Matt Kaizer, the protagonist in Avi’s short story “The Goodness of Matt Kaizer,” is a 6th grader who develops a new perspective on himself as a person. After being told his entire life to act good like his father, Matt Kaizer now struggles to find himself; he turns to be unlike his father and becomes a daredevil. However, a dare to visiting a dying man leads him to see the goodness in himself. After visiting Mr.Bataky, Matt’s perspective of himself begins to change. "The Goodness of Matt Kaizer"
Teenagers face many difficulties. One of them being the treatment we get from our parents. To clarify, our parents treat us like children yet they expect us to act like adults; hence why their treatment is difficult for us teenagers. They expect us to dress reasonably, keep our rooms tidy, handle the tremendous amount of work we have, and make smart choices. Accordingly, we are expected to be adults. To illustrate, I struggled aimlessly with my work during freshman year. One day, after coming home
Hmong. Many of us decided to come to America to obtain a better lifestyle, and the America society has greatly impact our life to assimilate into the American culture. The society and community influence our behaviors of what we like, see, do and act as a child with or without our parents' authority. For instance, if the parents choose to raise their children in an urban environment with a lot of opportunities to make money via street crime, then those young children have a likelihood of becoming
Responsibility and manhood can be considered as two particular notions but they are tackled in The House on Mango Street and Bloodline by Ernest J Gaines and Sandra Cisneros in such a way they are sometime interacting in many situations. That is to say, each of them cannot go without the other. The authors, throughout their books they establish many aspects which support that manhood and responsibility are linked when they consider sometime that manhood can be reached by assuming responsibility which
psychological wellbeing. Lear begins the play as an omnipotent monarch blinded by hubris. Believing himself to be infallible, the Lear of Act I is a bully and a fool. His rash decisions bring an unprecedented level of chaos to the Kingdom
plays your strengths while still addressing your weaknesses. Acknowledging both sets up for success. In my life, I definitely have roles with set leadership titles. Although I have these titles, I try to act in ways that do not place me on a higher pedestal than the people I am surrounded by. I act as a humble leader because I know that I have not always been at the leadership level that I currently am. From dance, to student council, to link crew, my age does not give me automatic power. I am looked
Growing up in Los Angeles I was always fascinated by the mystique that surrounded the city. People described it as the land of burgeoning opportunity, the land of stars, the land of fading dreams, of crushed opportunity. For me, it simply was. Yet Michael Connelly’s comment still resonates even as a life-long resident in the City of Angels. Twelve million souls, looking outwards of our dusty, smog-filled bowl. I didn’t grow up in the metaphorical armpit of LA, but I did grow up tucked in some other
all over the United States take. What is standard? There are an estimated 354,240,780 students in the United States between the age of 16-18, so how do test administrators determine what “standard” is (“International Data Base”). Today the SAT and ACT have become the two most common standardized tests. These tests determined if students have the qualifications to attend college. Both of these standardized tests reflect a student’s intelligence. Some educators say that “stricter standards and increased
However, the converse of this is also true. When, in the second act, the Boyles become apparently more affluent, we can see a greater degree of affection come to the fore of the relationship. The windfall of the will causes Juno to treat Boyle less as a child who must be nagged and scolded to perform any useful, or
This is significant because partial and unfair tests prevent students from trying harder and therefore doing well on the SAT and ACT. High school instructors in the United States tend to use conventional methods of teaching, sticking to the basics of hour-long lectures, guided group activities, and Socratic seminars, which are most compatible with auditory and visual learning styles