Educational years

for helping me with my first year of middle school. Although, there were some downfalls, most of which were my fault. I left a banana in my locker for 3 weeks, and, as you might of predicted, the results did not turn out that well. The smell stayed clear on my notebook for 3 years, and it even smells vaguely like that now (don’t ask me how I know). Basically, my first year of middle school was very eventful, and to my opinion, was one of my most favorite school years I have ever experienced.…

go outside and play with my friends and on top of that the house we were living in was right next to a park. But instead of going outside and playing with friends I was trapped inside having to read a book I didn’t even want to read. Also in those years I started to not like writing because I just hate to write especially when you have to read an article and write about it or answer questions because in my mind I don’t see why we have to do it. Why does what I think about that matter and why do…

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…

Seventh grade, my second year now at what I thought to be the worst school in the world. On back to school night I met a man who would change my perspective on life completely, that man being Brandon Lilly. Henry Adams once said “A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” At a mere five-foot four he appeared to be a kid minus the burly lumberjack beard that he possessed. I remember being skeptical at first because I had never had a male teacher before. All of my…

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…

It all began in preschool, because I was curious how things worked, and I played with other kids. Like normal. The teachers suggested I was autistic. That I was the fancy “R-word”. This set the table for my school years. A good clean start. The real crime though is that they never told me. They let me figure out my “disability” on my own. I do not have autism. I wish I could look at my records to see the actual words they used for me. I wonder if it still says that about me. If it does, I’ll…

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…

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…

gone and I had moved up to varsity, with the best time of anyone on the team. Up until that race I had stayed in the middle of the pack at practice, so a freshman moving into the top varsity spot took everyone by surprise. For the rest of my freshman year I consistently placed at meets and finished first for the West Delaware team. This led me to enter track with great confidence, which would soon be taken…

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…