Essays Tagged: "high school teacher"

"Allen Ginsberg." Gives a short biography, tells what elements of poetry he used,who impacted his life the most, and what I felt about his work.

st noticed work.Ginsberg was born on June 3, 1926. His dad, Louis Ginsberg, was a published poet, a high school teacher, and a moderate socialist. Allen's mom, Naomi, was a radical communist and irres ...

(4 pages) 73 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"Sonny's Blues," by James Baldwin.

r brother, Sonny, has been arrested "for peddling and using heroin." (Baldwin 83) The narrator is a high school teacher, and his wife is Isabel. Leaving the school, the narrator comes across an old fr ... and the narrator argue about Sonny's choice to be a jazz musician while Sonny has not finished his high schools degree yet. We can see that the narrator's actions and decisions are influenced by his ...

(3 pages) 252 0 4.1 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

This essay is a typical admissions essay that describes your personal and professional goals as well how how you plan on achieveing them.

e most to me. The first is to receive my B.A. in Performance and Visual Arts as well as to become a high school teacher for Creative Dramatics. My second most important goal in life, although people m ... ee I will gain my educators certification which is the last step in achieving my goal in becoming a high school teacher for Creative Dramatics.My first goal is very important to me because I would lik ...

(2 pages) 462 2 4.9 Sep/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"Jaime Escalante: Sensational Teacher" by Ann Byers.

Escalante: Sensational Teacher," by Ann Byers is based on the life story of Jaime Escalante, a new high school teacher in East L.A. in 1982, who decides to change the lives of his students by prepari ... acher idealism and when he shows endurance, they tell him his expectations for the students are too high.And there are places where his fellow teachers, if so inclined, might take serious issue with h ...

(4 pages) 28 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Being A Millionare Isn't For Me

shouted Regis on the most popular show that has ever hit television. A fifty-one year old retired, high school teacher sat on the hot seat in absolute amazement. In seconds his life changed from bein ...

(2 pages) 82 5 4.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Yearbook

When I opened my yearbook, I began to reminisce about my half year of high school in Korea. As I flipped through the pages of the yearbook, a picture of an old man with a ... ds becoming swollen, which always refreshes my memory of his profound words.His name is Mr. Lee, my high school teacher in Korea. A very thin and tall man, Mr. Lee is very caring and always tries to u ...

(3 pages) 13 0 5.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Childhood Influences

l T. Rowan brings to life for his readers an influential figure from his childhood. Ms. Bessie, his high school teacher was characterized as petite yet "was a towering presence in the classroom." This ...

(2 pages) 28 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Bill Watterson- The man with the tiger and boy(Calvin and Hobbes)

years old; his mother Kathryn became a city council member. He has a younger brother, Tom, who is a high school teacher in Austin, Texas.Calvin and Hobbes was first published on November 18, 1985. Bil ... opined that art should not be judged by the medium for which it is created (i.e., that there is no "high" art or "low" art, just art).Watterson opposed the structure publishers imposed on newspaper ca ...

(2 pages) 19 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Blink 182 biography/anaylasis

urn for helping to paint his house. One more interesting fact is that Mark orginally wanted to be a high school teacher until he discovered his love for music. Joining band next was Tom. Now Tom was a ... inning they discuss the normal teenage things of dateing and how their particular relations went in high school. On a interesting note Tom was homecomeing King and Mark dated the same girl thoughout h ...

(5 pages) 34 1 4.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Sylvia Plath

th was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 27, 1932 to Otto and Aurelia Plath, a professor and high-school teacher, respectively (Views). Throughout her life, Plath endured many of the things mos ... eresting part of her history is so scorched by resentment and bitterness that it's only the special high burn of the bitterness that allow us to imagine it as a cutoff love" (Alexander 100). Aft ...

(5 pages) 6 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Problem Identification and Goal Analysis

lved with computer assisted instructional intervention is the use of Information Technology (IT) by high school students. This is a problem that is occurring not only in suburban areas but more so in ... mean being able to use all the functions of a computer, not just being able to download music.As a high school teacher at an inner city school I have noticed that a lot of my students do not know wha ...

(5 pages) 93 1 4.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science > Computer Ethics

My favorite teacher

My favorite high school teacher was Mrs. Kappes. She was my music teacher and the leader of our choir, in which ... s Mrs. Kappes. She was my music teacher and the leader of our choir, in which I was a member during high school in Germany. Mrs. Kappes was a little, thin woman with black, short hair. She was a great ...

(1 pages) 41 1 3.7 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Having our say

in New York City."Sadie" is the older (103 years old) and sweeter of the sisters. The first colored high school teacher in the New York Public School System, "Sadie" considers herself to be the Booker ...

(1 pages) 5 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Sylvia Plath

th was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 27, 1932 to Otto and Aurelia Plath, a professor and high-school teacher, respectively (Views). Throughout her life, Plath endured many of the things mos ... eresting part of her history is so scorched by resentment and bitterness that it's only the special high burn of the bitterness that allow us to imagine it as a cutoff love" (Alexander 100). After the ...

(5 pages) 18 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

Compare And Contrast

ar before embarking on an extensive tour around Canada. Prior to this, John had worked briefly as a high school teacher in Manitoba, as a social worker in Saskatchewan, in radio in Weyburn and Regina, ... 3, 1941 and Art Garfunkel, on November 5, 1941. The two New York natives teamed up musically during high school. In 1966 alone, they placed three albums and four singles in the Top Thirty. The pair ro ...

(7 pages) 23 0 4.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

A Mentor - An creative writing essay outlining a high school chemistry teacher and how he played a very important role in a students life.

others in order to create your own unique persona, and ideas. For myself, a prominent mentor was my high school Chemistry and Physics teacher, Mr. Robert Hage.I admired my Chemistry teacher not for hi ... ife that led him though a great number of careers including a Musician, Chemist, Physicist, Author, High School teacher, and finally, a mentor. Through this vast professional history he showed a great ...

(4 pages) 24 0 5.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

An in-depth rhetorical analysis of Kurt Vonneguts' 'Slaugtherhouse-Five'.

s, but is ironically shot for simply taking a teapot in the ruble. "Somewhere in there the poor old high school teacher, Edgar Derby, was caught with a teapot he had taken from the catacombs. He was a ...

(5 pages) 2650 0 0.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American