Short Story Essay : The Story Of Phaedra Culler

In the speech, “Here I Stand” by Erica Goldson, she confronts the U.S schooling system. The valedictorian starts off with a small story which is about how you shouldn’t focus on one goal but should have many goals. She then goes into how she is an amazing student and never misses an assignment, but even she is scared for life outside of school, because all she did was excell at every subject for the purpose of excelling not for the purpose of learning. She then gives some quotes and ideas that support the same idea she is trying to tell all of us. Then Goldson relates to her life, and talks about a avant-grade teacher that tries to inspire her rather than just train them for the jobs that are already set in life. She then learns how passion should be our motivation, not money, and how we need to use our minds for innovation not memorization. Lastly, Erica clarifies that she's

Dorothy McCormick graduated high school in 1960, but couldn’t go to college because her brother already was going. Her family did not have enough money for the both of them to go so McCormick went to work right out of highschool. She remembers one day, driving to work,

Anna Quindlen strongly urges the graduates to not follow after the worldly standards and desires of being “perfect,” but rather to be whom they truly are. Quindlen points out that each graduate is different from any other person in the entire world and she calls them to live that out as opposed to following the popular opinion. She uses reasoning from past experiences to encourage the graduates to not only stop following the beaten path but to also teach their future kids the same thing in order to impact the next generation.

It wasn't until senior year that she got a envelope in the mail that changed her life forever. Ellington knew she had been applying to colleges, but he had no idea she applied to a New York college far away from the colleges she applied to in California. She had gotten a letter in the mail that said she had been accepted into a school for performing arts and she was over the moon, until she realized she had to tell him.

Thompson started off harder dealing with getting into fights and abuse. She graduated from North Carolina A&T State University in 2005 as a 4.0 student and she mentions how coming here really changed her life around. She started working for PWC and then switched to Deloitte as a Tax Manager. Five years from college, Akilah saw herself becoming a manager and passing the CPA Exam. She completed her goal of becoming a manager at Deloitte but was not able to pass her CPA Exam in the time period. She recommends that you take the CPA Exam early after graduation because the more years you wait, the more you forget the things you learned in college. Her plans five years from now are to become a multimillionaire, be on TV, have a best-selling book, and have travelled to 20 different countries. She believes that you should always speak positive things into existence. This means that you should always dream big. She also believes that you should do what you would do if you didn’t think that you could fail. This leads to happiness in life because you know you wouldn’t be stuck doing something that you didn’t want to

We are introduced to Caroline as a bright young student who has a brilliant mind as an advantage to her. Not only that she is hard working and knows what she wants. She decides she wants to attend one of the top colleges in the nation and works hard to get in. Growing up she always had a easy grasp on things, she didn’t struggle

“We were headed outside but before I could get out of the classroom I got shoved into the closet. I...I never got to see the sun…..” She trailed off before bursting into tears. The teacher's eyes immediately filled with sympathy for Margo and a thought crossed her mind; however, she immediately dismissed it for it was completely bizarre. Then the thought of this poor girl who was bullied simply because she remembered something that other students couldn’t.

As the students of Mrs. Davis class were researching a paper about their future careers, all Chris could do was just sit there and think. He didn’t have a plan, he didn’t know what he was going to do after high school but most importantly he didn’t know what he was going to do after college. He hadn’t decided on what career he wanted to choose. With the many careers that there were out there to be offered he just didn’t know which one best suited him. All he really wanted was a career that didn’t require him to leave his home and a career that would help his community.

In a school named Heinz Elementary, was a nerd named Shaylee. She has always wanted to be in “The Squad” but she never thought she could fit in with them. So, as she drifted into a dark sleep, she could imagine herself wearing the clothes they wore and the flower crowns they had. One day as she skipped to school, she thought and thought about that dream she had. The next day she asked her mom for money.

By the end of her freshman year, she only had about forty-nine credits at this point my dad was furious because he was never into gangs or liked conflict. The only thing my dad thought that he did wrong was to move into a neighborhood where it was the ghetto. Everyone called the westside which was Robertson Road all the way to Carpenter Road. My parents never gave up on telling her that if she contuided to be around those that she consider to her friends she would need up in jail or dead. After a while she fell in love with art and my parents encourage her to take art class, she was falling back in love with education. She moved to Elite where she graduated early and got a scholarship and award for the best student. I felt the connection of chapter four of Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, Robert Putnam describes a two-case scenario of two Mexican American families, that live in Orange County California, who have one thing in common; they want to have a better education. The first family introduced is Isabella's whose parents have worked very hard for all their children to have a better life and

As a high school student Mrs. Rauch had very little love for school and she wanted to make school bearable for other students. Therefore, she chose to be a teacher.

As little Suzy was walking into school on the very first day, she was so excited since it was the first day of school and it would be her last year in the elementary school. Next year she would be finally a middle school starting next school year. But something was very different about the school this year. She just thought it was her imagination and didn’t expect anything about it. She even thought that the teachers were acting very weird this year.

Audrey started Dewey Avenue Elementary School in kindergarten. It was the grade where she made her first best friend. Her favorite subject was math, because she didn’t have to read much. Her least favorite thing was reading. It wasn’t the reading she wasn’t very good at. It was the comprehension behind it. The most influential teacher she had was at

Born to a single mother who was a first-generation college student, Denise knew that she would attend college. She grew up in very poor school district that rarely had textbooks and that did not offer after school programs for enrichment. However, the teachers in the schools never missed a beat; they never stopped teaching the curriculum, nor did they cease teaching the students to dream. This made them feel like they had everything—often compelling them to compete in regional spelling bees, science fairs, and math competitions.

was not a lot of freedom for women in my generation. We did what we were supposed to do. I went to school to teach because there weren’t a lot of options to pursue any other kind of fields.” She went on to explain how opportunities began to open for women. “A few years after I graduated in 1959, things began to change. I don’t think there were any kinds of political reforms yet, but women just began to complain about not having enough options. Soon, the schools began to listen, and all types of fields began to open up for women in education.” She further stated, “ I wish I would have been a few years younger, I would have liked all the changes that the 60s brought with it. I would have majored in something else...maybe law.” Do to the lack