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My reflective Essay shows my personality as in being care free. When people saw me in danger I saw it as being fun. When I was at the tippy top of a two story pine tree at four years old my mom saw...

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My voice comes out in my writing but only because I I choose to put real life experiences into it, I've learned I've had a pretty messed up life, and that I've overcome a lot in my life and I keep on...

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I really liked this writing because I was able to really expres how I felt towards my culture and how it made me feel. While writing the essay you voice came out when we had to talk about I ever...

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how has your personality and voice come out in your writing and what have you learned from this writing? I have told some things in my essay that I haven't told many people before. Also when writing...

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I like to think of myself as open minded and while I have been reading these stories about homelessness I believe it has changed me. I used to have a very negative view towards the homeless but now I...

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I think that I did pretty well on this paper. I do think that my conclusion is somewhat weak. I really need to make the conclusion better and maybe add another body paragraph. I also think that I really put my voice in this paper because I put one of my personal stories in it.

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I think that I did pretty well on this paper. I do think that my conclusion is somewhat weak. I really need to make the conclusion better and maybe add another body paragraph. I also think that I really put my voice in this paper because I put one of my personal stories in it.

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Write something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview.

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Reilly Stevens, Gabe Hardesty, Jorge Santiago McCreery Block 7 17 August 2016 " The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or...

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I am a sophomore high school student in english. We were choosing a trait to talk about and we were to give descriptive examples of it. We were learning to use figurative language in our writing,...

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Do discoveries have an impact on human society? This paper is about how discovers advancses human society and helps understand the world we live in. As you read you will see through time to find out how the people of the past advance human society and to learn about the planet and solar system we live in.

Exploration has been a human thought since humans first appeared, wanting to discover new ways to make life better and easier. As we move through human history, people have made many discoveries which changed human society in many forms. In fact, if it weren't for the desire to discover new things, people wouldn't have to technology and understanding of the world and the universe as today. Human discoveries have led to the advancement of human society and have given us a better understand of this world (i.e.2).

Discoveries led to the many human advancements (i.e.1). Without it, we would be stuck using sticks and stones. We took the advantage of our discoveries and made new ideas out of it. For instance, the discovery of electricity, items that we use today would cease to exist. You wouldn't have the lights, your phones, the vacuums, and most of our kitchen without electricity. The more we expose ourselves into these discoveries, the more ideas and advancement we could potentially gain. We used to be unaware of what's around us, and we had lack the ability to be innovative, but currently with all of this technology and innovations, the only direction we need to move is up(i.e.4). As a result, one of the major impacts of discovery is the ability to advance our society.

Knowledge that we had gain and utilize today have all been learned from discovering. Adventurous people such a Charles Darwin, and Albert Einstein had the desire and determination to learn the world around us. Each of these "explorers" had help future generations by using their discoveries to advance human understanding. For instance, if it wasn't for Charles Darwin's understanding of evolution, scientists wouldn't understand many other fields of science such as genetics and inheritance (i.e.3).. Albert Einstein's theory of relativity helped improved the understanding of the universes. These contributions gave us a better understanding of the world around us. Without them, things would've been way different. We would be stuck in really tight spots if it weren't for these discoveries. Discoveries help us move towards the right direction, which allows us to understand the world much more.

Humans desire to explore new ideas, new places, and new innovations. Whether people always wanting to improve society, explore new places, or it's just by accident, discovering allows humans to understand the world around them and to advance as a race. We come from many different locations with different cultures and values,but we all have the same mindset: to discover. With Billions of people with billions of ideas, the human race has discovered the solar system and improved their way of life. Humans have the desire to discover the unknown. Always wanting to explore new places, improve society, or just by coincidence, discovering has allowed humans to become super advanced since the beginning of time and we are expected to continue improving the human race.

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Do discoveries have an impact on human society? This paper is about how discovers advancses human society and helps understand the world we live in. As you read you will see through time to find out how the people of the past advance human society and to learn about the planet and solar system we live in.

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Jessie Donham & Reagan Kurtz
McCreery
Block 7
17 August 2016
Journey to Confidence

The feeling of your soul being separated from your body is the scariest feeling I had ever had. It feels like you are never enough, like you are always changing to meet certain standards. Imagine, the popular kids. The ones that everyone looks up too. Have you ever thought about what it's actually like to be them? Having to deal with the standards of society and fitting in with everyone else. Think about having to worry about every move you make or word you say. That was my life for 5 years. Believing in myself was the most difficult process I had been through, however, it was the journey that led me to confidence.
Sixth grade, August 1st, 2010. This was the day I made the middle school cheer team. I did it. I finally made it to the friend group that everyone wants to be in. My new team took me under their wing. We walked into school the next day in our cute uniforms. I notice the girls that notice us because I was them just 2 days before. However I didn't seem to care or acknowledge them. My teammates were my new best friends and that's all I cared about. My teammates were the ones I was told I could trust, the ones I could "rely on". However, that wasn't the case. For example, my team and I were getting ready for a game and we were talking about boys. I mentioned how I liked a kid in my social studies class, they all giggled and told me they got to choose who I liked and that I couldn't associate with those not on a football or basketball team(4). I was mortified. I had tried to express my opinion like my parents taught me, but I was always told I that I was wrong(2). Whether or not they said it word for word or just laughed at me, my opinion never mattered and neither did my feelings. The lack of support from my friends resulted in my self harm issues. I hurt myself because they said I was wrong, they convinced me to believe them. I always felt dumb, stupid, useless, or even a waste of space. Sophomore year was when this all changed(1). This was the year I found my first true friend. Melissa Smith, she moved half way through the first semester from a school about 2 hours away from mine. Because she was in my math class and we got partnered up, over time we became really close(3). Melissa showed me what true friendship was. She made me feel wanted by proving to me that I should be valued as who I am. She showed me that my opinion did matter. Melissa taught me how to be me by guiding me to who I was and not who people wanted me to be. She showed me that those I associated myself with were actually fake friends. They pretended to like me and used me at their own convenience. At this point in time I realized that I wasn't just a standard in society. I wasn't just any other cheerleader. I was so much more. I noticed that I'm more than just my label. I realized that I had just found this important thing called confidence.
Also known as self love, confidence is the key to achievements and happiness. It's what makes you put the razor blade down, look in the mirror, and appreciate what you see. It's what makes you, you. Without confidence you can't be secure in any decision you make or thought you have. Sometimes you need some guidance to finding yourself but ultimately confidence is something you have deep down that links your soul to your body.

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We made this sentence a simple sentence to get the point across in a direct demand.
We chose this sentence to be a compound sentence to explain the first independent clause
We chose this sentence to be a complex sentence to go into depth on how they became friends
We chose this to be a compound complex sentence because further educate the reader on what her friends were actually like
Figurative language - "My new team took me under their wing"
We chose this metaphor because it paints a picture in the reader's brain of what the relationship between the team and the girl was.

Improving Words - we chose to improve words like angry to mortified and path to journey to help the reader understand how the girl actually felt.

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Jessie Donham & Reagan KurtzMcCreeryBlock 7 17 August 2016 Journey to Confidence The feeling of your soul being separated from your body is the scariest feeling I had ever had. It feels like you are never enough, like you are always changing to meet certain standards. Imagine, the popular kids.

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People view me as a ordinary average girl that has her own small little clique of people. Yeah thats how I'm aware of that people look at me as Elizabeth Armendariz that one girl. Either people hate me or like me there's no in between. So when I come across knowing someone doesn't like me it kinda passes my mind because those people half of the time don't know me. They just know me as Elizabeth then they come up with a blan reason why. So I don't take it personal because they dont know the real me. My close family and friends call me by my middle name Magdaling because thats the name that I grew up with since I was born. My proper middle name is Magdalena but everyone that is close just calls me Magdaling. I'm here to introduce you to the real Elizabeth Magdalena Armendariz and what she is passionate about!

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People view me as a ordinary average girl that has her own small little clique of people. Yeah thats how I'm aware of that people look at me as Elizabeth Armendariz that one girl. Either people hate me or like me there's no in between.

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Jessica and Sara
Mccreey
Block 6
16 August 2016
Success

Success, the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Success is the way people challenge themselves to do better. While some people think that success is something easy to accomplish, it's a challenge that should be a lifestyle because we should be able to overcome the challenge of success. To be able to succeed something is the reason why people do what they do and have the goals they have.

What leads a person to success is hard work and dedication. One historic person that stands out is Martin Luther King Jr. For example, Martin didn't give up on what he believed in no matter how dangerous or how much work he had to put in in order to get what he wants. Martin Luther King once said, "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." This quote is showing his way of going about the challenges he faces on a day to day basis. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't fighting for just himself but for every African American. Most people today don't do that, instead they work for their success and nothing else. He faced so many challenges but he didn't give up instead those challenges made him work harder for that goal. "The time is always right to do what is right." This quote focuses on the fact that he believes that there is never a time in your life where you should just sit there and do nothing.

The way people succeed and how they succeed shows in their life. If someone doesn't put themselves out there to try at success then they will never reach their goals and ideas. While some people think that success is something easy to accomplish, it's a challenge that should be a lifestyle because we should be able to overcome the challenge of success. Martin Luther King Jr. never would've succeeded his goal if he was not determined to change the way people are looked at and seen. Everyone has a goal they want to succeed and when they climb over the mountains to reach their goals they have reached their trophy of success.

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Jessica and SaraMccreey Block 6 16 August 2016 Success Success, the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Success is the way people challenge themselves to do better. While some people think that success is something easy to accomplish, it's a challenge that should be a lifestyle because we should be able to overcome the challenge of success.

