What stories come to mind when you think about your education?

The first story that pops’s into my mind when thinking about education is the first time a realized why education was so important. I remember one day a long time ago, I really needed help on my homework I had been given in class that day. I remember going to my Grandmother and asking her about it. She told me that "The things you kids learn in school, is nothing like what we use to learn". She told me that she couldn’t help me with it. I thought to myself like why she wouldn’t help me. I left out of the room and back to the dining room table. I sat there, collected my thoughts, I then went back in the room with my grandmother. When I walked through the door she was crying, I couldn’t understand why. She began to tell me that she had dropped out of school, not telling me why but later to finding out it was because of the birth of my grandparent’s first child. In could tell that she cried because she longed to have an education, but the course of life had changed. That was the day my grandmother told me the best ways to make her proud, was to get an education and be one of the first to Graduate high school. I always look back at this memory as a motivation to succeed. This has helped me to move further in my life, not only am I one of the first to graduate preceding my older sister, but I’m the first to go to a university.

Frederick douglass

Why does Mr. Auld tell Ms. Auld that she can't continue her lessons with Douglass?

Mr. Auld told his wife Ms. Auld not to teach Douglass because A smart slave is an unrully slave. He knew that if Douglass became educated he would surly see that slavery was wrong. He would also be able to teach other slave how to read and write and do for there self. Mr. Auld quotes "if you teach that nigger how to read, there would be no keeping him". He will quickliy learn wrong from right and want to be treated fairly by other's.

Before this course, what did you anticipate?

Before this course I anticipated the worse. Seeing that I took this course last year and didn’t do so good I was skeptical about taking it again. Last year when I first got into English 100 I thought I was going to like it, one because I was good at writing, and two because I liked to read, especially from my peers. So I had high hopes, and many expectations from the class. I think I ran into my first problem when I found out that I didn’t really get the hang of my teachers "teaching skills" is how she referred to them. She stated the first day of class that she had been known to be a difficult teacher, a Hard Ass to say the least. She assured us that it was certainly a myth, and that she was one of the nicest teachers where to have in our college years. She quickly proved them right by locking the door as soon as 1 o'clock hit, accepting no late work, no absentee’s rather sick or family problems. And her "Charming" sarcasm was the tip of the iceberg that sunk my ship to success in English 100. So needless to say I was not a happy camper know that I had to take it over, and I defiantly was not looking forward to it. But I swallowed my pride and did what I had to do in the class I’m in to get to where I need to be. So I hoping for a solid B in this class.

• What is the thesis for your paper?

The Thesis for my paper getting over people that doubt you.

• List the main points you make in your paper.

The main points I make in my paper are, over coming doubter's. Making it even though nobody thinks you will.

• What was the most helpful advice you received from your peer evaluation?

To use more personal details and not just generals.

• What was the most helpful information you received in class for your paper?

Ms. Chastains paper helped me start my paper off and gave me a good example of what she was looking for in Task III 

• How many drafts of this paper do you think you wrote and how/when did you write them? For example, did you compose at the keyboard, did you write lots of notes to yourself, did you pre-write or outline, did you write in small chunks of time or sit down and produce an entire draft at one sitting?

I like to type on the key board, save it, then come back and work on it alittle more. I like to do my paper in my bed but since i dont have a laptop right now im stuck with typing it in the labs around campus.

• What would you do differently with this paper to make it more effectively, or what did you try to do that you just don’t think you got a good handle on?

I would definatly make it longer give more attention to the paper.

• What are most pleased with about this paper?

I like the fact that I put alot of details in the paper, and i also ineluded situations from my life of education.

Why did you decide to come to college?

I decided to come to college because no body in my family has made that a complishment. College has always been important to me because I get the chance to experience different things in life like people from other places then I, different cultures, college basketball and football, living on campus, and most of all higher education. My gradparents have always stressed the fact that if you don’t go to college you wont have a good job in the future. Now I don’t nessesarly agree with this assuption, but I do feel that this is the picture that society has painted and wants us as citizens to believe.  But regaurdless of the fact, I feel that I trully want to get a better education then the one I received in high school. I do feel that it is important to be educated in the world. Being educated to me shows that you go against the odds and push thru to better your self. No matter if its for your family, or yourself, or your future. We never know what the future will bring. I’ve heard claims that your going to have to have a college degree to work at mcdonalds, and that’s just in 2010. Imagine whats next to come. In the future you might need a degree to be an housekeeper or a janitor. All in all we don’t know what the future might bring and honestly Im prepared to save one of those job offerings for my self.

