I Will Never Be Rid Of English Classes

whether that path may lead them to college or straight into a job, I decided that this was not the road I wanted to take. I decided that I wanted to skip a step so that I could make it into college more quickly while still acquiring an advanced diploma (four years of each core class are required as well as 3 years of a world language). I filled out the necessary paperwork and began taking extra classes. In my sophomore year of high school, I took US Government as an independent study class through a program

Growing up, Spanish and English were spoken at home. My mom never pushed a language on me; she more often than not just reflected what language I was speaking. From a young age, I developed an affinity for speaking English. I was hearing it in the classroom and around my neighborhood and I began to associate Spanish with shame and otherness. I strove to speak more and more English at home. My mother would speak to me in Spanish and I would solely respond in English. Uprooted from my predominately

Foreign language classes are almost a necessity in most nations across the world due to the major influence and vast power certain languages, such as English, hold over the world. However, America and a few other nations are falling behind language skills thus falling behind in methods in communication with foreign countries. Not only are certain nations focusing more on other aspects of the educational system, students who do enroll in foreign language classes end up not being able to do their best

from the Communist Manifesto.” In this essay I will discuss three of the main ideas from Karl Marx’s “Communist Manifesto”. I have chosen to look at class struggles, the abolishment of private property and the idea that states look after the dominant classes in societies. I chose these as I found them to be the three main ideas that stood out to me most after reading the book. I have delved into each one and shown why I think they are the three main ideas. I found them to be very interesting ideas which

of modernity. The Germanic and warrior culture was in full swing at this time. Eventually, around 1066, Christian culture began to dominate. Warrior culture was very different than modern culture. For this class, it’s going to be difficult to get rid of my modern mind and way of thinking in order to fully understand this new time period. Post 1066 was a time of Violence. Christians wanted their religion to dominate. Their goal was to convert

What I Have Been Taught in High School English Throughout my high school English class career, I have learned an array of concepts. Beginning with freshman year, I reviewed the basic concepts of writing and how to respond to literature. Then, in sophomore year I discovered how to write in a formal, educated manner. So far in junior year, I have learned different approaches to analyzing literary works. The key topics I have learned in high school English classes are the steps to writing and polishing

wisdom that only failure can teach. I personally have a very close relationship with failure. Leaving middle school and starting high school was a very exciting time for me and my friends. We were all psyched for actual decent football games and the respect you get when you are in high school. Sadly for me though my parents decided to split me up from my friends and keep me in the magnet program. Although I had many other friends with the same plan as my parents I desperately tried to convince my parents

“Anyone can turn his weaknesses into strengths”, I was reading the book David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell, and the book was about a battle between David, the underdog, and Goliath, the giant, and it explains how David defeated a giant by using his unconventional strategies. It also talks about how some underdogs can overcome their weaknesses; in addition, it also explains how power comes in different forms. Malcolm Gladwell proved his arguments by providing some real-life experiences of different

This semester I decided to take english 101 with van Hartesveldt. I can easily say taking van Hartesveldt this semester has really open up new skills in my writing that I never knew I could be capable of doing. I have learned so many things this semester and this portfolio is a big example of it. As you all can see from my first paper to my last, It's probably easy to spot all of the errors from the first paper to the improvements all the way to my last paper that are being shown. There are a few

enough as it was, so finding the time to study for the ACT was basically impossible. To top it off, I did not have the money to afford such study classes and materials for the test. I found it extremely discriminating. After doing some research, I found that I was not the only one who found these standardized tests to be bias and unfair towards specific groups of students. Due to such unequal treatment, I believe