...This past week was a blur. Having classes canceled last Monday threw me off and I took my week with me. For the first time this year I felt really overwhelmed and still do. Where life got crazy was Friday in Elementary Statistics. To begin, I’m a terrible test taker. I get stressed out and rarely choose the correct option in multiple choice tests. I’m not sure what I missed in class, but the test included topics that I thought weren’t supposed to be on it, throwing me for a loop. This was a poor start to my weekend and it didn’t get any better. I left my dorm to go to Walmart for tissues, the football game, and to eat. The rest of my time was spent doing homework in West Mary. Rhetoric and Public Address forced me to stay in and work until...
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...Three. Two. Four. These numbers represent my many different shifts, travels, and experiences in my life thus far and to be entirely honest, I would not prefer my past any other way. Three Elementary Schools. Two Middle Schools. Four High Schools. Throughout my educational carrier, my life appeared as though it lacked structure and consistency. Even I cannot deny that my history is unorthodox, but I am thankful for its irregularity because it has crafted me into the insatiably curious and persistently determined person that I am today. The root of my growth and self-discovery can be found in every unique interaction and situation I have experienced from constantly moving schools. Shifting from Elementary schools immediately taught me how to advertise my abilities, accomplishments, and academic standing. I directly developed my talent to network through the innate need to make friends. Every group was exclusive and possessed...
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...Kentavon Williams Davenport Language Essay When I was in elementary school reading was my way out of the real world. I didn't have the best childhood so reading helped me through a lot.I used to read this book series it was called Geronimo Stilton. It was about this mouse who would go around doing amazing heroic things even though he was the opposite of brave. Back in elementary, we would get Ar points for reading, and that just encouraged me to read more and more. After a while, I got into Harry Potter my teachers were shocked because it was above my grade level, but I read them and passed. Reading these books helped improve my literacy skills and also helped with my writing. During around the middle of third grade, I decided I wanted to be an author. I would write these little stories and draw pictures to go with the words.My teacher loved them she would let me stand in front of the class and read them.It was fun.It was like creating something from nothing.It was magic without a wand or spell.During my little author...
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...My Previous education has prepared me to be successful in English 1A. I know what you’re thinking and the answer is no, I have never attended an expensive private school. Instead, I took every advantage of the learning opportunities that were given to me at the public schools I attended while growing up. It was there that I was given the scholastic foundation that would instill in me the knowledge I needed in order to be successful later in life. Cedar Grove Elementary school introduced me early on to my love of reading through its summer reading programs and annual book fairs. You could catch me with my nose in a book at every corner. My imagination was consumed with the curiosity of the places I could go and characters I could encounter...
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...I attended Del Rio Elementary School from kindergarten to fourth grade and Buena Vista Elementary School from fifth to sixth grade. Towards the end of sixth grade, my friends and I talked a lot about junior high. Sadly, I had to go to a different junior high than them, which was Tevis. I had heard that junior high was much harder than elementary school and was more confusing. I was very concerned about having different classes and having to find them because I felt that I would be late on the first day. During my first week, Tevis was scary to me. After a few days, I was used to Tevis and it wasn’t so scary anymore. Junior was way different than I expected. I found junior high much easier than elementary school. It wasn’t confusing at all. The most difficult classes I had were seventh and eighth grade math, my math teachers were Mrs. Hartnett and Mrs. Fritzen. The way they taught, to me, was very confusing and I hardly understood the math. After a few days, I began to not do the math homework due to frustration and stress. I met my mathematical challenge by asking for more help from my teachers....
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...I was the first African American child to desegregate an all white school in the South, I was 1 out of 6 kids who passed a test in order to attend, but was the only black child to go to the William Frantz Elementary School in 1960. When school started in September, I was still not able to attend even though I had passed the test because the Louisiana state legislature kept finding ways to slow down the integration process. On November 4, 1960 was my first day of going to William Frantz Elementary, I was driven to school my Marshals with my mother in the car next to me, when we arrived at the school, there was a crowd of people yelling and screaming. I was escorted by two marshals inside, and for the rest of the year. Parents were so angered...
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...In sixth grade I entered middle school, the four different elementary schools combined so there were a lot of new people to meet. I tried to make friends with a girl by complimenting her hair, later I heard her talking to her friend about how weird I was and that I must be a lesbian because I liked her hair. The next day I casually mentioned that her nose was the ugliest thing Id ever seen with all the casualness of small talk about the weather, my friends justified my action, because she had it coming. After that I became cautious when it came to giving compliments. Later that year I noticed girls would always be putting themselves down, so that others would tell them how great they were and then they would act all annoyed and tell whoever complimented them to stop lying. This seemed like...
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...Wayne Center Elementary School, those were the glory days. I remember the recess, the stress-free life, and the days where I got more than eight hours of sleep. What I remember most is the place where I decided on my profession, and I have the teachers at Wayne Center to thank. My acumen in math started extremely young, and I remember finishing the addition and subtraction rockets and multiplication charts quite quickly in second grade and fourth grade, respectively. The moment at Wayne Center Elementary School that defined my future plans is the moment when I received the Jim Tilghman’s Math Award in fifth grade. At this moment, I realized I had potential in the field of mathematics, and this experience at Wayne Center Elementary helped me...
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...Luverne Koerselman (Grandpa) Interview How was your Elementary, Middle, and High school experience? I grew up West of Matlock and went to school in Matlock. No matter the weather, my older brother, older sister, along with myself, had to walk to school every morning. This walk, or bike ride, was about a half mile and sometimes in the winter people would offer to drive us to school which was very kind of them. But sadly, I was quite shy and never accepted their offer, so in turn, my sister nor my brother could take the ride either because they couldn’t leave me alone. My mom didn’t have a license and my dad worked at the elevator in Matlock and didn’t have time to drive us. This...