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For the past few months, I have been reading and understanding three stories that are the polar opposite of my life. Jeanette Walls' bio, The Glass Castle, a homeless teen named Desiree and her family, and a nice homeless man named Ronald Davis. These stories realized how responsibility got away from them, or they have never learned the skill. Reading these stories also made me consider and realize how not being responsible can lead to no success. Responsibility and individual choice are greatly related, so much so that they relate to these three stories. Responsibility and choice are related because you can either make a good choice and be a responsible human or make a bad choice and not responsible and end up like Ronald Davis. Even though Ronald is homeless, he is indeed a responsible human. He is always trying to get money to try to get a place or food and is always on the look out for a job. There's a difference between a responsible homeless person and a non-responsible homeless person, Ronald is a responsible one. Responsibility and individual choice are related because each choice you make has a consequence, good or bad, but that choice has to be made by a human that is responsible. Responsibility is a key factor in someone's life. If you are responsible, then you will be successful, and if not successful, then you will be more successful than the person that isn't successful. Responsibility makes a person better by making them more aware of what they are doing and where. All of these stories are related to the theme of responsibility, it's all the choices they have made and show how quickly people can learn from these stories.

Joseph Whallon
Mrs. McCreery
English 10-Block 6
28 September 2016

People get to chose the life they live. There are many roads that life can lead us down and the future we chose. What we decide to do in the future is all dependent on your cultural identity. Every person has a different culture and cultural identity to their name. I have my own and so does everyone else. Cultural identity is everything that makes up a person in which the life they live; therefore, my culture identity is family, golf, and being kind.

I have many characteristics that make up my cultural identity, but the one that's most important to me is family. Family is important and makes up most of life, that includes going on trips, cookouts or even just spending quiet time with them. I have strong relationships with everyone in my family, but the one that means the most to me is my grandpa. My grandpa and I have a very strong connection from when I was a small child all the way up until now. Not only is he my grandpa, he is also my best friend. We get along quite well and have the same interests. He guides me with advice and shares stories about his life and experiences. My grandpa isn't the only one I have a strong relationships with. I have strong relationships with my uncles, aunts, my parents, siblings and cousins. Family makes me who I am and they teach me how to be the best person I can be and how to handle myself in all types of situations.

My family, on both sides, are very athletic and all play sports including running, soccer, skiing, biking, football, basketball, baseball and many more. My cousin, Erika, is the most fit in our family. She likes hiking, running, and riding a bike. Although we like a variety of sports, the one sport that unites us as a family is golf. Golf is in my blood and always will be. I was born playing the sport and will never stop playing or until I can't swing the club anymore. My dad introduced me to the sport at a young age and I was thrilled playing it. My dad played golf all his life and this was one way to spend more time with him, doing something we both loved. Some of my achievements with golf include breaking 80, beating my dad by 5 strokes and making the high school golf team. I have made many new friendships from golf that will last a lifetime. As I grow older, I plan on being a continued fan by going to PGA Tour events and hopefully being a coach or assistant coach for high school or a middle school team one day. Golf has been a big factor in my life by not only me making new friends but also teaching me many life lessons both on and off the course. Golf has taught me many different life lessons but the most important is about having a positive attitude and respectfulness. Golf has helped me become a better person by teaching me how to handle my attitude, maturity, temperament, loyalty and respectfulness, not only about the game itself, but the everyday world. Golf on any given day is always interesting, always tough and always challenging. Golf is a sport that I am glad my dad taught me. It has changed who I am by how I play the game and how I handle life.

My mom taught me many characteristics as a young boy that I can use in my life like truthfulness, being respectful, having confidence, but the most important thing she told me was to always be kind. A lot of my friends, family and former teachers have said that I am kind to them and to others around me. In 4th grade, we were in music class and we had a friend with down syndrome in our class. While Mrs. Sadler was teaching, he sneezed and snot was coming out of his nose. A few kids sitting next to him began to laugh and say eww, and then most of the class began to laugh as well. Instead of laughing, I went over and got him a tissue. I had no desire to laugh at him. First of all, it was rude and secondly, he didn't know how to react or what to do. So, I acted quickly to make sure he was ok. This event is always brought up everytime I see Mrs. Saddler. This particular incident helped shape my way of thinking for the future on how I choose to make positive decisions. Many other events have happened to show that I am kind but this one takes the top spot. My mom taught me kindness at a young age and I try to be this each and everyday and will continue for the rest of my life. She always had a saying and it was that " Everyone has a story." This said, she made me understand that people all have different lives and not everyone has an easy life, so be kind. My mom taught me many other characteristics to being the best human that I can possibly be as well as given me lots too. She gave me courage, gave me confidence, and gave me support to become a positive, giving human being. But out of all of the things she gave me and taught me as a small child, kindness is the best one. If she didn't teach me to be kind, I would be in a much different place than I am today. Kindness has given me great relationships with friends, family, teachers, and coaches. Kindness gave me a new perspective on how I act day to day, how I handle my friendships, and the responsibilities that I have to juggle in my life. I thank my mom for teaching me kindness because it has taken me far in life thus far and has been a big factor in my day to day life. Kindness defines who I am and how people see me and I can't think of any other way to be described.

Everyone has a different personality, which leads to different identities. Every person has a different cultural identity to their name. It's just like DNA, everyone is different and a different cultural identity. We all have different identities that make up who we are and what we do in life. What we decided to do with our lives in the future all depends on our background and our culture. What makes up my identity is golf, family and kindness. Everyone is completely different, but that's what makes us unique and have our identities. You just have to accept your cultural identity because you are the only one who owns that and you should be proud of it.

Some of the most successful people in the world had to first discover what they were good at. In order for people to discover what they are good at they had to experience things from their own perspective. Discovering something that you like can lead to great success for the rest of their life.

Tiger Woods is one of the most successful and one of the most influential golfers ever to play the game. He has became one of the most recognizable figures to ever play golf. Some of his accomplishments include winning 14 Majors, becoming the first athlete to reach one billion dollars and having over 100 tournament wins.
But all of those accomplishments would not have come without discovering his love for the game of golf. At an early age his father showed him the game of golf and hasn't stopped playing since.

Tiger Woods is a well known figure in the world of golf, none of those accomplishments would not have came to be without his dad introducing the sport.(3) When a person discovers something from either themselves, a parent or a friend, it can do great things to them in the future. This was a huge part in Tigers success, both in golf and in life. Discovering the game of golf was a huge part of tiger's life and has lead him to many successful wins throughout his lifetime both on and off the golf course. Tiger loved golf, while his fans watched him, but none of that would have happened, if he did not watch his father and start to enjoy it.(4)When a person discovers something they're good at, like fishing, basketball, science or a hobby, they can have success with it without making money or making money. But this all has to happen by knowing and discovering what you're good at.

Bill Gates was a voracious reader as a child.(1) He spent many hours poring over reference books such as the encyclopedia. Around the age of 11 or 12, Bill's parents began to have concerns about his behavior. He was doing well in school, but he seemed bored and withdrawn at times, and his parents worried he might become a loner. Though they were strong believers in public education, when Bill turned 13, they enrolled him at Seattle's exclusive preparatory Lakeside School. He blossomed in nearly all his subjects, excelling in math and science, but also doing very well in drama and English. This begins to lead bill into his interests in technology.

Gates enrolled at Harvard University in the fall. Originally thinking of a career in law, his freshman year saw him spend more of his time in the computer lab than in class.(2) This then evolved into one of the most well known companies in the world formerly known Microsoft easily one of the most successful companies out there. By 2015 Microsoft made a total of $5.1billion dollars. Without his interest with computers at an early age, he would have never became the man and successful business owner he is today. This goes to show at an early age you can become interested in many things even if others think that's not the right move for you. When doing this, you get a head start in your life. Once you know what your good at and enjoy doing then that can be your future, this is what happened with Tiger and Bill, it can happen to you.

Discovery and success are both connected. Once you discover something that you are good at it can lead to success for the rest of your life. Like Tiger Woods and Bill Gates, when they discovered what they were good at it less to their success, Tiger Woods being the famous golfer making over a billion dollars and Bill Gates becoming the famous Microsoft founder making 78 billion a year. Like these two famous figures in history, once discovery something in your own life, it can lead to success in the future.

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For the past few months, I have been reading and understanding three stories that are the polar opposite of my life. Jeanette Walls' bio, The Glass Castle, a homeless teen named Desiree and her family, and a nice homeless man named Ronald Davis.

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what I learbed in English this years is that all writing can speak a message without literally going out and making a statement. I believe what I've done here making this message I can do again in my...

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I think the darker/more sad part of my personality showed through my writing. I've learned that from all the negative I have been through, I am still probably one of the happiest/outgoing people you will ever meet.

This year I am a sophomore English student. I have a lot of ideas but I'm not sure on how to publish them. This year will teach me how to share my work along with how to edit and improve my work. In class we have been working on a group writing expressing curiosity. I hope through the year I will gain more knowledge about writing and editing.

