On December 12th, 1996, the greatest day of my parents life happened. Their very first child was born and my grandparents first grandchild. I have a younger sister named Haleigh that just turned 16. I am learning more and more about myself the more I glance in the mirror and look back at my past.
On August 11, 2014, the most terrifying and life changing event happened. I was told that we had lost our house and that we had until the 14th to move 10 years worth of junk out of the house. My sister and I moved in with my mother and her parents, and my dad moved in with his parents. My parents could not afford to move directly out at that time. Months passed and then I was told that my parents would be getting a divorce. That was the second worst
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I am excited to learn how to become more detailed in my writing and to break down information even further. Learning how to analyze will help me with my future career by being able to look deeper into a situation. I am also ready for the oral presentation. Speaking in front of people used to make me scared to death, but now I enjoy talking about something that I am passionate about. I am somewhat anxious about confrontation. I don’t do well with others asking me questions about a topic that I don’t know much about. I don’t do well with others getting defensive about maybe a statement I made or someone not agreeing with a comment I made.
In this class, not only do I hope to make an A, but I also want to be able to dig deeper and not just look at the outside.
I value an instructor who enjoys coming to his or her job. I want to be able to tell that they have a passion for what they are doing and actually enjoy teaching. I also value someone who is a passionate about helping his or her students grow and learn. I had instructors in high school who did not care about teaching their students. They were just there for a paycheck and because it was their job to be there. In my Final research paper I have many different topics I could talk about. I was thinking depression and teen suicide. I want to learn more about the signs of depression and how to help prevent it. I also want to look at what triggers depression. I want to help teens
Hi, my name’s Donovan. I’m 17 years old and graduated this year with honors. I was raised with Christian values in mind, and attended a Methodist school. I was raised in the Christian faith yet I find myself, as with some of my friends who were raised in the same conditions, we seem to be growing farther away from our upbringing as we age. I find myself simply not understanding as time goes by, a complete polar opposite from the song ‘Farther Along’.
The 3rd of March 2007 was the day that changed mine and my family’s life. What
Every Sunday I always go to church and usually the congregation is divided into the general sections. You have the youth who sits in the front; the families occupy the middle and the elderly who sits in the back. I never really have the chance to talk to the elderly in the back. Of course, I come and kiss some of them on the cheek and say hello but, never thought that I would have the opportunity to sit and understand them. The initial idea was to choose someone from an elderly center but, they denied me for privacy reasons.
Las Vegas is considered the city of sin and believe me there is plenty of sin going around. It is a place filled with laughter, cries, tragedy, and loss. I have been living in Las Vegas my entire life minus a few years where I lived in Reno, Nevada and Monroe, Louisiana as well. My mother was the light of my life. We shared laughs together that were occasionally accompanied by tears.
In August two-thousand fifteen i started my eighth grade year at Watkins Memorial middle school , it is the final year in the middle school which means we 're the oldest out of all three grades. With us being the oldest out of all three grades that means a lot of the sixth and seventh graders look up to us watch what we do , so we have to be good role models and set a good example so when we go to Watkins Memorial High school they will not have us here and will have to be able to continue what we started and set good examples for more kids. A couple days after eighth grade started on August twenty-third it was my thirteenth birthday, and i happy to finally be a teenager ! My mom decorated my room with a bunch of streamers and balloons everywhere while i was at school. On the balloon strings were little notes and pictures starting from when i was born until my i turned thirteen.
On May 21, 2014 my life completely flipped upside down. I will always remember what I did on that day, this is the day my mother passed away from battling breast cancer. Watching her beautiful life taken from her at such a young age from a terrible disease. I promised to live my life to the fullest after realizing how a life can be taken right from this world. Never taking anything for granted because you might lose it the next
More Than Just a Grandpa When deciding who I was going to use for my life changing person I had somewhat of a hard time, because I wanted refrain from using the norm and really think who has made me the person I am today. I thought about my topic for a while, I’ve changed it about two times and then I started to pray and asked God to allow the Holy Spirit to speak through me as I picked who I wanted to write about. The Holy Spirit helped me to discern that the person for this was my grandpa, Jerry Gould. My grandpa has went through a lot in his lifetime but it is what makes him, him today. He is bold, talent, unique, and not scared of what is to come in his life because he stands firm in his relationship with God.
I woke to hearing the sounds of cars honking, loud music, and people cheering. I was very confused on what was going on that without hesitation, I got up and ran outside to see people running holding flags that with the colors of purple or green on them and people on the back of trucks yelling with excitement. I see my grandmother walking towards me and she shouts “ Laisha, that’s how we celebrate election day in Dominican Republic.” While the whole Dominican Republic was celebrating, I was dying of boredom at a family reunion that was at my great grandma’s house. I sit there complaining about insignificant thing like not having air conditioning, have to take motorcycle to place ,and not having internet.
When I first noticed my Step dad had problems with drinking I was about eleven years old during the time. Though I must admit it wasn 't a healthy place to be at the time I was living in Phoenix,Arizona with only my step dad 's family nearby to call and my mom, of course but at the time I couldn 't really expect help from her, at the time she was heavily addicted to gambling. Anywho it wasn 't a very healthy relationship. Though I was never physically abuse or anything like that I was emotional abuse having been a first born and having had a very shielded childhood. I was shocked of what was going on in my life when I turned twelve I decided that I wasn 't to live with my dad and his girlfriend.
The day of July 21, 2014 I learned a very important life lesson that will stick with me until the day I die; my eyes were opened to a new way of living. I remember the day clearly, as if a movie screen was perched in front of me and that treacherous day was playing in a loop. The morning air seeping through the cracked window before my bed was chilling. The vision of waking up to my mother sobbing will forever be engraved into my mind. It was very early in the morning, and I found myself feeling very confused why my mother was mourning, as I had only seen her cry once in my 14 years of age.
I have to throw away the books I’ve drank, so my dad won’t find them and ask what happened to the words. What would I say “I drank the words cause I’m and ink drinker.” I definitely couldn't tell my dad. My dad is one of those who believe that only God's creatures have the right to roam this earth. If you're not believed to be a creature of god a mob comes a chases you for days trying to kill you.
Life for me growing up was super difficult. A lot of my childhood was pure traumatic. Also, it was a struggle for me and my family, money wise and food wise. Also, our house was very small. We even lost our father and I also became a teen mom.
An outstanding teacher is made up of 5 main things. They are respectful and in turn respected, goal-driven, have strong classroom management, have an inner drive to learn more and teach better, and have a love for each and every student. Each and every day a teacher must show the students they teach respect. If a student respects you, they will work just that bit hard for you. It makes a difference.
Buzz...buz———— “Dad, I need to go to the bathroom right now; wait or finish it yourself.” I was afraid I would collapse on the floor within seconds, so I stumbled upstairs to the washroom at the sound of his sighs. Perhaps he thought I was just trying to get away from this boredom, but all that was in my head was “How is that possible? Why did I never see that coming?” Thinking of that, a weight dragged my heart down to the ground as I went up.
Being a teacher is a journey that has much to do with learning about yourself and being aware that what happens in your classroom reflects only on how are you with yourself. Teachers are not conscious that they project into students, and that affects how things go in the classroom. I believe the first characteristic of a good teacher is that he/ she is always willing to analyze his/her teaching performance. Second the teacher is humble enough to receive input about the development and application of techniques, learning from it and improving.