Secondary orality

As soon as I started reading Sallie Tisdale’s “A Weight That Women Carry” I couldn’t wait to start writing my response. It made me feel angry, so incredibly angry. My anger wasn’t directed towards the author by rather the society we live in. I don’t believe her struggle is one contained to just women but men as well. As soccer season came to a close junior year I made a promise to myself that next year I was going to come back bigger, stronger and faster than I ever was before. That promise…

Being a graduating senior at Cook High School, I have attended school for approximately 2,324 days. As Ray LeBlond, member of Vancouver 2010 Speaker’s Bureau, famously said, “You learn something new everyday.”. Borrowing LeBlond’s ideology, I have roughly learned over two thousand lessons from school and my teachers alone. To say that one was somehow more valuable than the others would simply not be true for they all have shaped me into the person that I am today. However, describing every…

Hello, name is Deoshanae Borden, but everyone calls me nae nae for short.I am a senior at Euclid High School. I once had a mentor name Phillips. Phillips has been my basketball coach since i was in the seventh grade now i'm in the twelfth grade. She helped me improve on my balls skills for about six to seven years. I met her at a open gym middle school basketball Gym. As we had open gym it was like she watched me the whole time. I countie to hoop an act like i didn't notice. The of the open Gym…

My Vision for America What’s your vision for America? Do you believe the changes you want to see are possible? America has been on the rise since the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, making it free from Great Britain. Thousands of people work each day to make this country the way it is today. Some citizens are pessimistic and believe that our nation will never reach the greatness they wish to see. My vision for America is bright and full of hope for the future because I believe…

wonder if college outcome is beneficial enough to repay the debt one might or might not be in. To begin, education is important regardless of what price. Also, college allows you to receive a better wage than someone who does not continue a post-secondary education. However, money is not always the most important factor. The skills you learn and inherit are what makes you different than anyone else regardless of their educational choices. At the same time, many have claimed that getting a…

Employment During High School By 124608 Newport Beach-- according to NewsOk by the age of 16 about 1 in 4 high school are employed. Some Americans believe part of their high school experience includes getting a job, others have no other choice but to help their family out. Some of the most common reasons why high school students decide to work are, to help support their family or need to support themselves, other need spending money and most work to contribute towards their college fund. “I…

How to get into College starting your junior year Are you a junior starting your first semester of your junior year? Are starting to think about college and college applications? Are you getting ready to take those standardize tests? Are you thinking about how you are going to get into your dream school? If you are you have come to the right place. Here are some easy steps you can take now that will help get you into college easily. First, you need to realize that your junior year is not that…

Most students that attend college do so to increase their human capital and receive a meaningful return on their college investment. Because college is an investment for many students, the decision to attend college is constrained by price and some students do not attend or complete college because they find the price of college to be too high. In the United States, in recent years, a few states have began offering broad-based merit scholarship programs to help students reduce the cost of…

The idea to be athlete never interested me. I was couch potato that watched too many movies. Unfortunately, this led me to become overweight. That’s when I decided to try out for the only sports team in my middle school, basketball. Surprisingly I didn’t make the team. Later, in the year a soccer team was formed. I tried out for the team. I was selected for the team regardless that I didn’t know how to kick the ball in the right direction. Even though my team never won a game I knew that I…

Heros and villians Over the years of high school I have had to dealt with people teachers and other things to push through to make it here to this day I have my demons some might say. I laugh at that thought of something like that. I have made impressions on kids that maybe life ain't so bad that was when I was 5-6 years old in my life. I have concord hills mountains and fears over my years. The most challenging wasn’t my physical ideals it was my mental. The days of school arrived easy I…