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The essay by kozol shows the harsh reality about the uneven funds and attention given to the schools were many poor and minority students attend. During a visit to Fremont high school in 2003, Kozol claims that school that are in poverty stricken areas appear to worse than school that are in high class neighborhoods. Throughout the essay, kozol correlates between the south central Los Angeles high school and the wealthy high schools that are in the same district. When he learned the graduation requirement at Fremont and the classes the school had offer to accomplish this requirements, Kozol was amazed at how academically pointless the graduation requirements at Fremont and the classes to accomplish them were. Kazol compared this to AP classes

In the story “Seventh Grade”,By (Gary Soto) the main character learns to be someone that he is not, but at the end learns to be himself through his embarrassing moments. In paragraph 5 it states that,” He scowled and let his upper lip quiver and girls looked at him.(Soto)This proves that Victor is not being himself and tries to be a good looking person by scowling, he,thinks that the girls like him now because he is doing that. On the way to his homeroom, the text says,“Victor tried a scowl. He felt foolish, until out of the corner of his eye, he saw a girl looking at him”.

Breiner’s tries to prove is the movement that children need involvements in nature for health issues yet, they have fewer contact to nature than the former peers. In this argument she proves how school yards take effect in any children’s life in order to help them propagate. The evidence she stated to prove her argument was based on quotes she found from other individuals. She starts her argument by stating that children don’t have

Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, is a short fictional story that incorporates many elements of literature to entertain the reader. The theme of the story is to make good impressions, due to many instances in the story. Victor's friend, Michael, learned to scowl to attract girls, and to give him a more handsome look. Victor wanted to leave good impressions on girls, so he tried out the scowl as well.

Hanh Huynh Ms. Mathai ENG4U1 7 April 2016 Jane and Finch: The Media’s Deception Jane and Finch is a community that has a negative reputation built through the media. The media has exaggerated their stories, hiding the true nature of the neighbourhood. The real experience of the community is often ignored by outsiders who blindly follow the media resulting in stereotypes being formed. The truth is that Jane and Finch is the most outstanding place to live in because the living experience at Jane and Finch is by far the best one can have in Canada, with its multicultural community, beneficial opportunities and positive surrounding environment.

The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter has many unique characters that are all connected with the game of baseball. Tom Gallagher is a just a regular boy who likes to play baseball. He is the one telling the story to us about his baseball team. He makes unlikely friends with different types of people and goes on a lot of adventures.

According to the National Holocaust Encyclopedia titled “Nazi Camps,” from 1933 to 1945, more than 44,000 concentration and incarceration camps were established, causing 11 million people to lose their lives, and 6 million of those were Jewish. Only a small handful of people survived. Among those who survived, Ellie Wiesel was imprisoned in camps while neutral countries only watched. Because of his experience, Wiesel believes “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.”

The forefathers of the United States built this country on the ideals of freedom and equality for all people. Unfortunately, the fight for equality and freedom did not end with the revolutionary war. The fight has continued throughout the decades. Many of these issues were fought in the courtroom. Auburn University created an online Alabama Encyclopedia, there, the following quote stated, “Scottsboro became an international cause celebre that dramatically encapsulated the American south troubled post reconstruction history of legal and extralegal racial violence, the social and political upheaval of the great depression, and the lingering cultural divide between the north and south.”

Our story begins with Doug, who was a slave on a remote mining site in the middle of Alaska. He and his friend Joe, along with 286 other slaves would work from 6 am to 11 pm each day in a deep coal mine for their owner; Donald. It was a hard working life but Doug figured out a way to get out. But of course any story isn’t that quick or simple, Doug ran into a bigger problem as he left the site, which we will soon find out.

“Seventh Grade is a fictional short story by Gary Soto and its purpose is to entertain. This book “Seventh Grade” teaches young adults how they can search for their community and their place. “Seventh Grade” multiple languages such as French or Spanish. This book also uses third person limited narrative. An example of a simile from the book would be “It was confusing, like the inside of a watch”.

Next, he talks about who helped create the system we use today, and what the goals are for the schools in 6 functions. Finally, he talked about how the schools teach students to perform certain tasks in the future, how mandatory schooling made students not think about what

The poem "High School Training Grounds" by Malcolm London talks about how the highschool system is irresponsible in how it prepares students to meet certain expectations that are not necessary or useful in the real world. In the line "Oceans of adolescents come here to receive lessons, but never learn to swim", London uses a metaphor comparing school to oceans to show how students learn a plethora of material but are unable or not taught how to apply it to life outside education. The poem is supported by the way he words things to explain how the school system worries only on success, and not so much on actual learning and real world important teachings. Furthermore, people are just operating objects of a system, and older students are forced

*I need a hook Every year, 112 students in Grade 10 students from all corners of Vancouver to take part in the TREK Outdoor Program. During their 5 months On-TREK, the students are taught about the environment, sustainability and survival in the outdoors, giving them the basis for a lifetime of outdoor adventure. By having the unique opportunity to explore the outdoors during school and camp, hike, climb, bike and kayak, the students become more aware on the impact the natural environment has on their daily lives, and will be able to make informed and responsible decisions long after their time in TREK. “I never thought I would feel so connected to the outdoors,” Sarah Korn (10) says, “but TREK has allowed me to be more aware about the effect

In it, they shared the story of the Integrated Arts Academy (or IAA), based in Burlington, Virginia. The public school, as the article explains, has been experimenting with blending art and drama into core subjects like geometry and science for close to 7 years now. It is seeing results from the experiment not only in the form of better grades but also higher engagement from students and their families. Before IAA became an arts-integrated school, only 17% of its third-graders were able to measure up to NECAP, Vermont’s standardized test. Five years later, 66% made the cut, exhibiting the required proficiency.

First, he thinks that children should be hands on to explore the real world. Another, is that people in some states are making public schools with no buildings. Everything would be outside like field trips to museums, radio stations, etc. to teach students about the real world and learn from it. Contact with adults and to learn from them, like teaching them about their profession and on what they have done in their whole life. Lastly, is to help one another and to teach each other new things and have someone to rely on, and by doing that you are learning too.