The Fame Game When you 're the daughter of a billionaire, you tend to receive a glimpse of popularity. Since people have a tendency of tuning into your life in a desperate attempt to inherit some of your wealth. With my luck, I unfortunately find others frantically seeking for ways that they can creep into my life; desperately grabbing whatever they can get their hands on. However, as soon as they take what they need from me, they vacate. Presto! Regardless, that must be partially the reason why my father can 't ever commit to a relationship. Ever since my mother died, all he 's been trying to do was make me proud. But honestly, I couldn 't care less about him. Week after week he comes home with a new girlfriend. His sense of reasoning is ridiculous! He finds himself moving on as a reason for me to move on, while I view it as a cry for help. It’s funny how all his choices in women fall within the same category. They all are super tall and slender models with overdone makeup and they obviously have undergone plastic surgery. This week’s special is Jennifer. Her specialty was pretending that she liked me in a way that I couldn’t tell. My dad had our butler Javier cook us escargot for dinner. Every night we eat fancy meals, even though I could really go for some pizza, or even French fries. Dad is always complaining about the importance of health and …show more content…
When I got 100% on the first math test I told her to keep it on the d-low, but everyone thought I paid her to give me good marks. When I got 100% on the final test, the board of education assumed that I was cheating. So now I must do badly in math, on purpose. After being on news for apparently cheating on my tests, my dad told me to fail math. Or I would lose the pool in my room. Immediately I failed. My teacher gives me sympathetic looks when I raise my hand, yet she doesn 't pick me. My dad probably has passed the rules about me
They now don’t trust me enough to know if I went to school or not, and a 1000 lb. Monster has now taken off with a very irresponsible and untrustworthy person controlling. Also, should I ever not do that English assignment that I was asked to complete, then Mr. Cobbe is now given the headache of punching in a zero to a kid who he honestly believes, "is one of the top students, if not the top student in the class; who is sitting at a 60-65%, and should be mid-to-top nineties" Causing him not only a little bit
“We, the Public, Place the Best Athletes on Pedestals” by William Moller and “Cheating and CHEATING” by Joe Posnanski are both articles that mention the use of steroids in the world of sports today. In “We, the Public, Place the Best Athletes on Pedestals” William Moller writes an article on the reasons why professional athletes take steroids. He starts off with a “personal story” to help support the reason as to why athletes take steroids. He started off by telling us when he was in high school he really needed to do well. And always wanted to try and go above and beyond. Because he wanted to do so well in school he made a really big decision and took class 3 drugs so he could stay awake. This is a type of steroid; he thought that taking the drug was a lot better than failing a test. Moller then goes on to saying that the only reason that athletes take steroids is because of
Our society has shifted its beliefs in how we should treat competition in young people. The question is asked, should all kids get a participation trophy? As it may seem to be an unanswerable question, it honestly isn’t. Thought that the participation trophies may send the message that “coaches” value the kids’ efforts despite their abilities, trophies do not need to be given out. Your words mean just as much when you remind an athlete that you value them in more ways than one. Some may think trophies are a great idea because it shows that everyone’s a “winner.” However, I disagree with that idea. I believe that kids should know that they need to work their hardest in order to be rewarded and understand that not
In fifth grade, I had a teacher by the name of Mrs. Sera. Even typing her name gives me this cold feeling inside; she eerily resembles Miss Viola Swamp from the children’s book Miss Nelson is Missing. Viola Swamp was “the meanest substitute teacher in the whole world.” Mrs. Sera, on the other hand, my full-time educator and seemingly just as mean. She had a long pointy chin, a fairly large nose, and extremely thin lips that rarely ever smiled just like Miss Swamp. During this year leading up to middle school, I struggled in every subject: math, science, social studies, and language arts. The only parts of the day I succeeded in were recess and lunch. I remember one day, I had a test in science. I received a 23%. This is still the lowest grade
This is the latest in our series of all time starting nines for some of college baseball’s most successful programs. Players' professional careers were not considered, just their college careers — along with consideration given to their positional fits as well as a batting order that could provide a combination of a high batting average, speed and power.
