This is a story of the educational journey of Shamia Robinson in English literature. Shamia grew up in Tennessee all of her life, developing urban perspectives in social and economic situations. Growing up in a highly uneducated environment as a child, shamia struggled in school. In, English she had a troubling journey but triumphed to success and excelled. Over the years she became a very unique creative writer and intriguing poet.
Shamia learned to read and write before school. She taught herself by watching her older brother learn to read and write since he’s two years older than her. She picked up on grammar rules and simple writing processes such as pre-writing, proof reading, and processing simple sentences. When she wasn’t learning from her older brother, she sometimes went to school with her mother. Dorothy, her mother, worked in the day time and went to school at night. When Shamia would go with her mother to class at the University of Memphis, she would copy down the notes on the board about English literature. Her experience in the University of Memphis classroom advanced her maturity in a classroom setting early on. Her behavior in the classroom was so mature she
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The Excel program was meant to give extra attention and time for children to learn to read that was under the county average for a special reading test all children in the second grade had to take. During her time in the program she learned how to analyze grammatical errors, how to conjugate verbs and recognize literary devices such as allegory, alliteration, allusions, and anecdotes. Shamia advanced out of that class and started to strive in the other components of English. She started to love the game Scrabble and became an excellent speller. She also she used to hate English class, learning and now English became her favorite
Miriam Amanda Wallace “Ma” Ferguson (1875-1961), first woman governor of Texas, daughter of Joseph L. and Eliza (Garrison) Wallace, was born in Bell County, Texas, on June 13, 1875. She went to Salado College and Baylor Female College at Belton. In 1899, at the age of 24, she married James Edward Ferguson, as well of Bell County. Mrs. Ferguson served as the first lady of Texas during the gubernatorial terms of her husband (1915-17), who was challenged during his 2nd administration. When James Ferguson failed to get his name on the ballot in 1924, Miriam entered the race for the Texas governorship. Before announcing for office, she had committed her energies mostly to her husband and two daughters. This fact, and the mixture of her first and
Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson a.k.a “MA” was the first woman governor of texas, she was born in Bell County, TX on June 13, 1875 she had two daughters Joseph L. and Eliza (Garrison) Wallace, Miriam A. Ferguson married James E. Ferguson in 1899 at the age 24. Her husband James E. Ferguson tried to get his name on the ballot in 1924 sadly he failed that’s when Miriam A. Ferguson ran for governor before then Miriam always took care of her family that’s why Miriam supporters made up “MA” Ferguson and her first and middle name make up “MA” so they always called her “MA” and to make people vote for her she said she promised with her husband she would have “two governors for the price of one” Miriam promised that she would extensive cuts in the in
On May 5th, 1997 Nora Robinson was born in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up with her single-parent mother, who was her best crony. Her house abutted Clarkson Avenue, which is the same street her mom grew up on. Nora was very stoical and not rankled very easily, unless you messed with her sister Carey, who was born on the exact day, except 2 years later. Carey was very gaunt, unlike her more muscular mother and sister, even that the hand-me-down attire that was given to her would never fit. Their personalities were not very divergent, even though that they were both convinced that they were. Their father had been killed in a car accident, and was a very respected man, who had no one feel enmity toward him. Years later, 16 year old Nora and 14 year old Carey were acting like scavengers when they were
Kathryn Howard was the daughter of Lord Edmund Howard, a younger brother of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. She was also first cousin to Anne Boleyn. Kathryn came to court at about the age of 19 as a lady in waiting to Anne of Cleves and there was no doubt that the spirited young girl caught Henry’s attention. Sixteen days after he was free of Anne, Henry took his fifth wife, Kathryn Howard, on July 28, 1540. Henry was 49 and his bride was no older than 19. King Henry lavished gifts on Kathryn and called her his ‘rose without thorn’ and the ‘very jewel of womanhood’. Less than a year into Kathryn marriage the rumors of her infidelity began. In a way, one couldn’t blame her for seeking the company of handsome young men closer to her age. But for that to happen even only in courtly flirtations, was dangerous for a Queen, especially one who came from a powerful family with a lot of enemies. By November 1541, there was enough evidence against the Queen that Archbishop Cranmer informed the King of Kathryn’s misconduct. At first Henry did not believe the accusations, but he agreed to allow further investigations into the matter. There was enough evidence and
Sophia Thompson is a eleven year old student at Martha Brown Middle School. Some of her interests are anime, chibi and drawing. Sophia was born on August twentieth, two thousand five.