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...where I learned the value of going to the doctor when it appears that you are ill. As a child, I was prone to becoming sick. It was such an ordeal that some commented to my mother that it was like her son was “born without an immune system.” This specific time was around the year of third grade. I had already gone through a difficult time in third grade due to some complications that had occurred on a field trip to Chennault Park. However, I am going to be talking about the time when I came down with sickness in third grade, and I will not reminisce about the park. The story starts at about the beginning of the second semester at Swartz Upper Elementary School. I was sitting in class learning from my teacher Mrs. Adams, and I began to feel a little sickly, so I asked to be excused in order for me to go to the nurse’s office....
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...An Experiential Study of Elementary Teachers with the Storytelling Process: Interdisciplinary Benefits Associated with Teacher Training and Classroom Integration Journal article by Robin D. Groce; Reading Improvement, Vol. 41, 2004 | | | | | |An Experiential Study of Elementary Teachers with the Storytelling Process: Interdisciplinary Benefits Associated with Teacher Training | | | |and Classroom Integration. | | | | | | | |by Robin D. Groce | | | |The purpose of this manuscript is to describe how elementary teachers used their experiences in a storytelling inservice training to teach| | | |lessons in language arts, science, social studies, and bilingual education. Qualitative research methods were used in simultaneously | | | |collecting and analyzing data. Storytelling was found to be a valuable tool for motivating students to listen and engage in content area | | | |lessons, improve reading skills in the content areas, and as a springboard for beginning units and...
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...February 16th, 2016 ENC1101 Essay #1- Literacy Narrative "Education is the key" that’s all I heard for about thirteen years of my life. Being raised in a family where it was believed that an education came before anything was very difficult understand as a child. "I can't, should NEVER be in your vocabulary" was said religiously until finally I understood and even after that. I am grateful that all of this led me to a seat in a college classroom where some of my family and friends never encountered. It all began in elementary school, Henry E.S. Reeves. "Does your child know how to read and write?" That’s one of the questions the teachers asked my mom before we entered the class. I wasn’t one of the best, but I do believe that I was better than many others my age. Pre-K was the only schooling that I knew about, so elementary school was new to me. In Pre-K they taught us all the basics. I would agree that some of the best teachers worked there. They taught us so well there that by the time of graduation we were smart enough to write something's that our parent didn’t expect us to write. During kindergarten I tried my best to impress all the teachers and to get them to recommend me for gifted classes. After being there for about three years I was transferred to another school where we didn’t do as much we did reading and math. That really did affect me. A few years later I entered middle school. Middle school and high school were similar. This section of my life was very different...
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...__verbatim ___ summaries of conversations ___provided by a parent • Q & A are listed by universal aspects of culture (i.e. categories) • Nearly all questions were asked/ responses are provided for all questions • Responses provide sufficient data for the other parts of the ethnography • A rich narrative is provided within the answers; thoughtfulness is clearly exhibited • Personal Interview/ Parent Interview/ Grandparent Interview Completed |Rating |Exceeds Standards |Meets Standards |Approaches |Insufficient Evidence; D or | | |A+, A |A-, B+, B |B-, C+, C, C- |below | |Content |1. Asked and answered |1. Asked and answered |1. Asked and answered |1. Asked and answered | | |questions reveal tremendous |questions reveal family |questions reveal family |questions are lacking in many | | |depth and provide a rich |narrative |details |respects...
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...How to Say Nothing in 500 Words by Paul Roberts, an essay, discusses common mistakes made by college freshmen in academic writing. During my semester of Intro to Expository Writing, my academic writing has greatly improved. My writing started as “Elementary school was like a fairytale; there was a pretty princess and a handsome prince, but I was an evil villain.” And has grown to “Through her diction, Walls creates various tones in order to convey to her audience that despite obstacles, it is possible to escape from a dysfunctional family in hopes of a brighter future.” Using How to Say Nothing in 500 Words, I will be evaluating my own writing by discussing my strengths, weaknesses, and how I have grown as a writer. Writing narratives have always been a personal struggle for me. Unless I passionately come up with a story, and immediately write it on paper, my narratives are bland. It is hard to write personal life-changing stories when I have a deadline. One weakness of mine is using colorful words. For example, a sentence from my personal narrative was written as “It was magnificent with its stained green carpet and plenty of wooden bookshelves stocked with colorful books.” In retrospect, this is how it could have been written, “The spacious library had wooden bookshelves stuffed with leather-bound books, which rested on gritty emerald carpet.”...
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...Data Gathering Procedure In gathering the data, the researchers will send a letter to the Commission on Elections of the Municipality of Del Carmen to get a list of the registered voters and politicians in the said municipality. Then, the researchers will send a letter for the validation of questionnaire and conduct of the study. Interviews started with grand tour questions. These questions are open-ended questions that allow the interviewee to set the direction of the interview. After undertaking the interview, the answers and responses of the respondents will treat, analyze, and interpret. Data Analysis The gathering of data will analyze through qualitative approach employing narrative design, thus, the data will undergo thematic content analysis and these are the steps in analyzing the data (Anderson, 2007): 1. Verbatim Account with Human Coding. The data will being coded according to their classification as they classified if they are either Politicians or Constituents as to the context of the research study. 2. Clustering. From the verbatim account the data that have been transcribed, the data were able to come out with the clustering. 3. Emerging Sub-themes from Clustered Responses. The clustered data will be analyzed and it comes up with the emerging sub-themes. These sub-themes are the common thoughts from the responses of the informants. It is either a phrase or a word. 4. Emerging Main Themes. From the sub-themes as it have being analyzed it comes up with...
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