Nethergrave By Gloria Skurzynski Analysis

The poem “Wordsmith” by Susan Young follows the speaker watching their father as he constructs their house. Throughout the poem, their bond as father and child is made abundantly clear that they both love each other and value time spent together. Firstly, neither of them explicitly state how much they care but rather convey their familial feelings through actions instead. The speaker only watches their father “from the sidelines” (8) as they “watch with something akin to awe” (3) and never expresses their admiration aloud. Likewise, their father hardly outright states his affection but does it through working. The speaker understands this as they compare “all of the empty crevices” to “the words [the father] did not know how to say” (17). Another

On average teenagers spend at least 3-4 hours on electronic leisure’s, such as TV, computer games and social media. This program is designed to increase the amount of time spent doing physical leisure such as sport. Once a week students would be teamed together in even ability teams. This may mean mixing age groups, ensuring a gender balance and placing teachers evenly across all teams. The competition would be playing to win a trophy at the end of the term. The students participating could earn points towards their house total in the Parry House Cup, with the students in the winning team, earning extra points. This would motivate students and teachers to win for their house. By participating in a team activity that allows for all fitness levels, we will be encouraging social interaction, team building skills, resilience and making friends. This will help staff and students with a positive emphasis on their emotion wellbeing and mental health. To accomplish this, we would only need access to

In the romantic era, British authors and poets focused on nature and its influence. Two of those poets, Charlotte Smith and William Wordsworth, wrote many pieces on the beauty of nature and their personal experiences with the beaches of England. In “Far on the sands” and “It is a beauteous evening,” Smith and Wordsworth describe their respective experiences on the shore at sunset. Smith uses tone and theme to convey her feelings of despair and isolation. Wordsworth utilizes various religious images to communicate his awe in the face of the natural world. While the sonnets share a setting and the topics of nature and tranquility, Smith and Wordsworth have different focuses which achieve different effects on the reader.

In the second paragraph he mentions that the high school sports dominate the students culture and also that the high school system is based on the extent to which varsity team wins a game or loses a game. He also mentions that high school administrators and teachers are coaches for the sport and for them being coaches does not help the student to focus on education. Nevertheless, it will be a bad influence on students to not get work done and have an unacceptable excuse. Leon also mentions that at the age of sixteen, they should be prepared to take things seriously and to start to develop the motive and desire that will help them in their adulthood. The students needs to be prepared to enter a dangerous room that their peers are not there nor their parents to guide them through and to focus on sports is not going to help them. When a student is not prepared for the future and focus on sports when entering that dangerous room he will notice his is not a game of the following: basketball, football, soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball, etc. However, he is entering a game of

Education gives guidance to adolescent minds and teaches them to be a good contributing citizen. Jimmy’s high school years were challenging due to his illiteracy; academics became a problem, though he thrived on extracurricular activities like football. “I hated books, I hated reading, I hated everything about school except football (Baca 28).” Jimmy feels segregated from his classmates. Not only, are his classmates wealthy students with social status. But also Jimmy believes he is they property of the state, so he believes no one cares about his well

In “En Route” by Abigail Zuger, Zuger compares two doctors one is Dr. Data and the other is Dr. Confidence. She describes them as people who follow the rules to strictly instead of showing a little more compassion for patients. Zuger describes Dr. Data as a “fact man, who is evidence based all the way” pg. (825) and she describes Dr. Confidence as a “Standing joke” Pg. (826) she also says “He seems to know no actual medicine at all” Pg. (826). Zuger says that neither Dr. Data nor Dr. Confidence will last a moment in her world because she treats her patients like people and not just as a simple patient. She actually connects with her patients, not like Dr. Data and Dr. Confidence who would basically spit their patients out of their consultation

To start off, Paul choices to go to Tangerine Middle School to start a fresh and new life. The reason why he did this was because his school was involved in a horrific sinkhole that destroyed his school. Since, his whole life had been ripped apart from getting kicked off the soccer team because he had trouble with his eyesight and an IEP, he decided to go to a new school. In the book it states, “Just give me this chance. Both of you. I want to go to Tangerine Middle School, and I want to go with no IEP” (94). His parents finally saw what Paul was going through a gave him a chance to go to Tangerine Middle School. As a result, Paul makes new friends and joins there soccer team. This makes him see that he can not always be better than everybody and this made him work

The seventh grade football team makes an effort to conquer other schools. Their victories against them would be music to their ears.Although they seem tough, they are all softies. “ I love being out in the field with the boys, seeing how they are and what they do.” Natalie Alveraz states.She is the waterboy, or in this case watergirl, who is captivated by the many football players who make an effort to win. Another interested person who is actually on the team is Evan Bradshaw, who is determined to make splendid grades in class and on the field.