In the middle of a clear peaceful night, I open my eyes and see the full moon rippling off of Prospect Lake, Colorado. I can hear mom and dad shuffling around downstairs like a herd of elephants and the sound of Selina struggling to get comfy in bed. I turn to my side, wondering if this vacation would get any better. I look out and see tree branches swaying in the wind, thinking to myself what else could be out in this world? Will there be anything interesting for me to do tomorrow? What will tomorrow bring? I can feel my eyes slowly closing, as everything turns black.
I sit down at the table for breakfast with mom and dad, waiting for Selina to get up. We sit in silence waiting for mom to speak up about our plans for the day. With a smile on her face, she says, "This morning we are all going on a hike, and eating at a local diner for lunch. After lunch, you girls will have free time to do what you want, just be back at the cabin at 8 'o'clock sharp." Selina and I grin at each other as we race upstairs to get dressed.
We stand at the bottom of the hill, checking our bags to make sure we have everything we need. "Water bottles? Snacks? Camera? Bug spray?" Dad asks, as mom rummages through the bags. "Yes, yes, yes and yes!" Mom replies. We begin our journey up the hill. Mom and dad are ten steps behind me and Selina is five behind them. We come to a stopping point at the top of the hill. We stand there looking above the trees. I look down at the ground and see something shiny. Reaching down I touch the top if it. Brushing my fingers over the top to feel the rugged surface. Mom looks back and yells, "you better not be digging in that dirt Rebecca Rose!" I mark the dirt with an X and stand up still staring at the shiny object.
We all start to head back down the hill. Selina walks next to me asking question after question. "What was that you were looking at?" she asks her final question. "It was nothing," I reply. she begins to whine, "sis, how come you never tell me anything? I'm not that much younger than you!" I growl, "I'll tell you later." We reach the bottom of the hill, somehow in a different place than where we started. We must have gone down the opposite side of the hill.
Mom looks for the nearest diner as dad goes on with one of his lame stories about when he was younger. All I can think about is that thing I found on top of the hill, I want to go back, I want to go dig it up. I sit through lunch thinking of all the possible things it could be. Just another rock, a cool looking stone maybe, or just a piece of garbage. Maybe I'm thinking too much about this. As soon as I know it, we are back at the cabin by 3:38 pm. Giving me a total of five hours and twenty-two minutes to dig up that mysterious object. I start to walk out the door but my sister grabs on to my arm, looking at me with her puppy dog eyes, "I wanna come"(I.e. 2). I look up at mom and dad and they both give me the 'It'll be better for all of us' look.
We walk to the garden and grab a couple digging tools. Selina gives me a frightened look. "It's not for you, you twert," I say laughing. We begin our walk up the hill. My mind begins again, what could it be? What if it is just a rock? Why would I be so curious about a rock? I couldn't understand myself, nor my sister who has been talking nonsense ever since we stepped foot on the trail. We stop. Both looking at the beautiful stone sticking halfway out of the ground. I crouch down beside it, pouring everything out of the old bag(i.e.3). I give Selina one of the tools, telling her to be careful and not to scratch it, as she digs right in breaking off a chunk of what seems to be an egg shell. She looks into the egg with fascination. I sit there in amazement as a blue feathered bird crawls out of the egg laying itself on the ground. It was the most beautiful creature I have ever seen, I could almost say life changing.
I make a bed out of tree branches and leaves for the bird. I let Selina carry the bird all the way down back to the cabin but she can't keep her eyes off of the animal, leaving me to make sure she doesn't trip or step on anything(I.e. 4). It's almost eight and we still have a 10 minute walk. I grab the bird and throw Selina on my back, sprinting as fast as I can to make it back in time. We're just a few steps away from the house and there's mom standing at the door waiting. I let Selina down and we begin to walk to mom which she seems to be angry. "Do you have any idea what time it is, young ladies you..." She pauses. Dad walks out to see what going on. He grabs the bird and runs inside setting it on the table. He digs through cabinets and closets(i.e. 1). He suddenly stops, picking a book up, the title reading Amazing Birds. He turns page after page until he finds a page with a picture of a beautiful majestic bird.
The bird starts to sing, the next thing I know Selina is walking in the house with a handful of worms. We sit with the bird while dad reads facts about the exotic creature out of the book. Mom sends us up to bed. My mind begins to spin around the facts and images wondering what will happen next. I lay in bed looking out the window and the crescent moon glimmering off the the lake. This amazing, small little creature changed not just my experience on this vacation but it changed the way I see things. It opened up my eyes to notice that there are new things not everyone may realize exists. Now at future vacations I will look for things that pop out to me or things that interest me. It's crazy to think that curiosity can change our world in an instant by greeting us to new things and new possibilities.
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Curiosity, it put humans on the moon and has helped progress technology to where it is today; but it does have a fair amount of negatives as well. Curiosity by definition is the desire to learn or know something and nothing says that something is always good. There are many famous stories that highlight the negative effects of curiosity such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

The phrase curiosity killed the cat has never rung as true as it does in Frankenstein.The book is about Doctor Frankenstein; a man determined to make his mark on the world, he eventually becomes infatuated with the concepts of re-animation and immortality. It's this curiosity the doctor has that ultimately leads to him creating pain and misery for himself and others. His twisted desire for knowledge leads him to sick and disgusting acts such as: grave robbing and illegal experiments. All of this stems from his curiosity and his desire for knowledge.

While yes, Frankenstein had good intentions for humanity; but it nearly drove him insane and he hurt so many in the process. Determined as if it is his destiny to make this design of death. This shows how even curiosity based in good can lead to tragedy. His obsession leads him to creating life from the bodies of deceased people, the creature eventually gains knowledge to the point of a normal human; but he despises himself because his creator ran in fear from him. As Frankenstein tried to revive the monster; people were bashing down, as the lightning hit the monster, the monster was alive when the people came in. The villagers were attacked by the monster, to get away from his master, killing people.This is a perfect example of how Frankenstein's curiosity directly affected someone else it created a creature who hates himself for existing.

This is not to say that all curiosity is negative humanity as it is today is a reflection of this but it's important to acknowledge the negatives so that we can avoid them. Negative curiosity is akin to having a "great" idea but later realizing it was a bad idea. The key is to recognize the negatives before they happen so as to avoid them entirely; and this is something Frankenstein did not do and it lead to his downfall. In conclusion while curiosity can be a good thing it can just as much be a negative one.

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this year I am a sophomore in high school, I do not like to get up in front of people, I am pretty confident in my work. this year I hope that I get better at some of the things I struggle in writing. some things I have learned/did are Pollock painting, canvas scavenger hunt, collaborative pre-write and collaborative revision. that is what we have learned this year. I hope to learn more about writing.

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My personality and voice have come out of my writing by showing who I am and what I believe in. What I have learned about this writing is culture identity is not just who you are, it is what you...

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​One of the great things about living in America is the people, and how there are so many different cultural identities. Many different things can help shape someone's cultural identity. I know that baseball, family, and friendships help form my cultural identity and helped my become the person I am today. I feel that you aren't really you, and your just a mashup, or little pieces of everyone you have ever met. I am a Frankenstein, I'm made up of so many people that helped form me into who I am today.

For many people sports help shape who they are and how they work with other people. When I was younger I use to get beat up and teased a lot. I became very anti social and resented people so I wouldn't get hurt physically and emotionally. One day I came home from school and my mom told me I had to get ready for baseball. I remember thinking she was crazy, but she wasn't next thing I knew I'm at a baseball practice wearing these baseball pant that has nylon bottoms, socks that went to my thighs, and a shirt that was ten sizes too big. For some reason I loved it everyone looked just like me and just as awkward too! As the years have passed since that day baseball has become a part of me, I have learned so much from it like what it takes to be a leader, how to stand up against adversity, and most of all its showed me what it's like to stand up for something other than myself. I try my best in my everyday life to make that kid who feels different from everybody feel like he or she has a friend they can count on.

Family is the most important thing to me and is what matters most. Naturally you spend a lot of time with your family, especially when you are younger. So it makes sense that your family has an impact on you and your cultural identity. Growing up till I was about five it was just me and my mom I didn't really have a good role model in my life since my dad left. I had to watch my mom struggle to keep a job and still manage to raise me. We lived with my grandma and my aunt at the time. I lived in house of women so I had to act like a gentleman all of the time which got really hard at time. I would stand in the corner of if I had my elbows on the table, left my towel on the ground. It was rough but now that I look back on it I'm glad I was raised that way and not to be a slob. It also showed me and all new respect for women and how life is just as hard for them if not harder than it is for men.

One of the most complicated things in this world is friendships, you can have more friends then you can count and still not have a true friend. I am very lucky that I have a true friend that I can count on. Jacob Balazentis and I have been friends for for six years now and I know I can count on him for anything. I have had people walk in and out of my life and he has stayed there for me. Jacob has showed me what it like to trust someone that outside of your family. When I was down I knew I could count on him to help me. Birds of feather flock together which mean people that are likened hotter tend to stay with each other. I'm super thankful for Jacob and that he has shown me what it's like to trust someone.

I can confidently say I am proud of who I am and my cultural identity. I know where I belong in this world and because of baseball I will stop at nothing to reach my goal. I will keep a cool head and respect everyone in my way because of me living with a bunch of women. I will put my trust into the right people to help get me there because a Jacob. These thing are what made me into the person I am today and I couldn't be more thankful for them.

This year I am an English sophomore student and I have the opportunity to post my work. Being successful is really important to me. All I want from my writing is it to be noticed and become very successful. In my English class we have been learning about many topics such as how does culture effect who you are. I hope I can better my writing and understand how to make a successful writing essay.

