A circle of men in yarmulkes and prayer shawls danced in circles around me, singing as loud as they could so that God could hear them. Torahs crawled around the sanctuary along with my neighbors and family, who greeted each other with humming songs and laughter. These beautiful tunes and prayers took turns drowning each other out in my ears. My synagogue’s atmosphere of joy and community lingered in my mind as the congregation began to settle from its celebration, and as my rabbi delivered his weekly sermon covering the Jewish idea of Tikkun Olam (Hebrew for rectification). He taught once again that Tikkun Olam charged us, as Jews, always to do our best in giving back to the world and repairing it to a state of perfection. As a child, my rabbi’s speech about caring for Earth didn’t interest me. Shortly after my first experiences with my Jewish community, …show more content…
This way I could directly volunteer in my community and bring a cheerful attitude to the world around me. I pleaded with my dad to bring me back to weekly scout meetings at the synagogue. Along with my Hebrew studies, I began to sport a khaki uniform on sundays. Every moment became an opportunity to repair Earth after joining scouts. I noticed I began picking up trash without thought after wanting to repair the environment. Similarly, I began to help my friends in school more often to help them grow as intellectuals. Those feelings of integrity eventually pushed me towards achieving Eagle Scout, and in the process give back to the local schools by leading beautification projects. Upon achieving Eagle, I had validated my desires to rectify the world. While my Jewish faith inspired me to help my community, my time as a scout gave me outlets to actively express my dedication for repairing Earth. Through my Eagle, I connected more completely with the rest of the world, which helped me to realize that I wanted to give back to a community I loved so
On the other hand, writing on topics that fascinate and intrigue me, is rather enjoyable than feeling like a chore. Ideas stream and words flow naturally without having to mimic and echo others voice. A literacy narrative is a piece of text written from my own perspective for the intermediate English composition class. A literacy narrative is an essay about my writing and reading literacy, looking back to various incidents with a brand new outlook. Writing this essay allowed me to revisit and assess highlights that contributed to my writing and reading literacy. The main goal of literacy narrative essay is to define literacy, discuss my own personal literacy rituals leading to how my literacy formalized every step of the way. In general, the
As I saw him walk towards my locker at school, as he usually did after 8th period everyday, I could tell what was about to happen. My name was all that I would let him say before I finished what I already knew he was going to say. "You're breaking up with me". And then I just turned and walked away as he called my name yet again but did nothing to catch up to me. I walked down the hallway by the counselors office in the B building where my group of friends usually hung around and exclaimed that he had just broken up with me. They offered me quick condolences before I walked to my bus and sat quietly till I got home. What then felt like a bitter goodbye eventually felt like a necessary sadness in order to obtain happiness.
Four years ago, I was eagerly listening to Alex McDaniel, an award-winning journalist share her personal insight into the profession at the University of Mississippi when it finally dawned on me: journalism is my calling. Later, I was watching Spotlight, a movie about the efforts of the Boston Globe in the early 2000's to showcase the Church’s acknowledgment and blunt protection of the abuse of children by local priests, when I truly understood the importance of journalism. To this day, Spotlight remains a reminder to always print the un-biased truth for the people, no matter the risks. I believe I deserve to be selected for one of the Education Foundation of Greenville’s scholarships because as a hard-working student I commit myself to effectively take advantage of the opportunity that the scholarships will provide me. Besides, I am a student that does not only persistently works hard academically, but
In recent light of writing my narrative essay; I discovered how much I like to write from my head. Instead of Having to constantly refer back and forth from resource material, statistics, graphs, and just plain data. I feel exuberant in being allowed to just freely write what I feel, or what has happened in my life, mostly my story. Writing essay after essay in Highschool felt tedious and dreadful; mostly since we were always writing about a book or some sort of report.
Students, teachers and parents all had differing things to say during the experience. “Hey we didn’t have a party like this when we were in seventh grade, this is mutiny,” cried out an eighth grader. “Shh I want you guys to be as silent as mice while in this library,” Mrs. Miller scolded at her eighth graders. “The eighth grader teachers are scrooges” smirked Billy, an eighth student. Scrooge was a very grumpy old man who did not treat others well. “Wow the students are actually paying attention, at least over here,” said a seventh grader’s mother as she observed kids close to her read. “Hey did you know Alyson likes John, her best friend’s boyfriend,” a seventh grade girl (not being monitored by a parent) failed to whisper. “November
Drama, cliques, and awkwardness make middle school most people’s least favorite time. Nothing can make it any worse than it already is. Unless of course, one switches schools right before eighth grade.
