Fourth grade

Scarred for life As a kid in elementary I didn’t have many friends, wouldn’t exactly talk to a lot of people, and I was kind of the “lonely” type. I was in 5th grade from what I remember. Even though I was so quiet I expressed my personality to others with my work in art, where I absolutely loved to be! I pretty much hated music because the teacher would always put the other class in front of the one I was in, I’d always kick the girl’s seat in front of me and we pretty much hated each other. To…

I would have tried to formulate a different perspective on how I viewed topics and would have became more serious about my educational future. When I was in middle school, I lacked determination and self-discipline. During my 9th grade year, I began to comprehend the idea of critical thinking and the traits I needed to be successful later on in life. Also , I realized that I needed to change and develop better habits, and that if I would have possessed my current mindset at a younger…

While my school is advanced in the area, I feel as though there aren't enough courses for me to excel in further into the future. I began taking advanced courses in seventh grade, starting with honors math. This put me into the advanced track in eighth grade for Algebra 1, and as well as this I was also recommended by my seventh grade science teacher to take a Biology and Living Environments course. Due to taking these regents classes prior to high school, I’m currently taking Geometry and…

where I don’t know anyone, I like to observe first and figure out which people are good and which could be trouble. I also observe to see what their interests may be. If our interests match, it is really easy from there to make a friendship. Third grade was an important change because I transferred to a magnet elementary school which took in smarter people. I did well socially there and made a few friendships that still exist today. I struggled academically with some reading and writing skills…

I have always had an attitude of a leader. In sixth grade I was apart of student council up until 7th grade. Towards the end of my seventh grade year I applied to be in NJHS or National Junior Honor Society and in May I was inducted. I ran to be Vice President of my NJHS and throughout my eighth grade year I served my class as their VP. All throughout middle school I enjoyed being in the position to lead others and to be an example. As a result of my newly found passion, I decided to apply for…

Texas. Wisconsin. Indiana. Michigan. Michigan. Wisconsin. These are the four states and six different homes I have lived in. I am not a failed child of the foster care system, the daughter of a military hero or a lonely kid who was never adopted. In fact, I am fairly average in terms of family. However, my educational experience has been far from average. Intrigued? Here’s my story. I was born to an engineer and a teacher. My father excelled in school and has always expected that I do the same.…

the discussion surrounding how people in the LGBTQ community are mentally ill and are committing a sin didn't help. And at times it really got to me and I would even go to the bathroom crying. But to me the worst part was this year during my 8th grade year. A few weeks ago homosexuality was once again brought up and I had found that just tuning it out was probably my best bet so that's what I did. But this time something she said got my attention. She told us the story of how her bestfriend…

I was not prepared for the day I was told that my daughter had cancer. I froze as the words came out of her doctors ' mouth. I went numb and suddenly felt as if I were beside myself. At first, I did not believe the doctor and assumed he was mistakenly reading the papers of another patient. I wanted to pretend like the doctor had not mentioned anything at all. But, after a few minutes of letting the news sink in, I knew that I was going to have to suck it up and get through it, whatever the end…

My parents had this motto that stuck with me ever since I was a child: “you can either relax now and struggle later, or work hard now and relax later.” To me, this indicated that I should work hard in school to make my life in the future slightly easier. Throughout school, I respected their motto and I always tried to push myself in school. Getting straight A’s and taking as many advanced/honors courses as possible became the norm. So, attending a university that could continue to challenge me…

The crusades took place over about 200 years. It wasn’t just one big fight it was a series of wars and battles. There were three monolithic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, and Islamic) fighting in the crusades. Despite their common roots the differences often cause conflict between them. The first crusaders went from Constantinople to Antioch (1096-1099). They fought isolated Turk forces on the way there. In 1212, religious zeal as well as poverty gave rise to what came to be known as the…