The Point

“Peter, can you explain what this is?” hissed Mrs. Dickerson, handing me my report card. Butterflies swarmed in my stomach as she sat down in front of me, her intimidating dark, red lips and leering eyes pierced through my soul. The letter “D” next to the words “Math 7,” imprinted onto the lifeless piece of paper. There was a momentary pause as I looked down at the ground, searching my scattered mind for an adequate answer. Instead of giving an answer, however, my hands started to move towards…

Karsten Lenterman AP English Language 23/11/2017 Mr Miller “America Needs its Nerds” by Leonid Fridman Leonid Fridman wrote America Needs Its Nerds in attempt to inform and persuade his target audience of the current situation regarding the anti-intellectual values that the majority of people hold today, and the tragic situation that his country has been left in, in that people no longer strive to be educated in america. Friedman's thesis statement can be found in lines 28 - 34, where he…

Per Reporter: Tristian's step-father (Paul) give him twenty licks on his butt and upper part of his leg on 2/5/18. Tristian's right butt was black and blue. No medical attention has been sought. Tristian was not in pain. It is unknown what Tristianwas whipped with. This is not the first time Tristian has been giving licks. Tristian was giving one hundred licks throughout that same day by Paul. It is unknown if Tristian sought medical attention at that time. It is unknown when this…

Through out The Shattering by Karen Healy there have been both intense and emotional searches. Three of the main searches are the overall search the murderer of Keri, Janna and Sione’s brothers. As well as Sione’s search for who he truly is especially now after his brothers death and Janna’s search for love. The first search is a very obvious one and is the main theme of the book. It is the search for Keri, Janna and Sione’s brother’s murderers. This search has been going on for about five…

He truly wants to be Auggie's companion, however he became involved with an endeavor to be acknowledged by children like Julian. At the point when Julian lets him know one day that being companions with Auggie is not justified, despite any potential benefits, Jack gets so irate that he punches Julian in the face. This contention sets off a progression of statement of regret letters including…

Literature uses the solitude to create strength and society follows with that prophecy as people believe it takes strength that loneliness brings. The belly of the whale only emphasizes the commitment they attach to themselves at this point since the old world has become out of reach and they must focus on finding the exit of this predicament in which they find themselves and when they do it obviously, they will find a new world that leads to the continuation of the journey and get around the…

age couldn 't touch, where others were not her companions, but rather simply instruments to fuel her dreams. Her discourse and activities unmistakably depict this point of view of the world, with the structure of the story helping her manner of thinking. The story is composed to demonstrate the peruser the world from Miss Emily 's point of view; through both substance and structure, the peruser is made to feel befuddled and unconscious of the ordered movement of Miss Emily 's…

It also mentioned that twenty seven pieces of wooden blocks have integrated magnets that can help you form any kind of puzzle or maze that will get your marble from point A to point B. I like being creative and creating my own things so I could play with the Super Marble Run for hours so in all it’s a great project. The last project is the Fidget Cube, it’s a six sided cube that has six different fidget tools such as a Click…

In the world, many people at least one time in their lifetime will lose trust. The fictional book, Through the Fire by Shawn Grady, represents this major human experience. In this book, the main character, Firefighter Aidan O’Neill, loses trust in himself after a tough call with a probationary firefighter. Having lost trust in himself, Firefighter O'Neill begins to think twice about what he is doing, which sometimes puts the other co-workers lives in danger. And Firefighter O’Neill couldn’t have…

only being exiled, but has also had no one with her in her exile. Therefor in each person we can feel a sense of both sadness, but also the scene of that all is loss, and if there was hope it had died off a long time ago. Followed to the point of seeing what they see can give multiple expressions of…