Lakeside School

and building a movement with students and educators at its core. All of the teachers, students, administrators, entrepreneurs, politicians and lobbyists milling about at the breakfast buffet had one thing in common — they traveled to Seattle to put their minds together and work to reform the United States public school system. Setting the stage for Gates’ keynote address were some of the leaders of the Gates Foundation and several past winners of the prestigious Gates Millennium scholarship — among the scholars were a recruiter for Google, a mechanical engineer, and a Juris Doctor…

I looked downward through a large glass window to see four Northwestern engineering students engaged in a project in the Ford Motor Company building. Working strongly together, I could see the students were genuinely interested in what they were doing. I closed my eyes and pictured myself working right along with them. This was the epiphanic moment when I realized that Northwestern was a special place; The place for me. Northwestern is a unique school that offers unique opportunities for me as a…

Twin City is a city in Emanuel County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city has a population of 1,752. Twin City gets its name from the combining of two adjacent cities: Graymont and Summit. The population density was 489.3 people per square mile. There were 632 housing units at an average density of 176.5 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 45.66% White, 53.60% African American, 0.40% from other races, and 0.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or…

Group Four On the first day of school our composition II teacher Ms. Henry informed the class that the first essay would be a research essay. Then on January 14, 2016 our teacher separated the class into four different groups. The people in my group are named Alex Grey, Jonathan Bentiz, and Steve Abron. Alex Grey has hobbies, achievements, and goals just like the rest of us. One of his favorite hobbies is to go hiking. He said the best places to hike in Arkansas are Iron Springs and West…

greatest decisions the Supreme Court has made in the 20th century. The decision ended legal segregation in public schools. Although legally segregation ended in 1954, does it still remain in the 21st century? More than 50 years later, we do see substantial improvements among African Americans in regards to segregation in schools. In 1940, only about 12% of African Americans graduated high school and 2% graduated college. In 2000, about 72% of African Americans graduated high school and 14.5%…

Legacies of Rwanda, Spanish, and Residential schools. To what extent should contemporary society respond to the legacies of historical globalization? Historical Globalization affected the entire world in the start of 1492; War, Genocide,…

Gerald Thomas Like all of us, Gerald Thomas is a very unique person. He graduated from Lakeside High school, and is 19 years old. Gerald has many hobbies, goals he wants to achieve, and interesting things about his family. Hobbies vary from person to person. One hobby Gerald has is hanging out with his girlfriend Kayla. They have been together for two years. He likes to take her shopping, even though he doesn’t really like walking around the mall. They also enjoy having movie nights. Gerald…

any other student. All they see is a girl, but her hobbies, family, and goals are what really make Kamri the person she is today. First of all, Kamri Seevers is eighteen years old and graduated from Lakeside High School. She is known as a thirteen year senior and even though she didn’t participate in school functions at all, she had no problem making friends that helped and supported each other to get through school. Secondly, knowing that Kamri is a girl and knowing that she doesn’t really…

truly distinguishes their histories is not their extraordinary talent but their extraordinary opportunities” (p.55). My parents and sister were always there to encourage and teach me, they were my extraordinary opportunity. My mother was a stay at home mom for the first eight years of my life. Every day she was there to work with me and teach me new things. In those first five years of my life I was able to learn so much. When I went to elementary school, I was one of the brightest kids in all…

James hobbies we learned are reading and playing Magic the Gathering. James favorite type of books are books on philosophy, religion, history, and science. James favorite go to book is the book; 1984 by George Orwell. James second hobby is playing and bettering his skills at Magic the Gathering. He enjoys Magic the Gathering because of the way the game is set up, it’s a very big game that realizes on strategy and is very enjoyable. The second thing we learned about James are his accomplishments.…