In society, everyone needs to be treated with respect regardless of what they race, and gender they are. Brent Staples was born in 1951 and received a Ph.D. in psychology. Jennifer Boylan was born in 1958 but as James Boylan. Brent Staples and Jennifer Finney Boylan discuss the difficulties they went through. Although they faced different types of obstacles, both authors display how their lives were affected.
I left friends that I’ve known since kindergarten. So when the fourth grade started, I was completely alone. I had to get to know my surroundings, try and meet new friends, and figure out how things worked around here. Then in the seventh grade, things really went downhill. That was when everything started to change.
I was scared that I would be judged for being myself, and that is the worst feeling in the world. Anytime
No matter what angle I tried. By the time that I was in the sixth grade, it was difficult. But by that time, I had gotten so accustomed to the changes happening, I was always getting myself ready for them. It never occurred to me to try to be myself; I was someone I had never met before. I was more concerned about who I was going to be next, and not about the person I was leaving behind.
My eighth grade year, was like Toniʼs journey of self discovery from What We Left Behind by Robin Talley. I was quiet. I had a shell, and was used to being the person who you didnʼt know was in your class until third quarter. Like Toni I had one close friend (Grace was mine and Gretchen was Tʼs) and a few girls I was able to make conversation with if necessary. I had started to transition into a more open person at the end of seventh grade, courtesy of The Voice, but it was far from over.
When 6th grade came, I transferred into a Baltimore City Public School since I really wasn’t getting the education I needed at the private school. It was still rough not fitting it. I thought that becoming like the other kids would make me happy, but I was learning new things everyday and I realized in high school that being the outcast is better than being like everyone else. The journey I dealt with in high school was very emotionally tough and life changing.
Transitioning high schools my freshman year was a major eye opener. It does not seem like a big deal, for almost everyone has transitioned to a different school, however, I transitioned from going to class everyday and always being told what do, to doing my course work online and creating my own school schedule. I used to go to a public school called Houston High School, located right next to my house in Germantown, Tennessee. I would go to school everyday, and then do my favorite activity after school, which was riding horses. I have a tremendous passion for riding and competing horses, and it is what led me to transitioning to my online high school, the University of Miami Global Academy.
I was the class clown, funniest of all. I was the top of the food chain yet still approachable. I was awesome. When high school came along I was really confident. Everyone knew me, the people from my school that is, when I acted like I did in middle school, I got in trouble a lot more.
High School Graduation The beginning of the Highs School year,was a new experience for me,because of begin alone in the school without knowing nobody, not knowing the language and have zero knowledge of the academic level i need it to have in order to graduate, on the mid senior year of high school,i got a call from the counselor Mr.Calume,he told me that, in order to graduate i need it to pass 4 states exams that can be only due 2 times per year semester,and i was in my last semester of high school,so the chances of me passing those test were low for me. There for, i meet some olds friends from when i was a child from my country (Venezuela) they have move to the same school i me,so they reached me some tips and trick to pass
As a member of the LGBT community, I see America through the eyes of someone who has had to struggle to gain acceptance from others and themselves. When you are gay or transgender not everyone is going to accept or understand you, but you have a chance to be who you are because in America you can build your own path. To me, Americans are like phoenixes; we can rise from the ashes of our pasts, and build ourselves up creating our own sense of liberty and freedom. I grew up in a traditional Christian household, so I was very sheltered as a child. When it came to anything the church thought was a sin, I was never told about it, so I didn’t know what being gay meant until I was 12 years old.
He stared directly at the floor when he walked down the halls. ‘Don’t make eye contact,’ he repeated slowly to himself. He had never felt like this before. He had never gotten goosebumps thinking about what his parents, friends, and teachers would do if they found out. He was ashamed of something he couldn’t even control.
Bacon is one of America’s best well known foods. When people eat bacon, most of them don’t know how their food is produced and how the production effects the environment. Also, they don’t know what organic molecules we obtain from eating bacon and the health risks of eating too much of it. You will learn the steps taken to produce the meat and what environmental problems come from the process. Also, what kind of molecules we will get and the diseases you can catch form overconsumption of bacon.
From this day, I still remember how lonely I felt and how badly I wanted to be accepted. I dreaded to go to recess because I wasn't sure what type of crowd I would “ fit in” with. As I walked in class, I saw everyone divided into various cliques and eventually I found myself every week trying to fit in with a different one. I tried my best to act like those kids in order to fit in, I changed so many things such as my attitude, my clothing, my hairstyles and how I spoke in the span of one year. I was so desperate to feel like I was not alone and had real friends that I basically would’ve done anything for others to like me.
Personal Narrative Essay Believe it or not, sometimes a gracious action can bring a huge influence on a person. When I read the introduction that instructor Heller wrote, there is a sentence she wrote: “Sometimes the most influential moments in our lives are smaller moments, events that we may not recognize as influential until years after the experience.” For some reason, I related to it strongly. My story is about my high school experience. Also, I will share some significant moments in my life, and how these smaller moments changed my personality.
Kindergarten to 8th grade I attended a private school called Holy Family Catholic School. The school was very small along with classes, teachers extremely strict and hallways always quiet, the totally opposite from Dr. Henry A. Wise. My first day of high school I was very nervous I was not used to big classes, endless amount of students in the halls and the loud ruckus. This was an educational challenge for me because it was a totally different learning environment for me that i had to get used to quickly. My studying habits also challenged me through high school because test and quizzes were given out frequently and if you didn't know how to study you probably wouldn’t get a good grade.
