Reflections

My freshman school year has been a pretty normal school year for me. By that, I mean that I would have rather been out of school. However, I have had some great times this year. A lot of these moments have been in honors geometry. I really love my class and teacher. We always seem to have a really great time making jokes about how our teacher, Ms. Birkhead, had been to prison and about her many prison tattoos. That class, even though I do not enjoy the subject, has been my favorite class this year. The most important thing I have learned this year is that life keeps moving. This has been a hard lesson for me to learn because I have missed quite a few school days due to surgery and sickness. The tough thing about missing those days is that the school year keeps moving, so while I was home watching Netflix, the makeup work kept piling up. That lesson ties into one of the pieces of advice I would give to next year's freshman class. That lesson is to never miss a day of school. Another piece of advice for next year's freshman class is to take as many classes as possible. This will help in the future because if you take a lot of classes, then your senior year will be easier for you. One last piece of advice for the freshman of next year is to not take things to seriously. While school is very important, one bad grade is not the end, so if you happen to make a 60 on a test just know that you will be okay. My freshman year has taught me a lot and prepared me for the rest of high school.

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Free But Not Equal

An important fact that I learned from The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman is that even though slaves were freed, they were still looked down upon by society. When Jane was freed, she was free to do anything she wanted, but there would always be people that would try and put her down. Jane still had to live in slave quarters, and was treated poorly because of the color of her skin. Jane was old, wise, and respected by the black community, but all that the white people saw in her was the color of her skin. The white people shot and killed Ned Douglass and Jimmy Aaron because they both fought for equality. It took 100 years for civil rights to be given to African Americans, and even then, they were not treated equally. For the most part, things have changed, and now everyone is free and equal.

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An American Workplace

My favorite television show of all time is The Office. Some of the things that make it so great are the actors, the subject matter, and the fact that there is an ending to it. My favorite actor in the office is Steve Carrell. He plays Michael Scott, who is the boss of Dunder Mifflin Scranton. Michael comes up with lots of crazy ideas and never actually does any work. The whole show is a documentary about the American workplace, and it is set in a small paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It's odd that a place like Scranton would be chosen because it really is just a boring small town, but the people who live there make it very exciting. The Office ended after 9 seasons, but the ending was the greatest ending I have ever seen on a television show. The ending was very planned out and wrapped up everything. I was sad to see it go off, but the ending was so good that it made me appreciate the show even more. If you're looking for a show that will let you laugh and relax while you watch it, then watch The Office.

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