Year Five

It was your first year of school and it was as easy as pie, then, you went onto your second year, then the third, and now you have finally arrived in high school. Each year you have noticed a gradual increase in the challenges of the coursework. Each year you find it harder and harder to focus or even stay awake in these classes. But not much has changed other than your age and the topic of your classes. The actual origin of the problem here is the work that the students are given to do on their…

“Koen?” Mr. Blume, my sixth grade teacher read off the roll sheet. “Here!” Koen said as he raised his hand. It was the first day of my sixth grade year. I was sitting straight up in my desk while wearing my brand new school clothes. My mom had curled my hair for this special occasion, and I was even allowed to wear a bit of mascara on my eyes. “Mia?” Mr. Blume read. Another girl sitting across the room from me had perked up, and her and I simultaneously shouted, “Here!” “Mia Aicher?” Mr.…

When first developing a budget, each city department has the first three months of the year to prepare their strategic plans and objectives. Ultimately, each department develops their budget requests, which is due on the second Tuesday in May. Upon each department crafting their budgets, from July through September, the Mayor’s office reviews…

Students should attend school year round because they will learn and experience more things , than being in school for four or five weeks out of every month. Doing school traditionally, makes people gain more and going to school for four or five weeks every month cause you to lose and lack more into things. They may say school isn’t fun or something , but it’s for their education so they can move on in life when they get grown. Stress can appear in both school from any subject. Just sit there…

are easily identified in the music. Television shows, and literature of the two time periods. One of the greatest texts published during the Vietnam era, Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut, encompassed many of the anti-war ideas feeling that were involved with the Vietnam War. Although Vonnegut began writing Slaughterhouse Five as soon as he arrived home from World War II, it was the time that he allowed himself to write the novel that helped him compose and reflect his post-war ideas through…

Crazy people see crazy things becomes a true statement in Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut when a distressed book about a Billy Pilgrim’s life is impacted by what he saw and went through during the war. In Kurt Vonnegut’s book, Billy Pilgrim suffers from severe PTSD that leads him to time travel and being kidnapped by the Tralfamadorians. Slaughterhouse Five was first banned in Oakland County, Michigan and has been since 1972 according to Betsy Morais. The book should be allowed to be read…

has a loving family at home and she is cared for. I know every child develops in physical, emotional and social growth at their own pace; however, I do not feel she is behind in any of the categories mentioned. She is very interactive for an eight year old with both her peers and adults. She has constant exposure to broaden her understanding of the world per Mrs. J. The teacher also feels like she is in touch with her feelings and her own identity. She expresses her own…

me there amazing. When i was not even a year my baby pictures was football themed. I didn't like football till i was like three. I loved it so much, Me and my dad would always play on his bed. My Dad, Grandpa and Uncle Clay are all refs. My other Uncle Jimmy is a Coach and his kid plays football too. Also My Grandpa is the President of Gateway Football and my Great Grandfather made the first Football Club in Missouri. This is my story. When i was six years old i started playing football for…

My name is Bryan Waddick, I am thirteen years old and have lived in Dubuque my whole life. I live with my mom, dad, two brothers and my dog. My family is very into sports, both of my brothers and I play hockey, baseball and lacrosse. I also play football and track here at Roosevelt. We are all very into technology and own a lot of it. All five of us own a phone, although my brothers have no data, texting or calling privileges, those phones are just for the games. I have 8 uncles and 6 aunts.…

of how to network. On a personal front, I could say that the lab helped me to challenge my own beliefs about myself and helped to increase my self-confidence several notches. It all began around 1 o’clock in the afternoon on 16th February. From this year the…