There is never enough of anything in the life of a college student. there is never enough time to study, or enough food, or enough money, or enough time to sleep. But, if that student becomes a college athlete then all of the “or’s” change to “and’s”. Even though there are many struggles of a college athlete they are not going away. As the youth of America watches their older counterparts excel in many college sports, a dream to become an athlete at the collegiate level is sparked. This dream is fueled through high school sports and then disseminated by high school counselors. Counselors who are quick to remind that sports do not bring home a paycheck. Neverless, this dream of college sports thrives and is present in the mind of every high
During my eighth grade year, I thought I was failing math and that I was learning nothing from it. Everyone was good at one particular subject in math and I was the worst at it. Then there was one subject I happened to be particularly good at and most other people had struggled with. I failed most of the tests and I had a chance to retake them. Math was the only class I was making a “B” in. When it came time to take the math EOG, I expected failure. Instead, I made a four on the
A lot of my classmates taunted me for receiving good grades on all my tests. It was obvious that I had different morals than they did. Their parents did not care what grades they got. My parents were never harsh, but they would always make me feel guilty if I did not receive high grades on my report card. At times, I would feel pressured to not preform exceptionally in school because of the constant verbal abuse. In fifth grade, I received my first ‘D’ on an English test because some of my classmates dared me not to study for the test that week. Lucky for me, I had very supportive parents unlike some of my other classmates. They explained to me how important it was to maintain a high GPA; I would go much farther in life than they would because of my academic drive. I took their advice to heart and from that moment on I never let negative peer pressure effect how I performed in
My other classmates were doing well in that class, but one thing distinguished me from them, they had a certified math teacher in the first semester. I was enrolled into a class with no teacher, stuck for the entire semester with a substitute. It is not uncommon for Banneker High School to have lots of substitute teachers, this problem comes when attending a poor performing school, and getting qualified teachers is part of the luck of the draw, unfortunately. My substitute teacher assigned us book work and worksheets to fill space and time, not to teach and learn. I should have been mastering the common core standards, but the only knowledge I garnered was that my former substitute did not appear happy with her career choices. I left first semester without learning anything about Math, but I did not know this at the time. I completed first semester of Ninth Grade Algebra with a “B.” I was satisfied.
I believe that I deserve a B preferably an A because I believe that I did good this semester. As a junior this semester was very challenging for me. But I kept going with hard work and some dedication. One of my biggest struggles this semester was Math 170. Math has always been my downfall but I always try to get it. But this semester it just didn’t happen. But I can say that I did try, actually I tried really hard to get my work done. I also have a problem with procrastination, that’s something I really need to work on. If I didn’t learn anything this semester I learned that unasked questions don’t get answered. I feel as though I should have come to you more often for questions because I know that I didn’t understand the material. I learned my lesson and that will never happen again. Also, even though I didn’t get majority of it I still tried; I should get some credit for that. I took the first part of this final and got a 93, perhaps that could be my final grade right there. Despite taking 17 credits this semester, along with being a Resident Assistant, I have managed to complete all of the assignments for this class. Though I didn’t ace each and every assignment I did manage to complete or attempt them. So far I’ve had a lot of good grades in my other classes, and once again I can say Math 170 was the most challenging. I believe that I deserve a B preferably an A because I always try to do my best in everything in school, because school is important and my future depends on what I do now in school, and the grades I get are very important. When we had class I always took notes, and never been afraid to ask questions when need be. All of my professors told me that I’m a good student and that I’m going to be very s...
People aren’t just born into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, it takes hard work and determination to succeed through overwhelming circumstances to achieve this goal. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is the hallmark of rock stars’ career. The following artist that are to be discussed in this essay have done just that. Rock and roll became the music industry it is today because of the artists and bands that dared to explore different types of genres in rock. The following inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame that will be discussed in this essay are N.W.A., John Lennon, and Les Paul.
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Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset Boulevard have one thing in common, stars. What is so special about the five corners in a copper frame and salmon colored with famous person’s name written in the middle embedded in the sidewalks? The iconic location portrays the American way of life, independence, individualism, and progress. It also reflects an economic statement on how the businesses use every single opportunity to make money out of it. People have come from all over the world to visit the historical landmark, creating an exciting atmosphere for first-comers but it has some downside at the Walk of Fame. What really happens in the political and socioeconomic issues of Hollywood being a public place?
First my attitude had to changed for this class. When this happened I started taking extra time in my assignments and in my reading. This happen when I turned my paper in a different format and my teacher could not open it. She gave me a bad grade. Then I question why I had got a bad grade because according to my believes I had done a good job on the essay. She then told me because I did not send it to her properly and she could not open it. So I resend it and instead of checking to make sure she could open it. I forgot to check. Two weeks later I check my email and I saw a message form my teacher saying it was not acceptable that she had given me time to turn it in and I had not. That incident made me think about how much time I was putting into my classes. So I managed to make it into a PDF document and send it to her but by that time I had already made my grade drop.That incident had the most impact on me and in all my classes, especially in my English class. It told me that I need to check
I can still remember that moment when your exam score came in the mail. It’s been a few weeks since you took the test and you know the mail is coming any day now. You’re at school and you can’t think of anything else but this. Your parents probably aren’t going to listen to you and will open the mail before you come home from school.