Homework Essay

Appreciative to have taken English 028, with Professor S. Lyons-Burns, as she has introduced myself to an innovative course, which significantly enriched my aspect of writing. This class was very helpful in revitalizing all the skills I have forgotten over the years, and greatly improved my writing aptitudes. Presented with diverse concepts that I wasn’t able to attain during my high school days; I was offered such skills that partake in the establishment of my writing practices to a college…

Name: Raj Dave Note-Taking: Night Your notes for reading Night will count for a QUIZ grade! Each day after silent reading, take a few minutes to add details and thoughts to your Chapter notes for Night. These will help you with discussion activities, as well as your Night assessment. Summaries of a chapter should be 1-3 sentences that tell the important events in the chapter. Key quotations are those that seem most significant to the chapter, either to a character, a conflict, or a theme…

Everyday a child faces the problems that come with going to school. This does not mean just the standard exams or presentations due that day. There are too many children who dread school for another reason, they are alone and scared. Bullying is a large-scale issue, so by understanding the damage that it can cause, schools, parents, and children can take preventative measures to resolve the issue. The effects of bullying do not only apply to the victim, but also to the bullies themselves. For…

Grit and growth mindset are two critical components in living a successful life. Without grit nobody can achieve high goals and continue to strive. Without growth mindset you won’t expand your horizons to new ideas and try to accomplish new tasks. Growth Mindsetand grit help one achieve on academics, personal life, and career. Grit and growth mindset will help you achieve higher academics. Grit helps because if you have low grades having grit will help you raise them. I experienced grit…

The first reason is that culture provides knowledge needed to adapt to one’s surroundings. This means that it gives people skills to survive in their natural environment. Adults teach children the techniques they need and it begins the cycle of generations passing down wisdom. In the book Raybeck mentions that the Malays do not go out in the midday sun. They tend to take naps after lunch to stay out of the heat and humidity. This is something that was learned and shared through generations of…

Pooja Patel Gwinnett Tech offers a lot of campus resource. The most benifcail campus resource to me are the Computer Labs. They give me the time, the space, and the quiet enviornent I need in order to study or finish my assignments. I don’t have a quiet environment at home. My little brother is constantly crying for attention and mom constantly calls me for chores to do around the house. As soon as I leave college I feel as if the world hits me with a to-do list. I get wrapped up in all of…

What I believe would have helped me during this time was getting a pet, volunteering, spending more time with my parents, and attending after school programs. My parents refused to get me a pet, but I believe that would have helped me feel less lonely because I would have had someone to play with. Additionally, volunteering would have let me help people in need and at the same time filling the void of feeling bored and lonely. Furthermore, this would have let me invest in the community and would…

My name is Han Jin-Su, and I was born in Pyongyang, Korea. I am writing to you, Dr. Reed, in order to inform you about who I am and my role serving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). I was born an orphan raised by my single father, Park Ho Sung. My father was a great general who worked for the Korean People's Army led by our former Supreme leader, Kim Jong-Il. Father recently passed away, but taught me well under strict rules. Without him, I would not be in the position I am today…

In the past, my educational experience relied heavily on being present five days out of the week and listening to an hour to an hour and a half lectures. Reviews were abundant during lectures causing me to learn at a decreased pace. Stopping became commonplace so everyone had a chance to catch up in their notes or schoolwork declining the already diminishing pace. I was, usually, barred from continuing ahead due to teachers wanting the students all on the same page or because the next lesson…

There are many school rules that should be changed but one of the school rules that stands out the most is the semester test absences. It really doesn't make sense that students have to take all the semester test just because they missed one day without an excuse. One reason why the one unexcused day rule should be changed is because sometimes students get sick and they have to stay at home and recover. I don't think that this is not far. Some students it might take more then one day to recover…