Study Like a Boss
In 2005, Steve Jobs gave a commencement address at Stanford University’s graduation. I was not at Stanford’s graduation that year, but I was asked to watch this speech last year in English and write my response to it. That was the first time that I had heard Jobs’ speech, and although it was aimed towards … Read more
In 2014 the GED exam was overhauled for the first time since 2002. Since the change, the National GED Testing Service saw a significant decrease in graduates. As a reaction to the decrease in grads, many states began researching and implementing alternative equivalency exams. The numbers were nothing to sneer at. Whereas in 2012 401,388 … Read more
Good Morning, ladies and gentlemen, board of trustees, administrators, teachers, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins¦and seniors. Everybody, take a deep breath, if you please¦.As you inhale the aggregate odor of your senior class for the last time, I™m sure there are many burning questions racing through your minds: ?Will I ever find my … Read more
My high school graduation was one of the saddest moments of my life. Although I was excited about graduating, I did not know what I was going to do with the rest of my life. In Maya Angelous Graduation, Angelou was excited and proud of all that she had accomplished. In Flannery OConnors A Late … Read more
On November 22, 1963, while being driven through the streets of Dallas, Texas, in his open car, President John F. Kennedy was shot dead, apparently by the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. The world had not only lost a common man, but a great leader of men. From his heroic actions in World War II … Read more
Maya Angelou has become a national celebrity since she read her poem, “On the Pulse of the Morning,” at the inauguration of President Clinton. Before that, she was probably best known for her autobiographical I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. What is it about Angelou’s writing that is attractive to so many people? In … Read more