High School At The 10th Grade

My eighth grade year of Middle school. I had many challenges, with making friends and subjects. But one challenge was mathematics.I knew my eighth grade year was most important when it came transferring into my high school years, yet I didn’t do anything to raise my grade in mathematics at that time. It wasn’t until two I had a very low grade in mathematics on my report card at that I realized I needed to do something about my low grade. So after that report in math, I really was determined to really bring that F up to at least a B or A. So I remember I started to go to after school tutoring to get help with my math subject. They placed me with a teacher named Ms.Alice. And she really helped me with my subject.

When junior year ended last summer, I felt like I knew exactly what was coming my way-- after all, I watched three different groups of my friends go through senior years of their own. It was finally my turn to experience senior year, something it seemed I had known about for years, and I felt like senior year would be easygoing and uneventful. Now, it has taken just a few short months to realize how incorrect I was. If senior year has taught me anything, it is that one never really knows what comes next for them, even if they have a good idea. The monumental highs, as well as the deepest of lows, have kept me on my toes throughout my senior year.

Going from a middle school to high school pretty much for anybody can tend to be challenging. High school is the place where you start to mature yourself and better yourself for later on in life for whatever the future may bring. Coming from 8th grade entering into high school as a freshman depending on where you're at can be tough, you really start to realize that you are starting to have responsibilities. You may not start feeling that way in the beginning which in my case I could say the same, but it definitely comes. Converting as an 8th grader to high school you notice the teachers don't baby you in situations if it's your work or your project it's your job to know what's going on the teachers definitely won't look for you.

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Freshman year, I imagined that year to be amazing. I wanted it to just have an awesome flow but did it? It did in the beginning then a bomb went off during the middle of the year and turned freshman year into a complete disaster. Freshman year was supposed to be about having a great start to the rest of your high school life before you enter the big bad world but other students just couldn't help themselves but to create that bomb during the middle of my freshman year.

During my senior year in 2012, I decided to applied to universities however; my parents were not able to help me out financially. Since the Dream Act was not available until January 2013, I decided to attend a community college. I decided to enroll at Santa Monica College and then transfer to a university as a Physical Anthropology major. I took enough classes to be a full time student and still be able to help my parents around the house. My plan was to stay at Santa Monica College for 3 years and then apply for transfer; however, two of my most dear and closest family members became ill. My uncle, who has always believed that I could achieve great things in life, who gives the best advises in the world, and who taught me how to play the clarinet

My memories are blurry. They are fragments of disjointed moments, without a linear narrative. I remember reading. It was in Mrs. Davidson first grade class. My reading proficiency skills were very poor, the English language still thick and unnatural on my tongue. While some of the other students took a Gifted class, I had to take a remedial course—English Learners (EL)— just so that I could hold onto the edge. I remember reading. I had a hard copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar in my little hands, reciting only the first page of the book from memory. The classroom was dark; the stream of sunlight filtering through the windows served as our only illumination. The rest of the words on the book looked like a mess of jumbled letters. I couldn’t make out anything other than the words “the” and “and.” I remember enthusiastically pointing out my “fluency” to my teacher, seemingly applauding my menial abilities: “The catpater at droo!” (The caterpillar ate through). In the first-grade, my free time was spread sporadically between watching The Little Mermaid, catching ugly black crickets and pretending that I was Sailor Moon, guardian of the galaxy. In the first grade, I was not at all concerned with words, literacy and books. In the first grade, I did not know the power that words hold. I did not know that books would change my life.

From the passing of our mother until last year my brother decided to go back to our hometown in Los Altos de Jalisco, to live with our family. I encouraged him to come to live with me and to continue his education here in the U.S., to which he agreed. He recently graduated from H. M. King high school and has been accepted into Texas A&M University - Kingsville.

While in 8th grade, my oldest brother would be going to highschool next year. Deciding where to go to High School took a long time for him. He finally decided to go to Rockhurst after a long debate between Miege. Then, 3 years later in 6th grade, my While in 6th grade and my other older brother in 8th grade, he would be going to highschool next year. As well, he decided to go to Rockhurst. At that point, it hit me. I knew that I wanted to go to Rockhurst after seeing both of my brothers get accepted and attend there. During the spring of my 7th grade year, I went to see my oldest brother graduate from Rockhurst. I listened to the commencement speech that one of the seniors had made up, and I knew that at this point I wanted to graduate from Rockhurst like my brother. Hearing all the different

7th grade is very difficult and very fun at the same time. It is filled with teacher that push you to your limits. Also, people expect more from you and you get less privileges than you should have. 7th grade is much different than I thought and very hectic. We have to do more homework for each class and we have less time to do it. It is also very dramatic because the girls are very annoying and take everything way too seriously.

Towards the end of my senior year of high school, I was preparing for the next chapter of my life. I would be attending UC Davis in the summer for a four weeklong orientation program, specifically for first generation college students. This was the first time I would be leaving home by myself to a different country and it was the first time in over eight years that I would be exposed to the American culture. I did not have any roots in any American city nor did I have a so-called “home state.” However, if there was one thing for sure, it was that Germany was my home and it has been for the majority of my life. In this paper, I will be discussing how the following topics in sociology: culture, socialization, and identity are related to my move from Germany to California as well as how I felt during the entire situation.

I had read this “Superman and Me” by Sherman Alexie narrative in my high school class last year. We discussed it in class and touched on the main topics. Yet, when I read it over and over this time, I discovered so much more I appreciated about it. Perhaps that I have a “fresh” college mindset that is more open than my wanting-to-be-graduated high school self. Alexie’s story is truly inspiring.

Many high school students are exhausted in the morning because of how early school starts. High school teens wake up and get ready, go to school for eight hours, stay after school with extracurricular activities (which may go until six o’clock in the evening,), go home and eat, do homework, and then go to bed. In just a few hours, these students will have to wake up and repeat the process. This process leaves students exhausted, mentally and physically. According to facts, about forty-five percent of all students get less than eight hours of sleep while doctors recommend at least nine (Drowsy Driving). Due to this fact, they end up going to school tired and may not be in the best mood due to lack of sleep. Because of this, Goessel High

In “ Chicago schools to require graduating students to have plans for future by Emma Brown, the author was describing how you need a plan for the future so you can graduate is a good thing or a bad thing. I agree with it because it helps parents not stress about their child not knowing what to do after high school, it helps students stay focus on they grades knowing that they have a plan and helps students have a goal and a plan to rach what they want to do.

I ended up teaching fifth period after the semester change. The class is predominantly white, with about a quarter of the class being either Native or Latino. There are about 15 students in the classroom on any given day due to there almost always being one or two students missing per day. The students generally come from middle to lower economic bracket households. There are at least a couple children from military families and there is a strong naval tie with the school in the form of a drill squad. The school is classified as a Jr. High and it is not considered an alternative school. We are transitioning into the Common Core curriculum and are in a sort of hybrid year. I was told the district just took the Common Core standards from Oregon and adapted them a little for Washington, the Shelton district and the schools. In the classroom we do not use textbooks. The only book I have seen us read is To Kill a Mockingbird, I was told it will be the only book we read this year, however we are about to start a short story unit but I do not know where those stories will be coming from or what they will be. Other than that I have seen a lot of packets, and youtube clips. The English teachers plan their lessons together, and try to stay pretty in unison. There are computers in the classroom, a projector and a TV. Many of the student also have easy access to their smart phones, which are actively engaged for class. It is a district mandated curriculum and the primary language spoken