Academic Vocabulary Second Semester

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Portfolio - Improvement

Over the past two years, I have improved a lot I am not as immature as I was in middle school. My writing skills weren't that good because I used to not like to write I thought it was pointless. My writing skills are way better now I write how I am supposed to write for my grade. I improved my writing skills because I knew that it was a requirement for High School I started to practice my skills. I had very good reading skills in middle school but they improved in high school because I kept reading harder and harder books. My reading skills are a little bit better now because I already read high skilled books in middle school it got a little bit better because I kept reading and never stopped. My speaking skills before high school weren't as good as there are now because I used think that everytime I spoke in front of a group of people the would be talking about me. My speaking skills now are great because I am not afraid to speak in front of a crow and I don't care what people say about me anymore. I improved my speaking skills because I spoke in front of my family. My group-work skills before high school were horrible I didn't like working with people because they would irritate me if they did something wrong. My group-work skills are a lot better because I can work with people I don't like, I worked on group-work skills by having some patience. My technology skills were down the drain I hated technology, My technology skills are way way better now thanks to Ms. Priester. I improved my technology skills by being in Ms. Priester's class. I will keep having respect towards my teachers and I will keep doing the things I am doing now.

Greatest High School Obstacle

When I was in freshman year I didn't listen very well to intructions that came from adults and Ms. Priester told me to do an assignment that I didn't feel like doing and she sent me out to the hall and we both argued with each other. I felt mad because I knew even if I felt like I was right she was the teacher and she most likely would have won the arguememnt so there was no reason to even try arguing with her. The incident changed me because I learned not to argue with Ms. Priester because I would never win the arguement we would argue about.

Personal Changes Blog Paragraph

When I was a freshman, I was disrespectful. Now, I am respectful because I feel like I act different.
For example, people used to look down at me without respect. This shows that people didn't have respect for me because I didn't have respect for them. This also shows that I used to not get so many privileges that I get now because of my disrespect towards people. In addition, I now get a lot of respect from staff and teachers because I show respect towards them. This shows that I get more privileges from staff and teachers. This also shows that teachers and staff respect me now and take me more serious because of the respect I give to them. By my senior year, I hope to be one of the most respected students on campus and the most trusted.

Parents of teens should not be responsible for their child's damage. One reason is because punishing the parents for something they didn't do, the parents doesn't COMPUTE should the parents pay for the damage their kids did when they did not even know that was going through their mind. Another reason is, a lot of parents in the U.S are middle class and can not ACHIEVE the amount of money that the vandalized place or company is asking for. Additionally, parents should have to pay for their kids damage because they were not the ones that made the damage, SPECIFIC people should pay for the damage caused because they were the ones that caused the damage. In conclusion, parents should not pay for their child's mistake.

Academic Update Blog Paragraph

My career goal is to work in a area that has to do with animals. This job involves getting dirty and also not being scared of the animals you work with because it sometimes can affect the animals. I want to do this because I love animals and I think I would be very passionate about the animals I want to work with. I also want to do it because my very close friend Calvin loves animals too and we both want to work in the same field. I will achieve this goal by not quitting in school because the career I want to work in you have to have good grades. I will remain motivated to become a animal specialist by thinking about my future so I cannot quit and give up on myself.

Academic Language Week 30 - "D" Grades

Schools should not eliminate "D" grade. One reason is because if teachers eliminate the grade D more students will drop out of high school and teachers won't be able to COMPENSATE  the students. Another reason is with all the high school students dropping out of high shool the students wont have the time to INTERACT with their teacher and learn what they have to learn to be able to get accepted in a college, Additionally, if students know that they can pass high school with a D they are not going to try hard enough. INITIALLY if they get work that they understand they will try harder and won't get any D's
In conclusion, Schools not eliminating D's not so many students will drop out of high school and will go to college.