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or two in school I adapted and began getting my grades up to par. Another huge change was all the tests we had to take. In Mississippi we only had to take the MCT, but here we had to take county assessments, EOTCs, Gateway exams, midterms, and the final exams. I hated that we had to take them but Gwinnett County officials told us that the tests would eventually pay off in the long run. Another huge adjustment I had to make was making friends. In Mississippi people are usually friendly and go out of

The Lower Bucks Family YMCA in Fairless Hills, PA is a non-profit organization that is community oriented that provides a wide variety of recreational programs and services for all ages. According to the YMCA website,” With a focus on nurturing the potential of every child and teen, improving the nation’s health and well-being and providing opportunities to give back and support neighbors, the Y enables youth, adults, families and communities to be healthy, confident, connected and secure.” In addition

In Dancing at Lughnasa (1990) by Brian Friel (b.1929), the author presents a memory play with themes of memory and migration, together with language and performance. The 'drama explores complex issues in the lives of invented characters' (Lojek, 2006 in Gupta, 2012, p. 250). Friel's characters stress memory over history, the stage directions demonstrate a variety of events in an individual and communal position. The Mundy's family express their past with a social-historical background, depicting

woodpecker, robin, tree creeper and grey wagtail are often seen and, with patience, kingfisher. You may also spot the brown argus and dark green fritillary butterflies. Our path leads us back to the main road. Now we follow the road into Barnard Castle via County Bridge, another bridge so named because the river Tees was the former border of Yorkshire and the Palatinate of Durham. From the bridge we continue up through the town passing the Butter Cross and return to our parking

On 04-03-2016 at approx. 0553 hours, S/Sgt Loyd Lewis and I were dispatched to the 900 block of SE 40 RD in reference to a one-vehicle rollover injury accident. Dispatch advised the reporting party was a third party and an occupant of the vehicle had walked to the residence to summon help. Dispatch advised there was still one person still in the vehicle. At approx. 0602 hours, Lewis and I arrived at the scene and I observed the following: One occupant, an adult white male known to me as John

As I sat in my seventh grade science class, I tiredly watched my classmates display their science fair projects. Presentations about which laundry detergent works best and the density of objects like eggs and oranges, nearly bored me to tears. After all of my classmates finished their presentations, my teacher Ms. Arriola told me to stay after class. Why does she want me to stay after class? Did she hate my project? Did I do something wrong? My mind raced with all the possibilities and probabilities

support team members talked about the services they provide. Mrs. Kasprzak shared a portion of the 2015 Community Needs Assessment. She stated Monroe’s population is just over 150,000, which is a slight increase from 2013. The poverty rate in Monroe County has nearly doubled in 15 years. The rate was 6.4% in 2000, and it’s currently at 12.5%. When compared to the state and national poverty level, Monroe is lower than both. Single female head of households and African Americans make

The New Life Bright lights, loud cars and people, tall buildings, and the many streets make up what is called New York. From “out that Brooklyn” now “in Tribeca,” Jay – Z and Alicia Keys sing about beginning a new life in New York. A life where you can make your biggest dreams come to life. Jay – Z sings about what his life is like in New York. The song “Empire State of Mind”, Jay – Z and Alicia Keys sing of looking at New York as rebuilding, or building, on your life like the tall buildings of

Digging Seamus Heaney was born on April 13, 1939, on a farm in Castledawson, County Derry, Northern Digging Seamus Heaney was born on April 13, 1939, on a farm in Castledawson, County Derry, Northern Ireland, the eldest of eight children. In 1963, he began teaching at St. Joseph's College in Belfast. The first poem I’ll be looking at is ‘digging’ it was written in 1966. The poem consists of 9 stanzas that vary between two lines and five lines in length. There is no pattern to the

Theme of Death in William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" is a tragic tale of a Southern aristocrat, Miss Emily Grierson, who is the subject of a town's obsession.  The narrator, a member of the town, tells the story of what transpires in a decaying old Southern house that is always under the watchful eye of the townspeople.  They witness Miss Emily's life, her father's death, her turn to insanity and the death of both her and her lover.  The theme