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is always most difficult.” First of all, our activity leader Ryan divided the volunteer into different groups, based on personal preference. I was in Ninja Ball’s (a ball made by flour, and balloon; the function of it is to help students get rid of high stress before the midterm exam by throwing the Ninja Ball) group. Since I was absent for the previous meeting and I had no idea about how to make this ball in such a short time. Fortunately, with the help of Tim and Alec, I finished my first…

concepts were having an enormous impact on the interaction of the characters, and their participation in the social environment. In cases you have not seen the movie, or do not recall it much, “Mean Girls” follows teenager Cady Heron as she enters high school for the first…

that all of the FGCS are minorities or have a low-income background. This is true for some FGCS but there are also FGCS that are neither students of color or poor. (Reid & Moore) The amount of first-generation students keeps increasing as the years pass by. In 2012, about 32% of undergraduate students were first-generation. There has been a small increase from 10 years ago (1992), where about 27% of undergraduate students were first-generation college students (Horn & Nunez). These statistics…

Still Learning Going into high school was one of the toughest things to get excited for due to my middle school experience. The bullying was what scared me the most, I thought that everyone would make fun of me because of my past. Something I had not yet got over was being around a lot of people, and the high school’s full of people. During the summer, I would ask my mom, “Can I do online schooling instead? She always denied the idea. Everyone made freshman year seem like a dreadful year, but…

are only thinking about the negative things. They don 't think how it could help teens with more sleep. Another problem we’re facing is that most schools and parents want to save money. The school board saves money by doubling up on buses. (Later High School Start). They combine the younger kids and the older kids on the same bus for the morning route. After school sports are not the only thing that may affect a later school day. Most parents encourage their kids to have an after school…

to live, we still spend the first five years at home as babies, the next thirteen in required schooling, and are then expected to continue with at least two-to-four years of college, which is followed by years of graduate school. A gap year between high school and college has proven to be extremely beneficial to the students that have taken this opportunity and should be completed by more students. By taking a gap year, students are allowed to travel and reach a better understanding of the…

the only means they can compose and complete a paper. The implications of this issue is that in many cases, these students are only seeing writing composition with restrictive lens, and have yet to be challenged to see writing in a way without such filters. Students who are overly reliant on such an approach tend to not fully examine the connections between their ideas or the areas where they could extend their examples. They “can learn a formula for arranging sentences in paragraphs, but they…

look, therefore, everyone dreams to be super skinny (90-100 lbs), have pale skin, an oval shaped face, high nose bridge, red plumped lips, and double eyelids (Hua). Southeastern Asian relatives, not only parents ruthlessly insult you if you do not fit the standards. Amy Chua shares how her grandmother criticized her sister’s nose, “Look how flat this one’s nose is. Not like Amy who has a fine, high bridged nose. Amy looks like a Chia. That other one takes after her mother’s side of the family…

education. As for GEAR-UP, the program focuses on the increasing number of low-income students who are prepared to enter and succeed in post-secondary education. The program spearheads its support services in high-poverty middle and high school communities. With that being said, my role was to mentor high school students in pursuing a degree in higher education. For the most part, the students and I instantly connected. Besides being older than my students by mere 2-4 years, they were able to…

There are many things in someone’s life that helps a person define themselves, many experiences and encounters help to shape the person they end up becoming later in life. It’s funny how one can aimlessly live their life without knowing who they really are. If you ask someone the question “who are you” or “what defines you” chances are the person won’t have an answer right of the top of their heads. Most people might not know who they really are until a major event occurs in their life. The way…