Ap English Language Learning Autobiography

This Semester I want to set some goals for myself. I am going to set goals for myself in language Arts, Math, science, and P.E. I am going to have goals for myself outside of class too you should make goals for yourself too.

I walk over to the nine-year-old boy sitting across the room as I reach for my pen and sheet of paper. As I approached him, I halted. Quietly, I asked him what he needed help with. Looking confused, he asked me what the word bough meant. I froze. I didn’t know what the word meant. Embarrassed of not knowing a fifth grade word, I asked the teacher for some assistance and after she told me what the word meant I understood and was then able to explain to him that a bough is just a synonym for a branch. Noticing that David was still confused as to what he was reading, I sat beside him and allowed him to read the passage out loud to me. While I defined the words that he didn’t know and listened to him read the passage, I was able to classify him as an English learner who just wanted to be just as good as the other kids.

The snow had all but melted away and the smell of spring filled the air. Just a few months of school were left; it was my eighth grade year. Much preparation and months of work had been done to get ready for the last dance of the year. It was the last dance of our middle school career and the excitement was building.

Politically, socially, environmentally or one person at a time, how will you give back to society? Day in and day out many citizens change the world, or they do just the opposite and make the world a worse place than when they woke up. The article I chose to review is, “Community Service” written by Robert Coles. The article tells a story of college students who make a difference in the world through peer tutoring, an act of community service, and have such an impact that they act as role models for Coles and he begins to do the same. Briefly in the beginning of the article, Coles states that, “students are likely to express their lofty political and social impulses and practical desires to change the world through community service, even if in limited or modest ways.”(Robert Coles, pg.93) We must make an ultimate decision about the world we live in, will we choose to make a difference in the lives of fellow citizens or discriminate and punish not only them but ourselves by not sharing the knowledge we have been taught.

In 8th grade, instead of baking cookies or cake in cooking class or drawing pictures in art, I took German 1 to put myself in the position to be placed in AP German my senior year. My freshman and sophomore years of high school I took Photography to work towards taking AP 2D Studio Art along with other AP/accelerated sciences, maths, and english classes. Certainly, there are other students that took just as difficult of courses that I did, but I pushed myself to excel in other courses that others may not have taken.

My proposed solution to this is that school counselors and city mayors can be a major source of inspiration to children who are affected by a challenge like this. They can advise them on how to build themselves with determination to make a difference.

However, having an unquenchable desire to shape the lives of children in the foster care system is driven by my character. Charity does not work. Signing a check for a local cause will surely be beneficial but it has far less of an impact than being a part of the cause. As a participant in my Alternative Breaks trip to visit a foster care in Greenville, South Carolina I realized that anyone has the power to make a difference in this world. In the months prior to the trip, I thought that maybe I would be able to brighten these girls day by giving them a nice Christmas gift but little did I know that I just needed to be their friend. Every day these teenage girls wake up to a schedule that plans out what and when they are going to eat without any objections. Some call it structure but I call it torture. What if you want to sleep in one day or have a snack at 8:30 instead of 8 or even go to a high school basketball game with the rest of your friends? The foster care system does provide a safe harbor for the girls but it does not let them live a normal life. One girl in particular stood out to me because she had a strong demeanor that served as her facade to cope with all the injustices that she has reluctantly dealt with. After getting to know her she confessed to me that although college was imminent, she wasn’t sure if she would attend. The more I asked, the more I realized

In writing this paper, I revised my narrative essay by adding foreshadowing, changing some tense, and deleting unnecessary sentences. I found that these changes made my paper a higher college read.

I almost never make promises, I’m always afraid I might break them. However, I’ve made one promise I will forever keep, always try my absolute best.

Since my early years, I was pushed into engineering because I excelled in math and science. I took an interest in bioengineering but my heart was not there. It was just a placeholder but I was not truly passionate about it and to me that was unsatisfactory. I wanted to change my major, but to what I had not known. Going into my junior year, I was afraid my time was running out. My whole life changed when my counselor asked me,” Spanish 3 or AP Psychology?”. Having already taken two years of spanish, I opted to take the AP class. I was immediately intrigued in the subject. I went to class everyday eager to learn. I liked psychology so much because it was easily applicable to real life. I would identify things I had learned in class in and have

I was in your Rennaissance English class at Horn from 2001- 2004. I attended Stanford University for undergrad before moving to Washington, DC where I taught middle school math. After I left the classroom, I was a coach of first-year math teachers and then began coaching school principals on instructional leadership. This summer I moved to Cambridge, MA where I'm the Chief of Staff for the Achievement

My AP experience this year had been a hard but worthwhile journey. I remember last year I had three AP classes and it was a lot of work. This year I had 6 AP test but I felt I did better than last year as it was easier. I had improved my speed in learning and I am able to manage my time much better. This is likely because I did not have AP united state history or AP chemistry this year, as those two were one of the classes that had the most workload. Without those two, even having more AP classes was less work.

Looking back to when I typed my first AP Language and Composition paper, I can honestly say that my writing skills have drastically improved. I started off not knowing any writing strategies and thought that typing three pages was a lot for just one paper. After completing the course, I can now write a full eight paged paper using one of the three writing strategies that we learned. Before this class, I was never a skilled writer and the thought of taking APLAC intimidated me because I did not think I was capable of completing the course. I never imagined myself taking this class because In my mind I simply was not smart enough to take it. However, due to all the positive comments I received about the class and how it improved my friends writing, I

“ Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile” (Albert Einstein). To achieve fulfillment in life its important to help others, regardless of how small the act a difference can be made. One of the best feelings in life is bringing a smile to someone’s face or joy to their heart when little is evident. Not everyone is dealt an even card when they come into this world and their situation growing up can be much more difficult than others who are less fortunate. The youth deserve to be careered for no matter what, because each one of them is our future. I chose to volunteer time at the Poughkeepsie children’s home because the biggest problems that our country faces can be righted through education and care for future generations so they don’t

High school students are the leaders and problem solvers of the future. We students need to understand community issues so that we can resolve them and provide help where it is needed. High school students also offer new and unique ideas that adults would never consider. Every successful community has opinions and inputs from all members of the community, not just the older adults. By high school students having knowledge of community issues, the students can impact and influence issues that affect less represented minorities. I can play a role in making a difference by serving my community. I can volunteer my time and effort to better the lives of people needing help. I can raise awareness of issues that typically get skipped over by voicing my opinion. I can work to lead groups and organizations that help and serve people in need in my local community. Also, through the help of the T4T board, I could give money and support to people already in the community performing acts of kindness and compassion. I can make a difference in the community by having and raising awareness to issues in the community that are often ignored and rejected. This help could change somebody’s life forever and that is what inspires me.I know I can make a difference in the community and the T4T board can help me serve and benefit my local