Patricine Clark Monologue

Even though she was at her house, she still hurried to get to school for the feeling of satisfaction and safety instead of staying at her house which is filled with fear and discomfort. Barry uses the main character’s actions to convey that the narrator only feels comfort when she is at school and that she always urges to be there. Secondly, in the passage that follows, Lynda Barry writes the narrator’s thoughts to show that just the sighting of someone’s safe haven can relieve panic. “ All I knew was a feeling of panic, like the panic that strikes kids when they realize they are lost. That feeling eased the moment I turned the corner and saw the dark outline of my school at the top of the hill” (Barry 1). The quotes conveys that just when the protagonist sees the outline of her school the feeling of discomfort simply disappears. The narrator’s mind finally went calm, as shown through the thoughts that went through her head. Thirdly, in the next excerpt, the author uses first person narrative to express the thinking of the central figure of narrative. “It’s only thinking about it now, 28 years later, that

Marie developed an independent personality early on and rarely relied on her family for help. She was accustomed to collecting her school records from one school and enrolling her-self in the next school. A particular principle stands out in her memory, by looking at her records, which were from Texas, he told her that he was going to hold her back a year as the Texas school system was behind the Pennsylvania school system. This made Marie very angry because she sure didn’t want anyone to think she had failed. So she bargained with the principle, asking him to let her be in the grade she should be in and if she couldn’t do the work

On September 1, 2012, I walked into my fifth grade teacher’s classroom for the first time in my life. Mrs.Cullen was standing in the front of the door with open arms ready to welcome her new fifth grade students. As I made my way to my desk and sat down next to Charlie Schutt and Quin Timmerman, I got the feeling that middle school would be a time of talking to some of my best friends and cruising through classes. As the school year progressed, and classroom seats changed, my thought of how Middle school would be changed as well. On the first day Mrs.Cullen explained our schedule, Homework detentions, and demerits. After about fifty questions, she sent us off to our first class, and the first step of our Middle School journey. The fifth grade

Colette dreamed. She was sitting down though the ground was hundreds of feet below. In the northeast she make out her tower, though it was just a dot from where she was. Across from her was another Colette, motionless save for the slow rise and fall of her chest as she breathed. The black, smoky eyes betrayed it as Fetch. They sat across from each other wordlessly, and Colette began to clear her throat softly.

She thought her parents would agree that she should go because they always supported her higher education. She hoped that she would get new friends, get to go to football games, and maybe even join the cheer leading squad. Little did she know, this decision would change her life forever. It took two weeks, but Carlotta eventually was able to enter the school. Upon arrival at the school a Guardsman had to protect her from the mob. The bullies shouted insults at her daily concerning her being black which made her feel demeaned, but no matter how terrible she felt she would not let them see her cry. To make it easier she made a game out of their insults. All of this made her angry, angry that she had to be protected and that she had to endure this torture in a hallowed place of learning. She had wished they would stop trying to force her out of Central. Contrary to her wishes, she was still being bullied such as spitting which she found disgusting and infuriating. At times she sat down in glue or spit to find several of her classmates doubled over in laughter. This was humiliating for Carlotta, she learned to look at her seat and swipe it before sitting. Some days Carlotta was so mentally exhausted that she couldn't guard her heart. On these days her bully's insults smashed her heart. Instead of not responding to her abusers she chose to face them and retaliate in the same way she was

Because of this, she started to miss her friends and teachers at the Moss,’ especially her best friend Mandy, even though she was treated badly. She also started to worry about the new place that she was going because of her past experiences. Being with a better family was so new to her that it was hard to face reality that she actually had people who cared for her. Going

Ashley’s face was mouth opened and wide eyed. It was hard for her to take in everything that was just said. She just had her first experience of bullying and this is how it was going to be taken care of? At this point she just wanted go home and tell her parents what all happened. She just dressed went through the rest of the day and finally has to start walking to day care. Ashley could not wait until her mom came home to tell her how her day

While Chloe Moore, who is a senior as well, is extremely excited about graduating from the McDonough High School. Unlike Ayanna, Chloe comes from a wealthy family where her family can afford to send her to an Ivy League University or any university of her dreams. However, Chloe does not have the grades to be accepted into an Ivy League University, but since she comes from a wealthy family, her parents have a lot of connections at these universities. Chloe’s G.P.A. is barely a 2.0 and throughout her high school career, she struggled to see her graduation day. While Ayanna has the grades, but her family does not have the connections at any university nor can barely afford to send her to a community college. Chloe does not take her education as seriously as Ayanna does since she knows that she will not have to worry about

Hannah attended Harrold Middle School before attending the high school. Hannah shared with me something funny that happened to her in school which was during her choir class, they went around singing and people started clapping and she found it amusing. She dislikes school because of the bullying and negative people,who complain during school. Her favourite thing about school is the school is full of individuals that have outgoing personalities and are active in clubs and activities. Hannah’s plans after graduation are getting into art school starting out at The Arts Institute in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. If she were to obtain a million dollars, she would use it for her college loans she will receive. Her favourite thing she did this summer was being in Florida with her Aunt,Uncle and

In middle school she found that high school has more excitement and that middle school was just another waiting years to grow up. Over the course of the summer before entering high school, she new that she had a fresh start and a fresh location to write another chapter. Caroline took in the consideration and the fact that this will be the best time of my life. She then considered in order for that to happen, she has to change her values and personality. The first ever value she wanted to change was her weight.

“Hello, my names Katherine Clark. I couldn’t help, but notice how amazing you did up there. Give me a call some time.”

She loved going to school everyday and was excited to have the opportunity to learn. She was faced with a challenge of being one of the first kids to make a school intergrated during this time period. At her highschool she was the only African American girl. Even now, she loves to learn new material that she can use. An example of this is during the Apollo Moon landing program.

The first year, the time to prove myself had arrived. Classes, rooms, teachers, and some students were unfamiliar. Eventually, minutes melted into hours, hours to days, and days to weeks. It didn’t take long before my schedule was routine, something of second nature. Humor and happiness were found in the form of my advisory family, where school was transformed into something more than going through the same motions of day to day activity. By the closing point of sixth grade, I was having a hard time letting go of what I’d adapted to. “What’s wrong?” my dad asked when I was getting into the car after being picked up early on the last day. I explained how distressed I was that my first year of middle school exceeded my expectations, and that it had to come to an end. Although his outlook viewed my reason for sorrow as trivial, I didn’t.

It was a fiercely hot Saturday in June. Her friends were all having fun, hanging out in the warm weather together but as usual, Gwen Washington was studying in her room for a test. She had to end her senior year of high school with her best grades! Textbooks and pages of notes were scattered across her desk. Her room was empty and lifeless, drained of color,

make us feel loved and safe and part of something even on our loneliest nights...” (1). She had made friends at Yale and created memories with them that she could not forget. Because she appreciated their presence so highly, she felt terrified at the thought of losing her friends and the feelings she had gained from being with them (1). However, the end of their lives as college students was quickly approaching. Despite this, Keegan refused to accept that it signified the end of happiness in their lives. Regardless of whether or not someone expressed regret at not doing something, she believed “... we’ll probably never live up to our perfect fantasies of our future selves. But I feel like that’s okay” (2). She understood that because they, the students, were still young. They had plenty of time to accomplish their goals and to grow as a person. Others might have been ahead of them, but that was perfectly fine in her eyes; it was not too late for them to reach their dreams (2).