Response Essay

When I first got accepted into Stuyvesant High School, I heard countless of rumors stating: “Oh the workload is terrible”, “The competition is so fierce” or “Out of schoolwork, extracurriculars, or sleep: you can only pick two.” I found it hard to let it faze me, since I graduated from one of the most prestigious middle schools. However, the rumors transformed into reality when I stepped into Mr. Nieves’ Freshman Composition Class. The workload at the beginning of the year was brutal, coupled with assignments from other core classes that seem unaware of the workload of other teachers. Reading assignments were a regular, and there were journal entries and occasional quizzes to keep us in line. What made it bearable was the friends I made in that class; everyone had their own opinion about the topic we were talking about, and listening to other perspectives really broadened my horizon and enriched my learning experience in Stuy. Another thing that this class has taught me is the importance of time management, a skill that I will carry on for the rest of my high school career and life. When I choose to sign up for Mr. Nieves’ AP American Literature class in my Junior Year, I was hoping to relive the discussion-based lesson plans and meet more outstanding peers. I was not disappointed, to say the least, reflecting through all the experiences at the end of the course. The lesson plans he laid out for us were an interesting mix between small lectures and class output, and what I

The 19th century characters I have chosen to renegotiate in my creative response are three of the Bennet sisters from the novel ‘Pride and Prejudice’ by Jane Austen. I have reconsidered the values of the three sisters, Mary, Lydia and Kitty and created a film script. I chose this medium as I have previously studied the technique of script writing in my Media class and I thought it would be a more unique way to convey my creative response.

The conflict of this story discusses the battle between Mrs. Mallard's conscience and how she should feel about her husband’s death. A normal person would feel grief for a loved one's death, but in "The Story of an Hour", Mrs. Mallard been paralyzed and does not know how to feel about it. This has been because she’s been imprisoned by her husband. When he died in a train accident she was free of him. The "joy that kills" at the end of the short story may refer to that. The elixir of life symbolizes the very essence of what life is. At first her sister and her friend didn’t knew how to tell her, because of her heart condition. When the news of the death of her husband reach her, she starts to see

soldier, sailor, compositor, photographer, proof-reader, avenue-preacher, and correspondents of the backwoodsman whilst we thought the paper desired one. ”

they could use more of their time learning skills that would aid them in their future life.

In his article "Making the Grade," Kurt Wiesenfeld presents a problem regarding the ethical value of grades in modern society. A physics professor, Wiesenfeld opens the article by making the "rookie error" of being in his "office the day after final grades were posted." (paragraph 1) Several students then attempt to influence him to change their grades for the class. What concerns Wiesenfeld is that many of his more recent students consider a grade to be a negotiable commodity rather than accept the grade as an accurate representation of efforts and performance and how much they learned. The author indicates that part of this

The manual also suggests places to hide away from the public view such as caves, rocky areas, or nest boxes. It is suggested that a disinfectant and fungicide is used when cleaning the holdings and exhibits, with frequent hosing or timer set sprinklers used to prevent accumulation of fecal on the substrate. The substrate needs to be variable to avoid foot issues. They suggest a variety of substrates throughout the exhibit and holding areas like concrete and pebbles. Concrete can be abrasive and promote bumblefoot, so placing mats down has been shown to help. No matter the substrate chosen, it needs to be easily cleaned and disinfected.

I am not fond of English class, but this class really helps. It helps me to improve on things that I don't understand. The course objection was successful. This course helps me to recognize things like grammar that confused me. This class helps me to identify varieties of paragraphs and essays.

1. Three Ways to Respond The three most common and recognizable ways to respond are to: Agree Disagree Agree and disagree simultaneously Doing so will allow your reader to place your response on a mental map of familiar choices.

Quick note: I am not writing with my own person as a character in this. I found inspiration, rolled with it. Sorry.

Is causing parents pain part of the process of growing up, or is it avoidable? It is my belief from my personal observation and experience that this is inevitable. Parents, or good parents there of, try to give their children ‘the best’. Most people wish to pass on their knowledge and experience to their offspring in hopes that they in turn will do better than they had. In part, this resonates with the child as they too wish to excel in life, pushing the boundaries, exploring their potential, but avoiding as many hardships as they possibly can. However, many factors do not align in the way that this is put into action from both parties. Your child is not going to be exactly like you, they have their own unique experiences and

In the interdependent social world that we live in, both individuals and groups rely upon the help they receive from other individuals or groups. In Lesson Ten’s short story, “Class Notes”, two college students will have to miss significant class time in an upcoming course. The college students, Jesses and Geoff, are faced with the issue of finding a fellow student who will share with them their notes. Jesse and Geoff take divergent approaches and receive contrasting results.

These are the factors that have slowed down the development of multicultural education in schools. The first is the concept of Ideological resistance. This is one’s ability not to change one’s beliefs. People have tendency to resist change because of familiarity or being scared of the unknown. The secondary issue, is the teacher’s knowledge of ethnic groups. Teachers tend not to be as diverse as their students. Teachers may not have enough knowledge to teach another ethnic group heritage and may also feel uncomfortable and afraid. Thirdly, teacher’s dependence on state curriculum textbooks. Teachers are usually instructed to teach from the textbooks and all supplemental materials should be aligned with the textbook. Lastly, the biggest component, I believe, is the focus on high stake testing.

At the beginning of the course I had only had basic entrepreneur knowledge, I understood the traits, and the amount of thought put into a business. I understood a entrepreneur needed to be able to set goals and had to establish connections and business partners. I was actually lucky enough to have taken a entrepreneur class in highschool. Which taught me lots on how an entrepreneur business is started. It also taught me the required determination and hard work it takes to be a entrepreneur.

Business Studies is an important course that prepares students to face the real practice of commerce. Engaging theory and practice is instrumental in ensuring that students learn the underlying factors that determine the practice of every business practice. Carroll and Buchholtz (2011) suggest that business forms the backbone of the current economic activities as every activity of human life must involve some loss and gain together. Additionally, he notes that entrepreneurship is taking deep roots in the society, a condition which mandates everybody to possess some knowledge in business. Drawing reference from the aforementioned statements, it is important for the society to have individuals who possess not only