Therefore, Baker decided to write the essay for himself, and write another for Mr. ... Because the essay took him all night to write, he had no time left for another essay. ... Fleagle enjoyed his essay and even praised it in front of the class. ... Wiseburn through my older brother who was her student before I was. ... One thing I found quite funny was after learning about the gas chambers, I was afraid for to bathe with the shower head because I thought that gas might come out and kill me. ...

• Word Count: 1603
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In the essay "The Achievement of Desire" Richard Rodriguez reminisces about his experiences as a scholarship boy. ... His brother and sisters also contributed to his desire to acquire as much knowledge as he possibly could. ... This question becomes a leitmotif for the essay. ... His father found him reading in the closet. His mother found him reading when he was supposed to be asleep or playing outside. ...

• Word Count: 2210
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Two years later as I began to work on this essay for my University of Washington English class, I remembered this puzzling feeling. ... I remembered then, in Patricia Limerick's essay " The Empire of Innocence", Limerick had claimed "humans live in a world in which mental reality does not have to submit to narrow tests of accuracy"(417). ... Richard Rodriguez, author of the essay "The Achievement of Desire", in which Rodriguez evaluates his education and its impact on his life says "It mattered that education was changing me. ... My brothers and sisters would giggle at our mother's...

• Word Count: 1535
• Approx Pages: 6

Higher-class kids also are more often found in high academic tracks than lower-class kids are (Oakes, 64-65; Spring, 83). ... In Ain't No Makin' It, MacLeod gave us an example of the parents who couldn't offer their kids much more than encouragement: the "Brothers- had high goals and worked hard, but in almost every case failed to reach their goals. ... These problems are more often found in lower-class homes than in higher-class homes. ... Some schools have found ways to deal with cultural differences, such as the way Lincoln High School dealt with the Hallway Hangers in MacLeo...

• Word Count: 1645
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When Victor received his first A- on an essay he wrote about his brother's dog, he was happy because it was his first A-. ... But an employee that helped Homer weld the rocket was sent back to work in the mines when his father found out. ...

• Word Count: 1943
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School