"Let Teen-Agers Try Adulthood"

In Botstein’s  Essay “Let Teen-Agers Try Adulthood” he feels that high school is pointless and that they should be grouped together in class. He feels that they should cut out middle school and students should go striaght from elementry to high school. I personally feel that middle school was designed for a reason. I feel that as Children going in to different stages in our life we need to be grouped with students going thru the same thing. I would never want my daughter in the first grade to be in the same building as male students that are in the 8^th grade. The grade system is fine just the way it is. I actually think that high school should be extended  I feel that a lot of students still have not reached maturity at the age of 17 and 18. I don’t feel like at the age of 16 you are ready to go to college. College is a very stressful ordeal and to have all that stress at such a young age could really damage a person. I don’t think that students that’s are 16 should be grouped with students that are in there 20’s. At the age of 16 I don’t think would have been mentally ready to see all the things I saw at 18.  I feel that taking it slow is the best thing to do. Let your mind marenate on the things you have been taught, and then go  from there. Don’t rush into to growing up.

Sister Flowers response questions

In a certain way I have always been ashamed of my parents. I've never had my father in my life. He left, Im sure befor I was even born. To tell you the truth I dont even think he knows that I exists. Which is safe to say that it is my mothers fault because she couldnt even tell me who my father is. And I honetly feel that alot of mother's don't tell there childern who there fathers are to sheild them from harm, but I feel that she just honestly doesnt know. All through my life I've never considerd my mother much of anything. Even tho I get alot of my personalty from her. She abandon us, my sister Ardonyalasha, my brother Avery, and my self back when we were young. She really hasnt done much for us. We have been living with our grandparents ever since.

What is the thesis for your paper?

How one situation can change your life for ever.

List the main points you make in your paper.

What was the most helpful advice you received from your peer evaluation?

More supporting details

What was the most helpful information you received in class for your paper?

More detales.

How many drafts of this paper do you think you wrote and how/when did you write them? For example, did you compose at the keyboard, did you write lots of notes to yourself, did you pre-write or outline, did you write in small chunks of time or sit down and produce an entire draft at one sitting?

I had two drafts and I wrote an outline in class that helped alot.

What would you do differently with this paper to make it more effectively, or what did you try to do that you just don’t think you got a good handle on?

Detaling was a problem for me.

What are most pleased with about this paper?

I think i relayed the story well.

• Why are you interested in these subjects?

Im interested in doing my Auntie because she dropped out of high school and went back to get college.

• What makes him/her interesting and unique?

She had a baby a defeated the odds to go back to school.

• What sort of questions would you ask and why?

What motivated her to go back when most people just give up.

• What sort of problems do you think may arise for Task Two?

This whole interviewing thing is not my style. lol

• What do you anticipate? Why?

Learning more about my Aunt, Because these are very intamite questions that she doesnt really talk about.

• What questions do you have for Task Two?

Why did you drop out?
What made you go back?
Did you have a person or reason that motivated you?

My Grandparents

I feel that I have had plenty of good times with my grandparents. They have truly been my mother and Father. They have raised me ever since I was 4 years old. They have taught me wrong from right and bad from good. They've always been there when ever I needed them. My grandmother and I are very different she’s more like my sister. She’s very strong weld but she can be very nice. Sometime we butt heads but she’s always had my back. When ever I need something I can always count on my Gmal to come through for me. Now this leads me to my Gpal. My grandfather is my absolute most favorite person in my life. Other then the fact that we look just alike, we vibe so well. We have this collection that cant be broken. Where like joined at the hip. He knows what I’m thinking when I’m thinking it and why I’m thinking it. We truly have a special bond. I cried so much when I found out that he was in the hospital my freshman year in college. So much so that I took the whole second semester off just to love him up and nurse him back into good health. So now I’m back at Mo West finishing everything off because I know that this is where he wants me to be.

My Introduction

I want to start my Introduction saying that I love to write. I love the feeling of me and my words intertwined to make a story told by my lips, with my imagination, and nobody can tell it but me. I love taking my readers on a journey through my mind...through my soul. To be one, to dance with the words like they've known each other for years. Like its there best friend, there soul mate. As you can tell I’m clearly in my feelings. But that's ok because writing is my outlet, my pen, paper, and I are all I need. They allow me to open up my world to my readers. To EXPRESS my self. let everything go that I've been holding in.

My name is Atlana Breon Johnson, I am 19 years old. I am from Kansas City, Missouri. I graduated from Northeast High School class of 2009. I was very active in school I was a football manager, I was Captain of the Cheerleading team, stating center for the girls Basketball team, and I was part of the poetry club. I loved all four years of high school i really enjoyed them a lot.

I was raised in a two parent home, but I was not raised by my mother or my father. I was raised by my grandparents. My sister, brother, and I were raised together by our grandparents because my mother was not that responsible as a parent to care for us. I’m very happy we were raised by our grandparents; they are the love of my life. We just celebrated there 40th anniversary on August 27th. They care about all there grandkids equally but I think we have a special place in there hearts.

Well that’s enough about me. I hope this year brings new things to the table. New stories to read new adventures to go on, new people to meet, and more Novel possibilities!

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