Classmates

In the novel, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, the reader is introduced to Pecola Breedlove a girl that has been tortured and ridiculed throughout her young life. Pecola has no friends and is ridiculed by her classmates. As if this weren’t enough she is also abused and rejected by her family. Pecola Breedlove is the protagonist in this story due to the way that her character transforms throughout the story. Pecola Breedlove doesn’t have friends and and is ridicule by other kids her age. She is…

attend class, participate in class discussions, help stimulate ideas for other classmates, complete all assignments, and much more. During certain occasions, I contribute to the class by stating my opinions, assist other students in his/her work, and revise peers’ drafts. I facilitate the development of my classmates’ writing by reading the essays that were written during this course. While reading one of my classmates work, I can see the improvements in his/her writing development by when I…

my childhood fun would end. When I walked through the doors of Council Rock South High School South in the summer of 2013, I was unable to anticipate my future ventures, nor could I predict that my belief would be challenged by the loss of three classmates. Over the next few years, new and different opportunities challenged me to believe that transitioning into adulthood would allow me to sustain some of my curiosity. Like Charlie walking into the Chocolate Factory, it was apparent that I would…

may sound rewarding. However, what people may not know is that I dealt with racial differences and discrimination as a child, I never really understood why I couldn’t be treated as well as the rest of my classmates. Looking back and remembering going home crying because my teacher and classmates would treat me as if I was not worthy…

In the Multimodal project that I created, students’ will be able to complete two products that demonstrate mastery of learning on the topic of the Civil War. The Essential North Carolina Standards for Social Studies 8th grade that students’ will learn will be through a specific set of objectives. Both products will cover each objective and the student will be able to reach his or her goal of mastery. The first learning objective will be 8. H.2 Understand the ways in which conflict, compromise,…

Ever since Senior year has started, all the people in my grade have been receiving the “college talk” in classes and at home. No matter where we are, college is the topic. Even during lunch my classmates talk about it. Before I was calm about the topic of college, but ever since it’s been the topic around me 24/7, I can’t help but start to feel anxious. Usually I handle stressful situations well, but the idea of college and getting rejected has caused me to kinda freak out and worry about…

a challenge, learning a significant lesson along with it. In the ninth grade I unfortunately received two c’s on my official report card. It created a heavy weight on me in response to the negative attention I received at home. Ironically, many classmates of mine had gripped the basis of high school. That same year, they received an invitation to be inducted into the National Honor Society. I felt juxtaposed with the conflicts that had befallen me. While feeling a continuous happiness for those…

as I entered the sixth grade, I finally floated around to the different friend groups, yet I still didn’t feel connected with the people around me. Thus, I shared with a few friends my made-up hand motions which disguised explicit names towards a classmate that many, including myself, disliked. For a while, these “codes” were kept under hushed tones and seemed funny at the time, but the laughter quickly came to an end when I was pulled into the hallway by my homeroom teacher. With each step, my…

go through peer editing I get a little nervous. I get nervous because I have put so much work into this one paper and the thought of a peer saying something negative about my paper makes me anxious. The nerves go away once I realize that what my classmate is telling me is not…

in knowing she is assisting her classmates in such a significant way even though doing so bars her from acting, which she loves and is fantastic at. Lauren’s demeanor is always polite and cheerful and she has a special gift for relating beautifully with people of all ages and personalities. She is very sensitive to the feelings of others and I have seen her reach out to students who are on the fringes. Lauren consistently displays model behavior and her classmates look up to her and want to…