Yet, when I finally calmed myself down to see the grade I was astounded. I had received a 95% on the paper. I knew nothing, and I got an A! How could that have been
Geoffrey S. Fletcher, an American screenwriter and film director, has always been “...interested in how innocence fares when it collides with hard reality” (Geoffrey S. Fletcher Quotes). If Fletcher wishes to examine this change of unknowingness he is interested in, the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding, perfectly depicts how the purity of a child changes when that child is forced to face reality. Lord of the Flies is a novel about how lack of control can turn the purest beings on earth, children, into ruthless savages. A plane strands a group of boys on a deserted island, and readers observe the characters losing their incorruptibility while trying to form a coherent civilization. Advancement in maturation is shown in the novel Lord of the Flies, written by William Golding, through the loss of innocence in Jack, Piggy, and Ralph.
One thing that was exciting and very interesting for me was learning about the Boston Massacre in Social Studies. Most people think of it as a minor event (which I did too until I learned all about it) in which a few people were killed, but it is much more than that, as I found out when my class went into a lot of depth to investigate the mysterious Boston Massacre. Some people think that the colonists aggravated the British and that the British fired in self-defense. Others say it was the British murdering (or murthering as they said it back then) innocent colonists. Whatever happened, it is a very interesting subject and kind of makes you question our supposed to be innocent ancestors.
And I aced the class. (113) Rereading every book and taking notes on them over
I remember the words growing think in my throat as I stumbled to read the easy words and I fell over the big ones. Words that flowed like a river from others were evaporating into thin air for me. A thousand eyes staring at me and waiting for me to figure out the words. After what felt like several minutes I heard the teacher say “Thank you, Nikki”.
Finally it was friday and I found out the grade I got on the test. I logged into skyward on my phone and crossing every bone in my body for good luck , I looked at the test grade to see I got a 97%. I was so overwhelmed with joy I didn 't know what to do, I told my parents and they were elated too. In the back of my mind the whole time I remembered what my parents told me “Never give up, not matter how hard things get”.
After I had used the restroom, I stepped out of the bathroom and made sure to look behind my back, to make sure the substitute teacher wasn’t following me. I went down the hallway, which felt longer than usual. I had a weird voice in the back of my head saying “ I don’t think this is an exquisite idea.” Like I usually do I ignored it because I like to live in the moment, no just kidding; I’m just not that bright. So when I got to the science classroom door, I slowly opened it to make sure no one was in the room.
I sat there and took out the language arts homework, after only a few minutes I was done. My family was known for their brains, my dad went to Harvard and my mom went to Yale. The doorbell rang while I was in the library finishing my studies, I got up and walked to the door. Standing in the doorway was my best friend
At the end of the course, my art teacher handed me a letter that congratulated me on being accepted into the National Art Honor Society. I felt like I have accomplished something big after reading
As I was walking toward the booth to take my literacy test. I could feel the sweat building up on my forehead as I take each step forward. I knew most people failed this test, which made me even more nervous as I wiped the sweat of my face. My shirt was already drenched as I picked up my pencil to start the test. If I pass this test, I will be able to vote in every election.
I had a test coming up on The American Revolution, I studied three hours to earn my first 100% on a college test. halfway through the year, we were assigned a research paper in the class. I chose the unit I had the most difficulty with because I wanted to have a greater
Have you ever thought you were a failure, when you exceed expectations? Have you ever succeeded in that which you felt you would fail? This verse from The Dhammapada demonstrates that it is foolish to expect yourself to be wise when you do not know you will be for certain. "The fool who knows his foolishness, is wise at least so far. But a fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.
This psychology class taught me more in one semester than the four years I spent in many high school classrooms. My teacher was a strict, social science professor. He had no homework, only tests and a paper that was worth 30 percent of the student's grade. I read three chapters a night, even though each chapter was forty or more
Freedom was just a short breath away, I could hardly stay still in my chair because I was overcome with excitement realizing that I was about to achieve something that I didn’t think was possible for me. After my rush of excitement, the phone in the middle of the table rang. Surprising to me, it was the mysterious man that I met earlier that day. I was shocked that it was him, and I was fully expected to see myself leave special education. In my mind brief yet tremendous thoughts with meanings were popping in my head.
In 9th and 10th grade my studying habits were very poor and it showed tremendously on test and quizzes. 11th and 12th grade I took the initiative to learn how to study and not procrastinate. This was a challenge for me because test and quizzes took up the most percentage over classwork and homework which means one test or one quiz could drop your grade
