It's a once in a lifetime experience to walk across the stage. ... They practice that when the row in the front sits, the row behind stands at the exact same time. ... After all this is complete the students do the final run through to make sure all the mistakes are worked out, then everybody walks across the stage again. ... As the students enter the gymnasium, everybody on the bleachers stand until the speaker tells everybody to sit down, the students have to line up alphabetically, and walk hurriedly and remain standing in front of their seats until everyone has entered and the Nati...

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• Grade Level: High School

I was, even more, nervous at the fact that I had on six-inch heels and had to walk in front of hundreds of people when my name was called. ... My heart was racing uncontrollably as it was time for my row to get up and walk towards the stage. ... Although I was overly excited, I had to concentrate on my footing because I was determined not to trip or fall in front of the whole arena like that. ... We laughed and shook hands and it felt like I saved the world after I took a deep breathe walking off the stage. ...

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I have always been a maverick for as long as I can remember, but after those frightening and exiting steps through the front door my past dissolved behind me. ... It opened me up to start trusting people, accepting their opinions and drawing myself out of the solo stage. ... I had no idea that my life would be changed in such a manner as for me to move up in the world in my own personal status rating, all because I stepped through the front doors of a school. ...

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I arrived a few minutes early, and I tried to sign in at the front desk. ... Three speakers later, the principal came on stage to hand out diplomas. Being close to the beginning of the alphabet, I received mine quickly, and then had to sit for about forty-five minutes until the last student walked across the stage. ...

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After we found our names and located our seats, the principal got up on the stage and started giving us his speech about how the night is going to go. ... To get things going quickly and smoothly, the principal had us rehearse walking up to the stage and practice receiving our diplomas, while the valedictorian was also practicing her speech. When everyone was finished walking up to the stage and back down into their seats, the principal gave one last boring talk before he let us go for the morning. ... Time to take that oh so glorious walk up to the center stage in front of everyone I know ...

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• Grade Level: High School

However, this is certainly still a stage that I am still developing in. This may even be my weakest stage. ... In the stage of intimacy verse isolation, I believe I have taken intimacy. ... I use not like to cry in front of people. ... I do not think that I have reached a complete stage of maturity yet. ...

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So once I got my ticket I went to find out who I stand behind and in front of. ... We finally got to the front of the Varsity truck and I grabbed my order of a hamburger with everything on it and a side of crunchy delicious onion rings. ... Once they reached my row, we stand up and walk towards the stage. ... I grab my diploma and did the harlem shake on the stage to show that I made it and is excited on this day that I will remember and never forget. ...

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I didn't have the slightest clue what that diploma really meant as I carried it away from the stage. ... That's how I came to find myself sitting in front of an advisor at University of Houston. ...

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Me and everybody else were looking around trying to catch a glimpse of other kids we might have know as we eagerly waited for somebody to walk up to the lonely microphone on stage. Ten minutes went by of socializing, asking how each others summers were and what they have been doing, until four formally dressed people stepped up on to the stage. With a short pause the once buzzing theater went silent, a man in a gray suit with a green tie walks up to the microphone in the middle of the stage, with the other unfamiliar three people standing at his side. ... Longo took his place in front of the m...

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Together with a full ensemble of volunteers, I have visited countries from El Salvador to Tanzania to perform in front of over 200,000 children as well as to volunteer with various development initiatives offstage. ... From Ethiopia to China, I travelled along with the cast and took on manifold roles ranging from a King's attendant to an accuser in front of an audience constituted of thousands of people who were lost both spirtually and physically due to poverty and other circumstances unknown to our American sensibilities. Off stage, I watched over the children who got lost in the crowds...

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I know that I was never the smartest student, but I knew that I was one of the toughest because of the grit that underscored my personal motivation. In times where I struggled the most and faced the most daunting of task, I knew that the grit that fed my personal motivation to succeed would never fa...

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What I believe is that a mathematical foundation should be built at the high school level, because this is a critical stage in which basic skills must be acquired so that one can exist in the modern world. ... Unfortunately, I must take the side of accomplishment over fun at this critical stage, therefore "Mastery Learning" techniques will be used to facilitate expertise of the content. ... A student will never be expected to solve a mathematical problem on the board in front of the class. ...

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I could no longer just memorize the answers to simple math problems or easily research a broad topic to give a short speech on in front of the class. ... My future development as well as all the other students at Central Michigan University showcases the purpose and importance of literacy and how its development occurs in stages that build off of one another in order to create a society of literate individuals....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The benefits of a unified front when addressing the complex needs of young people is addressed as such: There is growing recognition that the task of supporting young people is not the responsibility of schools alone; it is a 'whole of community' responsibility, including the contribution of parents, teachers and community-based service providers. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The benefits of a unified front when addressing the complex needs of young people is addressed as such: There is growing recognition that the task of supporting young people is not the responsibility of schools alone; it is a 'whole of community' responsibility, including the contribution of parents, teachers and community-based service providers. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate