Lower middle class

L.M. Montgomery Middle School is located in the Blithe county district. This district has been ranked at 92nd out of 182 districts in the state of Georgia, according to SchoolDigger.com. L.M. Montgomery is in the process of becoming a Title 1 school, as about 63% of the students in attendance receive free or reduced lunch. This school is also in the final stages of a renovation, which began during the second half of the previous school year. As a result, the students and teachers are enjoying a…

In 1965, The Pennsylvania State University gathered the top art educators, artists, critics, educational researchers, psychologists, sociologists and philosophers in the nation. This seminar focused on topics in art education that have never been discussed before in this kind of forum. Historically, 1965 was a year of turbulent events in America, with the Vietnam War protests, marches and men burning draft cards to President Lyndon B. Johnson’s signing the Voting Rights Act. The Civil Rights…

so he could instill a love of literacy into his class. Through ongoing textual dialogue, published work, and Robert’s confidence in them, the students transformed from the timid children they once were to avid readers and writers. The implementation of reading in their every day life was key as well. Most students came from environments where the written word was sparse, causing them to not practice enough. Through the dialogue journals and his class library, Robert brought text into every…

the best of the situation you are in or seeing the good in everything around you. The March family in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott had to do their best to stay optimistic. They were originally rich, but had fallen into the middle class because of the war. The middle class life changed the way that the March sisters looked at life overall. They each change their lives according to their new perspective of life. However, each sister changed their lives’ differently. Meg became another mother…

The American Dream is interpreted in many different ways. This dream is mostly associated with hard work, success, family and most importantly money. However, the big question is, is the “American Dream” a white picket fence? Or a 44th floor penthouse? Generations go through drastic changes, such as; the music they hear, the fashion they wear, the way they think, and the slang they use in their vocabulary. Can the American Dream be another generation change? If we look back into history, after…

LAKSHMI’S CHARACTER SKETCH SOLD- Patricia McCormick In the novel, “SOLD” by Patricia McCormick, Lakshmi is the protagonist of the story. She is a fourteen-year-old teenager who lives with her lovely and beloved Ama, her extravagant and irresponsible stepfather and her half younger brother in a small hut in the mountains of Nepal. She spends her days in the village doing household chores, gathering/fetching water and tending her goat, Tali and the small garden of cucumbers for which she is…

booths and tables tend to be a little more family oriented. Applebee’s is a great restaurant for a school graduation get together. They will accommodate with any of the guests needs. The kid’s menu is creatively folded with crayons stuffed in the middle of it. The menu includes cheese quesadillas and chicken tenders that has the option to come with fruit. Applebee’s likes to make sure that the mini picky eaters are just as satisfied as the adult ones, while ensuring they have the option to get…

Acknowledgements First of all, I would like to thank my parents for giving me the chance to enroll in this class. I would like to thank them for the financial and supportive help in terms of my education. I would also like to thank my siblings, for my sister that helped me relieve stress after writing essays. Also for my brother for giving me a distraction from pressure by calling me and texting me sometimes when he is bored. Thank you James for getting me those extra points in the group…

Since my junior year of high school I have gladly proclaimed myself as a feminist in the simplest of terms. When pressed on the issue I would stand my ground and proclaim that society was inherently misogynistic and women have to work twice as hard to get only a fraction of what a male earns. When the guys asked “why do feminists burn their bras?” I would scoff at them and explain how not all feminists believe in those ideals. Feminism, to me, was just the basic equality of gender. I simply…

In my eighteen years of life so far, my family and I have lived in extreme poverty and over the years have gradually worked our way up to middle class. I have seen hands on how the rules of the poverty class as well as the middle class play a huge role in society. The middle class is not perfect by any means, but it is much more comfortable that poverty. As someone who grew up in poverty, I can say that there are many luxuries my family and I had to get by without, such as bank accounts, access…