“I can’t help you if you don’t even want to help yourself”.
These were the words of most of my high school guidance counselor in my sophomore year. It was around halfway through the school year and I was falling …
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“I can’t help you if you don’t even want to help yourself”.
These were the words of most of my high school guidance counselor in my sophomore year. It was around halfway through the school year and I was falling …
A word of warning since this piece of work may be a bit depressing.
“You’re stupid, Richard.”
Such were the words of my mother to my middle school self as she read my report card with an ashamed expression. No …
“It’s okay if you don’t understand something take your time and don’t give in.” These were the words my 8th grade math teacher told me around the beginning of the school year. I was never the brightest person and I …
“You can’t get anywhere if you don’t get up and stop being lazy”
I usually always think of these words because me being “lazy” is something that pushes me to get up and do something. I’ve never had a psychologist …
Quote: ” Chris cut that sh*t out and listen to what I have to say.”
The person who told me that he was one of the best teachers I had in high school was Mr. Maha. I had him for …
Quote: “you wont ever be able to be proud of yourself if you keep saying you cant. Only you can change that.”
There once this english teacher my freshman year of highschool that suprisingly actually helped me love english and …
”David stop playing around with your food.”
This is what my ELA teacher told me when she realized that I was not fully committed to school when it came to the ending of of my last semester of high school. …
Part One
Sorry About My Handwriting
Part Two
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“I had really begun back in the Charlestown Prison, when Bimbi first made me feel envy of his stock of knowledge. Bimbi had always taken charge of any …
“Where else but in prison could I have attacked my ignorance by being able to study intensely sometimes as much as fifteen hours a day” Paragraph 16
Malcolm X spent all of his time in prison trying to better himself …