ISP ESSAY OUTLINE: GRADE 9 ACADEMIC ENGLISH
Theme: Self-Discovery
Though people say “First Impressions are Important”, it is more important to not judge someone based solely on first impressions, as getting to know someone new could help develop a better understanding of one’s self. In Delusion Road, by Don Aker, Willa Jaffrey, a spoiled popular girl, had started grade 12 with a kind boyfriend and a ton of friends, though within minutes of starting school, Keegan Fraser, a new student, had angered Willa and her friends. However, soon after she got to truly know him, she began dating Keegan, and her life began to change as she discovered herself – Changing into a kinder person and realizing the troubles everyone else was facing. Her self-discovery
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It was a place where many events that occurred there had changed her. Her cottage there had been where she spent some time away from her friends, and it had also been one of the places she had gone with Keegan. It was also there where Keegan had hinted at how he wasn’t who everyone thought he was, though he quickly realized the mistake and decided to cover it up. While they were talking, Willa had recognized something was wrong with Keegan, and after asking, he replied “‘I’m not…I’m not who you think I am.’” (Aker 278). In that one sentence, Keegan revealed to her that he had some major secrets, though he tried to get her to forget about it. The name Delusion Road had fit the symbol – As though that’s where Willa had revealed nearly everything to Keegan, even sharing their first kiss, Keegan hadn’t told her the truth about who he was, and he led her into believing that he was a boy from Vancouver named Keegan Fraser, though it isn’t who he really was. It had been where though Willa revealed everything; she had still felt some pain as Keegan wasn’t willing to reveal all his secrets yet. It led Willa to become less trusting in Keegan, though soon she learns the full
In conclusion, both Greene and Lorde discuss how disappointments as child have had positive affects on his/her lives as adults. Greene’s essay applied to me more than Lorde’s because I have never been judged by my appearance. I can’t relate to the fact of being cut from a team, but I can relate to the fact being successful with hard work.
Over the past weeks we have learned a lot of new things. I learned about different races, ethnicities, and cultures. The world would not be the same if everyone was the same race and it is a great thing to learn about everyone and where they are from, and where they have come from. Everyone is different in their own way and it is our duty to accept everyone as a whole. I am going to talk about the social construct of race today, some of our readings, and a lot of our discussions that are always fun.
Throughout “The Yellow Wallpaper,” Charlotte Perkins Gilman tells her readers the story of a woman desperate to be free. Gilman’s use of symbolism is nothing short of brilliant in telling the story of a new mother suffering from postpartum depression and fighting her way through societies ideas of what a woman should be. When her husband, John, also known as her physician, tells her nothing is wrong with her mind, at first she believes him because she knows that society tells her she should. However, with her husband’s misdiagnosis, or attempt to keep his wife sane for the sake of their reputation, comes a short journey into madness for his wife, Jane. Jane’s downward spiral, as one may call it, turns out to be not so downward when the reader
In “I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid” and “Bad Boy” they both have one central idea, that being different is difficult, but both express this in very different ways. Both authors share stories from them being different. The authors share experiences on how they struggled to fit in and how it was a difficult time.
Teens live in a world of prejudice, ignorance and are faced with events that ultimately change them into being mature and caring. Studying this novel helps teens discover what the worlds past is like and what makes our life and the people around it how we are now.
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness is a very inspiring and meaningful book. Elyn endured so many struggles through her life and her expressing it to the world shows how courageous she is. Looking at where she was in the beginning to where she is now is really neat to me because she fought so hard for it. Her experiences exposed me to things I have never even thought of before and inspired me in many different areas.
The loss of innocence is an occurrence that happens in every life, and it is so easily taken. A traumatic moment is often the thief of innocence, leaving the victim scarred from the experience. Events like these are often the process of paving the road into adulthood, and aid in the metamorphosis of a child to an adult. In “My Father’s Noose” by Grace Talusan, “Dothead” by Amit Majmudar, and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, each of the characters do not understand the concept of negligent personages. Once the protagonist knows that society is not composed of perfect people, their character and personality changes, as it forces them to take a look at their own morals. This prepares the protagonist for the lives
The process in which human beings advance through different stages in their life towards adulthood is highly hellacious. Moreover, it is very likely that one might encounter some difficulty in this progression. However, it is in human nature that we learn by failing at things, then mastering them by repeating them again and again. In the novel Lives of Girls and Women, Alice Munroe presents the life of Del Jordan in a very interesting way. The novel is divided into eight stages of Del’s life, where she experiences different scenarios which ultimately give her a better understanding of life. Even though being curious has its pros and cons, at the end of the day it leads to the enhancement of a person’s inner self. In the novel Lives of Girls and Women, Del the protagonist can be analyzed as being a very enthusiastic girl. Moreover, her curiosity proves to be a dynamic benefit of her actions.