​ Jocko Willink is a former ex Navy SEAL, and Inky Johnson a former Tennessee Volunteer defensive back that suffered a life changing injury. While they both have different stories and backgrounds, they know what it takes to be successful. They both have reached their goal. Yet they continue to better themselves day in and day out, trying to be the best they can be. Success is driven by a positive mindset and fueled by desire
"Good," a word that can be followed by everyday adversity. Get cut from the high school baseball team? Good. Multiple tests coming up? Good. These problems discourage lots of people, and even conquer many. But is there any positive in always saying "good"? Jocko Willink, a former Navy SEAL, would think so. In a podcast by Willink, he explains early that "When things are going bad, there is always going to be something good that comes from it." Saying "good" allows one to focus on overcoming adversity, rather than dwelling in sorrow. This mindset is beneficial to anyone pursuing a desired achievement. Capitalizing on every chance given is the exact way one can follow the road to success. Gaining from personal failures can be difficult, but at the age of fourteen I learned it was essential for success. After getting cut from the Mustangs baseball organization, I knew not to quit. Instead of saying "Why me?" I thought, "Why not me?" By not making this team I had much more time to get better and focus on my skills. Now, my team is much better than the one I was cut from. When succeeding is the primary goal, adversity is the primary obstacle. It's inevitable, so why not embrace the adversity? Rock bottom has built more champions than privilege.
Commitment is a powerful force, almost like a force of nature that drives the will to succeed. Many people who aspire to be the next great thing and fail, most likely lack commitment. Inky Johnson, a former Tennessee Volunteer defensive back, learned of commitment through growing up in the projects. Knowing nothing would be handed to him, he set a goal to become a professional football player. When I was younger I had to learn commitment through my desire to be one of the best ball players of my time. Years later I still haven't achieved my goal, but day in and day out I try to better myself. Much like Johnson's commitment to hard work led him to be a top thirty draft pick his junior year of college. He now travels the country sharing his methods of success, emphasizing the idea that "when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful." This desire and thought process led Johnson to escaping the projects and pursuing a career in not only football, but motivational speaking as well.
If Jocko Willink and Inky Johnson have proved anything, it's that the path to success is followed by constantly working to improve and having the desire to stay committed to one's goal. The two things that defeat goals are adversity and lack of commitment. Willink and Johnson show just how to combat those problems. Embrace adversity and learn from it and never lose commitment. That is the successful mindset.

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​One of the great things about living in America is the people, and how there are so many different cultural identities. Many different things can help shape someone's cultural identity. I know that baseball, family, and friendships help form my cultural identity and helped my become the person I am today.

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Take a look at the successful mind of Jacob Balazentis

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To start my sophomore English year off, I wrote an essay about success. This topic is very important to me because it is typically the desired achievement for my goals. Writing this essay was interesting because while I was working to educate my readers, I was also learning myself. My favorite part was feeling like my sentence structure was well written, even though it was one of my difficulties last year. I hope to continue improving the things I struggle at this year.
What does an ex Navy SEAL and former Tennessee Volunteer defensive back have in common? While they both have different stories and backgrounds, they know what it takes to be successful. They both have reached their goal. Yet they continue to better themselves day in and day out, trying to be the best they can be. Success is driven by a positive mindset and fueled by desire
"Good," a word that can be followed by everyday adversity. Get cut from the high school baseball team? Good. Multiple tests coming up? Good. These problems discourage lots of people, and even conquer many. But is there any positive in always saying "good"? Jocko Willink, a former Navy SEAL, would think so. In a podcast by Willink, he explains early that "When things are going bad, there is always going to be something good that comes from it." Saying "good" allows one to focus on overcoming adversity, rather than dwelling in sorrow. This mindset is beneficial to anyone pursuing a desired achievement. Capitalizing on every chance given is the exact way one can follow the road to success. Gaining from personal failures can be difficult, but at the age of fourteen I learned it was essential for success. After getting cut from the Mustangs baseball organization, I knew not to quit. Instead of saying "Why me?" I thought, "Why not me?" By not making this team I had much more time to get better and focus on my skills. I worked, while others sat, but I never lost focus of my goal and always gave a hundred percent. but I never lost focus of my goal and always gave a hundred percent. Now, my team is much better than the one I was cut from. When succeeding is the primary goal, adversity is the primary obstacle. It's inevitable, so why not embrace the adversity? Rock bottom has built more champions than privilege.
Commitment is a powerful force, almost like a force of nature that drives the will to succeed. Many people who aspire to be the next great thing and fail, most likely lack commitment. Inky Johnson, a former Tennessee Volunteer defensive back, learned of commitment through growing up in the projects. Knowing nothing would be handed to him, he set a goal to become a professional football player. When I was younger I had to learn commitment through my desire to be one of the best ball players of my time. Years later I still haven't achieved my goal, but day in and day out I try to better myself. Much like Johnson's commitment to hard work led him to be a top thirty draft pick his junior year of college. He now travels the country sharing his methods of success, emphasizing the idea that "when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful." This desire and thought process led Johnson to escaping the projects and pursuing a career in not only football, but motivational speaking as well.
If Jocko Willink and Inky Johnson have proved anything, it's that the path to success is followed by constantly working to improve and having the desire to stay committed to one's goal. The two things that defeat goals are adversity and lack of commitment. Willink and Johnson show just how to combat those problems. Embrace adversity and learn from it and never lose commitment. That is the successful mindset.

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To start my sophomore English year off, I wrote an essay about success. This topic is very important to me because it is typically the desired achievement for my goals. Writing this essay was interesting because while I was working to educate my readers, I was also learning myself.

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In the mind of Sara Eschenfelder

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This year I am a sophomore and this is my first time publishing my work. I'm very excited to share it because it's something that I was interested in writing about. Jessica and I wrote this together and it was really cool to see how well we work together and how we both are interested in the same topic. I'm really looking forward to getting better at writing this year.

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Success

What leads a person to success is hard work and dedication.One historic person that stands out is Martin Luther King Jr. For example, Martin didn't give up on what he believed in no matter how dangerous or how much work he had to put in in order to get what he wants. Martin Luther King once said "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." This quote is showing his way of going about the challenges he faces on a day to day basis. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't fighting for just himself but for every African American. Most people today don't do that, instead they work for their success and nothing else. He faced so many challenges but he didn't give up instead those challenges made him work harder for that goal. "The time is always right to do what is right." This quote focuses on the fact that he believes that there is never a time in your life where you should just sit there and do nothing.

The way people succeed and how they succeed shows in their life. If someone doesn't put themselves out there to try at success then they will never reach their goals and ideas. While some people think that success is something easy to accomplish, it's a challenge that should be a lifestyle because we should be able to overcome the challenge of success. Martin Luther King Jr. never would've succeeded his goal if he was not determined to change the way people are looked at and seen Everyone has a goal they want to succeed and when they climb over the mountains to reach their goals they have reached their trophy of success.

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This year I am a sophomore and this is my first time publishing my work. I'm very excited to share it because it's something that I was interested in writing about. Jessica and I wrote this together and it was really cool to see how well we work together and how we both are interested in the same topic.

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Inside the mind of Kaite Baukert.

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Timothy keel
Tj

Expository
Overcoming
Thesis- finding ways to overcome your problems can come from from many sources.
what would you do if you had a problem you could not solve(1)

Many people or things can teach you how to overcome a problem.

If it is from a friend breaking and arm, or you missing the bus, problems come in all varieties.

Many people may wonder why do they nee
d to get help, but no one can solve all of their problems by themselves everyone needs a little help.

From the Internet to friends and family, finding ways to overcome your problems can come from a many sources.

A common problem that you might have to overcome is if you miss the bus.

Missing the bus can cause many problems that if you don't get a ride to school you
can be late.

You make many choices, if it is from riding a bike to school to having your mom drive you to school.

One choice may make you tired because you had to ride your bike to school, and the second one may cause your mom to be late to work.

If you choose to do it by yourself it will only affect you, but if you involve other people to solve your problems it may hurt them.(2)

Solving problems can be good or bad depending on how you solve it.

If you have ever broken a bone then you know that it is very difficult to do

everyday things. Breaking an arm can show to be a mental and physical wall that

stops you from doing things. One way that you can get over it is to learn to use your

other arm just as well. Some people can't do that so you might have to have a friend

or family member help,you get things done. If you do choose to have someone help

you they will have to go out of there way and spent time on you. It might cause them

to have to cancel some of their plans. The path you choose will affect people in all

aspects.

There are many problems you might have to solve yourself. One example of this

is getting a bad test grade and you want to get your grade back up before your

parents find out(3). So now you have to make a choice about how to solve this you

could talk to your teacher to see if you can redo the test or you can simply study hard

and hope to balance it out with better grades from then on but the choice is yours.

Then depending on the outcome you may have to get over not having your parents

find out and tell them in an effort to work out your problem. In the end if your decide

to solve a problem on your own you must accept the outcome.

Sometimes certain problems cannot be solved but need to be worked around. An

example of this is how trump wants to build a wall between Mexico and America and

trump wants Mexico to pay for it but this is too tall of a obstacle for trump to scale(4).

This needs to be worked around because Mexico does not have the kind of money to spend on build a wall between America and

themselves. So as a way of getting past the problem is getting trump to spend some

money on it and splitting the cost between American and Mexico. Moral of the story is

that you have to learn to work around problems to reach the same conclusion.

Now that you have seen how finding ways to overcoming your problems can

come from many different sources, solving problems should be easy. Your choices on

how to do it may very from problem to problem. The people who are affected is

entirely up to you. If you decide to do it yourself or ask for help. You are always able

to overcome your problems if you just know how.

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Timothy keelTj ExpositoryOvercomingThesis- finding ways to overcome your problems can come from from many sources.what would you do if you had a problem you could not solve(1) Many people or things can teach you how to overcome a problem. If it is from a friend breaking and arm, or you missing the bus, problems come in all varieties.

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My writing

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Sometimes you have amazing ideas, but you're too afraid to share them. Or maybe you didn't share it because you thought it was too stupid. Well, here's something you need to know: you were wrong. (2) No idea is stupid because they're just ideas, and ideas are important because they lead to bigger things. (2) The only way to build off your ideas is to share them, all you need is a bit of confidence.

