Eleventh grade Essays

  • Lesson Pl Eleventh Grade American History Classes

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    Lesson plan Overview: The following lesson plan is intended for high school students within eleventh grade American History classes. The content of the lesson plan follows the reading, interpretation, significant, and discussion of Gettysburg address. For the content within the lesson plan, if compared to a unit plan, this lesson would come near the later portion of the first half of the semester for American History students. Originally this lesson plan was presented and created by Tyler Cannon

  • Overcoming Obstacles In High School

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    “What do we live for if its not to make life less difficult for each other?” Many of us students struggle throughout High School with parents getting divorced, loosing a loved one, teenage pregnancy, and family issues etc. These obstacles shouldn’t get in the way of continuing with life and furthering in our education and future. No one has it easy that’s why being a mentor for students my age and younger meant a difference in the world. Making it a little easier for students not to always see the

  • Essay On University Is A Waste Of Time

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    The question is: Is a university degree still important today? Some say yes, because it is seen to be a major achievement in life; yet others disagree, as they believe university is a waste of time and money because it requires at least 3 or more years to earn a bachelor’s degree with each year costing a substantial amount of money. From my perspective, the advantages of earning a college degree exceed the disadvantages. Have you ever joked or mentioned about dropping out of high school? Throughout

  • Pan's Labyrinth In Cronus Complex

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    Pan’s Labyrinth: Analysis Ofelia and Captain Vidal in Cronus Complex Abstract Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth locates the story within the context of the Spanish post-civil-war. Mythical elements play a leading role in the film when the totalitarian system of social control that Francisco Franco’s fascist system established during the post- war period function as the underlying reference in the film’s narrative. Ofelia, the child main character, enters a mysterious world to escape the horrors

  • Texas All-State Choir Reflection

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    things we had to do in choir besides show up and practice was to record a submission for the Texas All-State Choir. Our conductor didn’t make us send them in if we didn’t want to, but I always did. In ninth grade, the songs were particularly challenging and I knew I wouldn’t make it. But in tenth grade, everything was set up perfectly; the songs were much easier; our conductor heard rumors of which sections we had to perform, giving us extra time to practice; and there were only seventeen tenors from

  • Why We Should Not Be Interpreted By The Use Of Grades

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    Most colleges accept students based on their grades in a class and on how they do on standardized tests, like the SAT. Grades are used by most schools in the US and are used from extreme early ages, from kindergarten.Technology may be a big distraction to students, but there are ways to use technology "against" them and to make students learn without threatening them with homework. Grades do not show how well a student does on an assignment or test because many things could change from teacher to

  • Amelia Saltar: A Short Story

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    Waking up Amy felt the discomfort of pressure in her throat. Her groggy mind trying to remember what had happened, a flash of a memory -almost dreamlike- skated across her mind. Tires sliding across wet asphalt, the rush of the dense green forest racing by in a disorienting display, the ear piercing, stomach churning sound of metal on metal. Her eyes snapped open taking in her surroundings, the EKG machine giving a sound to her erratic racing heart. The room looked like your typical hospital room

  • Sexual Appeal In Advertising Essay

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    There are many appeals available to advertisers. Sexual appeals have been a part of marketing since the introduction of modern advertising (Korn, 2006). Some are informative, providing information about the offer, while others emotional, attempt to arouse emotions to the audience rather than to make them think. Sex appeal is an emotional appeal. It is obvious that its use in advertising is on the increase and it is widely used for all sorts of products in several countries (Veloutsou, Ahmed, 2005)

  • Sports And Sports: The Importance Of Sports In High Schools

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    Athletics of all kinds have started to consume students and the educational system. Football, soccer, track, basketball, baseball, and many other sports are being introduced to students during high school, and this leads to the goals of academic system being placed on the back burner. Funding that could be used to improve learning situations is wasted, the safe environment promoted by many schools is put at risk, and a separation between the students and responsibility is created when sports becomes

  • Friendship In College Essay

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    College represents something different to everyone. The student will be accountable for attending class, navigating around campus, and obtaining help when needed. When young people leave home for the academic world, they embark on a new journey that includes independence, adventure, and uncovering their individuality. Most students are not prepared for the trials of academe and end up feeling overwhelmed. College life can be a hard adjustment. “Stress and related conditions are growing increasingly

