Tell Me What You See

“I really don’t care what you did with Abbey,” Nicole said quietly while taking a drink of her frappe. ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t realize that was a problem,” you could very clearly here the annoyance in my voice. Nicole was always jealous of my other friend, this I knew very well. Especially Abbey. “It’s not that I don’t care, I just wasn’t invited and we do everything together. Or at least we used to.” This was the type of thing that always made me really mad. “You and Abbey don’t get…

because they give me a small amount of money but because I like the idea of knowing that I am representing the impossible. As you know, people like me are not meant to go to college or even finish high school. Those basic assumptions are made based on our families’ social class or ethnicity. I know we all come from low income families that know nothing about college and who’s kids only grow up to learn that they must start working to help their families economically. EOP has helped me…

because they got tired of being told what to do, and thought they earned enough with their part-time job and asked themselves, what good is a high school degree? That’s what I saw over the years, one by one I would see them drop out, struggle financially and emotionally. This was just a never ending cycle that I can’t get out of. I felt a bit apprehensive of when will that time come. Yet, before the feeling of giving up could get a grasp of me someone snapped me…

that really poke at you when they play. They touch your heart or emotions in one way or another. Maybe it is a motivational song that helps get you pumped up for a workout. Or maybe it is a slow song that was played at a loved one’s funeral and every time you hear it you are swept away with memories of that person. Whatever the song or the reason we can all find a song that will remind us of our past, present, and future. This would be a good conversation piece for most groups if you were to…

dreams we have show what we want to feel but are too afraid to admit. He used the terms ‘manifest content’ and ‘latent content’. Manifest content can be defined as the remembered story line of the dream. For example, if you had a dream about going to a casino and gambling. The manifest content is remembering that you lost at the table or the machines. Latent content is applying that dream into your unconscious mind to interpret what it means. The gambling may symbolize that you are relying too…

during break. This experienced show me that happiness can come from happiness. Furthermore, this project should be repeated next year as it teaches student about happiness from the last place they would have think of. This memory happen after 3rd period at break. After the bell rang, I went to my usual hangout spot to my friends. I stand near the X-quad and overhang to wait for my friends to arrive from their classes. In the distance, I saw my friend approach me. When they finally reach a…

vocabulary on Popplet for the student to see. Then together as a group, we will read and sound out the words together. Next, I would ask the student what the words means and type it out on Popplet. Once done, I will remind the student to keep those words in mind while reading the story. During reading engagement with vocabulary: During the reading, whenever the vocabulary show up on the page we would finish reading that page. I would then pause to ask if they see a vocabulary word or not. If…

Today I’m going to tell you about a person who has had the most positive influence on me. He has taught me right from wrong through example. That man is my brother Nathan. Nathan and I were never good friends when we were young in fact we fought daily but now that we are older and don’t see as much of each other we like each other way more. I am going to tell you how he’s impacted my life, how he’s taught me and how he’s given advise. Ever since I was born I’ve had my brother I haven’t always…

or listening to the news is a way to fill in that time. My eyes watch my fingertips dance across my phone and I hit send to my friend, Abigail, telling her I'm leaving shortly. I switch to Instagram liking every post I see as my eyes glance up to the tv for a brief moment and see that a well known kid from my school, Luke Hemmings, has been considered a “missing person” as of this moment. I listen more intently now as the news has grabbed my attention. The news anchor continues, saying the…

oneself and becoming more independent. But as for me, I was a very shy, quiet, and stay-to-myself kind of person. I didn’t like being around a lot of people or just doing nothing. When times got hard I would listen to my music and just be in my own little world. I would bottle up all my emotions and not tell anybody anything. I wanted to let everything out. But I didn't know who to talk to or go to. Until one day in the summer, my grandma called me and asked if I wanted to go with her to a…