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Have you ever had something absolutely horrible happen to you and you didn’t know what to do about it? Well when I was in 2nd grade my elementary school, Gales Creek, closed it was the worst thing ever in my mind, besides when I felt like a deflated balloon after my first fish had died. All the kids from Gales Creek got sent to Dilley Elementary, I had been really nervous to be with a teacher I didn't know and my class wouldn’t be with people that I had known since kindergarten. It was in the middle of the year, close to the end, when the same lady that had brought up the idea to close down Gales Creek, had brought up closing down Dilley as well. She thought that we didn’t need to have students all the way out in the country
6th grade was not all that bad. That is before the incident however. Going to school was fun for the most part, the classes were difficult, friends were plenteous, and the food was good. Life at Lancaster Country Day School was swell, again, before the incident. Now, said issue somewhat killed my image at the school and saved it at the same time; it also made me question others. Were my friends really my friends? Or did they use me to as a sick and twisted way to formulate drama? I had a friend. I had many friends really, I was friends with the whole 50 people in my grade. But this friend, this friend was different. Her name Mady Gosselin. Yes, the Mady Gosselin from Kate Plus 8. We had been close, I talked to her almost every day. However,
It was the first day of school for many in Maycomb, including myself. I had just moved from a college in Winston Country. Almost 30 years have past since that day in Maycomb when I first saw the school I was to be teaching at. The classroom smelt stale after being closed up for the whole summer, as I met my students who I would teach for the next year. The one child I remember most had a trail of dirty footprints leading to his desk. The little horror looked like he was straight from the pig pen.
It was the fall of 2010 and little did I know that my world was about to change drastically. We had moved back to Kenosha, Wisconsin in 2008 after living in Mexico, and I was starting to enjoy my life in the dairy state. My 6th Grade classes had just started at Bullen Middle School. It was right at this time when my world seemingly got flipped upside down. My parents had a family meeting and informed my siblings and me that we were moving to a small Iowa town called Orange City. I had feelings of nervousness, excitement, and sadness all mixed together.
Around the month of August of 2008, the bell ranged and I was dismissed from class. Once, I got out of my class, I went to look for my mom’s car. When I stepped onto the car my mom said, “Jose, guess what?” “What,” I said to her. “Your dad and I decided to move to Colorado,” she said to me excitedly. “What in the world is Colorado, ma?” “Oh my God Jose, never mind about that, aren’t you excited that you’re going to be able to live with you dad?” “Yes, of course!” During
First, how are you? Please accept my apologies for not reaching out sooner. However, I notified the Human Resource department on April 12, 2018, around 9:50 AM and spoke with Gilbert Roberts and request to be removed from the Camden Veteran Memorial's assignment. Also, the same day, at 10:05 AM, I attempted to speak with Kathy, in the Human Resource department but was disconnected in error. However, I called back at reached Brianna at 2:15 PM, in which I provided detailed information to all the incidents that transpired while working at the Camden Veteran Memorial Middle School.
It was a normal day at Paul Wilson Public School. The grade four French-immersion class was in the middle of their second period, which was math class. They were all very bored because they were doing their times tables, and their teacher was making them do it over and over. How do I know? I was in that class!
The final straw was when Janice walked into the school and found her son sitting in the school reception area with his older sister, while the rest of the students enjoyed a nice Christmas party. Janice said her son was clearly not wanted at that school, so she took the kids’ stuff and enrolled them into a public school where Alex was would be much more comfortable. The teachers were more comfortable dealing with children with complex needs.
I can still remember the day that would change my childhood life forever. It was the last day of fifth grade at my small elementary school. I had been there for years and I had become very close to the people there. Even though everyone else was excited for it to be summer, I was disappointed that I wouldn’t be attending the same school as everybody I knew. My parents wanted me to go to a charter school instead of the local middle school, since my brother had some problems at that school. At first, I was against their decision, but after a couple weeks into summer, I thought that it might not be terrible.
