When my high school graduation came around in the year of 2013 I was not sure what would be the next step in life after high school. I was undecided whether I would go to college. I didn 't feel I was college material since I honestly did not do that well my last couple years of high school. I figured I would just learn to paint cars like my dad. I was working for my dad during that same summer after I graduated and I completely changed my mind on college. Going home in dust and grime everyday
myself in order to ensure a successful future. Looking forward, the next five years will be many exciting changes academically, spiritually, and emotionally. My aspirations for the next few years have to do mostly with education. First of all, I strive to complete my high school requirements for graduation. I also intend to be nearly finished with my college degree. During this time span, I hope to be a part of the Disney College Program located in Orlando, Florida. The unique program is designed for
For once, the words “Class of 2017” does not sound foreign. As graduation is quickly approaching, it is impossible to escape the exciting chatter about plans for the summer and ultimately starting college. I have been lucky enough to get to know classmates that are going to University of North Carolina, University of California Los Angeles, and Dartmouth. It seems that everyone shares a common goal: to get as far away from York as possible. Despite the obvious detest for York, there is no denying
Some highlights of 2015 were getting my license, my senior project, my dog being put down, prom, and graduating high school. I had mostly a fun year since it was my senior yea in high school. Although I did have fun other times really stunk for me. Lets start with my dog being put down. It was the beginning of the year and we noticed he was being ill and he started not to be able to walk on his own. He was not even eating or drinking anything, so we took him to the emergency vet. They took a bunch
Audience Assignment At a young age, about two or three years old, children are taught by teachers or parents to learn how to spell their name. At that moment in my life, that was my biggest worry because I had trouble learning how to spell my name. It was six measly and easy letters to write in two large dotted lines. Nevertheless, I was able to concur that task in a time span of a week and a half, but its funny because in that moment in time I thought I wouldn’t be able to concur the task presented
was my first day of freshman year at Springfield High School in Springfield, Oregon. My counselor said to everyone that she couldn’t wait for June 5th, 2015. One might ask, “What is so important about June 5th?” Well, that day was graduation night. In my head I thought “That is an eternity away from now.” It was actually four years that only felt like one. Springfield was a great high school. I was fortunate enough to have friends from elementary and middle school attend the same high school. Having
“Graduation” By, Maya Angelo, is a wonderful story of an excited young African American young adult graduating from middle school. The whole town of Stamps, Arkansas was buzzing with excitement for the classes that were graduating from the grammar school and high school that spring. People that have already graduated were even excited to help with the preparation for graduation. Angelo went into detail about how, “teachers were respectful of the now quiet and aging seniors, and tended to speak
the pleasure of enjoying to write was my valedictorian speech for high school graduation. What made me enjoy this writing was the freedom to be able to express myself with no boundaries. Often times when writing a paper for a class, it is required that the paper stays focused on a single topic, and does not allow for any branching out and creative thinking. While writing my speech, I kept in mind all the things that I wanted to say to my peers and school faculty before walking off of campus.
Essay on “Graduation” by Maya Angelou Racial segregation was very dominant in the United States in the mid nineteen hundreds. This is the time that Maya Angelou was graduating from the eighth grade in Stamps Arkansas. The theme of racial segregation is well shown by the how different the schools of the African-Americans was compared to that of whites in the essay “Graduation” by Maya Angelou. In the essay the Angelou points out that Lafayette County Training School didn’t have a lawn, hedges, tennis
Fily Thiam English 002 Mrs. Vilato 9 April 2015 Rhetorical Analysis on “Graduation” by Maya Angelou In Graduation, a chapter in her autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, Maya Angelou talks vividly about her middle school graduation in the segregated South. Graduation is an important milestone in most people’s life, as they get a degree and move on to their next level, something better and more important, with the hope that they can use their new knowledge to achieve their life goals and