Graduation Speech : High School

Because of the remedial classes, Keene then began to believe that she can attain whatever she needed to become successful through life experiences. Although, this belief did not last long, she returned to community college and attained a higher persistence in completing a two-year degree. As a result of Keene’s persistence and studiousness, she acquired a new perception of academia at Columbia College, “I met two professors, Ted Hamilton and Paula Clarke, who fundamentally challenged my worldview, my expectation of academia, my sense of own academic potential, and my understanding of responsibilities as a citizen.” (Keene 65) It is after taking these courses is when Keene came to the conclusion that colleges need to challenge its students intellect. After achieving this new perspective, Keene was able to transfer to several universities, as well as an ivy league university. Later on her life, Keene experienced the other side of the spectrum. She began teaching at Columbia College,

Not only does Rose support her family but she also accepts and cares for Troy’s extended family. Living in the 1950's was a difficult time for an African-American woman, but Rose saw this difficulty as a challenge and worked to succeed. Rose often refers to the changing-times; the new opportunities for blacks. Troy, however, believes that the black man will always be inferior. Lyons, Troy's son from a previous marriage, always come around whenever he wants something according to Troy. However, Rose sees Lyons asking for money and help as a plea for guidance, but Troy refuses both to him. Rose takes a dominating role in this instance as she demands Troy to give Lyons the money (ten dollars); with it a story of guidance about responsibility. Without Rose stepping in, Lyons wouldn’t have been told the real reason for why his father hadn’t been there for his childhood. Rose works scrupulously to form a good relationship between Troy and his son Lyons, even though she is not Lyons’s mother.

| Rose is describing her frustration and also, describes her jealousy towards Caroline’s life; that she escaped from living on a farm and had the ability to choose her life.

Rose’s distraught for her marriage with fiancé is very evident in her facial expression as she runs to the stern and looks off to the ocean. When Jack enters the scene, it is apparent that he is nervous; but, as he approaches Rose, his face reflects calm but courage. While attempting to discourage her from suicide, Jack realizes she is actually very disturbed, but afraid to jump.In this case, he shares with her some anecdotes on his experience with ice fishing to ease her stress off. Examining another sub-scene where she trips and falls, we can see his courageous face turning into a face of her new hope for life. Her face is brightened, her eyes are mesmerized, and her mind is strengthened by the end of this shot leaving audience enchanted.

Eventually, Rose finds teachers that inspire him, which helps him get through his mundane life at Loyola. He begins to become more engaged and curious about his career in language with the help of his professors, Don Johnson, Frank Carothers, Ted Erlandson, and Clint Albertson; he is not afraid of asking for help when he needs it, in contrast to his other classes. He arrives at a point in his college

Also what I understood is for example how Rose had Mr.MacFarland to help him out and push him and make him to things schooling wise it made rose better himself and want to excel in school. Wich helped him out because he made something out of himself and he proved others wrong that one from the lower class can be something in

As a side note I did look to see if I could find Rose’s diary but was unsuccessful. If anyone can find it I would be interested to read that passage in full context.

As the narrator starts his life in college as he has many situations that he is forced to deal with that will shape his journey to his self-discovery. The time his spend in college he is able to look back on the philosophy of the college is inessential to become who he is in the future.

With no relatives to guide his way, Reyes would be the first to travel down the college road. Regardless, he was up for the challenge and began enrolling in advanced placement courses from middle school until high school. He dreamt of huge ACT scores, AP credit, and rigorous work that would ensure college readiness. Unfortunately, Reyes’ was never able to focus the energy required in advanced placement. The same classes he thought would rise him to college stardom become his end. After performing poorly in all his AP classes, Reyes’s GPA was so low, kids taking regular education courses were better off. Things were so bad, schools such as Texas State and Texas Tech University returned letters of rejection to the poor senior. The people who were “too dumb to get into any regular school”, as put by most college seniors, were labeled “losers”. It was an embarrassing time for Reyes’, but still, he decided it was time to change his ways. He’d always wanted to attend the University of Texas at Austin, so he decided if he had to attend community college, he would fix his image by transferring to a prestige’s

He was learning to adjust to college life: studying, lacrosse practice, working, and his mother was very sick. The first year of college was his hardest year. He failed two classes because he didn't study a lot. He played around a lot and did not take his books serious he didn't care. “I failed my first semester but fought hard to get straight B’s afterwards.”

Little did she know that because of her leaving her mother’s side, her mother became weaker than ever before, and passed away later that year. If Rosey had believed and hoped for better, she could have made it. She and her mother could have made a better life for themselves. Miss Engel could have seen Rosey walk down the aisle with someone who cares for her as much as she cared for her. It was too late. Rosey left her mother painfully, and did not know what kind of scar she left on her mother’s

Rose may have thought an affair was possible in the early years of their marriage, but after eighteen years, those expectations have changed. His excuse for this affair was that it got him “…away from the problems and pressures” in the house and that he could “…be a different man” (Wilson 180). “I can sit up in her house and laugh. Do you understand what I’m saying. I can laugh out loud…and it feels good,” said Troy (Wilson 180). Rose responded, “What the hell was I there for? That was my job, not somebody else’s” (Wilson 180).

Left off with her mother for the weekend (at her own request and, she suspected – although she’d left an open invitation – alone), Rose Tyler had expected a quiet one; as quiet as a weekend with Jackie Tyler could be, at any rate. And it was, for the most part. Mickey came over for a movie; Jackie made them a terrible Sunday dinner; they all pretended to like it. Rose was still coming down from the gas mask child and Jack and dancing, and it was nice. It really was. She expected to meet the Doctor the next Monday rested, refreshed, and ready to go!

To begin, Charlie’s mother had a great impact on him when he a child, for instance, like any other child, Charlie was curious, he was especially curious about sexually and the anatomy of the female body, but Rose had the mentality that sex before marriage is bad and Charlie would

Rose offers a theory intertwined with his personal story. The narrative follows from his school experiences as an underprepared student all through to his