Procrastinating Satire

My transition into high school was as easy as taking a breath. I had always found school quiet easy and I never had to put much effort into getting promising grades. Before high school I had my whole life figured out, or at least I thought I did. I had planned that I would attend a law school or major in English. After a while of being in high school I started to realize many things. My parents did not have the financial stability to send me to a law school, I was not as smart as all the other kids, little by little I began struggling with a negative mentality about myself and my future. I slowly let go of my dream of becoming a lawyer and decided to join the Health Careers Academy. Soon enough, I began to have a deep interest in the medical field but then again I continued to have the same question; how can I afford going to a medical school? I did not know much about college or what it took to get into college. I assumed I just had to have a pretty transcript and that was all it took. My self confidence began to lower as I saw how other students cruised through their high school years so effortlessly. I never wanted to ask for help because I did not want to seem “dumb”. I would bite my tongue and hold in all the unanswered questions I had. My junior year, I was having a very difficult time. I had a tight schedule which consisted of almost all AP or honors courses. I slowly began to give up because I did not believe that I could do it. I let my grades slip failing almost

Through my high school years, I have taken many challenging academic courses, extracurriculars, and community service. By taking AP classes through high school, I have become more prepared for challenging courses in high school and have become more responsible and independent for challenging work, from these Ap classes, I have become more prepared for Honors College. since sophomore year, I have taken the highest level course available. By being in a regular level course I did not feel as if I was being challenged enough and desired more. The high-level courses challenged me and pushed me further as the more challenging it gets the more prepared I would be for the future. As a highly motivated student, I like to be around other students who

The main social group portrayed in the cartoon “On Satire” by Joe Sacco, published in The Guardian, is the cartoonists. “On Satire” portrays other cartoonists as obnoxious, insensitive cavemen who often cross the line between satire and just outright offensive mockery of the religious beliefs of Muslims. The purpose of the cartoon is to ridicule the black and white way of representation/depiction of all Muslims as terrorists. Also he is aiming to get governments and news outlets to consider ways in which to stop terrorism by understanding where they are coming from instead of just eradicating all Muslims and hoping that terrorism dies with them.

I have made a schedule on what days I would be writing my papers for my other 3 classes. I also broke down the chapters I will be studying on different days for my algebra class. I don’t think it will be to hard because in high school I had to take 6 exams for all my classes. This year all I have to take is one physical in class exam. So this whole process will be different for me. To this day I still appreciate how prepared I came into college, in large parts thanks to my high school. If all goes well, I can finish my first semester with all A’s. Although the semester went by fast, there were days were it went by really slow. I’ve learned a lot in my first semester. Some things didn’t go as expected for me, but in the end it’s a lesson leaned. Lastly, next semester I will be having a new roommate. One of my roommates is transferring so I am assuming that they would place another girl in our room. I’m anxious to see who it is and how everything turns out. Hopefully everything works out because have good roommates is essential for a good college experience, in my opinion. Anyways these next 2 weeks I will be reviewing all my notes and writing all my papers. I know what the reward is for me if I everything goes well. I must finish the semester

As I have watched you grow since you were little you have filled your life with good people, strong passions, and a great outlook on life. Next year you take a big step into your future. It’s college time dude, you should be a little nervous but at the end of the day you're going to be fine, just look at your past. Let's put your past in the perspective of surfing a wave, since you like surfing so much. When you're surfing a wave there is a line or in other terms a way through the different sections of the breaking wave. Every time you surf a wave you are looking for this way through this wave so you can ride it as long as possible and get as many turns into it as you can. In your life you have found this way that has allowed you to make the most of your opportunities just like how you make as many turns as you can on the wave. You have also surrounded yourself with family and friends that have pushed you to go with your passions in life as long as you desire to, just like you are able to pick the line that lets you surf the wave as

Looking at school, I had an okay first semester. I started the morning with Algebra II and photography, which was a class I really enjoyed. Then my advisory is with the ASB officers and we either do homework or we talk about events we are planning for our school in the future. From lunch, I had AP U.S. History and then I'm a TA (teacher's assistant) for my mom and then go to yoga. Seems like I had an easy semester at first. Nevertheless, that was my feeling until the second semester came. I now have three hard classes in a row. That includes pre-calc and this class, Honor's English III, along with my AP U.S. History. I still TA for my mom and have yoga, but those three hard classes make academics a little

Currently, I am taking four AP classes and one dual class. My workload is difficult, but my morals require my personal best effort. My personal philosophy is that everyone has an innate love for learning, and I have often times found myself exhilarated after finishing a complex problem. Often times, my contemporaries find my love of learning odd, but I know that I can convince their love of learning to show if they just step back and understand how fascinating school truly

Learning is the single most important aspect of any school education. Being able to retain the content and apply the information is much more important than simply memorizing facts. Earlier this year, I had initially started to take a certain class that would not benefit me in the future, and instead create an abundance amount of stress for me, as I had no interest in taking that course and was merely taking it to fit the norms of other students. Soon after, I realized that taking a different class that actually interested me would be more beneficial, and thus I would be able to focus on my other courses of high levels. This switch genuinely allows me to develop a much higher level of commitment for my other classes and help me retain the information for future purposes.

