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Suzie McAfee was the biggest, meanest sixth-grader in Northlake elementary school. She stood taller than the schoolyard fence, and wider than the trunk of an oak tree. Her daddy is the town’s mayor and she's so rich she can “sue the socks off ya”. By her side, she has Stacy and Gracie Stewart, a.k.a. the twin towers, and a bunch of big six grade boys, including my older brother Caleb, known as the Dogs, at her feet. The Dogs do her every bidding in hopes of never getting their names on her “Hate…

Meyers Park Traditional Elementary School is a CMS Magnet school serving kindergarten through 5th grade with students admitted by lottery. The school is located in the Meyers Park neighborhood, adjacent to Queens University and has been in existence since 1928. According to the North Carolina Report Card for the 2014-2015 school year, the school exceeded growth during this academic period and has a performance letter grade of A. Current data from CMS show enrollment at 726 students, with 315…

that leading countries are using. The use of extended school hours for students who are in senior years and are committed to attending post secondary school education, using savvy and appealing learning techniques, having the same teacher throughout primary schooling and requiring 15 minute breaks during classes for high school students would dramatically improve our results and…

A line of students wrapped around the desks. Why are the other students even trying on this? This is so easy, why would they be worried? I cockily thought to myself while walking towards the line. I did not think that it would matter where I stood in line, so I smugly took my place behind everyone else. I was going to qualify for the spelling bee anyways. One year before, I had qualified for the Big Springs Spelling Bee, and finished in the top 6, the highest placing for a fourth grader. Among…

While playing with Play Doh is easy to learn it is difficult to master. After hard-work and hours of practice anything you think of can be created with Play Doh. The steps to create your own masterpiece can be numerous and complicated or few and simple the choice is yours. The first step to creating your own Play Doh gem is to gather your necessary supplies. Take the Play Doh from one container and roll it into a rather thick log three inches long. After you have completed your three inch…

There have been a few changes in Centennial High School. What could’ve been changed? Besides the fact that the whole school being re-painted back in 2012-2013. Over the summer, the theater hall had its chance to polish with a huge transformation. On October 6th, the Talon staff member interviewed Mrs. McCarty. McCarty was impressed of how magnificent the lobby looked and loved that there was a T.V. hanging on the wall, by the entrance to the auditorium. McCarty shared, “The lobby is wonderful…

Fifth grade, it's the last hoorah of pure childhood before students are thrown into the shark tank known as middle school. The majority of my fifth grade memories are overwhelmed by one painfully awkward musical about The American Revolution so to get a fresh perspective, I talked to Lawson Oden. Lawson is eleven years old, in the fifth grade and is the youngest of five children. Lawson (among many other things) enjoys drinking tea, sporting fedoras, and playing the video game minecraft.…

How the Color Gold Impacted my Values, Personal Mission, and Self-Prepared Goals When our class took the color test, I thought that this was just another gimmick to waste time and try to understand more about ourselves. Then Dr. Igo had us look into what our color truly meant and how we should apply our color to communicated with other color groups. Soon I realized the importance of understanding how my color affected those around me, and took a different approach to becoming a well-rounded…

advertisement but also on a person as it was not common to have brightly colored lips at the time. Another likely reason red was chosen was because it signifies courage, sexuality, love and pleasure. Red is often used to evoke erotic feelings, and MAC would have used it to try and lift the stigma on the disease and direct their mantra of “diversity, acceptance and celebrating” the individual at those affected by HIV/AIDS (Benoit). In order to properly analyze the advertisement using rhetorical…

1. Dominick Doleman: First visit went well and Dominick welcomed me with open arms. Currently Dominick is working and said he would register for school at CCBC but has yet to do so. Case Specialist mentioned that Dominick uses work as an excuse to get out of everything. In addition, it was revealed that Dominick does not have much drive and does not have a concrete plan for the future. Dominick refused to try independent living and he will age out of the system in 5 months. Dominick’s…