Middle English

values and displaces low-income families. If we look at the Oxford English Dictionary’s definition we see it is defined as the process by which an urban area is rendered middle-class (“gentrifi’cation, n”). Gentrification is more than a renovation to an area or neighborhood, it is a controversial topic of class and race. The term was first used by urban geographer Ruth Glass in the 1960’s to describe the phenomenon of the upper middle-class buying property in London’s East End. She meant it as a…

within me that I can only attribute to my desire to win. Initially, it wasn’t a hard decision for me to begin competing in this AR competition. I first went to test on all the books I hadn’t tested on before because I just wanted to skate by in my english classes. Within a couple weeks I had already passed the 200 point mark. This is when my intellectual risk began to have some consequences. My teachers loved to talk about this competition. Of course my peers noticed this, and I began to drift…

overwhelmingly Hispanic culture and language. As I did learn English I realized it was never going to be easy for me given my circumstances. As a baby, television shows were my life. My mother would plop me down in my crib right in front of the TV and turn on Dora The Explorer for me to mindlessly consume information as she waddled over to the kitchen with her pregnant belly to cook for my father before he got home. Regardless of all the English, I might have been learning from TV shows, all…

To recapitulate, a class of "yeomen", or richer peasants, evolved in England because some members of the English peasantry underwent comparatively short-term sacrifice for long-term gain. As with any sociological classification, the notion of a yeoman-class does traverse several economic definitions. But at least three important identities are useful. First, a proven and hard-working ploughman was often selected to farm his lord's private land as a capitalist tenant-at-will. Second, many serfs…

attention would wander because I found the stories uninteresting and silly. In the end I could barely remember what the story was about, so as a result I could never give a proper summary. However, my attitude on reading first started to change in middle school and once I got to high school I learned how to deeply analyze a book. Learning how to pick apart a novel gave me a whole new insight on the importance of novels and what type of knowledge those novels could give me. For example, I didn’t…

had to bring them back. By sixth grade i was at an ninth grade reading level and I was top of my class. I loved doing book reports and writing about the books I’ve read. When I was in middle school I was spending less time in the library and ki read less and less until I got further into the semester and my english teacher began assigning more reading assignments. He was on of my favorite teachers, he always had interesting books to read. One of the books he had us read was called Outsiders. It…

Many historians were led to believe that the Middle Ages was a time period in which people did nothing and nothing was accomplished. Yet, after studying artifacts and writings, they realized that this time period was not “dark” in that sense. The question that could be asked then is this; "Is ‘the Dark Ages’ an appropriate term to describe the Middle Ages?" I will provide information on why the Dark Ages may not be an appropriate description for the middle ages. I will discuss the origin of the…

the most frighten challenges were their constant hunt for a job and indignity they faced. Communicating in English is an essential requirement in order to live in The United States. Therefore, my parents were forced to take ESL classes and learn about many unfamiliar responsibilities such as healthcare, housing and bills. Both of them had a rough time finding a place to work due to their English problems and when they did find one, it would often prove to be too laborious for them. Usually they…

Well the biggest challenge that I have ever faced was my first year in middle school (6th Grade).My first day was very confused and uncertain of where i should go.I didn't know where any of my classes were and I definitely didn't know how to open my locker.Because of me having these issues for about a month I was tardy lots of times.I was just a little kid in a big school that wasn't used to the routine. After the first nine weeks school started to get a little easier with making new friends…

I ended up meeting friends that I still talk to today. My friends at my previous middle school were great, but they didn 't care about school, and although I may not have realized it at the time, doing well in school is very important, if not crucial,to the rest of your life. I still, however, was terrified of being labeled a nerd, so…