I am writing to you in order to further express my elation towards your career choice. I know that your love of science, math and reading will aid you very much in engineering. Now I know that many an individual has criticized your decision by not only putting you down but by stating preposterous claims as to you being an engineer. These voices state that traditional roles are to be followed and they desire to stifle your love. I would undoubtably hate you if you were to let these irrationalities crush and keep you from your own happiness. Although this is a career typically sought by the opposing gender you should not let sexist comments cloud your judgement. We both know that you have never been much for proprieties regarding gender roles

“God works in mysterious ways, it’s best not to question things” is a phrase my parents have permanently engraved into my mind, for every time I would ask questions concerning the unknown, that was the response I would receive as a child. Growing up as a hispanic, I was raised to be a Catholic young lady who should devote her love, trust and admiration to the one and only God in which everyone looks up to. But what happens to someone who disagrees with what the Catholic religion has to offer? Why should I devote my love, life and trust into someone or something that can’t be confirmed to exist? These questions were the cause of the developing internal conflict within me once I began to mature. Was I ready to stray away from the

With this format for classes, it is very easy to fall behind if I miss something. I have already had an experience with this this year. Last week, I went on a retreat for about three days, spanning a total of four days because we started and ended midday. That experience, although great, caused me to fall behind in my classes and made me work to bring it back. It wasn’t as difficult as it could have been, but I do think that if it were later in the year, I would be in serious trouble with my

Last year I started college with the mindset that I was ready to jump in feet first and running. I have great supportive parents and teachers from high school willing to support and encourage me through anything I face, yet I didn't use those resources. My first semester felt pretty good, I joined a sorority, went to class everyday and worked part time. I enjoyed my professors and thought I had everything under control. Somewhere along the road I realized that communication with teachers in college was different than high school, but it wasn't different in the ways I thought I was. I was terrified of sounding stupid and lost, I felt the need to sound prepared and forgot how to ask for help. I came from a small school full of teachers who acted as family, always there for you and eager to offer assistance. My first

I began my freshman year in August of 2013. I was nervous, not knowing what to expect. I was a very quiet and shy kid for as long as I can remember up until around my sophomore year. We were expected to select our classes for the upcoming year after being given a graduation requirement checklist and a link to the website that gave a paragraph describing each class. It was an overwhelming experience at the time and I ended up choosing Naval Science 1 (NJROTC) by mistake. The first day of school, merely barely having walked into the classroom I could tell that it was unlike any other class I had ever had. I was scared and told myself I would switch out. Every single day for probably four days I came home telling myself I would switch out of the

Satire is a specific classification of writing that occasionally makes utilization of realistic and performing expressions with the aim of scorning society into self-change. With social criticism being its fundamental objective, it uses dark sarcasm as its primary device to get the point across. Satire impacts people to reconsider themselves so as to alter senseless thoughts and behaviors. Different techniques are utilized in delivering the satirical impact, those of which use wit as their primary weapon. These methodologies mix the acing of matching unimportant and authentic matters as one joke, demonstrating compliment yet meaning the contrary to show ambiguity, and asking rhetorical questions. Moreover, the creator may downplay an issue keeping in mind the end goal to move the group of audience towards the genuine significance of the theme, antagonistically; distortion is utilized to bring down the effect of an issue to its lesser quality. Aggregately, these procedures are practiced to draw out the human follies and vices in society. In Molière 's Tartuffe and Jonathan Swift 's article A Modest Proposal, both diagonally condemn and criticize human conduct and the discernment we have towards others. Through a comedian conveyance, these creators offer an understanding past the apparently self-evident, and expect to enhance this flawed custom of one sidedness as opposed to disposing of it.

A wise woman once said, “I believe that great people do things before they are ready. They do things before they know they can do it.” She also said, “Never go to the movies without being completely stoned.” I whole-heartledly agree with both. (hahaha just kidding mom) But aside from that, I love Amy Poehler, and I love Tina Fey. Tina Fey didn’t say these things, but I could go on about quotes from them. During this week I wanted to drop out of school. But then I went and met with my Student Success Advisor, which is someone who basically helps you plan out your schooling, and my further education was saved. I left her office on top of the world. I kid you not, I walked around campus saying in my head, “wow, Madie, you are so smart and cool and funny. You are the whole deal. School is going to fly by and you will be one bad A lawyer.” etc… etc.... I got so motivated, I finished all of my homework, cleaned my whole house, applied for several jobs, and studied for a philosophy exam. (philosophy sucks by the way) So I thought I would share some positivity with you. First piece of advice, don't be so hard on yourself. The mom in E.T. literally had an alien living in her house and didn't notice. The thing that you may be going through, you most likely have not been there before. We often jump into things without knowing what is going to happen next. That doesn’t mean we are dumb or stupid or foolish, but rather brave and daring. You don’t know what is going to happen. Every