  • What College Are You Going Too Summary

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    This essay will be discussing and answering all six assigned comprehension questions about the education of Omarina , a troubled student who got the support many kids never get 5)the two questions that were asked have very different impacts.The first question”what college are you going too” was asked to students in a more developed community where money isn't a very serious issue.This had a positive impact as it was implying that students have reached that level of education where they will continue

  • Argumentative Essay On Golden Girls

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    Betty recently came out to share with the world privy information about her and the other actresses from the ‘Golden Girls.' The three other stars who are now deceased are Estelle Getty, Rue McClanahan, and Bea Arthur. Betty who is an Emmy award winner is still full of spirits and is enjoying life. She has come out clearly to state that the four were more of friends than colleagues. She has revealed that they not only shared gossip but also helped each other through thick and thin during the shooting

  • Honor Society Speeches

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    “Now as you excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you, may you excel in this gracious act also” (2 Corinthians 8:7). I have gratitude towards God for gifting me with so many outstanding capabilities. I show my thankfulness by aiding to the necessities of others. I have been blessed with not only the advantage of wanting to learn, but also the motivation to succeed with the guidance of God. My goal is to be sincere in everything that I

  • Literature Essay: The Value Of Literature

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    Rohan Trivedi Neeraj Prakash English 103- AS (17) 20 March 2018 The Value of Literature Literature is a body of written works, wherein the name is often applied to imaginative works of poetry and prose distinguished by the intentions of the authors. Literature is classified according to variety of systems, including language, national origin, history, the period, the genre and the main subject. It represents human expression, we read literature because it is inspiring, and it embrace the incredible

  • Test Fairness Analysis

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    Since Kunnans (2004), test fairness framework does not seem to be practical and comprehensive enough to be applied to the whole system of a testing practice appropriately and it shows some shortcomings such as lack of guidelines on how to ensure validity and also it does not indicate any concern for accurate reporting of test results and informing test takers as well as providing them with feedback on their performance with regard to their strengths and weaknesses ,underestimation the importance

  • Persuasive Essay About School Choice

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    struggling to learn at his/ school. He is more of a visual learner, like learning with pictures and shapes in front of him. His school, however, does not have the power and funding to do such things for him, which leaves him struggling and get bad grades. Now, why does he have to struggle in a school system which can’t even support his learning style? School choice is the idea that parents should be able to choose which school they want to send their children to, whether they enroll them to private

  • Death Of Ivan Ilyich Essay

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    You all have been obsessed with meeting expectations and grades for the last four years of your life. Checking power school two, three, four times a day. Making sure that GPA stays right where you want it to be. You have been so self absorbed with this that you have completely lost focus on what truly matters. It's more than getting an A on that math test, more then getting into that ivy league school. High School is more than all this, its about finding out what in life will make you happy. Not

  • Grade Inflation Harvey Mansfield Analysis

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    In “Grade Inflation: It’s Time to Face the Facts” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 6, 2001, Harvey Mansfield, a political philosophy professor at Harvard, describes and informs his reader of the recent increase of grade inflation. Mansfield states how this inflation has not only raised his grades higher and higher but also the grades of students in many colleges in the country. He uses the word, “contempt” to describe how being pressured into changing his grading scale feels and that he

  • Lainey Sansom: A Short Story

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    scratch. She remembered last year in the fifth grade her robot exploded and burned her arm on national television. She was heartbroken in the hospital for 9 weeks. She had glossy blonde hair down to her lower back, sweet pea freckles, blue crystal eyes, like a husky’s, and she was kind and sweet. She was also scared to build this robot. She asked the teacher a question. “Mr. Sears?” “Yes, Lainey.” He said with an annoyed tone. “Is this robot for a grade, do we have to do it?” “Of course we do

  • Personal Narrative: What Made Me The Literate Person I Am Today

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    What made me the literate person I am today consists of 3 events from my childhood. To start off my reading career, the summer before 4th grade I stayed the night with my grandma. She was my best friend and introduced me to a lot of things, including Mid-Continent Library. The next morning we went to the Burr Oak Woods off 7 highway and had an awesome time! Afterwards we stopped at the library just down the street, I picked out 2 books a magazine and most importantly a movie. At the time I never