The Green Flame: Outstanding Student Of The Year

When the class sang songs about happiness and games her lips barely moved.” Margot ignored the other children, the only time she participated was when an activity mentioned the sun. Margot keeps herself apart from the rest of the class while she talks about experiences with the sun, when that is what the kids want the most. Although Margot’s classmates hurt her because of their jealousy, Margot was also partly to blame for since she keeps mentioning something that her classmates has always wanted.

On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 I observed Mrs. Megan Mayer and her kindergarten class at Roosevelt Elementary School. When I got to her class, they were preparing themselves to go to the school garden and learn about fruits, and planting. For this activity they partnered up with another kindergarten class right next door. With the two classes we all walked outside to the back of the playground where Roosevelt has a miniature garden. Between both of the classes there were three groups, A, B, and C as well as three sections of the garden activity. One group would sit down with the other kindergarten teacher Mrs. Peterson and they would draw what they had learned in class previously, another group would go with a different teacher who worked at the

When the children walked into the classroom, they all seemed excited and eager to start their day. Miss Suzy greeted each student with respect and a smile on her face. Every child seemed to know where

Meet Melinda, She's is attending her first day of 9th grade at Merryweather High, And it did not go so well. All her old friends don't talk to her. Other students laugh at her. Rachel says she hates her. Melinda really wants to tell everything to Rachel, but she can’t speak. Melinda calls her English teacher Hairwoman, because she hides behind all her hair. Melinda's doesn’t like her Social Studies teacher, she calls him Mr. Neck. Lunch went pretty bad. She didn't have anybody to sit with because all her old friends are mad at her for what she did, then a guy hits Melinda with food and then she ran out of the lunchroom. Mr. Neck makes Melinda stop, and expects an answer but since she can't speak,she gets in trouble. After that, she had Art

For three years she’s waited to get her favorite teacher Miss.Harriet, turns out it didn’t go as planned she was assigned to a different teacher, and was disappointed.

Jane was doing so well during the first half of her semester of 8th grade year that her parents decided to let her skip the rest of the semester to being 9th grade. Upon entering the 9th grade, Jane was shy and conservative. Not knowing what to expect. Her first hour teacher name was Mr. Russ. He was in his late 50’s, teaching English. He was very old-fashioned and stuck in old ways of teaching. He was very discreet and you could tell when he didn’t like you. When he first met Jane, he didn’t like her just based on her personality, and bubbliness. He instantly shut her down. One month into Mr., Russ

A new principal was hired at Kristina's elementary school, he was also her 4th grade teacher. He respected Kristina's opinion and listened to her pitch,

Miss Dickerson was at the will of her kids. Twenty ten year olds made up her class, twelve girls and eight boys. Each kid more curious than the last, though none more curious than Miss Dickerson herself. Mrs. Dickerson had thought her daughter would merely end up a spinster, only for her to finally find love and lose it, marked a widow for life. That’s when Miss Dickerson decided to teach.

One day, Melinda tries to run away from Mr. Neck, and she finds a janitor's closet that hasn't been used in a long time. She thinks it's a perfect hiding spot and she also cleans it up after school. Later that day, Melinda went to a pep rally with Heather ,even though she didn’t want to go. Some girls behind her asks if she the one that called that cops at Kyle Rodgers end-of-the-summer party. At dinner one night, Melinda's parents get on Melinda's back about her grade and that she can do better. After Melinda leaves her parents start to fight. Melinda decides to at least try. She starts focusing in science class. Her science teacher, Ms. Keen, is very smart. So is David Petrakis, Melinda's lab partner. Mr. Stetman, Melinda's algebra teacher, is also very smart, but he can't convince the class why they need to know algebra. Heather joins a group, called the Marthas. The Marthas make Heather decorate the teachers lounge for Thanksgiving. Heather convinces Melinda to help her. When Marthas come into the lounge to see what Heather did, they aren't happy to see Melinda. Heather says Melinda is the first person at school to talk to her. Siobhan (one of the Mathas) says, "She's

Kylie is a Hawaiian-American girl who lives in the same neighborhood as the school with her parents and older brothers. At dismissal, she walks home with her brothers, who attend the same school as 4th and 5th graders. During the first month of school, Kylie was unpredictable in her participation patterns. On some days she would raise her hand as high as she could, wide-eyed and ready to share with the class; on other days, she would be looking at the assignment, book, or teacher without saying a word.

Kindergarten can be an extremely nerve-racking yet joyful experience for children. Most four and five year olds adjust fine after their first or second week; however, Laurie had a tougher time starting kindergarten then most children his age. In “Charles”, Shirley Jackson tells a story about a young boy named Laurie. He became envious of his attention grabbing baby sister, therefore, he did just about anything to have all eyes on him. Eventually, his jealousy overpowered him by making Laurie a demanding brat. “Charles” takes place in the 1950’s at Laurie’s home plus his school, where he had a tough time adjusting to school. Unfortunately, Laurie believed he was doing perfectly fine because he finally had someone’s attention.

Alice gets hates from everybody from school to family. She always creates a situation with Katy and act like a victim. For example, she holds Katy's hand on her face and control it like Katy has slapped her. Then, she does the crocodile tears in front of adults. After many times, parents all realize and shout at her.

She is hard on herself, often even blaming herself for being taken away by Ray. She thinks that she is a stupid little girl, a girl that should not even be alive. Alice contemplates each and every day to stick that haunting kitchen knife into her heart. She is only filled with pain,

Two weeks ago, Jill Philby’s kindergarten class met up with Jessica Winegar’s 4th grade class outside by Elementary parking lot. This was Philby’s first Teddy Bear Picnic because it is her first year of teaching kindergarten.

The emotional focus of Alice Walker's story is rage, red-hot and isolating.  As I read this piece, I became livid, not only at the thought of her devastating