All About Me

As a student that enrolls in some normal courses and have friends from both ESL and regular classes, educational profiling is an important topic to me. I have friends that are considered unintelligent or mediocre because they take regular courses, instead of an AP/honor courses. Furthermore, students are treated in a discriminatory manner by other groups of students and even teachers because of the class that they take. Students that are taking regular classes are considered less intelligent and less capable of learning new things at a faster rate. Thus, they are less likely to be put in complicated courses. Not only do students treating each other differently, teachers and school officials also judge students based on their academic achievements and academic courses. Students that take regular classes are believed to less hardworking and more prone to distractions, as a result, these officials are less likely to put regular students into honors or AP classes. Additionally, some scho...

Novelist, David Sedaris, in his narrative essay, “ Me Talk Pretty One Day” discusses his experience in a French class when he was forty-one. He draws a clear image of how he felt being someone who is learning a second language and how his effort and determination to learn will eventually help improve his French. The purpose of this antidote is to display that through perseverance and effort, you can conquer your fears and even learn something new, which to him was understanding French. Sedaris uses pathos, diction, and simile to appeal to his readers and make his point. The excerpt appeals to pathos by describing how he felt on his first day of class and depicting his thoughts of his teacher. Through the use of imagery, he paints a vivid picture of how he felt on his first day. He starts off by stating how “nerve-racking [it was] because [he] knew [he’d] be expected to perform… everyone into the language pool, sink or swim,” (paragraph 5). This appeals to the audience’s emotions bec...

Subject: School Uniforms Audience: The Principal of Francis Lewis high school Purpose: Persuade the audience why our school needs school uniforms Speaker: High school student As a high school student of Francis Lewis, I believe that our school should enforce the use of school uniforms. School uniforms offer great benefits, such as increase safety within our community. According to Dona Riley, an expert in the study of schools and students, the result of school uniform requirement led to a decrease in fights by  “51 percent in grades K-8." (Riley, pg 1) Furthermore, uniforms can reduce the amount of nonacademic distractions in our school. As a student who has had worn uniforms during my middle school years, I can assure that school uniforms can help students stay focused in our studies instead of our looks. During my years in junior high school, students in my class did not have to worry about looking different or getting distracted by what others are wearing. Now that I am in...

My name is Lucy and I am a grade 11 student currently attending Francis Lewis High School.  In this blog, I am going to tell you a little bit about my background, interests, and my goals.   I was born in Flushing, New York and I grew up surrounded by people of different ethnicity. I live with my mother, father, grandfather, and my little brother. My grandma and great grandma live with my extended family back in China. Since I grew up in a Chinese neighborhood my entire life, I am not used to going to places where there are no people of my race. I have an interest in animals such as dogs,cats, and hamsters. I also spend most of my free time with my friends. I shop, cook, study, and even exercise with my friends. Additionally, I like to watch informational videos on YouTube which are usually about interesting historical facts or new inventions. I want to travel to new places when I get a stable job. I’ve wanted to travel to Paris, France and to the Bahamas. I also want to g...