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- 2601: Creative Story: My Golden Age
- ... If I were to come up with my own Golden Age, this is what I would do. I would start with my present standing in life. That would be a tenth grade student in high school. Then to make it dream like, I would analyze to see what I could do to make my life better. I would find out what things were important to me at that time and what things I could change to make my future life better. For example, I would probably start out with school, since that is very important to most people at my age. There are pretty much two things that are important to kids around my age, the social aspect and the academic aspect. I would not ...
- 2602: Creative Writing: In An Oldster's Mind
- ... picture is appearing - a guy is walking towards me and gives me his saber. The saber is sharp and shiny, it reflects an intensive light to my eyes. My eyes shutter reluctantly. I see my school, my night school. I am glad that this recall is not being erased. I remember that Angus sat beside me. "Do your best. You are new to this subject. Everything here is brand new to you. Don't ...
- 2603: Personal Writing: History of Pete Dalberg Family
- ... Bovil. Merle was born in 1911 and is now deceased. Erma was born about 1914 or 1915 and lives in Spokane Washington. Anna divorced Frank Hayes and moved to Spokane when Merle was in high school. Merle actually lived with us for a year when we were in Nez Perce Idaho. Later Anna married Joe Colverson and had a daughter, Donna Colverson born about 1930 Donna is now deceased. One time ... brim off. Grandma then took and cut off the rest of the brim and made him wear it. You can imagine how funny he looked. Also one year when he was suppose to go to school. They only wen
- 2604: Special Education Students
- Special Education Students Since the 1980's more and more school have began to practice the technique of inclusion in their classrooms. Inclusion is a term which expresses commitment to educate each child to the maximum extent appropriate, in the classroom he or she would otherwise ... programs are detrimental to students a no way near meet the original goals for special education. ( Education Resources...) Also A study in 1989 found that over a fifteen year period, the employment rate for high school graduates with special needs who had been segregated programs was 53 percent, but for special needs graduates from integrated programs the employment rate was 73 percent. Another very good point is that the cost of ...
- 2605: Creative Story: Fast Eddie
- ... trouble? I stood silent for a minute before I spoke. "Who do you think I am?", I stuttered. "How would you like me to address you?", it spoke. I had heard electronic speech before. At school, most of the CD Rom disks we used in computer lab had a lot of speech but this seemed different. It came clear and smooth from the speaker. "You can call me Vanessa, everyone else ... full minute and still no response from Fast Eddie. I walked over to the boxes of software and opened them up. Inside were standard Write Once Read Many (WORM) storage disks like we used in school. They all had fancy printed labels but they weren't store-bought software. Since most had dates on them as their title, I assumed that they were reports from that date. I put the boxes ...
- 2606: Creative Story: Everything Ends
- ... sinister hand of sleep had stricken her. She dreamed about the past; how she got here. She relived all the major milestones that happened in her life. She dreamt that when she was in high school, her mother got into a car accident and died, in October. She dreamt her father exploding and being constantly angry, in October. She dreamt of after not being able to deal with her father, dropping out of school, in October. She dreamt of running away from home, in October. She dreamt of the termination of her career as a lounge singer after being signed by a major record company, in October. She dreamt ...
- 2607: Creative Story: Concussion
- Creative Story: Concussion " Ding , Ding, Ding." School had just ended. My butt had been just freed from the oppression of that chair for the rest of my life. Never again was I planning to sit down in Mr. Dicksons room again. But ... trails?" I asked. "to the bike trails" they replied. We had been going to the bike trails for weeks now. Every day we came back for another thrill. So, with haste we sped away from school. Our first stop was my house. " going to the bike trails , Mom" I said while grabbing a box of little debbie snacks. "O.K., be home for supper" she said. This was in code it ...
- 2608: The Problems of Affirmative Action
- ... hire a certain number of minorities including women, so as to fill a government assessed quota. The solution is not to get even with the white males by disregarding either their hard work through high school to achieve the grade to get into their desired college or their superiority over a competitor for a job position just because the competitor happens to belong to a minority group. Affirmative Action was created ... better grades and earn his right to attend college, not have Uncle Sam provide for him. It is time for the people of minority origin to set goals early, while they are still in high school, just like I have. They will have to make sacrifices to achieve their goals. If they want it bad enough, and put in enough effort, then their goals can become a reality, creating tremendous amounts ...
- 2609: William Blake
- ... to be often strikingly original through other people's eyes. In 1767, he wanted to become an artist at the young age of 10. In pursuit of this dream, he attended the Henry Pars Engraving School in the Strand. By 1772, he was an apprentice to an engraver, James Basire, who taught him the secrets of the trade very well. Basire sent him to make drawings of the sculptures in Westminster Abbey, which sparked his interest in Gothic art. Blake's father was a hosier, and sent him to the Royal Academy in 1779 as an engraving student. While at school, Blake absorbed the religious symbolism and linear design characteristic of Gothic style. While studying there, he rebelled against the academic conventions of Sir Joshua Reynolds, president of the academy. Contrary to modern standards, he decided ...
- 2610: Creative Writing: The Life and Hard Times of Grantly Marshall
- ... Grantly Marshall Could anyone imagine having no money, few friends, and no chance to succeed in life? Well, for one individual this situation is all too real. Grantly Reed Marshall, a 18-year-old high school student from Franklin Square, Ohio, had big dreams but little money. Grantly had reached a crucial time in his life. He desperately wanted to attend college. Grantly's siblings were much smarter than he was ... It was a huge hit throughout the city. Grantly then began to get more opportunities to produce plays. Soon Grantly Reed Marshal was the most sought after play producer in Munich. For his 20th high school reunion Grantly came back to the states. He was dared by a few students to memorize and recite the poem "Casey at the Bat" at the next night's reception. Grantly went to the library ...
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