A Good Year

Near the end of my sophomore year of high school, I took a leap of faith and applied to join a dental technologies class at Normandy High School. Like most students, I didn't know what I wanted to go to college for, but in our school’s cafeteria, there was a stand with “DENTAL” written across it. Just before this day, I watched “The Little Shop of Horrors,” and in this play, There’s a song about being a dentist. With that song fresh in my mind, and nothing to lose, I signed up. When I found out…

The first time I encountered writing and reading and generally enjoyed the idea of both was around my early years in elementary school. I was one of those kids that hung out in the library and just read for the fun of gaining knowledge on things I didn’t know or thought about. Growing up In Adelphi, Maryland my grandmother would take me to the local library every two weeks so, I was always occupied by reading.I learned how to check in and out books and was privileged enough to have my own…

History has always been a big part of my life. I remember in first grade pouring all of my affections onto the historical fiction American girl doll books in the elementary school library and imagining myself as a Swedish immigrant in 1854, or as a young patriot in 1774. During second and third grade I devoted my free time to reading about the Civil War and the Spanish explorers that conquested through my native Florida. In fourth grade I remember leaping through a native american pottery…

Carnaval takes place around the Catholics’ time of lent. During carnaval, people dress up and crowd the streets in costumes. This is a time for people to feel freer than they would the rest of the year. Carnaval is celebrated before lent officially starts because the eating and drinking gets out of hand during the parties and festivities. The basis of the celebration can be traced back to Roman celebration and to Europe in the middle ages. Carnaval is largely celebrated in Spain, during…

easy-going personality. Cristofer enjoys participating in class and works best for positive feedback. Cristofer often struggles with focus and attention, but does better when he is given consistent positive reinforcements. When Cristofer knows he is doing a good job, he gets excited and will often ask if he can give a fist bump. In the moments where Cristofer is focused and on task, he is often able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the material that is being presented to him. He typically…

When I try to recall my earliest science experiences, the furthest I can go back is to the second grade. I feel as though I can only recall back to the second grade is because the majority of my early childhood was spent reading children’s books. I learned how to read at a very young age, so instead of focusing my energy on science topics, I poured all of my energy into reading the children’s books and chapter books that were laying around my house. What I remember from the second grade is the…

I observed the Jr. High math teacher Mr. Rix. This is Mr. Rix’s first year at St. Lucy but he been teaching for about 15 years. I observed an 8th grade block class period. How is the room organized? This teacher is in a unique situation. He does not have a homeroom instead he travels around from room to room. This means that he has to be extra organized because all his resource materials are at his desk in the art room. I asked him about how he keeps himself organized and he had a few…

Amy 's autobiography The first memory I have of elementary is in the first grade. I had to take that grade twice because I struggled with grasping academic concepts due to starting as a younger first grader with a late July birthday. Many years after that class my mom told me that one of my teachers said, “I would never make it into college because I was too much of a social butterfly.” The next memory I remembered is in second grade. I fractured my ankle playing tag. None of my teachers…

have achieved in the past four years. However, to properly appreciate all of our efforts, I feel it appropriate to reflect on some of the more interesting happenings of that same time interval. Therefore, this speech will summarize each of the past four years, each in a single word. The first year of our high school career can be summed up in the word “bedlam”, which is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as “complete disorder and confusion”. During freshman year, we confronted a lot of…

Growing up I never showed much interest in science it was never something I cared for. It may have to do with my teaches not showing enough interest in it either. When I do start teaching I plan on making science fun and making sure everyone has a task so they are fully engaged. Children get bored really easily especially in school, so in order to keep them interested I want to include as many fun activities as I can. I do not want to be that teacher that just reads off the textbook and only…