When it was time to go up in front of the class and share what we did over the summer, I would feel sick with nervousness and worry that I was going to mess up. ... So, I worked extra hard on my public speaking and I am no longer afraid to give a big speech in front of the class. I am now competing confidently in Pageants on stage in front of hundreds of people. And my lifelong dream is to even teach in front of a class of eager students. ...

• Word Count: 665
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

In the life of Crooks" character one sees the various stages of his behaviour, that is a direct effect of his loneliness. ... She in return belittles him in front of everyone leaving his will power and manhood destroyed. ...

• Word Count: 482
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

He entered the race and raced better than he ever did, winning stages left and right. ... My favorite part of the book was when Lance was in the Tour de France and he was in the uphill stages of the race. I loved how he would unexpectedly shoot out into the front of the race and oftentimes surprising even his fellow racers, he would take the lead and win. ...

• Word Count: 1125
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Show Boat Composer Jerome Kern and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II staged the operetta Show Boat, for the first time on December 27, 1927. ... We see in most of the scenes how the blacks would work in the background and the whites would play and socialize in the front. ...

• Word Count: 779
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The Humans don't want to fail in front of others, but people sometimes take their desire to be accepted by others to the limits. ... Each stage in life has a reason to exist and adolescence as such, it allows people to mature and teaches them among other things to accept them just the way they are. ...

• Word Count: 839
• Approx Pages: 3

For example if I show or communicate too much emotion in front of my dad, he reacts strangely and noticeably more masculine, acting stiff and unemotional. ... However the stage in which American society is at now, is much improved from the situation even twenty years ago. ...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While I was on my way to the checkout line, this Caucasian man that was in front of me turned around and handed me a dollar. ... Crossing racial boundaries with ease is uncommon during the adolescent stage because during puberty adolescents start to question self-identity, and they start to think about who they are ethnically and what it means to be black. ...

• Word Count: 848
• Approx Pages: 3