The actions Elle decides to make changes her life completely and leads to the death of her best friend, Karen. In the first place, society are quick to judge by appearances and without knowing the true story behind the event. To compare, Elle is being judged by her self-image that is portrayed by the society in a negative way, without knowing what exactly happened. “The paper described Karen as a ‘lovely, vibrant girl – so full of life.’ They called me a ‘ruthless blonde who didn’t think’” (Hollander 119). People around Elle did not listen to her when she was trying to tell the truth. Just because she survives the accident, others start to use this as an opportunity to get as much dirt on Elle as possible. Even though, the situation was quite
She believes that a child’s feeling and personal goals is locked away, and instead is replaced with their parent’s expectations and desires. The child soon begins to develop narcissistic traits, in which the parent should allow the child to express feelings such as jealously and anger. In the novel Miller (1996) states “he develops something the mother needs…but it nevertheless may prevent him, throughout his life, from being himself” (p. 34). Allowing children to experience feeling such as anger and jealously provides an understanding on the child is not always perfect. However narcissistic disturbance occurs when a parent projects their own narcissistic desires onto their child, unfortunately suppressing their desires and acquiring their parents. Incidentally several students from Princeton University conducted a research in order demonstrate how narcissism is cultivated by the parents’ overvaluation and parental warmth. Eddie Mrummelman and colleagues (2014) stated, “When parents overvalue their child, they see their child as “God’s gift to man”…children might internalize the belief that they are special individuals who are entitled to privileges” (p 2). The article suggested that parents, who prevent their child from experiencing failure, encourage narcissistic attitudes. The important implication from this study demonstrates how a parent can overly evaluate their child’s
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The development of the world has lots of good advantages for men; but besides all these it has also bad effects, too; as the illnesses and most importantly the mental illnesses. As the centuries go on our responsibilities get much harder and this causes stress and some other mental diseases, too, to some people and this makes a danger; but I'm not talking about the ones who are consciously in mental hospitals. The main idea is that, we call the people who are in these hospitals insane; but maybe they are saner than the ones who are out in the society because the ones who are consciously in these hospitals are the ones who are aware of them and willing to be healed. However, the ones who are out in the society, who are among us and we don't notice, are not aware of their true reality. The ones who are aware of it are not the ones who are real insane and the society's duty is not to avoid insanity but to help the ones who are in that kind of situation and to help them.
I walked away knowing who I am and wish to be, all because of Annaleah Lankston. A silly blue haired skateboarder who I made up in my own head, who ran every aspect of my life until now. Don’t get me wrong, Annaleah is still here. I couldn 't write this story without her. But she isn 't who I wish to be anymore. She is my inner monologue, always reminding me of who I am and pushing me to do my best in everything that challenges me. Don’t get me wrong; I did try being her. She was my aim in life for so long. I tried the blue hair, but it turned to shit green and I immediately regretted it. And I do speak my mind, but I choose what to speak because I realize the stuff I hold in my brain makes conversation way more fun. I keep things in my mind because I’m a thinker. I would rather hold onto something and think about it for weeks, than blurt it out and have others give me their opinions. Opinions they force on me not giving me the opportunity to form my own opinion. Yes, she had the older brother I’ve always wanted. However, I have an older sister who I can steal clothes from and I guess she isn 't all that bad. The truth is, I spent so much of my own life wishing to be someone I thought I wanted to be when now I know I wouldn 't choose to be anyone but myself. I have Annaleah and my high school English teacher to thank for that. And who am I? I am the girl that rips the missing person sign plastered on every light pole down, not looking at the familiar face staring at me as I do so. This girl was finally found, finally knows who she is. I am Samantha Livingston and wish to only be
Lena, addressing the underlying cause of the delirium is the most critical component to treating the individuals’ condition. Delirium develops from metabolic disturbances, infections, inadequate sleep hygiene, anatomic disturbances, and substance/alcohol withdrawal (Townsend & Morgan, 2017). These underlying causes must be addressed with additional interventions to successfully eliminate the delirium. For example, a non-pharmacological intervention for delirium in a study suggests the application of ear plugs and dimming the lights to improve the frequency of sleep disturbances associated with the conditions’ etiology (Oh, Fong, & Hshieh, 2017). Improving the underlying cause of the condition is helpful for healthcare professionals to treat delirium and these components can be addressed with many non-pharmacological interventions. Research has shown that these non-pharmacological interventions have been highly suggested rather than pharmacological
She seemed like a whole new girl. “Bullying At School” mentions that a simple hello or smile can change a person’s life, and in this moment, I felt the change in her attitude, personality, and overall presence (2). It seemed that the simplest acts I did seemed to make a world of difference to her. Graduation day, 2015, I sat in my chair watching all of my friends prepare to walk the stage. As the ceremony began, I saw the girl from that day climb the stairs to the stage and begin to speak. She was our Valedictorian. She began, “Dear fellow graduates. I can’t call you my friends because most of you do not even know I exist. My name is Sam Carter. I am your below average student that didn’t fit in like the rest of you. I had one friend and you know who you are. I was gratefully introduced to a friend earlier this year in a crucial time of my life. Everything was piling up and I was being bullied at school. She came into my life at just the perfect time and saved me. The day she helped me pick up my books and stood up for me in the hallway before class was the day that I was going home to end it. My life meant nothing to anyone. I had my goodbye letter written out, the rope in my room, and had my goodbyes said and that day, she showed me that I wasn’t alone and that someone cared for me. The simple things you did for me changed my view on this world. You saved my life. As I