Algebra

“Who is all ready for the basketball game tonight against West Central?” Mr. Prairie asked as everyone was getting lined up for gym last class period of the day. The 8th grade basketball team was playing against West central that night. No big deal right? It is not a conference rival or sectional team, but to me it was a big game because I used to go to West Central from kindergarten to fifth grade. I had to play against all my friends that I used to go to school with. During gym class we were…

The grace of God and the help of my sophomore history teacher Mrs. Perkinson, have lead me across a never ending journey towards attributing to my success. The success of graduating high school in the next few months, making an effort in attending college, applying for this once in a lifetime GMS scholarship, and also the success of believing in myself when I feel like I’m a failure. No matter how many times I said, “I don’t think I’m going to pass or I can’t do this”, I always knew I could turn…

College is Not for Everyone If you go to high school in Michigan, you know that you do not get to pick very many of the classes you take. The state of Michigan has come up with a set of standards every student has to follow and demands every student take the SAT, so the students will be prepared for college. There is just one essential thing that the state overlooks with this thinking. Not every student in the state of Michigan is going to go to college or should even go to college. As a result…

During much of its early history, Rome was a republic. The main feature of the Roman Republic was the fact that its officials were elected by vote of the people. After being ruled by Etruscan kings for decades, the Romans disliked monarchies and decided to give more power to the people. Patricians, or wealthy landowners, voted on two consuls and one praetor to run government affairs. The Roman Senate, composed of roughly three hundred patricians, started out as a group of advisers to government…

future career. 4.“Throughout high school it’s important to take classes to prepare you for your future career. When in high school building up a solid background in math in science. Classes to take in consideration would be biology, ap statistics, algebra, and mainly ap psychology” (Classes in the…

The first major difference from a billiard table is that one end is rounded instead of square. The second diversion is that instead of pockets around the edge, the semi-circular end features nine holes (in the manner of Bar Billiards), one in the middle of the semi-circle and the rest surrounding it evenly in a ring. The hole in the middle is numbered nine, the others are numbered 1 - 8 in a semi-random order. Rather like a Billiards table, Pool table or Darts board, a variety of games can be…

James Baldwin wrote Sonny’s Blues the short story. In Sonny’s Blues, the narrator is self-analyzing his experiences with different family affiliate such as his younger brother, mother and Sonny. In the story both the narrator and Sonny are apart with seven years difference in age. The narrator was dissatisfied with Sonny at first on his passion in becoming a musician. He thought it was an aspect Sonny was going through and maybe it would go away. The older brother indulges Sonny with…

During middle school we met because we shared many of the same classes. When we moved on to high school we ended up in the same Algebra II class. Since he was one of the few people in the class that I knew, we sat together. As the class progressed, I realized that my friend was struggling but was to shy to ask the teacher for help. One day, we learned about the different types of…

I feel honored to be considered for membership in Blacksburg High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society not only because of the immense personal growth that would result of my participation with the National Honor Society, but also of the impact I could make in the community alongside other NHS members. I feel that although I can make an impact in the community alone, my involvement would make an even greater impact in the world if I were to work together with other members of the…

One day after practice I came home hot-headed. The entire way home I sat in the car percolating about a comment my coach made toward me. As soon as I opened the door, I dropped my bags and marched straight up to my mom, looking for some comfort, and told her that my volleyball coach just called me lazy. I told her the story just how it happened. It was towards the middle of practice and the team was working on blocking. This involved swift lateral movement from the middle of the net to the…