Whittier College

balance between comedy and seriousness. Whittier College’s production of Big Love directed by Jennifer S. Holmes was very unique and interesting to watch, however aspects of the performance made it difficult to enjoy and…

“Don’t Quit” is a poem written by John Greenleaf Whittier about never giving up, no matter what happens in one’s life. John Greenleaf Whittier has written many inspiring poems and has an interesting life story. The Ebsco article states, “In 1889 he had received a letter from another girl, Helen Keller, then ten years old, a letter expressing her gratitude that Whittier’s poems had ‘made her joyful all the day long because her mind could see all the lovely things which she could not see with her…

Essay about The romantic elements in "The daffodils" Williams Wordworth William Wordsworth's "Daffodils" incorporates the ideas and aspects that are essential in poetry from the Romantic movement. Various peaceful images of nature, including a field of daffodils, possess human qualities in the poem. These natural images express Wordsworth's self-reflections, whether it be tranquil solitude at the beginning of the poem or excitement about being in the company of daffodils at the…

About a week later, I came home from school and found him heating up food in the microwave. My mom had paid his 10,000 dollar bail with my college fund money. It was at that exact moment where I realized her priorities. I had sacrificed so many things, from whether or not being able to come to home after school just because he was home, to having to switch high schools because I was already known as "Geoffery's younger sister." I made it my personal goal to not be like him at all. without a…

Similarly to X, I had a realization that life isn’t always carefree, but instead, sometimes rainstorms. During the majority of my life I thought that life was (for the most part) easy; that all my life goals would just fall into place, but that all changed my junior year of high school when I began to suffer from depression. Up to my junior year, school was easy for me; it was easy for me to get good grades and still be able to go out with my friends and family. When junior year started I…

problem with students opting out of testing due their test scores being low. A newspaper called The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review did a story on April 4th 2016 about the growing rate of students opting out of the standardized test in school. Debra Srogi has a son who attends Whittier Elementary School in Pennsylvania. Her son does well in school, but he is always stressed about Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test, or PSSA test. Sogi joined the growing number of parents who let their…

The Day I Choose LCC Have you ever thought about what college you would attend and how successful you would be? Well I have, as child I would imagine what college I would attend and would I be able to succeed. I imagined how collage would be, would I attended a large university or a small local community college. Students may even worry about the ACT and SAT and how successful will they be when taking those two extremely important tests. Luckily, I choose a school that didn 't stress me out…

children to work hard, do well, and earn a college degree, then they will get a job. Many would argue that this philosophy helped the older generation be successful in their educational and post-educational careers, so it should not be changed; however, in the words of Ken Burns, “the problem is that the current system of education was designed…

Up program was introduced, I had a fair idea of what I was intending to study, but I remained unsure and had made no further necessary decisions about my post-secondary education. The reason I had not even thought about what university I wanted to go to or what career I wanted to pursue was due to a lack of resources and guidance. My parents, although always supportive of me, were limited as to what they could help me with when it came to making academic decisions beyond high school as they had…

Many say that American high schools teach students to learn how to take standardized tests on writing, rather than actually prepare them for college. Therefore, most secondary students are entering college without an understanding of how to meet demands of college writing beyond the prescribed “standard five-paragraph essay.” Susan Fanetti’s “Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations” examines the discrepancy between American high schools and their…