Ninth grade Essays

“ More students fail ninth grade than any other in high school”. The writer Korbey and Willens argues ninth grade is the most important grade. It's important for students to stay on track ninth grade year. When students fail their ninth year , it's hard for them to bring their self up. It's hard to transition to ninth grade because students have to try even harder to pass. Korbey (2015) stated, the transition from middle school to high school is a big one, perhaps bigger than appeared at first

My life has been consistently inconsistent since the day I was born. I have been moving from place to place, without staying anywhere for more than four years. As a result, the setting of my life is always changing, and by extension, the people, places, and experiences are ever changing. In some cases, this is pleasant, but in others, it poses problems. My life is comparable to "The Odyssey" in the categories of "Calypso" (temptations), "Athena" (helpful guides), and "Ithaca" (values and goals)

David Sedaris’s short story entitled “Jesus Shaves” is a very interesting tale of a man and his fellow classmates in a French class trying to learn about important holidays. Sedaris uses multiple literary devices in his short story that drives the point towards learning about what Easter really stands for. In the early part of the story the teacher of the French class states, “And what does one do Easter? Would anyone like to tell us?” (435). This quickly deboogles the minds of the students in the

“American high schools are a disaster”. High schools in America are described as the major issue in USA’s education system. High school students in America score are well below the average international score, which is worrying for a country like USA. But what is holding back American teenagers? Everything seems to be up for grabs for American high school students, which reflects the First Lady’s speech at an education event with DC High School Sophomores. DC High School have since the First Lady

My fitness goal is to gain muscular strength (endurance) and to be flexible. I want to at least get a 40 on the pacer. I choose this goal because I want to improve my muscular strength as well as my flexibility and endurance. In this, my short-term goal is to never give up while I am trying any of these techniques so that I can slowly improve on my goal. My previous goal was to get at least 25 pacers and to get 30 inches in sit and reach. I accomplished muscular strength and endurance because I

This is the most inspiring documentary I have ever seen. Kevin Pearce, his family, and his friends are inspiration to us all. I randomly turned it on, on net flex, and was immediately interested, even I don’t know about snowboarding. It was interesting to learn about snowboarding and how dangerous it is. The Crash Reel is a sports documentary directed by Lucy Walker which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2013. “Lucy Walker is an English film director. She is best known for directing

quotes around the word dosage. When using this word, he means dosage as the amount of something; in this case, he means the amount of homework. In today’s society, homework is given out too much. Having too much homework stresses a person out, lowers grades, and doesn’t get done because one has little time available. “[S]tudies have found that high school students may also be overburdened with homework- so much that it’s taking a toll on their health” (Levy 3). Stress can be caused by excessive

So far, this Drama and Critical Literacy Class has definitely been one of the most nerve racking thus far! Since I had never been involved with any speech or drama in high school or college, I was anxious to find out what the expectations of the class would be. When we found out we would be responsible for writing a monologue and performing it, I was petrified! I had to think about what drama really meant to me and what direction I was going to take with my assignment that would be fitting in

The outsider in The Perks of Being a Wallflower The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky is the first novel that comes to mind when talking about outsiders. Saying that Charlie, the main character of the novel is shy is an understatement. Charlie has an extremely difficult time with feelings and how to express them comparing to others, even if they may be confusing for anyone. The entire book is written as a series of letters to a “friend”. His letters give us an intimate look into his

This is proven by Mark Trifilio, the principal of Orchard School in Vermont, when he decided to discuss homework amounts with teachers. At this meeting with teachers, he proposed an experiment: stopping all homework in every grade for six months. Surprisingly, all of the teachers signed yes—some passionately. The results showed that after six months, “Students have not fallen back academically, they are doing better now that they have time to be creative thinkers at home and

The question that we are debating is, should Romeo and Juliet be involved in the ninth grade curriculum? As I am ending my freshman year at Konawaena High School and have recently finished the study on William Shakespeare's, Romeo and Juliet, I do believe that Romeo and Juliet can be a part of ninth graders’ study. Although, many of my peers would disagree, believing that it was “boring” and “a total waste of their time”. I will admit that I enjoyed it, even throughout the confusing points. The

Although all grades are essential in high school, I believe that ninth grade is the most important grade in high school because it sets a foundation for the rest of a person’s high school career, the peer judgment and self-assessment, as well as helping students excel into the next grade. While entering the ninth grade, students start to determine what their path will be in their high school career. Ninth grade sets a foundation for the rest of a student’s high school career. It sets the tone for

It is a custom in the Chinese culture for some families to hang a wind chime in honor of their loved ones on the day that they pass. This is what the fictional character, Sek-Lung’s, father did in the short story, “The Jade Peony” written by Wayson Choy. Choy, being born a Canadian of Chinese descent, highlighted the struggle of living in between two drastically different, and distinguished cultures through Sek-Lung. The seven year old boy narrates his everyday adventures with his Grandmama. She

“Life’s too short to care about what other people think” (Jeannette Walls). It is good to not care what other people think, so stay true in life and live it to the fullest. The book, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, is a memoir that tells the story of Jeannette’s difficult family and her poor living conditions, that cause life to be difficult for her. She struggles to move past all the hardships in life and she learns how to overcome the majority of them, so she can develop into her own person

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is one of his most well known writings. However, it is an extremely controversial topic because it is thought to encourage violence and suicide. Should Romeo and Juliet be allowed in the ninth grade curriculum? I believe that this play is a masterpiece that shows the great work of Shakespeare and can teach student to recognize complex plot and improve on their vocabulary. The stories complex plot is many at times difficult to understand but after students

“Life has a funny way of working out just when you start to believe it never will.” This is a quote I found on Pinterest, but I’ve already experienced this feeling. The bad things that happen do get better; even if it takes time, I know it because I thought it wouldn’t but it did. My experience with bad times made me feel extremely bad, but I have people in my life that have given me their help to become a stronger person. I’ll try to explain how I emotionally overcame my hard times. First, I’m

caught up though, and made some decent friends during middle school who she thought were too good to be true. Page 2: After summer her assumptions came true, she was right to worry, but she didn’t know this until later. From the last day of eighth grade and throughout the summer, she knew that her old friends wouldn 't be her friends any longer, they 'd grown apart. When High school started and she was back to being a quiet teenager who knew everyone’s name

borne itself out in my high school career. Ninth grade was a particularly difficult year for me, both academically and personally. Troubles within my family came to affect my life at school, which, in turn, only further exasperated my difficulties at home. But during this time my grandfather emerged as a source of both stability and personal wisdom.

should be taken away from the ninth-grade curriculum. To begin with, the violence in the book can be reenacted by the student reading the book. It also has racial slurs, it can be emotionally distressing or traumatic for some students to read, and it is outdated and lacks relevance to modern-day issues. In my opinion, the novel To Kill a Mockingbird should not be in the ninth-grade curriculum. A reason why the novel To Kill a Mockingbird should be banned from the ninth-grade curriculum is that all the

Observations on Aging “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?”
Satchel Paige, Baseball Player ***
Compare the words aging or elderly with youth and vibrancy. Which do you prefer? When I was in my twenties, I had the attitude that I was different from everyone else. Old people were old because they were weak mentally. Aging got the better of them because they allowed it to do so. I would be an anomaly and stay alive for as long as I wanted.  I ran a 4:30 mile simply by sprinting