Twelfth grade

place”, 6th grader me said that back in 2012. “I think I’m getting the idea of everything, even being at a new school”, 7th grade Tyler stated that in 2014. “ Last year until we get to the real deal… High School”, 8th grade me is still saying that to this day. Middle School has been a crazy ride and I’m going to share that now. Let's get started, shall we. Starting 6th grade, I was tiny, I mean, I got made fun of by 5th graders who towered over me. I wasn’t new to the area so I came into Middle…

to keep writing about 3-4 times. Triven is in 3rd grade and he exhibited very little enthusiasm when reading his piece back to me. He mumbled and didn’t seem very confident with what was written. He did add words to make it sound like complete sentences, for example on the 4th line he said, “you can get” and on the 5th line said, “you can go to weird places.” I thanked him for working hard on his writing and said I learned…

Lynna Hong Amy Dickinson English 99 13 September 2016 Go Get It. Period. “[They say] if you want something go get it. Period.” Growing up I was quite the introvert. I was a shy girl who didn’t have many friends and I didn’t go out of my way to make any either. In fact, I actually found myself to be really sad and lonely. I always assumed it was always going to stay like that and there was nothing I could possibly do to change it. I had this mindset that I was just suppose to stick through it…

I observed the Jr. High math teacher Mr. Rix. This is Mr. Rix’s first year at St. Lucy but he been teaching for about 15 years. I observed an 8th grade block class period. How is the room organized? This teacher is in a unique situation. He does not have a homeroom instead he travels around from room to room. This means that he has to be extra organized because all his resource materials are at his desk in the art room. I asked him about how he keeps himself organized and he had a few…

Learning to Speak Through Writing Introversion is a state of self-concern, the distrust of one’s outside world and resultant fear of its expedition. To prove unable to speak when it is expected of you, for reasons either hesitant or uncertain, is to realize how voiceless you truly are. And it is the goal of this generalized introvert to acquire that voice, to speak freely alongside their peers, and become normal in the eyes of their perceived society. For me and in my pursuit of voice and…

he was in America. He had sent me countless surprising gifts that cheered me up. At the same time I missed him even more and wished that he was there with us. A few years later, it was my first day of first grade and I wore a new dress with black shoes that my dad had sent me as my first grade gift all the way from America. I was shy at first, but later on I became social and made new friends. Each time my mom bought me snacks I would share them with my new friends. Now I was living with my…

really difficult to see how your future will pan out when you 're a high school freshman with no idea what you want to do, and despite your every effort, can 't seem to make yourself finish the simplist of homework assignments. Up until the ninth grade, I was able to get by on procrastination. The middle school I went to really wanted the students to believe we were being prepared for high school. But we…

Sophomore year I lived in College Hall South (CHS), one of the new buildings that went up. The class of 2017 (that’s my class) was the first to get to live in there so we got the untouched, unsoiled, fresh haven. We also got the unfixed glitches (fire alarms for days mehn -_-) but still CHS was awesome. I had the best roomie- her name is Maimuna. Maimuna is a hijabi- a muslim woman who covers her hair. A lot of people were actually kinda shocked that I chose to room with her. They assumed…

In a study conducted by Margaret Bottone, ten first grade students were monitored over the course of a year and were read to in a small group setting. Bottone was looking for differences in comprehension rates in students that engage in a small group setting and those that do not. The study concluded that small group instruction is highly beneficial and almost necessary, especially in the primary grades. Bottone stated “small group instruction is a highly effective way for teachers…

Montessori is mainly in the private sector, with its own broad educational goals. I have watch children learn many things, that many would say is beyond them. For example, the life cycle of stars in third grade, cursive in first grade and biological classification in second grade. In a non-grading environment, the students explore and learn an amazing amount of curriculum, because they were excited and their classrooms are packed with resources that were accessible to everyone. My goal, in…