Gap year

barrier was so frustrating due to the fact that when I wanted to communicate with other students and make friends I couldn’t because I didn’t speak English and they couldn’t speak Spanish. You see my problem there? You do not realize how it made a 5 year-old feel, to not be able to make friends because of the simple fact that I didn’t know English. I felt like a fish out of water, like I didn’t belong, and I didn’t like that feeling. It gave me butterflies in my stomach no, it felt more like the…

I. Goal #1: Get heavily involved in multiple student organizations in my freshman academic year. A. I will use the Student Organization Center, found on www.utdallas.edu/soc/explore, and also use OrgSync to discover unique and enriching opportunities to make connections in both academic and social organizations. B. Step #1: I have already been to five student groups so far, and will continue to explore as many organizations as possible before I decide where to commit my time and energy. C. Step…

Student Analysis Introduction This writing assignment, was completed at Sharpsville Elementary, in Mr. Anglin’s Third Grade classroom. The beginning of an Independent Read Aloud was conducted with the students. The book was a story about an immigrant family’s journey called; “Lost and Found Cat” by: Doug Kuntz and Amy Shrodes. The lesson started by asking the students if they owned or had a pet. Leading into the assignment, the students were asked to brainstorm what they think the cat has to do…

good progress in reading during the school year. Two months before school year ended, Alexandra was attending school reading club, and according to what her teacher said she was able to comprehend at a high level as well as to make predictions and inferences throughout her reading. Her teacher recommended her parents to keep working with Alexandra on improving her reading during the summer, and because Alexandra attended the Montessori School a few years before she started public school, they…

Accept what is, Let go of what was, and faith in the will be.” As my life’s journey has just begun, as a young adult I have bigger and more responsibilities than any 19 old year. I have taken over a role of being a care giver for my two younger sisters. I started in my junior year of high school. It’s a beautiful experience to watch them go, as I proceed to interactive job related complications. In my next three paragraphs, I’m to talk about building my confidence, job related complex situations…

Shevaun was given the Qualitative Reading Inventory (QRI) test. The QRI test is a test that is used to assess a student’s ability to recognize words and comprehend information within a text correctly. According to Lencher et al. (2008) “weak readers overrely on context and recognize words in context more easily than out of context” (p. 68). It can also be used to assess a child’s ability to read aloud, fluency rate and their ability to retell the information that was read. The test consists of a…

It was the year of 2011, I met this Girl named Lilly Dreyer.At the time we where in second grade, I am guessing she didn't like me,and really I did not like her at all. I was the new girl that year I was Starting end of September,switching Schools not always the easiest thing. My Second grade Teacher Ms.Dalhgren introduced me this very diverse group of girls. Right their in the middle there was Lilly. Unlike everyone else she did not smile at me or give me that new girl friendly welcome. I…

I will never forget the first and last time I heard my dad scream. I was in third grade, and my class had recently finished up our unit on crayfish. The school had decided to allow students to keep them as house pets when the class was done with them. The student just needed permission from his or her parents. I longed to have a crayfish. Prior to the third grade, the closest I had ever had to a pet was a snail that I had watched for my neighbors while they were on vacation for a few weeks. I…

seriously. Many people assume that just because I am short and have a “high pitched” voice, that I have the maturity of a little kid, and also that I am fragile human being. However, there are many situations where I have been as mature as an eight-teen- year-old girl would be expected, and I consider myself a strong…

first grade to eighth grade, American students learn far less than students in other countries like China, Japan, and vice versa. Based on my personal experience, American students do not learn much about math and sciences, my first year studying in Indiana is sophomore year in a private high school, and what they taught me is the contents that I have learned in 7th grade in China. One reason for such thing is best explained in words from page 204, chapter…