Everyone has dreams and goals of who you want to be or what you want to do, but you're never going to succeed at being that person if you don't have the confidence to push yourself. For example, when Jace Herondale was a boy, his father wanted him to train a falcon and make it obedient. "He didn't know it, but his father had selected a falcon that had lived in the wild for over a year, and thus was nearly impossible to tame. But the boy tried, because his father told him to make the falcon obedient, and he wanted to please his father." (City of Bones by Cassandra Clare) Jace was given a nearly impossible task, but his ambition to make his father proud made Jace strive to succeed. (4) Jace was ardent and spent months trying to train the falcon even though it kept cutting and tearing at his skin with it's sharp beak, but he was confident he could do it, and he did. He did not stop until he reached what he thought was perfection: "When he was certain it was not just tamed but perfectly tamed, he went to his father and showed him what he had done, expecting him to be proud." (City of Bones by Cassandra Clare) Not only did Jace do train the falcon, he trained it to the best of his abilities until he was completely confident of his success. If Jace wasn't keen or confident in his ability to train the falcon, he wouldn't have pushed himself and, subsequently, wouldn't have been able to do it. (2) As long as you're confident in yourself, you can push yourself to do anything you strive to do.

It's easy enough to say that you need confidence, but the hard part is knowing how to gain, build, and share your confidence. The easiest way to gain confidence is to share your beliefs or dreams with someone, despite your fear, so that your person can support you. They will also have confidence in you, and push you until you have the confidence to push yourself. Nelson Mandela keenly shared the ideas that he and nearly all South Africans believed in, which inspired the people to fight back for their rights. Mandela gave the people of South Africa the confidence to fight for their freedom, and they succeeded. (1) Sharing ideas can inspire others to be confident. In fact, Nelson Mandela once said, "And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." Giving your total and sincere potential without fear encourages others' to do the same. (1) People don't want to look bad. So if you step up your game, they'll step up theirs', and together you can accomplish great things. Nelson Mandela was a sage who changed the hidebound and ensorcelled the bigoted. (3) Without other people around you to encourage you in your life, you may not have the confidence you need to push yourself.

"We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?" "Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine." (Nelson Mandela) You may think that it's better for everyone if you just hide all of your beliefs and dreams. (1) You are wrong. Share your goals, push yourself until you get there, and your keen ambition will inspire others to succeed. (4) Your life is a blank canvas and you are the artist; the canvas has the potential to be amazing if you just paint on it, despite your fear of messing it up, so that people can see your amazing artwork and be inspired to paint, themselves. (3) Once you realize this, you can do anything you set your mind to. You just have to have the will to get out there and do it. (3) With ideas and goals in mind, there's a life of infinite possibilities. "There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." (Nelson Mandela)

Diction: we used these words to make us sound more proper and to effectively convey a very keen, jaunty, and encouraging tone.

Metaphors: we used this because metaphors are another, more interesting, way to convey the message we are trying to send. Not only do they spice up the writing a bit, but they also give the reader the opportunity to take even more meaning out of it than was intended.

(1) Simple: It states something by itself, away from everything else, leaving no room for contradiction. It's telling the reader: "this is a fact".
(2) Compound: It connects two variables together so that the reader understands that they are "one in the same". Ex: you can do this, you just need this.
(3) Complex: It sets the situation for the reader, then tells him/her about it. Ex: without this, there is no this.
(4) Compound-Complex: It connects a bunch of things together and shows progress. It also adds more energy to the text.

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Sometimes you have amazing ideas, but you're too afraid to share them. Or maybe you didn't share it because you thought it was too stupid. Well, here's something you need to know: you were wrong. (2) No idea is stupid because they're just ideas, and ideas are important because they lead to bigger things.

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I've read three stories about three different people named Jeannette Walls, Desiree, and Ronald.

In my reflective essay about culture, I showed my personality and voice in many ways. For example, when i was talking about dance I said "That's what I love about it because there's always something new to learn." I showed my personality and voice through that because it was my opinion and what I thought. Another example; "When your going through hard times in your life, you should always have hope that things will get better." I showed my personality and voice through this when I was telling the audience to always have hope that things will get better. I was reflecting on myself because I always have to have hope that things will get better.

From this writing I've learned that culture is more important than I've ever thought it was, and your cultural identity makes up who you are. It's taught me that each individual has certain parts of their culture that are very important to them.

This year I'm a sophomore English student, and I have the opportunity to publish my writing. In class, we've been talking about what's the most important to us out of confidence, discovery, overcoming, and success. I chose overcoming although, I believe confidence is also important. Overcoming challenges is an important skill every person has. Everybody has the ability to overcome challenges, it just might take longer for some people to overcome them than others. I hope to grow in my writing, and become the best I can be through the this year.
"Hey Rose!" I heard Jack yell from behind me.
Looking annoyed, I turned around and forced a slight smile. "Hi" I muttered.
"What's up, what's going on?" He knit his eyebrows as he walked towards me and sat down.
"Oh nothing much. What about you?" I wanted to tell him what happened the other day, but I didn't know how, or when the right time was.
Leaning his head on his fist,"Just focusing on school, trying to get my grades up. What's wrong? You haven't been yourself lately."
Acting confused I asked, "What do you mean?" "I'm perfectly fine." I said while raising my eyebrows and straining a smile so it looked believable.
He huffed while putting his hand on my shoulder for comfort, "Well, okay if you need anything just know you can talk to me" he got up from the bench.
"Okay" I uttered under my breath as he walked away.
1.I don't know how to tell him about anything that makes me sad. He's such a
This should make the reader think about something they don't know how to tell someone, they should relate to her feeling.
happy guy and if I told him what was going on he wouldn't be that happy guy anymore. I hated seeing that worried look he had on his face earlier, so I'm just gonna keep things to myself. I'll just keep using that fake smile I've mastered. As
We want the reader to know her smile isn't real anymore.
the day drags on, 2:30 p.m. is almost here. I get into the shower, wash my hair and body, and then get out. I get dressed, and pull my hair back into a ponytail. Grabbing my keys and bag I head out the door. Getting into the car I punched
We want the reader to be able to create an image.
the address in my gps. When I got there I read the sign, "Good Minds Psychiatrists Offices".
As time lags, I talk about the death of my dad. I feel as if I've told this story five thousand times. "My dad was a big drug addict. 2.Me and my brother went down to Florida to see our grandparents, and when we were down there my dad died of a drug overdose. My dad was thirty six when he died, I was twelve, and
The compound sentence has the two events happening at the same time. It should make the reader know these two events happened during the same time.
my brother was eleven." 3.By this time, I was a pro at telling the details that
needed to be heard and leaving the unimportant ones out. After my session was
The reader should pause after reading by this time.
over, I got into my car and drove home. I was greeted by my mom who had just gotten back from work.
"Hey Rose, how was the appointment?" She asked.
Annoyed, I replied, "It was the same like every time. I talked about dad this time."
She looked my way, "Yeah? How did that go? Did you cry? You know it's okay to cry right?"
I put my hand up signaling her that she was rambling.4. She finally stopped, I hugged her, and then walked up to my room.
This shows sequence, and the reader should see the character in their head going through the sequence.
Sitting on my bed, I thought about Jack; still wondering if I should tell him. I reached over to my nightstand pulling out a drawer to get to my old journals. I started to read an entry from when I was seven, "Dear journal, I don't know what to do. Andrew touched me. Should I tell mommy? Will she be mad? I guess I'll tell her and see. Love Rose." After reading that I thought back to when I was seven. That's when things got tough on me. I go ahead some years in my diary to when I was 14, "I love him but why doesn't he love me? He says he does, but love, love doesn't hit you when you make a mistake! Love isn't telling you that you look fat in the one dress you love! Love won't say you're stupid when you get a bad grade! Love, love is the good morning beautifuls I long to hear when I wake up. Love is the everything will be okay I long to hear. Love is the
This should create an image of possibly somebody saying everything will be okay.
welcoming and loving hugs after a hard day I wish to feel. Love is the passion I need to have again."
Reading that, I remembered my abusive boyfriend, and how badly I wanted him to love me the way I loved him. The fear I had about losing him was unreal. It had taken such a toll on me. That fear was always nagging me. I flip two or
Imagine that the fear was harassing her.
three pages over and started reading the passage, "Depression, why do you come to me seeking shelter? Depression, why do you leave the dark cloud over my head while you are tucked away warm and dry? Depression, why did you take all the bright colors of the world? Depression, my friend, I think it's time for you to go. DEPRESSION! You need to leave or I will push you out! Depression, I am taking medicine to get you out, you need to leave soon okay? Depression, you are finally deciding to leave? I hope your cloud goes away, so you too can be happy." I get done reading that thinking of how many things I've overcome. The pain of abuse, the guilt of sexual assault, the loss of a dad, and the sadness of depression.
I put my diary back in my drawer. Laying my head on my pillow, I thought, all that fear was finally gone. I was no longer tied to my abusive boyfriend. The pain of the sexual assault was gone. I found confidence in myself again. The pain of my dad's death is still lingering, but I'm overcoming what once felt like my heart was being torn out of my chest. Finally, I've overcome the sadness of depression. It doesn't come by often now.
Everybody has their own obstacles, their own battles, and these were mine. I don't know when I'll overcome the fear of telling Jack about everything, but I know he's there for me. It might just take time like everything else. No matter what age, or how many obstacles you've already overcome, life will continue to throw them at you.

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I've read three stories about three different people named Jeannette Walls, Desiree, and Ronald. In my reflective essay about culture, I showed my personality and voice in many ways. For example, when i was talking about dance I said "That's what I love about it because there's always something new to learn."

