I did not have enough time to study anymore. ... It was painful for me to come back to my senses, and my study habits. ... At home she sat me down and I warned me. Thinking about my future made me cried heavily and finally, I told myself by deciding to study really hard, to be the head not the tail and to success. ... From that, I learned a valuable lesson in my life, studying hard and putting behind all distractions were now my man focus. ...

• Word Count: 1327
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Studying is something you have to do constantly even if you don't have any work to study. ... Another area where Desi mentality wouldn't fail my parents is in studying. When they went to school in Pakistan they had to study day and night out of the textbook and still flunk the test and then they would study more. ... Don't get me started on the SAT's I would have been stuck in my room for months and moths just preparing for this stuff. ... I had a bit of a problem with my parents appointing me to my room for studying. ...

• Word Count: 1927
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Dorris, a contemporary author of anthropological studies, poetry and short stories, best known for his work in prose. ... In 1979, he became a full professor founded and chaired the Native American Studies Department at Dartmouth. ... He started publishing anthropological studies in 1975, but Erdrich encouraged him to write fiction. ... His many awards in Native American Studies helped him to become strong in his ethnicity and later write the work A Yellow Raft in Blue Water in 1987. ... One scholar added: In a hospital where Christine goes to be treated, sick people sat low like moss o...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

"The City of Refuge,"" by Tom Piazza tells the story of two families impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The book follows the two families through the storm and their many different living locations throughout the book. The Williams family who lives in the Lower Ninth ward and the Donaldson family who is...

• Word Count: 1459
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In the film, Dead Poet's Society, Neil Perry would have never committed suicide if his dominating father would have sat down and chatted about what Neil wanted and what they could do to compromise. ... His father instructs him to quit the school newspaper committee because he does too many extracurricular activities and needs to concentrate on his studies. ...

• Word Count: 1967
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

He became so captivated by his own reflection, that he sat looking at himself until he died and a small flower grew in his place. ... In Secret Daughter, when Sarla recalled the moment when her son Krishnan decided to go aboard and study, saying in the novel, "[s]ixteen family members travelled together, caravan style, in four separate cars to the airport 'Don't worry, papa. ...

• Word Count: 1988
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School