Seventeen

Sophomore year is a tie with junior year on being probably the most enjoyable years in high school. Tenth grade was so relaxing because you at least had one year under your sleeve, which made life a little easier. One of my most memorable moments was second semester in Mr. Prina’s class when we played the Super Power game. This game really tested friendships and classmates trust in eachother. My group did really well, but the amount of work we put into some of the little games and activities was…

have been through a lot at a young age and others have never experienced a struggle in their life. Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow the main character has been through numerous tragedies at only seventeen. She’s all alone trying to make it in the world. Charlotte Davis isn’t like any other seventeen year old girl she has been through constant trauma in her life. Her mother abused her and kicked her out, her father died, and her best friend is practically brain dead. Charlotte is all alone in a…

journey can be traced through the outline of seventeen steps devised by Joseph Campbell. George Lucas’s Star Wars saga contains a unique blend of traditional elements of science fiction and the archetypal structure of a myth. The main protagonist of episodes IV-VI is Luke Skywalker, a boy from Tatooine who goes on an interplanetary journey and learns how to use the Force. Like any other mythic hero or heroine, Luke’s journey can be traced through the seventeen outlined steps. The first…

Americans eighteen and older vote for the next commander in chief every four years. But, what about the sixteen and seventeen year olds that want a say on who the next president of the United States should be? At the age of sixteen and seventeen, teens start to think about adulthood and their future. Many teens feel that their opinions do not matter. This essay will argue reasons why the voting age should be lowered to sixteen. First of all, if the voting age is lowered, more teens would engage…

read chapters sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen in To Kill a Mockingbird. These three chapters focused primarily on Atticus’s court case with Tom Robinson, capturing almost every word said and every vivid detail. First, chapter sixteen marks the beginning of the trial. Many people, including Jem, Dill, and Scout prepare to come and watch from the jury. It is a big ordeal to the whole town, except Mrs. Maudie who gives the idea that it is inhuman to watch. Next, in chapter seventeen, the Maycomb…

parents made sure, consequently, I was to come back twice as vigorous and diligent than before. Being the first that is going to walk across the graduation stage after three generations of late graduates, and my mother becoming pregnant at the age of seventeen helped me mature into a young adult. When I was younger, I presumed my parents were strenuous on me. I started having a pessimistic attitude that I could not attain anything; moreover, I was giving up and becoming selfish. Unhappy was…

says, “the general manager and I have talked about it and would like to know what you think about becoming a shift leader?”. All that went through my mind was “school starts back in a couple of months…what about school?” and then second, “I’m only seventeen so who will take me seriously?”. I responded, “I’m not sure if I am going to balance school and work”. “But aren’t…

were conversing with the woman behind the desk at the entrance of the veterans office. Both males came in at separate times and any time the woman behind the desk asked them question, they would reply with a “yes, ma’am” as seen on lines eleven and seventeen. This form of reply is one of the common polite expressions mentioned in Eckert and McConnell-Ginet’s Language and Gender book. According to Eckert and McConnell-Ginet “Research on politeness has boomed in the past several decades.” and “In…

have enacted laws allowing convicted juveniles to be tried as an adult and sentenced to death for serious crimes. This case addresses the issue of whether sentencing a youth to death for a crime he or she committed during the age of sixteen and seventeen is cruel and unusual punishment in violation On evening of January 7, 1981, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Kevin Stanford, age 17 years and 4 months committed the murder of Barbel Poore. Stanford along with his accomplice constantly raped and…

to send an email to the attorney when I noticed an email sitting in my inbox. The email was from the same beneficiary touring the bedrooms looking over the possessions. In the email, the beneficiary asked for all the gifts given to my Uncle over seventeen years plus a few other items from the home. I realized then that this beneficiary was taking inventory the day of the funeral and could become a problem.…