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analyze the narrator’s feelings. Renowned poet, Robert Frost, in his poem, “Good Hours”, describes a scenic walk through a village on a winter evening. Frost’s purpose was to illustrate to his audience what it is like feel loss and loneliness. He conveys a calming tone and uses nature in order to acknowledge lonesome persons to relate to his readers. Famous poet, Robert Frost, was born on March 26, 1874. Frost’s father was a teacher-turned-newspaper man. He was also a gambler, alcoholic, and disciplinarian. After his father died of tuberculosis, when Frost was eleven, he moved from California to Massachusetts with his mother and sister. Frost’s first poem, “My Butterfly”, was sold for fifteen dollars in 1894 when he attended Dartmouth College. His mother died of cancer, and his sister died in a mental hospital. Robert Frost also suffered from depression. He married Elinor Miriam White, a woman very focused on her education, in 1895. The two of them taught together at a school; Robert Frost attended Harvard University for two years. Frost and White had six children together. He became a very successful poet and English professor; he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the Congressional Gold Metal. He even read a poem at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. His wife died of breast cancer and a heart failure in 1938. Only three of his children outlived him. One died of cholera at the age of eight, one committed suicide at the age of thirty-eight, and one…

Have you ever questioned whether or not you are prepared to attend college? If your answer to that question is yes, then you should consider taking a gap year. A gap year is described as a year off of schooling between high school and college. Taking a gap year is more beneficial than going straight to college after high school because you will strive to do academically better, you will be better prepared for real world experiences, and you will be able to figure out exactly what you want to go…

I have always championed activities that allow participants to grow and develop through skill acquisitions and by providing a platform to make an impact. One such activity that I am a part of is Middlebury’s College Activities Board or MCAB. MCAB oversees in excess of $250,000 of Student Activities Budget allocated between its four committees: Traditions, Speakers, Social, and Concerts. While the board has tremendous responsibilities, it only accepts 8 members each year making it one of the most…

The Day I Choose LCC Have you ever thought about what college you would attend and how successful you would be? Well I have, as child I would imagine what college I would attend and would I be able to succeed. I imagined how collage would be, would I attended a large university or a small local community college. Students may even worry about the ACT and SAT and how successful will they be when taking those two extremely important tests. Luckily, I choose a school that didn 't stress me out…

children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many would argue that this philosophy helped the older generation be successful in their educational and post-educational careers, so it should not be changed; however, in the words of Ken Burns, “the problem is that the current system of education was designed…

Up program was introduced, I had a fair idea of what I was intending to study, but I remained unsure and had made no further necessary decisions about my post-secondary education. The reason I had not even thought about what university I wanted to go to or what career I wanted to pursue was due to a lack of resources and guidance. My parents, although always supportive of me, were limited as to what they could help me with when it came to making academic decisions beyond high school as they had…

Many say that American high schools teach students to learn how to take standardized tests on writing, rather than actually prepare them for college. Therefore, most secondary students are entering college without an understanding of how to meet demands of college writing beyond the prescribed “standard five-paragraph essay.” Susan Fanetti’s “Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations” examines the discrepancy between American high schools and their…

children on to higher education. The only hard decision a child should have to make concerning college is choosing which school is best for them after high school. If a person wants to go on to college after high school, it should not have to be a difficult decision based on a nonexistence of monetary contributions. Unfortunately for most children in American families the lack of awareness of preparing for the future of the child or children in the home for continued education has caused many…

Now, I can’t go a day without it. Being a college student, technology is the way we communicate with each other and it is hard to think how things can be done efficiently without the use of a computer or handheld device. I am constantly on my cell phone and I feel lost without it. This shows how dependent we are upon technology and the major role it plays in our lives. Not only do I depend on technology for school, my workday would be very difficult without it. Working in a fast paced…

that others have the upper hand they are discouraged because they no longer see the point in trying their best, something that was instilled in their minds growing up. Their efforts seem pointless, therefore they settle for instant monetary gratitude by dropping out of high school to work in a low wage job. Having to live paycheck to paycheck, struggling to make ends meet, and for years living with the worry of what could happen next is a good enough incentive to look for a way out. People who…