Thursday, April 30, 2009
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11:02 AM
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Kerrin
PROMPT: Write a history of your hairstyles.
I have had a few different hairstyles throughout my life. My hair has always been really thick, and I had a bowl cut for a while when I was little. After that, it was boy-cut short from as early as I can remember until the fourth grade. My mother claims my father was the one who took me and had it cut like that, but she kept havi
ng it cut that way. To this day I am not happy about looking like a boy for most of my childhood. I do not have any plans to cut it short in the future at all. When I grew it out after fourth grade, I kept it shoulder length and I had bangs. In the seventh grade, I decided to grow out my bangs. They took a while to grow and they had a tendency to flare out toward the sides of my face, like wings, which did not look so good. In the eighth grade, after they had grown out, I cut my hair to chin length, which is the shortest it has been since the boy-cut. I let my hair keep growing after that, and since then, my hair has been long, straight, and simple.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
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11:15 AM
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Kerrin
PROMPT: Describe a time your hard work paid off.
This year I am taking AP US History. I had not expected when I signed up for the class how much work it was actually going to be, and I was not prepared for it. As the first semester progressed, I saw myself getting much lower grades than I am used to getting in any class. I finally realized that I needed to put much more effort into the class when I saw the grade I got on my first semester final. It was not good. Since then, I have been trying much harder. I am already seeing an improvement, as my test grades have been significantly higher and I understand the class more and more. Already, my hard work has been paying off, and I hope that it shows when I take the AP exam in May. Before this semester, I was worried about the exam and was afraid that I was not going to do well on it. But since then, my outlook has improved and I am not worried anymore- I know that my effort is going to be paid off.
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Thursday, March 12, 2009
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8:03 AM
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Kerrin
PROMPT: Think of a teacher, relative, or adult whom you respect and want to impress. What is it about that person that makes you want to do well for them?
Someone I respect and want to impress is my Algebra 2 teacher, Mr. Tilton. I had him sophomore year and he ended up being my favorite math teacher so far. I feel the need to impress him for the basic fact that it was hard to do so. He always gave praise when we did well, but there were only a few times when we could tell that he was truly impressed. I don’t have him for a teacher anymore, but I still feel the same way. My friend Kellie is in his class now, and one day I had been talking to her about imaginary numbers, something they hadn’t learned yet. When Mr. Tilton asked her class if anybody knew what an imaginary number was, Kellie was the only one who knew, and she told him she learned it from me. She told me that he said that he was impressed, and that if she ever needed help in his class she should come to me because I had done really well. When Kellie told me this, it made me feel really good and proud. Even though I don’t have a class with him anymore, I still respect Mr. Tilton and I still want to impress him.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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9:24 AM
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Kerrin
PROMPT: Write a paragraph description of you as various people see you: your best friend, one of your parents, your grandmother/grandfather/uncle/aunt, etc. (a favorite relative).
My two best friends would definitely see me as the most timid out of the three of us. They know that when they get louder and crazier, I’m going to be the one telling them to calm down a little bit. They know I won’t do some of the more outgoing things that they like to do sometimes. They also see me as the nicest one, the smartest one, and the most respectful. It’s not that they aren’t any of these things, just that out of the three of us, I’m the least likely to be mean, I get better grades, and I’m more respectful towards parents and other adults. They also know that they can always trust me and rely on me, and that we’ll always have fun when we’re together.
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ng it cut that way. To this day I am not happy about looking like a boy for most of my childhood. I do not have any plans to cut it short in the future at all. When I grew it out after fourth grade, I kept it shoulder length and I had bangs. In the seventh grade, I decided to grow out my bangs. They took a while to grow and they had a tendency to flare out toward the sides of my face, like wings, which did not look so good. In the eighth grade, after they had grown out, I cut my hair to chin length, which is the shortest it has been since the boy-cut. I let my hair keep growing after that, and since then, my hair has been long, straight, and simple.