle class is dying and that it should not happen. McClelland states “For the majority of human history—and in the majority of countries today—there have been only two classes: aristocracy and peasantry” (McClelland 550). He asserts that the middle class that flourished following the end of World War II has diminished since America’s first Great Recession in the 1980s and that our…

that scares Hiccup the most is the sea, and he is going on his first sea trip in a few days. Hiccup tries to talk to his father, Stoick the Vast, but he says Vikings such not be frightened. Then, Hiccup goes and talks to the oldest Viking, Old Wrinkly. While talking to Old Wrinkly, Hiccup asks if Vikings get scare. To which, Old Wrinkly replies that he was wondering the same question. Soon, the day of Hiccup’s first sea trip. At first, things are going fine. Then, Hiccup gets sea sick.…

remember the day I moved into my house. I remember walking in and inhaling the fresh smell of cinnamon potpourri from the moment I entered. Dancing across my nose, the smell of cinnamon made me feel at home; it reminded me of the times I would bake apple pie with my sister at my old house. The sweet yet spicy fragrance gave me a sense of safety and comfort even though I was in a completely different territory. Not long after, I had started a new elementary school. On my second first day as…

to a school that was classified as a 2A. This means fewer students in each graduating class with no more than twenty students in a classroom. My first year ever transferring to a different school whose classification was a 6A ended up to be exciting, but most of all scary. However, when I started my new school there was numerous of students, nice staffs and teachers, but overall nobody that I knew. My first day starting school at Oak Grove High School appears to happen three years ago. I was…

since 2010, online college course enrollment has increased by 29 percent. Currently, 6.7 million students or roughly one third of all college students are enrolled in online courses. I am now part of that statistic upon my return to college. I first started to take college classes in the summer of 1996 after graduating high school. Back then they didn’t have the hybrid or online options. Though looking back, maybe I would have completed my degree years ago if colleges offered those…

century because children were forced to work in dangerous conditions, the working class could not rise out of poverty, and there was growing resentment between the classes. The first reason that the Industrial Revolution was more harmful than beneficial was the fact that children were forced to work in dangerous for long hours and little pay.According to Joseph Hebergam, children were at the risk of dying every day from the machines not being safety inspected or regulated. In one mill he…

thinking of giving a B in his grade but noticed that both of them had missed a lot of attendance in his class so he left the grades the same. He later got a call from Robin stating that she took on to many extra curriculums and was hard to make it to his early class. She stated that she was on scholarship from her tribe and needed the B. The professor said he would think about it and tell her by the day 's end. The leader in this case would be Professor Karlsen and his issue is does he change…

Grant looked horrified at his schedule, displaying the one class many were horrified of, Belly Dancing. At suburban Stevenson High School, they host a biennial fine arts festival named, “Odyssey”, to meet the Illinois State fine arts requirements for high schools. With over 110 presenters and many more classes to choose from, students are immersed in a variety of presentations and hands-on activities over the course of 2 days. Unfortunately for Hayden, one out of his four classes…