When I was a kid, whenever somebody asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up I always just said police officer, but I’ve never wanted to be a police officer. I just couldn’t think of anything I …
Category: Unit 1
Writing Task Saved – Jermain
Roblox is a popular meta-verse where users can make games. I’ve been a site member since I was about 11 years old. So, my account age is basically before Christ. The ability to create your games has always piqued …
Writing Task Mentor Quote – Yueheng
“Education is the only way out in life” – Grandfather
I have always been a casual person throughout my whole life. Arriving in a new country greatly impacted me at a young age, in an unknown place and language. My …
Writing Task Mentor Quote – Iren
“Never give up and keep going” – Dad
I had always been the perfectionist, the one who always reached for something higher academically. But I had my moments where I would feel discouraged and not so determined. One of those …
Single Story — Student Amadou
My Working Outline:
I. INTRO — My two cultures: African Muslim and American
II. Scene of being in Guinea with my grandma when I was 3
III. Moving back to NYC and being in American school
IV. First grade in …
Mentor Quote — Student Meryam
OUTLINE (working outline — might change)
I. INTRO — Quote from my mom criticizing my friends
II. Describe my friend group
III. Scene of school day when Maryam took pills ending in hospital and police call to Mom
IV. My …
Writing Task Mentor Quote — Lisa
“Lisa, you are a very good student. You can study anything–even if you don’t like it.”
I will always remember these words spoken to me by my father. We were sitting at the dining room table. Just my dad and …
Announcements
Thursday May 23
Grades are posted in Open Lab Gradebook and in CUNY First. Please scroll down to grading breakdown which also appears in the Syllabus page. You will find a Teacher End Letter at the end of your Final
Mentor Quote — Student Adrian
“I wish you would apply yourself more. Not just in my class, but in everything. You are capable of doing great things.”
I had been called an underachiever by my teachers in the past, but it had never meant anything. …
Mentor Quote — Lisa
“Lisa, you are a very good student. You can study anything–even if you don’t like it.”
I will always remember these words spoken to me by my father. We were sitting at the dining room table. Just my dad and …