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English 10 Writing

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(1) One of the most difficult journeys is the one to success. Famous people like Michael Jordan stayed confident when faced with failure so that they could reach their goals. (2) It would be much easier to just give up and find a new dream to think about and chase after, but he stayed confident and persistent. In the long run he eventually became very successful. As he has said and shown in his life experiences, when you want to have a high level of success, you have to have a positive attitude with confidence to improve your ability to reach your goal.
Michael Jordan has shown that with confidence, anyone can get through failure and still become successful. He has once said, "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." (4) As he has said in this quote, he has failed so many times but, because he stayed confident in himself, he eventually became one of the most well-known basketball players. (3) Instead of looking at his failures as the end of the road, he used them as learning experiences, kept his head held high, and tried again until he finally found success. Learning from failures rather than using them to feel horrible about yourself is a huge step to building confidence and becoming successful. (1) People who follow in Jordan's footsteps are very likely to succeed. But, of course, he was not the only person to be successful in spite of failure.
(2) Simone Biles is a rising gymnastic gold medalist and sweeping the gymnastic nation. (2) She is the first female gymnast since 1974 to win four consecutive all-around titles at the U.S. national championships. (4) She is also the first woman ever to be the all-around world champion three years in a row, not to mention that she's won fourteen total world championship medals. Simone has had so much success in gymnastics. She strongly explains, "Remember to have fun and when I'm smiling and having fun I perform the best." This conveys that she needs to have confidence to have success. Also, she has said, "Practice creates confidence. Confidence empowers you." This proves that Simone is brimming with confidence and courage. She had to have a high level of confidence to win 4 gold medals and one bronze medal in Rio. The results of having success are a great reward.
(1) Success is shown in many different ways. In most cases, it comes from a high value of confidence. Michael Jordan and Simone Biles are two very successful people. Michael Jordan has overcome many obstacles to be successful and to do that, he had to work on his confidence while also working on basketball. Simone Biles has just won 5 Olympic medals in her first olympics. She was very confident and not nervous going into the games, and this has made her very successful. These two athletes are very influential to younger people to be as confident and successful as they have been. They show how you need to overcome obstacles that come in the way and they also show what great of a reward you can achieve when you put in the effort to be successful.

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(1) One of the most difficult journeys is the one to success. Famous people like Michael Jordan stayed confident when faced with failure so that they could reach their goals. (2) It would be much easier to just give up and find a new dream to think about and chase after, but he stayed confident and persistent.

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im Noah Lonaker and I'm a sophomore English student. So far this year we are learning how to put voice and meaning into our writing and back our ideas with evidence and commentary and that is what I'm trying to achieve with this persuasive essay. And I look forward to learning how to enhance my writing capabilities in new ways.

Nathan Leyda
Noah Lonaker
English 10
Mrs. Mccreery
8/16/16

At some point in your life you've failed at something, that's just how it is, whether it be a test or assignment in school, an aspect in your daily life such as dating, sports even maybe something as small as losing a video game. Whatever it is, point is, you have failed at something, but have you ever considered why? Well let me ask you how confident were you in your ability to complete said task? More than likely you would probably say not very much so. But what does confidence have to do to with success? Well having confidence in yourself and your abilities is a key factor to your success because having confidence could give you the willpower to work on your goal even more and raise your chances of being successful.

There are many examples of great success stories but one of the best examples would have to be Bill Gates. This man was one of the most successful people in America, for his company, Microsoft . Bill Gates was born into a family of wealthy and successful people, he grew up a very smart kid who was recognized for it. He later went to Harvard University, and he started a small company called, Traf-O-Data, that created a device that measured traffic flow, that device earned him $20,000. After that he dropped out of Harvard and because of that he was able to form Microsoft. Although Microsoft was very successful, the founders had lots of trouble and failed multiple times. But without confidence in their work and in themselves then they wouldn't have been very successful, but since they had confidence in themselves, it gave them willpower to eventually become successful. However without confidence they wouldn't have been as successful as they were.

Success in life is like the hurdles on the track waiting to be overcame and your confidence in yourself and your abilities is your ability to leap over those hurdles. To put it in perspective if you aren't confident with say the material you learn in class, with that attitude of "I don't know" or "I can't do it" you're probably aren't going to take the steps necessary to improve your understanding thus likely leading to failure. It happens all the time. So to improve your confidence do everything in your power to get an understanding of your problem if you know what your problem is your confidence in overcoming it should increase. When working on something, you will run into problems and you may even fail a couple times, but without the confidence in succeeding then you won't ever be able find the problem and fix it. So just as important people like bill gates did when they faced their problems tackle them and take them head on and believe that you can overcome your challenges according to the online article Self Confidence - A Key To Success. " a person will self confidence is more likely to try new things. He or she will tend to rebound better after failure, and is more persistent in the face of obstacles" so with that we can say that with that self confidence you can think of new and effective ways tackle obstacles better leading to success later down the line. So you can apply this to any other problems you encounter not just school related, but all across life.

In the end confidence isn't just something you automatically have. Bill Gates had to learn how to have confidence in what he does. For high schoolers it will be fairly hard to learn confidence because most teenagers nowadays are lazy and don't have to work for themselves so confidence in themselves doesn't come easy. But once you learn to have confidence, success will be easy, when it comes to closing out a baseball game or writing five page essay. In the end you only fail because you choose to.

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im Noah Lonaker and I'm a sophomore English student. So far this year we are learning how to put voice and meaning into our writing and back our ideas with evidence and commentary and that is what I'm trying to achieve with this persuasive essay.

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How have these stories influenced my perception I would have to say yes because the more I got to reading a book such as The Glass Castle I got to liking all the thier were a few moments where it got sad but it was a good book I would have to say.The cultural experiences have shaped the way I look at things in life
just like the old saying goes don't judge a book by its cover meaning how the family lived and thier financial situation
made me look at things a different way.Choices and responsibly Choices are actions people do Choose to do.Responsbilty is someone trying to do the right thing like hold the door open or even do thier home or study for a test compared to not and getting a f on the test.The thematic statement example
when the mom would not get the kids food.

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Some see it as trust in one another, and others see it as trust in abilities of an object or thing. A lot of people have different meanings of confidence, the dictionary defines it as: the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust. While there are many different forms, confidence is found in situations when a person is placed against the odds.

Various things that can prove worthy of someone's confidence, are things such as saving one's life. A person who's achieved this feat would be Company Sergeant Major "Blackie" Laloge. This man managed to time and time again throw away germanic hand grenades that landed in his unit's cover back at the Germans before they detonated. This is a rather great feat, as even though his unit is under gunfire he manages to spot the grenades and throw them back without getting hit himself. Note that this is one of the times where this doesn't go unnoticed. As proof that this is a feat, he earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal that tops this all off. This man isn't the only one who's achieved the confidence of others, though there are more.

Usain Bolt, a track superstar, demonstrates a great deal of confidence, but doesn't use his confidence to put people down as some people often do, and usually does the right thing. (4) Some may say that Usain Bolt is as fast as a cheetah. Usain Bolt once proclaimed, "I'm a phenomenon, a serious competitor, a legend for my generation. Believe me, my time isn't just up yet." (Usain Bolt). Bolt is the greatest sprinter of all time, and he has shown that he can be over confident sometimes, but he backs it up by winning the race, the evidence is of three consecutive gold medals in the 100 meters. Bolt was stacked against the odds because no one ever has won three straight golds in the 100 meters, and he is getting older, and new, younger men are getting close to as fast as Bolt. Some people think that there is a difference between confidence and cockiness.(1) Cockiness is when you proclaim to everyone that you are the best. Being humble is not telling everyone your achievements and everything you are great at, it is cheering people on, and asking people how they did on something, and not what you did on the same thing. Even though Usain Bolt is one of the most popular people in the country of Jamaica's history, he doesn't brag about it, he gives back to his community because one day, he was a boy in a family living in a small house where his parents owned a stand at a market. Bolt is also known for giving back to his community by donating money to the victims of earthquake disasters. One must need confidence in track, but a person might need confidence in other things also.

Track and field also ties into the next subject involving confidence, soccer also requires a big amount of confidence to be able to play it well. "When players are confident they can perform at their best level and it is rare for successful players to have a persistent lack of confidence." (Vealey) Confidence when on the soccer pitch can be a very powerful tool to a player's game. Having confidence when on the pitch will help players be more sharp with passes and have better decision making. One real life example of a player with loads of confidence is Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi currently plays for FC Barcelona in Spain, he is one of the best soccer players in the world at the moment. Lionel is very confident on the ball, he can consistently take on multiple players at a time during the game. Lionel is very confident in his ability to pass to his teammates as well. All around Lionel is a great example of what having confidence looks like. Because soccer is a team sport, not having confidence can result in indecisiveness when possessing the ball and will cause teammates to struggle also.(3) The team must also have confidence in one another to be able to make a decisive pass to help the team gain and advantage in the game. Confidence can not only be beneficial on the pitch, but can also be beneficial in the classroom, workplace, job interview, etc.

Confidence is the most important skill set that a person can acquire. Not only is confidence only beneficial for the person who possesses it, but can influence other people around them to be more confident in what they are doing.(2) Major Laloge, Usain Bolt, and Lionel Messi all share confidence in totally different ways, war hero, track and field superstar, soccer star. Confidence is also used in everyday life to get through rough situations. It isn't only used in nationally televised events or in desperate times of warfare, confidence is used all around the world in very small and very large quantities everyday. Confidence changes lives single handedly.

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Some see it as trust in one another, and others see it as trust in abilities of an object or thing. A lot of people have different meanings of confidence, the dictionary defines it as: the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust.

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I have listened to and/or read the stories of three different people who have been through many rough experiences that I couldn't relate to in any way, though seeing their stories has impacted my understanding of how people live and has made me more empathetic with unfamiliar perspectives. I now understand that some people live the way they do because they are forced into it, not because it was their own choice. However, this does not mean that they are stuck with that life for good. Their choices, as well as other people, can help them out of that life and into a more fulfilling life in propriety. This can take a long time to reach. I understand that the people that live without homes aren't always in control of their life; I, too, have been out of control of my life decisions. They feel humiliated, and I have also felt humiliation. Although I've never been in their positions, I can empathize with them. I think they are brave. These stories made me more empathetic towards their cause, and I want to help them out.

