Secondary orality

Just Another Statistic We had just graduated, I was 18 and she was 17. Life felt great, we didn’t have much just a simple kind of love and a special bond. In our last year of High School we found out what we were going to be doing for the rest of our lives and how we were gonna work it out. We had clear what we wanted and how we were gonna work it out. Now that the time has come we are ready to start a new chapter in our lives, but we have no idea where to begin and it all seems impossible.…

Stepping onto the soccer pitch for the first time, my heart pounded with adrenaline causing my hands to tremble. I looked towards my teammates to find where to stand as the newly memorized rules jumbled around in my head. As the referee blew the starting whistle, I mustered up the confidence and courage from within to play amongst my new found family. I kept my hands close to my sides in a last ditch effort to fight my natural inclination to swing my arms at the ball, like the years of tennis…

This is a great online journal entry. Simply for the fact that it relates to my life so much and all throughout my high school years, I was bullied just because I didn't talk to people. Honestly, it was just because I didn't feel comfortable around my classmates. How I am at home is completely different than how I'm at school; Im fun, wild, silly, etc. Why didn't I act the same at school? Well I would have to know that person for a long time before letting them know how the real Nathalie is. My…

Pretty Words An anonymous source once stated, “True words are not always pretty; pretty words are not always true.” College was an extremely important part of life in the Shaw family, so naturally, that means everyone in the Shaw family had attended college and had a degree. Jane was the youngest out of all of her siblings and family members, so she was the last one to choose a college and commit to it. Jane entertained everyone else’s thoughts of her getting into an Ivy League school. She…

The Aquarius Aquarium Institute is a non-profit organization founded on January 3, 2000 “to foster respect, understanding and conservation of the world’s aquatic ecosystems through educational programs, interpretive exhibits, scientific research and aquarium propagation of aquatic species” (http://aquariusaquarium.org/about-the-institute/). Our main task at hand is to raise awareness for the Aquarius Aquarium Institute and raise donation to fund for the aquarium. There needs to be an emphasis…

In the current article “Tuition-Free Higher Education Must Be Offered,” the author, Richard Eskow, explains how Tuition Free Higher Education can be made possible through several different methods by better organizing government spending and ending corporate tax loopholes. The rising cost of higher education is not fair for low income groups. Therefore, the author mentions that young people in the Untied States are falling behind in education in comparison to other more developed countries. The…

Nalani Dodd Mr. Boillat English 12 Semester 2 23 March 2017 Choosing a Career Path Most teenagers during their high school life are often asked quite a few times what they are going to do after high school. A lot of high school kids answer with college, straight to the workforce, or “I’m not sure what I’m going to do”. Most of them don’t think about the careers that they want to go into, and what requirements are needed to pursue the job. When I was young and throughout high school I often…

College Application Essay Having a twin is not how it is portrayed in the movies as mirroring their every move, having telepathy, or can replacing them in everyday life. In my case, it was like living behind a gloomy shadow instinctively mimicking her every move. Going to school, coming home, and spending weekends with the exact same person for a whole decade could easily start to become repetitive. Little did I know, this lifestyle of copying my twin’s every move would end up assisting me in…

I would like to go to college to further my education with the hopes of one day obtaining a degree so I can get a job. In the future I hope to have a job that pays well so I can comfortably support myself, as well as help others who may not be as fortunate as me. I hope that going to college will give me a sense of fulfillment, considering I know I will have to work hard to maintain a high grade point average and graduate. My more short term goals include keeping my grades up until graduation,…

When I was in the 6th grade I had a very big decision to make. My mom had just gotten a job as a principal at Oliver Middle School in Broken Arrow. I had to decide to either stay at my home school or switch schools and attended the school my mom now worked at. This was a very difficult decision and is one of the hardest challenges I have faced. The beginning of middle school is a very exciting time for many students. You are finally out of elementary school and feel like you fit in…