Valentina Acosta

The teachers bring their students together as they did a classroom exchange, so students can get a lot from each other and from the schools. Melanie, a smart girl who went to a Public high school, knew what she was capable of, and teachers also saw it in her that she would go off to college, but then she saw the other side which was the private school, while Jonathan also went to a Public school he did not see himself going to college and no teachers thought he would, and he ended up going to college. According to Chana Joffe-Walt, “you go through something to just get turned down there’s a waste to say would you’ve been better off not going to this experience” (“3 miles”). If Melanie would not have gone to the private school, which is the other side, she would have gone to college. As soon as she went to the private school, her way of thinking changed, and she saw herself not going to college anymore. Melanie thinks that she lost her opportunity of going to college just because she saw the other

Sweet, fun, smart, and spunky are just a few of the words that come to my mind when I think about Alyssa Tirado. Alyssa was born on August 23rd, 2001 to Jeffrey and Danielle Tirado in Deltona, Florida. She also lived in St. Augustine before she moved to Naples in 5th grade. Alyssa has a great relationship with her older brother Julien who she looks up to. She is new at FBA this year, but is very social and has made many friends. Alyssa is an amazing cheerleader and has cheered since she was in 5th grade. She cheers for both the football team and basketball team. When she graduates high school, Alyssa plans on attending USF and becoming a radiologist. Alyssa likes to spend her free time at the beach, shopping, and with her boyfriend Daniel Marquina.

Although there are many celebrity speakers in this world, there is one that has really touched me on what she says. Her name is Diane Guerrero, she is a very beautiful lady, she is thirty years old and lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Melinda has no friends. Everyone hates her. And school starts tomorrow. But she once had friends and was very popular. But all of that has changed. Melinda’s life is about to get hard and this is when two things really help shape melinda’s identity

Louis Hémon creates a story of the rural life in a family of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region, the Chapdelaine’s. He uses the climate and traditional values in a way in which the novel still has an ironic and crucial element. Also, the beginning of the novel on Ite, missa est[1] is (“the mass”) a claim on religious behaviour, a main theme in this novel. Maria Chapdelaine, a novel personifying the spirit of French Canada at its most romantic, was written by

Amy Chua is obviously very opinionated. There is a lot of controversy surrounding her memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, in which she was very harsh towards her daughters and made it clear that her parenting methods were better than those of a Western parent. There is no manual on parenting, but how do we know when we as parents cross the line between being concerned for our child’s future and being overbearing? Being a parent myself, I know firsthand that it gets frustrating and sometimes, that inner control can be lost. Amy demonstrated this challenge plenty of times. I acknowledge that Amy may have thought she was motivating her children to be strong, successful women but I don’t think she

There was a new language and new people. The first school there was to enroll there was no acceptance for a third grades with no knowledge of a six grader. The lower grades were in vacations, there was no way to get in the school as a third grader. The next school that was chosen was a temporary one; the wait for the normal one would affect studies. In the school everyone was kind even though the first day was confusing and getting lost was easy since the language was different. The office ladies knew how to speak Spanish and English. The first day in class everyone was nice, teachers were helpful even thought they didn’t know any other language other than

Melanie Martinez is a popular singer, a song writer, music video director and photographer. Melanie is a 22 year old, she was born on April 28, 1995 in Astronia, New York City, New York, United States. She is a mix of Dominican and Puerto Rican parents but she doesn’t speak spanish. She learned to play the Ukulele when she was 14 years old but as her parents couldn’t afford the lessons she had to teach herself.

The story “The Age of Empire” was an epic story in the late 19th century to early 20th century. The Age of Empire was around the generation of Imperialism. The author Eric Hobsbawm that wrote The Age of Empire, made a controversy about Imperialism in the 1800’s. In the imperialism period there has been a significant issue between the economy, politics, racial slurs and ideology. The Europeans and Africans were involved in the imperialism period their important role was to search for raw materials. The age of empire took place in World War I which is around 1914.

Music censorship is the prohibition or suppression of music that is considered politically unacceptable, obscene, or a threat to society. Music and music videos have been known to unnecessarily inappropriate. This has lead to a society that has gotten out of control. People are cursing and treating women badly because of the uncensored music. Censorship in the music industry is an easy way to make America a better place.

Getting up and moving to another city is hard, but Naomi Torres had to move to another country and learn a new language. Anyone can agree this is much harder. Naomi Torres was a young 12 year old girl when her life was flipped upside down. Her family that lived in New York at the time had to move to Puerto Rico, a beautiful island but a huge contrast of culture. The difficulty of moving from one state to another country, learning a new language, and getting to know the island are all difficulties that arose wither her move.

Developed by the founder of Domino’s Pizza, Ava Maria is a 4,000-acre secluded, Catholic-centric community. Currently, there are 720 homes of the 11,000 planned. A self-sustained town, Ava Maria has two parks, a church, Catholic university, golf course, water park and 1.7 million square feet of downtown retail space.

Gil (1985) describes the child protection system as sponsored and sanctioned by the Canadian government to protect and care for children in the event that families are unable to (Nixon et al., 2007). Hence, the role of child protection services is to investigate cases of maltreatment and provide services to ensure children’s safety and well-being. Although protection services offered by different jurisdictions of Canada are varied, the underlying key goal is child well-being (Nixon et al., 2007). A cross-country policy review in 2006 presented that although six of ten Canadian provinces and one territory included CEDV in their definition of maltreatment, they conceptualized the risk to children differently (Nixon et al., 2007). In this respect, Ontario had not defined CEDV as a form of maltreatment in its child welfare legislation (Child and Family Services Act) of 1990 (Nixon et al., 2007). However, the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (2006) incorporated CEDV as a form of emotional harm in its risk assessment tool (Nixon et al., 2007). This guides the child protection authorities in CEDV cases.

Observations for Jose took place on his science and math classrooms respectively. At the beginning of the class, the teacher asked a question to the group, Jose raised his hand to answer. He remained quiet on his desk while teacher explained the lesson in detail to the whole class. During the rest of the class, he remained seated on his desk and participated in the discussion at the proper time. The teacher showed a video to the class and asked some questions, most of the class tried to answer them, but Jose didn’t seem interested as he was with his head down on his arms. Next Day during the math period, students were working in small groups. Jose actively participated in the class discussion. He reviewed his paperwork with his peers and asked a few questions to the teacher’s assistant. Jose followed the teacher commands until the class finished. During the interview process, Jose mentioned that his favorite subjects were reading and science, conversely the subject that gives him most trouble is English because kids in the class laugh at him. Jose thinks that learning is natural for him and he can complete assigned works but doesn’t feel being as smart as the other students. When with his friends, he likes to hang out, play games and soccer. About his other classmates, he stated not getting along with them because they are always pushing or tickling him. Jose reported having no problems with the teachers or at school in general. On weekends, he usually enjoys of playing with

"At least once in your life you get the feeling that you don 't care about anyone, that life is just full of crappy people. But for some people, they begin to realize everyone 's beauty. Humans themselves are beautiful. Have you ever just looked at someone and actually paid attention to the little details about them? Every breath they take, the rise and fall of their chest, the way their eyes show every emotion they 're feeling? Well, for once in my life, I came to notice these things about people. I began to look at everything about them, learn more about them than about myself.