My personality and voice shows in my writing by my use of sentence structure, word choice, and purposeful phrases. For example, I started my whole reflective essay about cultural identity with the sentence: "My mother doesn't like fish." Needless to say, it was easy to realize that I have a sense of humor in my writing. I connected her disliking of fish to the aspect of how people around you influence your cultural identity; more specifically, my cultural identity. Writing out my past situations and how they affected me helped me to realize just how much people really do have an affect on how I act and how I see things. It also helped me realize how lucky I am to have grown up in the situations that I did, even when I didn't used to be happy about it. Writing this essay helped me understand the true aspects of cultural identity.

Sometimes you have amazing ideas, but you're too afraid to share them. Or maybe you didn't share it because you thought it was too stupid. Well, here's something you need to know: you were wrong. No idea is stupid because they're just ideas, and ideas are important because they lead to bigger things. The only way to build off your ideas is to share them, all you need is a bit of confidence.

Everyone has dreams and goals of who you want to be or what you want to do, but you're never going to succeed at being that person if you don't have the confidence to push yourself. For example, when Jace Herondale was a boy, his father wanted him to train a falcon and make it obedient. "He didn't know it, but his father had selected a falcon that had lived in the wild for over a year, and thus was nearly impossible to tame. But the boy tried, because his father told him to make the falcon obedient, and he wanted to please his father." (City of Bones by Cassandra Clare) Jace was given a nearly impossible task, but his ambition to make his father proud made Jace strive to succeed. Jace was ardent and spent months trying to train the falcon even though it kept cutting and tearing at his skin with it's sharp beak, but he was confident he could do it, and he did. He did not stop until he reached what he thought was perfection: "When he was certain it was not just tamed but perfectly tamed, he went to his father and showed him what he had done, expecting him to be proud." (City of Bones by Cassandra Clare) Not only did Jace do train the falcon, he trained it to the best of his abilities until he was completely confident of his success. If Jace wasn't keen or confident in his ability to train the falcon, he wouldn't have pushed himself and, subsequently, wouldn't have been able to do it. As long as you're confident in yourself, you can push yourself to do anything you strive to do.

It's easy enough to say that you need confidence, but the hard part is knowing how to gain, build, and share your confidence. The easiest way to gain confidence is to share your beliefs or dreams with someone, despite your fear, so that your person can support you. They will also have confidence in you, and push you until you have the confidence to push yourself. Nelson Mandela keenly shared the ideas that he and nearly all South Africans believed in, which inspired the people to fight back for their rights. Mandela gave the people of South Africa the confidence to fight for their freedom, and they succeeded. Sharing ideas can inspire others to be confident. In fact, Nelson Mandela once said, "And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." Giving your total and sincere potential without fear encourages others' to do the same. People don't want to look bad. So if you step up your game, they'll step up theirs', and together you can accomplish great things. Nelson Mandela was a sage who changed the hidebound and ensorcelled the bigoted. Without other people around you to encourage you in your life, you may not have the confidence you need to push yourself.

"We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?" "Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine." (Nelson Mandela) You may think that it's better for everyone if you just hide all of your beliefs and dreams. You are wrong. Share your goals, push yourself until you get there, and your keen ambition will inspire others to succeed. Your life is a blank canvas and you are the artist; the canvas has the potential to be amazing if you just paint on it, despite your fear of messing it up, so that people can see your amazing artwork and be inspired to paint, themselves. Once you realize this, you can do anything you set your mind to. You just have to have the will to get out there and do it. With ideas and goals in mind, there's a life of infinite possibilities. "There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." (Nelson Mandela)

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Throughout this unit, I have been reading stories from Jeannette Walls, a teen named Desiree, and a kind homeless man named Ronald. They all have had different personal experiences than me. By reading their stories caused me to empathize and expand my perception of the world around us. All 3 story tellers have had struggles to find a home. Jeannette Walls is whom I can understand the most because after reading Glass Castle, I felt that I went on a journey with her. I may not have moved as frequently as her or have lived in houses with hazardous conditions that she did, but I can relate to her feeling embarrassed when attending a new school for the first time and the determination she had after realizing her goal. The same goes for Desiree; her goal was to open a day care center where it can provide a safe home for kids. With Ronald, I could sympathize with his feelings because he was an unselfish man who was judged by society. Even though these are experiences that I've never had, I was able to understand and connect to the person telling the story.

I am willing to admit my flaws which is evident in my reflective essay. I acknowledged the disrespect I had towards my grandma and the mistakes I've made for the purpose of solving my cultural struggles. To help the reader visualize my thoughts, I described frustration and disappointment with vivid details. I have confidence that my mental and physical pains were displayed accurately for the reader to understand. Through the process of revising, I found out that I use a lot of prepositional and infinitive phrases. The essay also expanded my comprehension of prepositional and infinitive phrases that will improve my writings in the future.

In my English 10 class, we have been given an opportunity to publish our work. I decided to write about success specifically overcoming hardships to achieve success. Furthermore, the topic of my paper was about Simone Biles. Many across the world has heard of her achievements, but they have never read her backstory. While Simone is one of the world's greatest athletes, I found her to be more relatable because of her rough childhood that has strengthened her determination.
She stands on the podium and spots the people she now calls mom and dad. She waves to them and the rest of the millions of people there. Everyone is proud of her, they knew she'd win the gold medal. She was shocked though. Never in a million years did she think she'd be receiving an Olympic gold medal with a past like hers. By looking at her winning streak, one could never guess the obstacles Simone Biles overcame.

For the first three years of Simone's life, her mother struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and was not capable of taking care of Simone and her younger sister. Simone's mother also had a boy and another girl before Simone was born but Shannon, Simone's mother, took the two children into her home and raised them like their own. But Simone and her younger sister still didn't have a home. Her father left her when Simone was just a baby so she grew up without parental guidance. Simone and her sister went from foster home to foster home before Simone was even six years old. Simone's grandfather and grandmother took the two young girls in and raised them to be the best they can be. Simone's adoptive mother described what it was like to be Simone's mom, "The best thing about being Simone's mum is looking at your child who sets goals for themselves and works very hard towards their goals. And when you see the outcome, it's great to be Simone's mom, it's a very, very proud feeling." Simone's adoptive parents have always supported her and did everything they could do to make Simone's and her little sister's dreams come true. One day Simone's adoptive parents took their two daughters on a trip to a gym where Simone learned flips and tricks and that's when she found her love for gymnastics. At the age of 6, Simone began training and met her current coach, Aimee Boorman. During an interview, Simone's coach, Aimee Boorman, said, "She stood out from the beginning. She's been special from the beginning. When she was younger and competing at the lower levels, she had that star quality, she has that ray of light that shoots out of her when she competes. Even when she was eight years old, she could draw in the crowds." Everyday they trained for hours and went to competitions to prepare Simone for her dream, to win the Olympic gold medal for the all-around event. Simone Biles went through many struggles before she even came close to success.

By 2011 Simone had established her standing at the junior elite level. That same year, she took the top spot in the vault and balance beam events and finished third in the all-around at the American Classic. It was in 2012 however, when Simone had really excell. She decided to switch from public school to home schooling. The change allowed her to increase her training from 20 hours a week to 32. The extended training was credited with her impressive success during the 2012 season.

There was no stopping Simone Biles. In 2013, she made history at the World Championships by becoming the first female African-American athlete to win gold in the all-around, and at only 16 years old. She later explained her victory was to serve as an example to other young gymnasts "out there to go in the gym and train harder." Simone dedicated her victory speech to those whom she wanted to be admired by, youths. Though she mostly aimed at gymnasts, her encouragement for the young kids to train harder showcases her believe that with determination you can achieve success. Her hard work paid off as earned a spot on the 2016 Olympic team along with other famous gymnasts such as Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, and Madison Kocian. Unsurprisingly, she led the U.S. women's gymnastics team to win the gold, earning a 15.933 in the vault, a 15.3 on balance beam, and 15.8 for floor routine. This is Simone's most recent and biggest achievement. Because of her hard work and gracefulness, she led the US Gymnastics Team to win the top prize and her position as a role model for kids was solidified. Although Simone's life was like a rollercoaster ride, she is now a household name despite growing up from a broken one.

​ Despite her past, Simone was able to push through and become successful. She was different. She called her grandma "mom" and wanted to be a gymnast. Simone is a symbol of hope for those young girls out there. Although, her childhood was rough, she is now one of the world's best athletes. Because of her young age and accomplishments, one would feel intimidated, but once you learn her past, you will see why she is an inspiration to all.

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While writing this reflective essay, my personality shined through my writing with personal examples. In my first body paragraph, I was this shy girl who didn't really know much. Then, in my second body paragraph, I became this girl who gained a lot of knowledge and wanted to share this knowledge with others. In this essay, you see how my voice has grown and how my personality continues to evolve. After writing this essay, I've noticed that I have a lot of experiences that not everyone can say that they've had too. I've learned that everyone has a different way of living and we have to understand that to begin a pathway to peace.

When I was a kid, I was constantly surrounded by people. I went to the same friend's house everyday after school, shared a room with my little sister, and always went to my grandma's house on Sunday's. I was with the same people all through elementary school. I acted the same, I talked the same, and I even thought the same things all the way up to middle school. My life was a constant routine. Living in repetition was the normal for me. It became my cultural identity. But as I've grown up, my cultural identity has developed and made me who I am as a person. From meeting new people to joining social media, my cultural identity is built by friendship and technology.