As the year went by, my parents and teachers noticed a decline in my reading and writing abilities compared to my other classmates. They decided it would be best for me to be enrolled in a reading and writing class in and outside of school so that I could catch up to my peers, and would be ready for kindergarten and first grade. Soon after I was enrolled, I was introduced to Mrs. Claire, one of the many people whom I owe my success to. Three times a week, Mrs. Claire and I would spend an hour
Lorna Jane is the founder and CEO of a successful business called after her name sake, Lorna Jane Active Wear. Lorna was born in Orrell England in 1964. When Lorna moved to Brisbane she was aged 10 years old and her father was a motor company supervisor. Lorna has two siblings named Julie and David.
The rest of the book was mainly about the fourth chapter “Schooled”. The author explained the required academic skills needed for success. Some of these skills were proved to help with note taking, class participation, exams, and writing.
Diane Israel is a cycle therapist who has worked with a lot of people who had terrible health over the decade. Some of the people she worked with had miscarriages because they would starve themselves and some women have to grow facial hair just to keep themselves warm. To easily talk about the health of humans and body image, she decided to create a film. For Diane, running was a natural activity for her because she has been running for her entire life. She ran so much that her cousin rarely saw her because she would run all the time. Despite running a lot, she did not eat. Diane was too thin, had 17 stress fractures and her bones were equivalent to that of a 70-year-old. She would often feel paralyzed and tired. In one race, she walked off
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With only a few months left in the school year, Jeanette Harijanto can hardly wait to get submerged in college life-- the activities, the people, the experience as a whole.
Olga Murray who is known as (Olga Mom) because she help thousands of Nepali children. She proved to the world that getting older does not mean slowing down. She changed her life to be a joyful and vibrant life; even though, she was in her 60 when she made that decision. She started the transformation of her life when she founded the Nepal Youth Foundation. It is an organization that provides everything to poor Nepali children such as medical care, education, and education to 45,000 children.
Kate Sheppard was born on March 10, 1847, in Liverpool, England. She is a daughter of a Scottish parents. At young age her family moved to Scotland where she was educated and raised. She was a smart child that learned quickly. She was good at languages, science, and law. She strongly believe in the Christian religion. When Kate was about the age of 15, her father died then in the late 1860s she went to live with her mom and her 2 brothers and her sister. Living with her mom and siblings in New Zealand, Kate Sheppard married a shopkeeper, Walter Allen Sheppard. Latter in 1880 Kate and Walter had a boy named Douglas. 5 years Later Kate founded a Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Women’s Christian Temperance Union is a group of women devoted to social reform and it’s also religious. After 2 great years in the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Kate became the leader of the group in New Zealand. Between those years she help a lout with women's right. Kate was inspired by humanitarian principles and strong sense of justice.
Mrs. Haugan, Abraham’s general education teacher, reports that Abraham is meeting grade level expectations in math and is progressing towards grade level expectations in reading. He is placed in a small reading group within the classroom. Moreover, Abraham struggles with writing, specifically on an independent level as he benefits from assistance with his writing projects. Mrs. Haugan describes Abraham as an enthusiastic student, who gets along well with his classmates and often tries to do his best
Mumbai: In precisely what may very well be mentioned as a tremendous medical marvel, previous Overlook Globe Diana Hayden afforded start to a newborn gal about Wednesday beyond a great egg your woman froze ten in the past.