My Interview With A Twin-Personal Narrative

On Friday, March 31st I observed Northside Elementary School in the Brookville school district. I watched in a separate speech therapy classroom for students who also require special education. There was only one student who attended each session and the only professional in the classroom was the speech language pathologist, Miss. Haag.

I wondered what I could be in life when I have a twin that looks like me and acts like me. When I was younger; everyone always considered Mariah and I as the same person. I tried to prove them wrong by doing different things. I experienced a rough childhood with a single parent that raised us by herself. My mother was working all the time at her job at the nursing home being the admission while we came along because no one could watch us. As I began to grow older I found an interest in being around nursing. When I turned sixteen, I began my first job at my mother's nursing home and I am still there for over two years. However, after those two years, I realized I was not close enough in helping people so I started CNA classes through my high

There are more than 100,000 Speech-Language Pathologists in the Unites States, 70% of which find themselves employed in elementary or secondary schools. Since the 1950’s, speech teachers have worked with children to improve their speaking or hearing disabilities as well as struggled with the size of their caseload and workload. Groups and organizations have made efforts to solve this problem; none have been fruitful. This is caused by a lack of adequate backing or support. Speech-Language Pathologists employed in schools face many difficulties concerning caseload and workload, including general issues, caseload stress, student placement, and even job shortages.

I would want a twin,that would be exciting! It would be exciting because ,you can trick people. For example you can trick people by dressing up in the same clothes,and people will mistake you for your brother or sister. The second reason having a twin would be exciting is that you can play games with your twin. You can play games like tag and,hide and seek,wouldn't that be fun. In fact you can also style each other's hair. You can brade each others hair, and put buns in each others hair. The last reason that I think having a twin would be exciting is that you can do sports together, and in addition to you can do sports like volleyball and soccer. This is why having a twin would be

Learning how to read and write was a challenging task for me as a kid. I believe I couldn’t read until the second grade and that was embarrassing. Being a slow learner made me insecure, which hindered me from building the confidence I needed to succeed and get pass identifying with having a disability. Instead, I was enrolled into a special ed class that I had to leave my regular class to attend. During my special ed class all I could think about was how I couldn’t wait to get back to my regular class so I didn’t have to tell any of my classmate where I was. Therefore, my focus unfortunately wasn’t on learning, like it should have been!

While Ali from Deep and Dark and Dangerous and Sunny from Runaway Twin both seem to be brave to the reader, they differ because Ali is concerned and Sunny is fearless. Ali and Sunny are similar because they are brave and try to get through anything. Ali is concerned for not just herself but also her little cousin Emma and doesn’t want anything to happen to her. Sunny is different from Ali because she will do anything to get what she wants, which makes her fearless. Characterization plays an important role in the reader’s understanding of character development.

The leaves were falling and people are in shorts and t-shirts. Cross country season was on and it was going to be a good one since it was my last year in junior high cross country. Twins on the team made it even better since they judges of the course we would be running at would mix us two up. The day we would get our coach was even better than getting the judges at meets.

We hear only tales of its slow stricken madness. Most often it’s a fisherman, who falsely lulled by the ocean’s gentle rhythm, forgets the ravenous spirits lurking below. He wakes up on a sandy shore and sees he’s alone--his small ship decimated by the shimmering waters he knew for decades.

After completing the “Who Is Your Literary Twin?” quiz, I was surprised to find out my literary twin is Sherlock Holmes. Although I am not familiar with his work, I mostly agree with the description the quiz had to offer. This quiz said I am bold, calculative, deeply intuitive and a natural problem-solver, which is very accurate. Another part of this quiz states, “… your tremendous knowledge of the workings of the mind allows you unlimited access to social peers and colleagues.” I found this statement very interesting, as I start to apply it to interactions I have with others. I have always found it easy to get along with others, even if the other person is a complete opposite of me.

It would be a lot of fun to have twin. She could do activities with me. My twin would probably like to do the same games or sports as I do. After school, she could help me with my homework. If we weren’t sure about our homework, we could compare or check our answers together. Next, I would have someone to talk to. She could tell me things she knew, but I didn’t. A twin would also understand me. She would help me out if she knew something was wrong. Being a twin would be wonderful.

No teacher denies in the education system that every student learns differently; however, our state refuses to accept such a claim. Close your eyes and imagine a young towheaded boy with bright blue eyes, trying with all his might to express himself at the age of three, but to everyone’s surprise no words can be heard. This young man attending speech therapy would later on come to the realization that learning sounds and reading would be a life long struggle. Now flash forward two years, the little boy is sitting with many grownups in an office room at his new school. His speech is developing, but not at the rate of his peers. The office room is filled with a diagnostician, counselor and his parents who see his remarkable growth as a reflection

LS is the individual with a disability, and currently 44 years of age. She excelled with group work, oral communication, and was friendly. LS went through mainstream schooling, and her disability wasn’t noticed until 5th grade. She was presenting with dyslexia, and struggling with reading and writing when the school decided to test for her academic delays. LS developed behavioral issues over time, and was labeled by the school psychologists as, “abnormally loud.” The issues she encountered in school factored into the reasons for her dropping out of school before 10th grade. Socially, LS wanted to be accepted in school, and longed for her father who wasn’t there. Due to the family moving multiple times, LS didn’t have many friends

It would be really fun and exciting to have a twin. The first thing that would be awesome would be that you get to celebrate the same birthday, and you would have twice as many cake and presents. Seeing that you would be the same age, you could share a lot of the same toys and games. You might also play the same sports or like the same games. You could play on the same teams, or hang out with the same friends. Since you would be the same age so you could always have someone to play with. Whenever you got bored you would you could just play together. You would always try your hardest to see who is better. They would also make you work and practice more so you could be better. I would love to have a twin to do all of this stuff

I could not pronounce words correctly and even had to spell words out so people could understand me. Being made fun of by others was very difficult for me to understand. I was pulled out of class and recess almost every day where I would work on learning how to pronounce certain sounds and speak clearly. Watching my friends and fellow classmates playing while I remained inside, seemed unfair to me. It took me until seventh grade to overcome the speech delay but with all the struggles, perseverance and determination; it taught me a valuable lesson. I learned any challenge that is thrown at me, I will be able to tackle and overcome, if I put my mind to

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about having a twin sibling is lots of fighting. I am an only child and I’m not used to sharing my life with someone else, much less a person who looked just like me. I think about the many fights we would have and what they would be about. I think most of the fights would be over clothes. I would get very upset when my sister stole my clothes, and even more upset when she ruined my favorite pair of shoes.