On my first day in sixth grade, I met two girls that were very different from me, externally and internally. Just by looking at our appearance was enough to show how different we are. I had very basic features. I was a short girl with long blonde hair, light blue eyes, and skin as pale as freshly fallen snow. These two girls, however, were as tall as skyscrapers with dark black hair on the top of their heads, rich chocolate eyes opposite of my blue eyes, and skin so dark that if you sandwiched our arms, we would look like a delicious Oreo. In school, we would always group up and do our work together, but we never really knew much about each other. One day, in class, we began reading a book about an African-American family during the Civil Rights Movement, and I remember I couldn't relate to the story at all. But, my two new friends made so many connections between the fictional family and their own. It was amazing to me the stories that they told about their grandparents during the '60s. My grandparents told me stories about their lives during the Civil Rights Movement but it was never as extreme as the things that they said about their grandparents. As months went by, the two girls and I started to get closer and they shared stories with me all the time about things that have happened to their grandparents, parents, and even themselves. I didn't want to believe them. I wanted to think of my country as this perfect safe haven for everyone but after all the things that were told to me, I couldn't ever picture the United States as the innocent place it once was. Now, in this world, the bad is starting to overpower the good and creating new friendships allows you to learn, grow, and face these challenges.

One year after I met those two girls, my mom finally let me have a Twitter account. I was so excited to tweet at my friends and retweet funny stuff, so I did just that. It wasn't until my freshman year when my cultural identity started to play a role into my Twitter account. During my freshman year, I became more involved in Twitter. Every spare minute I had, I was on Twitter. One day I was scrolling through my timeline and everyone was retweeting news articles. The curiosity got the best of me and I read the articles. The news was covering a story on an innocent person, an African-American male, who was shot by a police officer. This story kept reminding me of my two friends from sixth grade. The way their grandparents were treated in the 1960's is the same way people are being treated today. As each day passed by, more and more stories were being posted online about these innocent people being killed by the police. I started to see less funny tweets and more serious tweets. As social media becomes more popular, we, as a society, are able to inform each other about current issues much faster and help people become more aware of surrounding problems that we may ignore.

As each year passes by, I gain more friendships and expand my knowledge just from social media. But as I continue to grow, the world is starting to shrink. Our world use to act like a yin yang but in these past few years the yin yang is beginning to demolish. We are trading the peace and harmony for anger and war. We can't change the way of the world if we don't understand each other and our cultural identity.

In my English 10 class, we have been given an opportunity to publish our work. I decided to write about success because the olympics have been going on this past month and a lot of the athletes have very rough childhoods and obstacles they had to go through to reach their success. While I may not be as athletic as some of these athletes, I found myself to relate to one of the olympic gymnasts, Simone Biles, and her childhood.

She stands on the podium and spots the people she now calls mom and dad. She waves to them and the rest of the millions of people there. Everyone is proud of her, they knew she'd win the gold medal. She was shocked though. Never in a million years did she think she'd be receiving an Olympic gold medal with a past like hers. By looking at her winning streak, one could never guess the obstacles Simone Biles overcame.

For the first three years of Simone's life, her mother struggled with drug and alcohol addiction and was not capable of taking care of Simone and her younger sister. Simone's mother also had a boy and another girl before Simone was born but Shannon, Simone's mother, took the two children into her home and raised them like their own. But Simone and her younger sister still didn't have a home. Her father left her when Simone was just a baby so she grew up without parental guidance. Simone and her sister went from foster home to foster home before Simone was even six years old. Simone's grandfather and grandmother took the two young girls in and raised them to be the best they can be. Simone's adoptive mother described what it was like to be Simone's mom, "The best thing about being Simone's mum is looking at your child who sets goals for themselves and works very hard towards their goals. And when you see the outcome, it's great to be Simone's mom, it's a very, very proud feeling." Simone's adoptive parents have always supported her and did everything they could do to make Simone's and her little sister's dreams come true. One day Simone's adoptive parents took their two daughters on a trip to a gym where Simone learned flips and tricks and that's when she found her love for gymnastics. At the age of 6, Simone began training and met her current coach, Aimee Boorman. During an interview, Simone's coach, Aimee Boorman, said, "She stood out from the beginning. She's been special from the beginning. When she was younger and competing at the lower levels, she had that star quality, she has that ray of light that shoots out of her when she competes. Even when she was eight years old, she could draw in the crowds." Everyday they trained for hours and went to competitions to prepare Simone for her dream, to win the Olympic gold medal for the all-around event. Simone Biles went through many struggles before she even came close to success.

By 2011 Simone had established her standing at the junior elite level. That same year, she took the top spot in the vault and balance beam events and finished third in the all-around at the American Classic. It was in 2012 however, when Simone had really excell. She decided to switch from public school to home schooling. The change allowed her to increase her training from 20 hours a week to 32. The extended training was credited with her impressive success during the 2012 season.

There was no stopping Simone Biles. In 2013, she made history at the World Championships by becoming the first female African-American athlete to win gold in the all-around. She later explained her victory was to serve as an example to other young gymnasts "out there to go in the gym and train harder." Her hard work paid off as earned a spot on the 2016 Olympic team along with other famous gymnasts such as Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, and Madison Kocian. Unsurprisingly, she led the U.S. women's gymnastics team to win the gold, earning a 15.933 in the vault, a 15.3 on balance beam, and 15.8 for floor routine. With her recent Olympic achievements and past World Championships, Simone currently has 19 medals.

Despite her past, Simone was able to push through and become successful. She was different. She called her grandma "mom" and wanted to be a gymnast. Simone is a symbol of hope for those young girls out there. Although, her childhood was rough, she is now one of the world's best athletes. Because of her young age and accomplishments, one would feel intimidated, but once you learn her past, you will see why she is an inspiration to all.

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While writing this reflective essay, my personality shined through my writing with personal examples. In my first body paragraph, I was this shy girl who didn't really know much. Then, in my second body paragraph, I became this girl who gained a lot of knowledge and wanted to share this knowledge with others.

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This year I'm enrolled in English 10 class and I and my partner, Melissa Muñoz, wrote about curiosity and how it helps and motivates us to learn.

Curiosity is something that everyone experiences on the daily bases.(1)Everyone has experienced this feeling in one or another way. Some ways people experience curiosity are through learning and reading. For example, reading is a form of bringing out your curiosity, because when people read an interesting book they are curious about what's going to happen next,(4). Like the book, "What do you do with an idea" by Kobi Yamanda, shows how the little boy is curious about his idea and it helped him be encouraged and to think bigger. Another example could be the book "Maze Runner" by James Dashner, in the story it talks about Tomas and how he found a way out of the maze and saved his friends. The way he did that was because he was wondering about what is in the maze and, because of that he learned the way out of the maze.

The best way to show what you've learned from your curiosity is to share your experiences. Each person has their own story to show how curiosity helped them learn. We both have had amazing experiences with learning, and how our curiosity expanded our learning capacity. One example we have is culture. The world's cultures has made us curious on how people from all over talk and live, so we dug in deep to learn more about different cultures,(3). Mixing both curiosity and learning to find out more about cultures made us learn so many things we never knew before. Some people may say their curious has ruined their learning experiences, but I feel like some experiences are amazing as long as you're willing to learn,(2).

Over all we know that curiosity is just a beginning in our learning process, but without motivation to learn, people would never know that the Earth is round or that two plus two is equal to four. Curiosity is our first step and first thought. Only because of curiosity an idea can be born and make people research and look for an answer. Curiosity is immortal, for as long as people will live, curiosity will always be with us, always by our side, waiting for its turn to light up your mind and make us move.
Curiosity can appear out of nowhere when you least expect it.

Explanation: we chose to write about curiosity because it's something that both of us can relate to, we both experience it everyday. Some days we enjoy it and some we hate it, but it's something you can't stop relating to.

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This year I'm enrolled in English 10 class and I and my partner, Melissa Muñoz, wrote about curiosity and how it helps and motivates us to learn. Curiosity is something that everyone experiences on the daily bases.(1)Everyone has experienced this feeling in one or another way.

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English 10 Blog

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I wrote this essay in English class with a partner. I learned about the affect of curiosity and how it can create good story's and essays. I was most interested in curiosity because it is what starts of an essay or story because what good is writing about something you aren't curious about. Right?
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Curisosity has many things it can affect in writing, (1). Curiosity can allow the writer to create many ideas that push an essay to be the greatest it can be. Curiosity can be used in your writing to move an audience with the thoughts of the main character. This allows your reader to become more attached to the character, and want to finish the story, (2). Curiosity is a great factor that can enhance your writing and help you write better essays and stories.

Many different types of people incorporate their curiosity into their writing. Curiosity is what helps people create original writing and help their work stand out.For example, a scientist can not come up with a topic for a research paper, without being curious about the topic. Curiosity can give a writer many incredible ideas on what to write about. Choosing an interesting topic to write about allows the reader to stay engaged. Curiosity can have any different meanings based on the situation it is used in. According to Oxford Dictionaries curiosity is, "a strong desire to know or learn something." Curiosity can be so much more than what it is in writing. A writing can go into such detail when explaining their curiosity for something.Curiosity allows your writing to become inspiring and grab the audience's attention.

When a writer implements curiosity into their paper, not only are they creating interesting information, but are attaching your audience to the story. When an audience is attached to a story, that means the curiosity that was used in the story was used to the best of its ability, (3). When used right, curiosity can suck your audience into your writing, and keep them engaged throughout the whole story. (4).

Curiosity can be one of the main factors of an essay that pushes it to the greatest it can be. Curiosity is like a baby, it helps your essay grow, like a baby grows. When a writer is curious about a topic they are writing about that story is going to be. Compare that to a writer writing about something they aren't very curious or interested about. That essay will not be as attaching to a reader as the story that the writer is interested in.

The fact that curiosity can change a story from being good to great is incredible. Curiosity has the power to make an essay extremely interesting to a reader. Though there are many factors that contribute to a writing piece, curiosity can be said by many people, the most contributing to a piece.

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