Seventh Grade Retreat Research Paper

I think Grandview R2 Middle School should have recess. Recess would provide more phyisical activities and exersize for kids,also i think recess provides free time for kids to get away from work for a little bit. The normal time to have recess would be after lunch to let energy befor comming back to class. Also i think recess is a time for kids to let out stress from work that has been put on them. Recess help kids stay active and healthy also it would help kids not sleep in class while doing his or her work. “Maybe taking play time out of the day is kind of a punishment to this seemingly tortured group of young souls,after all the benifets of recess in schools are pretty powerful”. Play is essential for keeping children

This paper analyzes Dr. Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”. Dr. Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design at the Carnegie Mellon University. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2006 and delivered his last lecture on September 18, 2007 in front of his colleagues and students in the McConomy Auditorium at the university. In his presentation, he gave advice to students on how to achieve their own goals based on his lessons learned. He spoke of his past experiences and was upbeat and humorous during the presentation. He gained his audience’s attention in the best way possible i.e. by relieving stress. He opened with a joke about the title of the lecture series and later did a series of pushups. This technique was effective as it diverted his audience’s attention from his illness to the gist of his talk.

Power is a fragile thing. It can be something physical and tangible or it can be something discarnate, something of the mind. Power can be fleeting; just because one side holds more power, doesn’t mean the other side is powerless, an idea exemplified in Hills Like White Elephants. Although the man hold more power within his relationship to the girl, she holds power in the fact that she understands their relationship is doomed. While he will be unable to comprehend the downward trajectory of their affair until it is too late, she knows that going through with it - whatever it is - will not save their relationship.

There is no denying that the film, Aftershock, directed by Feng Xiaogang is the most bankable domestic blockbusters in mainland China and wins the box office of more than six hundred million in 2010 (Coonan, 2010). It reproduces the grave earthquake took place in Tangshan, Hebei Province on July 28, 1976. Such a 7.8 magnitude earthquake turned Tangshan into ruins in only twenty-three seconds and caused 250 thousands death. The successful release of the film has caused the high attention and intense discussion among the community until nowadays. As an excellent work of contemporary Chinese realism film, it moves audiences through its setting, expression, characters and also the touching plot.

Since the beginning of time, fathers have been one of the key figures in a boy 's life. In the poems, “Those Winter Sundays” by Theodore Roethke, “My Papa’s Waltz” by Robert Hayden, and "Digging" by Seamus Heaney, the love between a father and his son are shown in a variety of ways. These three wonderful poems inspire people, especially fathers and sons, to have deep relationships with one another. The words written by Roethke, Hayden, and Heaney show that it is difficult to keep a relationship strong between a father and his son, because even the smallest mistake can destroy it. Each of these poems demonstrate, in their own way, the complicated and strong love between a father and his son.

After I was studying secondary school, I tried different ways to improve my English. In addition, my mother was hiring a teacher for me to enhance my English skill. However, it did not help me, and it contributed me to hate English even more. On the other hand, I knew that after I finished my secondary school, I needed to go to American to study university. It meant that I had to improve my English. Therefore, I started watching movie or video and using community Apps to improve my English skill. During that time I found that community APPs was one thing which could help people to get much improve on the English. Since people, who are using this community APPs, are often using English communication with other people, it contributes you to have more chances using English. However, if community APPs can have little bit change, I think that it will be better than now.

In the short story “Powder” by Tobias Wolff the author writes a story about a father and a son with a troubled relationship as they try to go home on Christmas eve. During this time period it is about the 1920’s around the time of the Great Depression. When the stock market crashed it affected the father, the son and this story.The obvious conflict is between the mother and the father because the son has been brought home late by the father and has been given one last chance to take his son out and bring him home on time. This paper will discuss how the word usage throughout the story helps us to determine that the conflict is growing and beginning to reach its peak. The father had been given a second chance and makes a choice to take advantage of his chance and make his son late yet again.

‘Rosewood’ is the story of how ‘white trash’ from Sumner used a white woman’s lie to destroy a whole town, including the events that took place during their reign of terror.