Memories are a powerful force within people’s lives. They encourage, explain and expose the inner depths of an individual and the reason for who they are. Whether remembrances from past occurrences as children or teens or life altering decisions made regarding career and family, memories continue to have an influence on everyday life. They drive a person forward in current judgments and effects relationships with those surrounding. However, as time progresses memories alter. Either details are forgotten or translated differently than their original happening; memories are subjected to distortion. Consequently, the revision in which people remember recollections of their life’s history can influence the interpretation and their retellings. The correspondence between time and memories is often overlooked as parallel, but the interlocking connection contributes sustainably to everyday life, choices, behaviors and personal relationships. In her photographic series, Mutters Schuhe, Nina Röder explores how “subjectivity and perspective affect the retelling of memories” (Garrett, 2014) through the suggestion that emotions and time can trigger a rebirth of perspectives concerning memories.

The book Night written by Ellie Wiesel is an autobiography about his experiences during the holocaust in 1944. He is a survivor and was only 12 at the time. Ellie had three sisters named Hilda, Bea and Tzipora. His parents ran a store in Transylvania where Ellie spent most of his childhood in. Ellie 's mentor who everyone referred to as Moishe the Beadle is poor men who taught and helped Ellie study the cabbala. Early in the war, Moishe was expelled from Sighet as well as all the other foreign Jews. A few months after, everything was back to normal for Ellie and everyone else. His teacher, Moishe the Beadle then returns from his near death experience and warns everyone that the Nazi will soon come after them. No one really listened to him and did not believe that stories he told or didn’t want to believe them. Soon after this, the anti-Semitic Measures had the entire Sighet Jews move into ghettos that were supervised. With everyone living in fear, the Wiesel family remained calm and did not complain once.

High school athletes need to be students, and perhaps more difficult need to balance the social life of a teenager. It is stressful at times, but the stress melts away when you're standing at the top of the podium, realizing that everything you've done for this sport has paid off. And past the podiums and the medals you become even more proud when you're standing on the stage of your university accepting your degree and starting a new chapter of life, ready to take on the world. Athletes know what it means to work hard to become the best, and when it comes time to hang up the sports equipment and move on to the real world, athletes will have the resolve to do what is necessary. Because in the end it’s not going to be about the accolades but instead about the time you put into the things that matter. And when you grow up working hard, and develop that great habit of putting everything you have towards your goals, then reaching out towards then won't seem so

I Am The (Great plain) By: Antwaan valadez I am the Great Plains I wonder how most Indians hunt I hear animals in the forest I see many young Indians I want a new tomahawk I am the Great Plains I pretend that i'm a big and strong Indian I feel amazing

At first, Jorge had a hard time keeping up with his classmates. Yet, he had this fire to keep trying and moving forward. He practiced and used every moment to make up for all the lost time he had yet to discover his love for dance. Every hallway of his high school was a chance to tap his feet away, every grocery isle a possibility to six count prep into sloppy doubles, and every long sidewalk as an opportunity to tombé pas de bourrée glissade saute chat for his life.

He was probably worn out after from playing soccer and going to school all week with no chance to feel like he was caught up in life. He always made me think about how homework was for me when I was younger and in elementary school. He remined me how I struggled in school to get my schoolwork done and do any sports after school. When the author writes “Everywhere we see students getting burned out, dropping out of other activities, and become sluggish and overweight”. This makes me think about when I was younger and stopped playing intermural soccer at amuse Herr park after school because of how I felt overwhelmed by doing all my homework along with playing soccer.

Tales of the Grim Sleeper is a documentary about the elusive serial killer Lonnie Franklin, filmed by Nick Broomfield. This film shows the viewer first hand accounts from neighbors and friends of Franklin telling their stories of things they saw and the Lonnie they knew. In this film you are also shown these perspective of the mothers of the victims, organizations who want justice for the victims of Lonnie Franklin.