It Was A Cool Fall Day Essay

When I started middle and high school, making good grades was my new goal. I was introduced to pre-advanced classes and failed miserably my first year. I also joined the track and cross country team at the time. Once

Nimrud (Kalhu) was a Neo-Assyrian city established as the new capital of Assyria by King Ashurnasirpal II, who reigned from 883 BC to 859 BC (Gates, 170; The Banquet Inscription of Ashurnasirpal II). In Ashurnasirpal’s campaign of territorial expansion of the Assyrian empire, he expressed his political power by establishing the capital of Nimrud (The Banquet Inscription of Ashurnasirpal II). In his 24 years as King of Assyria, Ashurnasirpal II carried out numerous construction projects of temples and other physical monuments in Nimrud, but the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II was undoubtedly the most remarkable building erected in the city. The amount of stone needed to construct Ashurnasirpal’s Northwest Palace must have been astounding, not to mention the countless

Spring Break is that time of year when you just let loose and have fun. You can do activities like camping and swimming.

In elementary years I was considered slow or hard to learn. I never felt like that, I have just found this out recently. I guess I grew out of that because as of right now I'm standing at a 3.3 GPA and rank 67 in my class. At Watson chapel I have come a long way last year, I was 3.0 GPA and ranked 100.

In a personal interview with Ricardo Vasquez, a former high school football player for Madera High, was asked why do people get the idea of these stereotypes and he replied about how people get ideas from movies, television, and internet and if people keep hearing or reading about it then they’ll think it's actually true and use it in reality. He explains that many people believe these ideas of what the media portrays football players are true and categorize every football player as the jock that doesn't know a thing or two about their academics. Many people stereotyped football players as dunce because many of the athletes have very busy schedules and get overwhelmed which leads getting bad grades and test scores. In an interview conducted by SB Nation’s reporter Pete Volk quoted a statement from Richard Sherman saying that ” Show me how you're going to get all your work done when after you get out at 7:30 or so, you've got a test the next day, you're dead tired from practice and you still have to study just as hard as everybody else every day and get all the same work done”(2). Sherman argues that people think football players aren't lazy because the whole day football players have to do something and basically have no free time while the average college student finishes class at 3 in the afternoon and have the whole day to prepare for a test and maybe hang out with friends while athletes finish with everything almost by the end of the day and are expected to be prepared as much as the average student. According to the online article, Bullying Among Adolescent Football Players: Role of Masculinity and Moral Atmosphere, written by Jesse A. Steinfeldt, Ellen L. Vaughan, and Matthew C. Steinfeldt Julie R. LaFollette explained that “...the football players and cheerleaders enjoy social dominion over the high school, while the lowly “gleeks” (i.e., kids in the

In Panama City Beach, Florida, drinking on the beach during Spring Break is illegal, but that is only one month out of the year. Panama City Beach is a tourist town and it relies on people coming from all over the world to visit. The busiest months are during Spring Break and when summer vacation starts. Right now, the law only states drinking any kind of alcohol on the beach during March is illegal and bars that are on the beach front must close at 2 am. The law should be changed to include drinking on the beach during the summer months illegal. If drinking on the beach during Spring Break and the summer months was made illegal fewer people would end up dying while vacationing, less sexual assaults, it will cut down on underage drinking, and the crime rate.

All throughout my education I have put forth my best effort, though it did not come easy. I learned early on in school that good grades do not come with little effort; you must put in the time and energy for decent grades because academic success is not a gift. It is a reflection of hard work and perseverance. I have been rewarded for my hard work with a 4.0 GPA and the respectable eleventh spot in my class rank.

Spring break is mainly a time of partying for most teenagers that go to my high school, but I was off to California with my girlfriend’s family to pretty much explore a whole other side of the U.S.

Athlete stereotypes have been around ever since schools added athletics into their programs. The dumb jock perception has put down athletes, especially football players for many years now. The oversimplified view that all football players have low IQ’s has gone on for too long. What people see in movies and in shows about football players is misconstrued. Yet all they supposedly do is show up to class, do no work, and expect to get a passing grade. Athletes have to work twice as hard as students who do not participate in athletics because if they cannot maintain the GPA needed to play, they will get suspended and or kicked off. The spotlight is on them because everyone is waiting for them to mess up so they can shove a finger in their face and tell them they are no good. Another thing that bothers me is that teachers unfairly grade athletes. Teachers have

Second, I received very bad grades. Grades as scary as Frankenstein's head on a spider's body. So scary that teachers and the school board personnel passed out when they read my grades. I personally found it hard to pay attention in class. I guess that we all make conscious efforts to do what we do and sometimes we do not make the greatest choices.

I know that things will never come easy to me, like they do to some people, but I know that with my dedication to learning is what will set me ahead. I have always been disciplined and motivated to do school work, on weekends, I force myself to stay in at least one night to do my homework and study. The average, normal high schooler would never do this, but I do what the average does not

Spielberg usage of documentary footage for One Day in September in the opening moments provides us with archive footage from the news reporters; reporting the kidnapping of eleven Israeli men being held hostage by Palestinian terrorists. The News shows footage of the first rescue on live television, being called off. Then shows the hostage and terrorists being transport to the airport by bus. The explosion at the airport, the news coverage reporting that all the hostages are fine and the terrorist are all dead. There is another news coverage-reporting saying that “Our worst fear is realized tonight; reporting of the eleven hostages, two were killed in their room’s yesterday morning, and nine were killed at the airport tonight. They are all

This year my grade has been good besides music, but I do not know why or how I had a C. My grades this year I am pretty impressed by because they were good.

My favorite season of the year is summer because of the warm weather, the school vacation, and the endless fun. I really enjoy the warm weather because it’s the perfect atmosphere to do outdoor activities. My favorite part about summer has to be the fact that school is closed for two months. During summer, you’re free to do whatever you want, not worrying about curfew or waking up early for school. Summer time is a great time to relax with friends and family by soaking up the sun at a beach or simply having dinner together.

“Contemporary American society pulls teenagers away from school toward social and recreational pursuits. There is widespread peer pressure not to succeed academically. One of five students say that their friends make fun of people who try to do well in school. More than one-half of all students say they never discuss their schoolwork with friends.”