Everyone holds a unique and distinctive story that describes an individual. My story started on December 20, 1995, the day I was born. I am known as Javier Alexander Bonilla Jr, named after my father. At first glance at me there is not much to think of, merely a young lad trying to obtain an Associate of Arts Degree in Accouning. However, I am an optimistic and open minded individual who thrives for success. Currently I work for the City of Hialeah as an Assistant to the Operator Concession. Though I love my job due to the fact everyone is so nice and allows me to study while being on duty, but I am always in a search for a better position within the City. Due to all the working and studying, my spare time is devoted to hanging out with friends or playing basketball.
Hi I’m Paige and if you had told me last year I’d be in Office Administration I would’ve said, “no way, not even close”. That’s one of those jobs requiring you to be cool calm and collected. The atmospheres are peaceful and then people work constantly. It’s the opposite of my desired profession and personality. I’m the opposite of my career, or well it was until I met my instructor, Miss Young. She changed my mind about how I perceived the trade and what I could do with the skills once I completed. Was very instrumental in helping me obtain the necessary skills to make the most money in the field of Office work. I managed to get my typing up to the speed of over 60 words per minute. I learned all the processes of Windows Operating Systems, I even got a glimpse of Windows 10. Using
On 27Apr17 at 1439 hrs. I received a message from Sheriff Aukes inquired about my return to duty date/time & he informed me he was meeting with Nicole & Tim on 28Apr17 at 1000 hrs. as they wanted to speak with him about the circumstances surrounding the report filed by Eric.
I found out I had cancer about two weeks after I started my senior year of high school. At the time, I was enrolled in 5 Advanced Placement classes. I decided to drop AP Art because enrolling in a normal art class provided me with a much needed break during my otherwise academically rigorous day. Further, my school offered service learning, which allows seniors to enroll as a teacher’s assistant for credit. My counselor enrolled me as her assistant instead of my current elective, so I would have a down period to do homework in middle of the day. I asked each teacher for a list of assignments to complete and then took three weeks off in October to recover from surgery.
Brainstorm: Cool breeze, Halloween, candy, happiness, beautiful trees, the food, perfect weather, thanksgiving, family, the environment, vibrant colors, friends, and the start of a great school year.
When I was in Elementary school I attended Rice Elementary in Santa Maria. I heard when you enter Junior High that the people who hang out with you begin to shape who you become later during the year. The thing I was concerned about Junior High was fitting in and having real friends that won’t take my friendship for granted. My first impressions of Tevis were good. I had good vibes about the school and it looked like there was nice people all around. Compared to last year I think this year was much better. There is a lot of fake people though not going to lie.
I woke up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night, there wasn't a problem, so I just went back to sleep. The next time I arose from slumber was when the chirping of my alarm clock cut through the defining silence of my apartment.
I met my brother and sister from across a classroom desk in the basement of Saint Anthony’s Medical Center. I was walking into my first Alateen meeting with my biological sister, Alex, with a blank stare and a mind overflowing with thoughts of why and how I had gotten there. Alex and I sat down next to a boy, who was about sixteen years old with tan skin and brown hair, and a girl, who was about twelve years old and looked just like him. Fast forward three years and I found myself moving the boxes of these two into a new house. Everyday I am rendered by the mere thought that if I hadn’t gone to those meetings, if my mother hadn't gone to those meetings, I would have lost another father.
As soon as i opened the doors of high schools, insecurity swept in like a cold wind. Everywhere I looked, students were achieving, what i thought at the time, was the impossible. Some of these kids had an ensemble of friends, seeming as if every corner they turned, would be someone new to greet them. Others would have scores and classes destined to take them to riches. Struggling my entire life in academics, i knew high school would be no different, but i had no idea that it would stab me much further deep than just a few low grades. The sanguine summer before freshman year, i had aspirations about high school, as if it were even remotely like the beloved hollywood film portrayed them. Nothing could have prepared me for the cesspool of insecurity i walked myself into to. As soon as i opened those doors, i knew i was in trouble.