The Best Years

CJSF Service and Activities Participated in College Fair, Stanford University, in charge of extracurricular activities at Stanford which required diligence and patience as countless activities offered; teamwork and cooperation was also required of participants Privilege of touring U.C. Berkeley; had to demonstrate strong listening skills so facts were actually learned and trustworthiness as teachers depending on us to be mature and have independence - they weren’t there to babysit us…

Words Their Way Inventory - Primary (1-3), Elementary (1-6) or Upper Level (5-8): I used the upper level (5-8) list. Nolan scored 70/99 and his spelling stage is late syllables and affixes/ early derivational relations. The spelling inventory showed that Nolan uses blends and digraphs 5/5, vowels 9/9, complex consonants 7/7, inflected endings and syllable juncture 7/8, correctly. Nolan uses but confuses unaccented final syllables 7/9 and affixes 7/10. The features that seemed to be absent were;…

New Years Eve is filled with tradition and celebration. For the last 8 years of my life I have spent my New Years Eve night with many of my closest friends. The first year we all celebrated together sparked a tradition that has only grown more intense each year. One custom in the southern regions of the United States eating black-eyed peas as a way to ensure good luck and prosperity throughout the year ahead. Although I am not from the South, many of my friends have families that are. The…

In the year 2014, the NCAA topped over $2 billion in revenue; that total was nearly $80 million more than the…

Dancing Fool in School In the past I was an extremely bizarre schoolboy and performed abnormal actions to acquire interest from others at my elementary school like sporting a reddish helmet. Occasionally my muscle twitches caught the awareness of others. Young’uns approached me and questioned, “Why do you jerk your arms and feet like that?” I couldn’t expound it to them because I didn’t fucking comprehend it myself. Therapist Dan: “Do you recall the name of your medication by chance?” Me: “No,…

2. I would, first, ask my teacher to be patient with me. I would also suggest that my teacher put effort into getting to know his/her students; be aware of disabilities and learning challenges. In a "normal" classroom, it may not be possible to always give special attention , however, individual help greatly helps work through learning challenges. I would ask that my teacher help me discover ways to deal with the frustration that comes with these challenges. The frustration is often a huge…

showed me that I can prove everyone wrong and no one person or persons opinion can or should define me and my future no matter the pain it caused. The early years were rough with minor name calling, but the real heavy hitters came at about 4th grade and just escalated until the end of 6th grade. But by the summer going into my 7th grade year I realized that I am a better person than all the people who were low enough to bully and I began to transition to tuning them out and I eventually realized…

up I always played the three main sports depending on who you are basketball,baseball, and when I got in 8th grade football. I would say sports really became my life when I was about 8 or 9 years old it always seemed like a security blanket when I was bored and the fact my parents had me signed up every year. To a point my love for sports go too serious to the point it started affecting me academically. In 6th grade my least favorite subject had to be math. Mainly, because I was never really…

Argentina Over the years Argentina has increased its imports bringing in a greater amount of goods. The main import of Argentina is cars; which is 9.8% of the total imported goods. Followed by cars, Petroleum gas which is 6.86% of the total imported amount of goods. Argentina is so big on imports that they rank 44th in the world on the largest amount of imports. Within five years the amount spent on imports went from $55B in 2008 to $72.1B in 2013. Exports on the other hand have stayed about in…

My childhood was quite ordinary as well as atypical. My childhood could be defined by the two words, ‘carefree’ and ‘dance’. I had started dancing at the age of 4, and took dance very seriously, taking as many as three classes per week, and participating in various competitions. While my classmates were busy taking classes outside of school going to math, English, and science tutors, I spent majority of my outside-school time dancing and preparing for upcoming competitions. At school, my…