After finally pushing open the doors to the cool, fresh air, I could see the buses pulling up to the curb and walked very slowly to the group of kids waiting to go home. Finally we boarded the bus. I plopped down next to a girl named Ellie in the very back. As soon as we started moving, the bus got loud and cheerful. As we approached a winding road, laughing and singing, everyone cheered. We all saw the abandoned tunnel that everyone loved going under. Tunnels held some sort of mystery, and the anticipation of seeing the sunlight at the end excited us as kids. Suddenly the expression of joy and excitement froze as we heard a loud cracking noise from above us. Before any of us could utter a cry of fear, chunks of rock hit the top of the bus, crushing the front part. I remember someone grabbing my arm and uttering a frightened, “Enna.” It was little Ellie. More chunks of rock fell from above us, and I could hear echoing screams and coughing coming from classmates. Ellie called my name again. This time sounding more desperate. Rubble was beginning to build up, thick dust started to cloud my vision, I couldn’t make out where anyone was. Next to a crushed metal scrap, I could see an opened window and crawled towards the only sign of hope. I squeezed myself into the rectangular opening, barely making it out. Now standing up, I ran as fast I could, choking on tears and dust. I did not know the direction I was going, I only
I moved to Peekskill. New York when I was about eight years old. I used to live in Yonkers, New York but then my parents realized we needed a change. The area that I lived in in Yonkers was extremely bad. There were a lot of drugs and violence and my parents didn't want to finish raising their family in this awful neighborhood. My family and I lived in a small two-bedroom apartment on Radford Street. My family consists of a mother a father five daughters and a son; obviously our family was a bit too big for this apartment. These were just some of the reasons that my parents wanted to move. According to my mother, the school that my sister's and me were attending was not on the same level as some of the other schools in the state that we could have been attending. She thought we were too smart for the schools located in Yonkers. On the other hand, I loved the school that I was going to. I loved P.S 13 for a number of reasons. I really liked the faculty. All the teachers were so nice and friendly. Oddly enough, I liked the food as well. Most kids don't like the cafeteria food but I liked this schools food. Everything seemed to be going so good, but I never realized what was actually going on. I didn't really I was living in danger and that if I walked the wrong way home from school or looked at someone wrong or talked to the wrong person, my life could have been ended within a couple minutes. I never realized that my family and I were living in a community where so many tragic events were taking place right in front of our eyes.
It was the second semester of fourth grade year. My parents had recently bought a new house in a nice quite neighborhood. I was ecstatic I always wanted to move to a new house. I was tired of my old home since I had already explored every corner, nook, and cranny. The moment I realized I would have to leave my old friends behind was one of the most devastating moments of my life. I didn’t want to switch schools and make new friends. Yet at the same time was an interesting new experience.
It was a gloomy Tuesday despite the fact that it was late August. I had missed the first day of school because I always hated the idea of introductions and forced social situations during those times. I hated my particular school ever since I started as a freshman the
As I was sitting in my new apartment unpacking all of my things, I started to reminisce about my childhood in Logansport, Indiana. I have a lot of memories from where I grew up. “Ahh I remember my first day of kindergarten like it was yesterday.” I said to myself. After all, not many people can say that their first day of kindergarten ended up with them being on black and in the principal’s office. But I unfortunately can.
It was back, and flashing across the bottom of the screen was the list of school closings. Yes, County School System, no school! Although we were very young, we somehow knew that staying home from school because of snow was a ve...
Elementary School-- an age period of when kids are purely confused about life, and solely perform actions towards their benefit. At the age of ten years old, I seemed to be living the life all the other kids at school could hardly fathom living. After three years of unknowingly being a doormat, and bestowing my greatest efforts, I finally was the first lady to the Queen Bee, Tory. Always having straightened hair, and the cutest little shoes on, I marched every step with pure confidence. I was infallible, and nobody was able to rain on my parade.