The Long Walk

and it was the Christmas break I also remember the giants winning the super bowl that year. Two weeks later and here I am walking into the front gates of the school, and first thing I did was go to my guidance counselor she called in someone to walk me to my classes the kid came in he was almost same age as me, and he spoke Arabic so it wasn’t difficult to talk to him, so he walked me around the school and then he walked me to my class, my first class was algebra I walked in the…

It was a very long journey of change. The change got worse before it got better. Needless to say, today as a mother I have done a 360. I have changed in a positive way and because of the change it has prepared me for my purpose. My purpose to help people. My son today…

“Porphyria’s Lover” & “Neutral Tones”: The Sinister Similarities of the Speakers The loss of a loved one is perhaps the most difficult experience that humans ever come up against. The poem “Porphyria’s Lover”, written by Robert Browning, adds a sense of irony to this. At the most superficial layer, the speakers in both “Porphyria’s Lover” and “Neutral Tones”, written by Thomas Hardy, both deal with loss. The tones in “Neutral Tones” seem to be indifferent, or Neutral. The speaker of…

States. At first I wasn’t too happy or exited by his idea or proposal, but after a few days and a lot of thought, it hit me. I will finally meet him, the men at the other side of the phone, the guy who I couldn’t remember yet I called him dad. After a long process and lots of paper work, the time was getting closer and closer. It was time for me to leave my live behind in order to meet him. But how do you meet your father at eleven? What is he like? How is his character, I mean I had only…

In chapter 4 of Daniel Coyle’s The Talent Code: Greatness Isn’t Born. Its Grown. Here’s How, Coyle articulates a conversation he had with a teenager, John Crawford, about the concept of deep practice. Crawford described the moment that he truly began deep practicing as “clicking in.” (87). This explanation of the feeling of deep practice resonated with me because I felt that same “clicking in” feeling around mid-term of this semester. In my last paper, one of my goals was to be more conscious in…

In the book, 5 practices orchestrating productive mathematics discussion, it discusses five practices that will improve student-centered discussion (Smith & Stein, 2011). These six practices are anticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, connecting, setting goals and selecting tasks. The first practice is anticipating. In the book, 5 practices orchestrating productive mathematics discussion, it states, “Anticipating requires that teachers do the problems as many ways as possible” (Smith &…

1) Ensure that your goals are realistic. Making sure your goals are realistic is important because if you 're striving towards a goal and never reach it, or don 't reach it in time, you will back track and feel like a failure. This can be solved by making appropriate time goals and allowing for interruptions. Make it important to make SMART (Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time based.) goals as it will give you a strategic and focused approach to it each goal. 2) When planning…

A couple of weeks ago, I went to go see The Skin of Our Teeth. The show is very confusing and I was not a huge fan of it. However, the way the set is laid out and the choices for costumes and some aspects of the acting were quite enjoyable. The script was my main issue that clouded over many of the other parts. To understand the show, we must first see what it is about. The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder is a play that takes part in three acts. It follows the Antrobus family and their maid…

Before Maxine was born, her mother, and her father, many years before, moved from China to the United States. “My mother left China in the winter of 1939 [...] and arrived in New York Harbor in January, 1940” (96). Her family faced many challenges, including being discriminated against. She tried to stand up for herself as well as for her family. “It’s not just the stupid racists that I have to do something about, but the tyrants who for whatever reason can deny my family food and work” (49).…

This book was a very eye opening boo that has made me realize that everyone goes through this at some point. Although times may be tough keep fighting and do not hold everything in. The main theme of this book is depression. In the book Boy Meets Depression Kevin Breel talks about his life as a child. He explains that he was awkward as a kid and although he did not want to act like it on the outside he was what today’s society considers a loser. As He kept growing he began noticing the little…