Midlothian Middle School has been the place covering up hundreds of pieces of history these past hundreds of years. So much history that one could have a hard time memorizing all of it. There is one story though, one that stuck around. Always there, knocking on the back of your head asking to come into your mind like when someone knocks on your door asking to come in. The spot where Midlothian Middle school stands today sure has been a hotspot for some interesting history. Like for example, the school used to be way smaller and children would get to school on a horse with a dock for you and other children to sit on. There were also mines that have been covered up today that used to be used to mine coal. As deep to 200 through 800 feet. The

A second paid opportunity I have had serving children has been working as summer camp counselor for the past three summers. Each summer since May 2013, Warren W. Willis United Methodist Summer Camp has provided me with the opportunity to mentor a wide variety of children ranging in ages from rising fourth grade to newly graduated high school seniors. Here I have taken on many roles of mentor, advocate, listener, friend, small group leader, activities facilitator, etc. Here I have interacted with children and adolescents of all backgrounds and cultures. I have been greatly challenged and rewarded by the campers I have interacted with here. One of the greatest challenges I have faced while serving in this role is finding a healthy balance between focusing on the needs of other and focusing on myself. Throughout the summer, I am constantly focusing on the emotional, spiritual, mental and physical needs of campers. There is little time and

I have grown as a student this semester by watching the mala movie. This has helped me grow as a student because it showed me how just one voice can change so much in a community. From this experience I learned how Mala was an ordinary girl but who ones spoke up for what she believed was right for her community and the people all around her. After she started to change her community on a positive way for example, have more schools so students can have an education and making sure girls were able to attend school more often. Therefore, when she spoke up for what she thought was right and changed people 's life there was some who didn 't appreciate what she was doing so decided to shot her and ended up shooting her on her forehead. The people who did support her for everything Mala did for them but they also believed that she would make it out alive. After all she made it out alive but not with good conditions for example, she wasn 't able to remember many things she did in the past or wasn 't able to walk right or even think straight. Mala had many problems in her body do to the shot she got on her forehead which lead to the her brain damage. Even though she was very hurt and many things in her body changed plus she wasn 't able to be the same person. Mala still

Since the start of the Cold War, people have been afraid from a bomb like no other in history. Nuclear warfare struck lives of many every since the end of World War II which ended by a atom bomb dropped on Japan wiping out everything in its path. Cormac Mccarthy was a passionate writer and was inspired and terrified by this idea and wrote the Marvelous story The Road.Even though some might disagree with the powerful reality of a possible post apocalyptic hazard.

Everyone has to figure out what they will do for the rest of their lives after they finish high school and be ready to start that job right after college. Honestly, most people don't even know what they want to do until after their sophomore year of college. Being a middle school teacher is a marvelous job; a numerous amount of subjects can be taught, that is what makes teaching middle school extraordinary. Of all the people wanting to be teachers, there are only "614,400 jobs for middle school teachers in the United States" (Bureau of Labor Statistics). That is the thing about teaching, schools are always looking for more teachers and good ones too. Being a middle school teacher requires at least a Bachelor's degree, on the job training, like internships, and leadership skills.

The backyard is an essential place for all homeowners. It can be a place where a gathering can be help or say a game of kickball. For example if a homeowner need space for a boat that has been winterized , the back yard is the best place to put it if one has the space. The back yard is the most secure place to store anything because people are usually home and nobody wants to get caught stealing off there property. Most backyards are unique and have there own special dimensions.

On this day of the 23rd of August, we have watched a movie named Honor Thy Father. This movie is all about father’s love that will do anything just for his family. The main character is john Lloyd and he has a wife who is a part of INC. Her father has a business which invests money and will return it with additional money every month. Yet one day her father was murdered and all the money were gone. All the people involved with their business, complained that they wanted their money back. From that day, the tragic experience of their family began. One family who invested their money decided to kidnap john lloyd’s daughter and afterwards his wife. The people claimed that they will kill his family if they don’t give their money back after two