The Seventh Grade Analysis

In “Seventh Grade” there is a lot of foreshadowing. In the story there is a guy named Victor and he admired a girl named Teresa. “ Besides, Teresa, a girl he liked since they were in catechism classes at Saint Theresa’s was taking french to.’’ “ Teresa was going to be my girl this year, he promised himself as he left the gym full of students in their new fall clothes. She was cute. And really good in math, too, Victor thought as he walked down the hall to his homeroom.” ( Solo 122 ) Victor had it all figured out, he was going to get the girl and have a great seventh grade year. He is talking about the girl early in the story so the story must have to revolve around her. Humiliation is probably the worst thing that can happen

Drinking age is not a strange phrase in our lives. Every time when we go to club or buy some liquor, we have to show our photo ID to prove that we have already 21 and we are legal to drink wine. I think this is a really good method to control drinking problem. Before I read these two articles which are “The 21-Year-Old Drinking Age: I Voted for it, It Doesn’t Work” by Dr. Morris E. Chafetz and “The Drinking Age of 21 Saves Lives” by Toben F. Nelson and Traci L. Toomey, I only felt that when people grow up they will have self-control to hold their desire for drinking and could decide whether it is appropriate to drink at that moment. I didn’t collect any data or information to support my opinion,

At Arts-Based School I did my observation in Leni Fragakis’s third grade class. This was the first observation I had done since learning about instructional design. Since learning it, I now have a new way of observing, I pay more attention to the teacher; how she implemented the lessons, what strategies she uses, and the types of assessments she uses. This gives me a better experience because before I was just paying attention to what the students were doing and their part in the classroom and now I am paying attention to so much more. Even though it is important to watch the kids, I now also know how important it is to observe the teacher, too. I was also able to observe what I am learning in class be used in the classroom.

In the story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, a seventh grader name Victor joins a french class to spend more time to see his crush which is a girl named Teresa. He has liked her since they were in catechism which is a city in california. He knew she was taking french and joined to impress her and with any luck they would be in the same class. In this story it will show how this 7th grade boy goes from embarrassed, to guilty, to determined throughout the story.

I really appreciated watching the documentary about Little Rock Central High School in class this week. “Little Rock Central High School is an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas.” I had never hear about the school before or knew the history behind what happened many years ago. I cannot imagine what it must have felt like for African American kids to go school for the very first time with a bunch of white Americans who did not accept them at the time. Nine simple ordinary African American kids worked so hard to allow a chance for them to receive an education in a school that was not segregated. To think about how much bullying they went through and how much verbal and physical abuse they must have endured

In the story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, the main character Victor is similar to a typical 7th grade student because he has a crush, he makes mistakes and he tries to impress his crush.

In the short story,’’The Seventh Grade,’’ by Gary Soto, Victor is a 7th grade boy who will do whatever it takes to impress his 7th grade sweetheart, Teresa. Victor even said,’’Teresa is going to be my girl this year.’’ Victor is determined to get Teresa to pay attention to him,and if he tries hard enough it may come true. This shows that that he really has feelings for Teresa, and that he just wants her to feel the same. Victor tried so hard he even sacrificed himself by trying to speak french to impress her,’’Frenchie oh wewe in September,’’Mr.Bueller understood that the boy didn't know french and turned away.’’ Victor was not feeling 100%,and he knew that he embarrassed himself in front of his crush. He thought he would be teased, and that

“Seventh Grade”By Gary Soto-LDC Seventh grade is really hard if you think about it. Well, for some people. Not for me. In Gary Soto’s short story, “Seventh Grade” The main character ,Victor, is always trying to impress this girl he likes,Teresa. He is always trying to say the right things and not embarrass himself, but always fails.

I’m writing for a request of a reconsideration of my final grade (EDU 600 Professor Dresser). The last couple of months have been extremely difficult on my personal life. On April 20th my husband passed away and the week before graduation my farther fell ill. He suffered with violent seizures; I slept in the hospital (in a chair next to his bed) the week prior to graduation, only to leave to attend the ceremony. Four months to the day of my husbands passing my father passed but not without complications (Two intubation, tracheostomy and peg feeding tube). As his health care proxy I was left to make extremely hard decisions for his life.

The story named “Seventh Grade” was written by Gary Soto. The theme of the story is the common experience of a boy’s embarrassment while trying to impress a girl. Today, my essay is about Victor’s positive and negative consequences while trying to get the girl of his dreams, Teresa. I’m also in the seventh grade but not experiencing embarrassment by trying to impress a girl. While listing the consequences, I must talk about what I would’ve done if I was in Victor’s shoes. I will first list the positive consequences. First is “Does Victor has a chance to make Teresa his girl?” and “Is Victor going to like seventh grade?”. Next I will list the negative consequences. While in French class, Victor lied about him speaking French, and in Language

In his article, Common Core is Rotten to the Core, Brian Farmer offers facts that support his opposing opinion on the recently implemented education standards called Common Core. Back in 2001, George Bush issued his education policy “No Child Left Behind” because the nation was thought to be at risk of a weak education system. It set high standards, thus failing to deliver lasting success. In 2007, the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers started to work on a common set of standards in the math and English curriculums. The next year, in 2008, those same organizations, with the funding provided by the Gates Foundation, started a federal education grant program known as “Race to the Top”. In order for states to get the educational grant money, they had to commit to a set of standards that outlined what students have to know and must be able to do. Common Core also recently set out to realign state standard

The multi-dimensional characters of AP students often is underestimated. The stereotypical “AP kid,” at my school at least, is in all advanced classes and head of ten clubs and plays three varsity sports. They are often branded as the most high achieving, well rounded students the school has produced. However, their interests outside of school are often ignored. I have no idea what my classmates do when they go home, besides homework.

In Chapter 3 of Trelease, one particular section poses an interesting question. At what age do you stop the picture books? One of the interesting points of discussion is that many older students were not read to on a regular basis as children or did little recreational reading. Due to this, many are lacking in basic mainstream references and could benefit from at least one picture books being a required part of a literature curriculum (p. 63). Do you agree with this sentiment? Furthermore, what are some classic picture books you think would appeal across the ages? One of my childhood favorite books I have to this day is The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka

The documentary, Young Kids, Hard Time shows the aftermath of what life is like for juveniles who are convicted with adult sentences. In the film the viewers met four young kids who were all tried as adults. One child in the film was as young as twelve years old, and was set to serve twenty-five years in prison. The age of this child brings up a lot of concerns when discussing how juveniles are treated in our justice system. Much like the discussions had in class, this documentary touches on how sentencing this young boy to spend the majority of his adult life in prison is an appropriate solution to service justice. Crimes cannot go unpunished, no matter what the age is of the offender is, but is sentencing a criminal to a life in prison the correct way of giving punishment? This is one of many questions that the film and this course seek to answer. Something the film does not go into is the theories in which scientists try to explain delinquency. Two theories that have both reasonable and unreasonable explanations to delinquency are structural functionalism and subcultural theory.