Essay on Fear

Essay on Fear

Sam

10/31/09

Mr.Salsich

Everybody has fears. My fear is not a spider, snake, robber, being shot, or anything that involves violence or getting hurt. My greatest fear is something lots of people feel every now and then. My fear is talking in front of a crowd of people.

TS- Whether its ten people or fifty people I tent to get extremely tense if I have to be put on the spot.. SD- As I grow older I am more prone to be placed in this awkward situation that I fear.CM-For example, in middle school it was a requirement to take chorus or band. Me and some friends all chose Chorus. That was a very big mistake. All year I would always dread the concert day. Standing in front of lots of people singing is not where I wanted to be. SD- Just saying simple things in front of people is scary for me. CM-Doing a puppet show in English class in front of eight people was frightening. CM-I was so reveled when I heard I was not required to do the puppet show.SD- I have many feelings that confirm my fear.CM- When I am in front of a crowed, my thoughts get scrambled and I get confused with what I am saying.CM- My palms grow sweaty and my legs feel like they are filled with lead. CS-My fear is not of somebody robbing our house, or getting shot, or getting bit by a spider, but the fear of messing up in front of people.

TS-The scariest time in my life was at a school convention where I had to give a presentation about energy renewal.SD- At this convention a panel of judges would judge us on our presentation.CM- Standing in front of a room filled with forty classmates, teachers, and parents was super scary.CM-I remember staggering slowly to the front of the room looking at dozens of faces staring at me.SD- I am very familiar with the feeling of blacking out from chorus class. Standing on those risers just made me feel faint, that feeling was returning to me, the feeling of blacking out.CM-My head grew faint, my face burned, my body became sweaty and my palms clammy. SD- Having a paper to read from is what saved me.CM-Without this paper I would have frozen and forgot my whole speech.CM-After reading the paper it felt as if fifty pounds was lifted off my chest. I have never felt better.CS- The moments before speaking were actually worse than executing my speech.

My grandfather says fear stands for, false expectations of anticipated results. So let it be the fear of performing in a chorus concert or getting bit by a snake we all have fear. Jem and Scout have a fear of the Radley. Fear is simply un avoidable, if you think you don’t have any fears you will encounter them as your life goes on.

Stick Essay #6

Sam
10/21/09
English
Mr.Salsich

Ever since I can remember I was always told to never judge somebody by their physical features. This was one of the most important lessons I was ever told. Nobody is perfect, everbody has their flaws. I personally don't care what other people think about me. if they want to judge me on how I look, I say go for it.

TS-Never judge a book by its cover until you know the true character. SD-Chapter seven in the book To Kill A Mocking Bird relates to a stick because a stick has a layer of bark that hides its true insides.CM- Mr.Radley's house is like the stick's bark because it hides his true personality.CM-You never know something's true inside until you peel away its bark.
SD-In the Disney movie Shrek, a scene played out by Shrek talks about onions having layers, "No! Layers! Onions have layers. Ogers have layers. Onions have layers... you get it. We both have layers". CM-Shrek implied everyone has feelings no matter what their layers present. CM-Mr.Radley and the stick both have in common an outer shell that hides beauty inside. SD-It's what's inside that counts, it's what's inside that matters, it's what's inside that's true.(anaphora) CM-This is just another example about how our society and the town of Maycomb look upon other people.CM-It is sad that some people judge others on their physical features instead of their inner features. CS-Like Mother Teresa once said, "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

TS-In my life, however, a stick has many functional purposes.
SD-Ever since I can remember, I have always been an outdoor person.CM-In the summer time my friend Joe and I would spend countless hours constructing forts made from sticks. CM-I can’t imagine how boring summer would be without these wonderful sticks to build with.SD-Another reason sticks are important to my life is because I have a yellow labrador.CM- Everyday of his life he has been fetching and sticks in the ocean, river, ponds, lakes, and woods. I honestly don’t know what I would do if there were no sticks for him to chew or fetch.CM-Without sticks the house would be torn to pieces from a hyper crazy lab that has nothing to retrieve or orally fixate himself on.SD-My last reason sticks are so essential to my life is, I always am whittling spears, ducks, and another thing that’s seems compelling.CM-To me whittling is very relaxing and passes time nicely.CM-Passing time relates to Jem, Dill,
and Scout because they are always trying to find a way to pass time during the long summer days. If they found something to do, like whittling, they may never have lurked into the Radley's backyard. CS-Sticks are for building, sticks are for fetching, sticks are for carving, sticks are for chewing, sticks are for fun (anaphora).

I can't believe how useful and important sticks are in my life until I pondered about it. The sybolism of a stick is important to my moral values as funny as that may sound. We never know someones true character just by looking at them. I will always look beyond ones profile before I pass a judgement.

Basic Outline on Chapter Seven

Sam
10/22/09
English
Mr.Salsich

TS- Quote about not judging a book by its cover.
SD-How chapter seven relates to a stick and its bark.
CM-How Mr.Radley relates to the stick and its bark.
CM-Never knowing someone's true inside until you peel away their bark.
SD-Shrek's quote about how onions have layers.
CM-What Shrek implied.
CM-Relating the onions to Mr.Radley.
SD-Anaphora
CM-How people judge people like Mr.Radley.
CM- It's sad how some people judge others by their physical features.
SD-Quote by Mother Teresa.


TS-A stick in my life has many functional purposes.
SD-Always been an outdoor person.
CM-Spending the summer building forts from sticks.
CM-What summer would be like without sticks.
SD-Next reason sticks are important in my life is because I have a yellow labrador.
CM-Every day my dog is fetching and chewing sticks in the ocean, river, woods, etc..
CM-What the house would look like if there was no sticks for him to fetch or chew.
SD-Always whittling spears, ducks, etc..
CM-Whittling passes time and is relaxing.
CM-How passing time relates to Jem, Dill, and Scout.
CS-Anaphora

Sam
10/15/09
english
Mr.Salsich

Basic Outline

TS-What the word privacy means.
SD-How Jem,Scout,and Dill invade Mr.Radley's privacy.
CM-Explain how they were gonna give there note to Mr.Radley.
CM-Atticus catching them leaving the note.
SD-A quote from Scout about privacy
CM-What happens when people invade my privacy.
CM-How my closed door relates to Mr.Radley.
SD-Whats weird to the town of Maycomb is normal to Mr.Radley.
CM-How its not right for kids to invade Mr.Radleys personal life.
CM-Antithesis
CS-How peoples privacy should be respected by others.

TS-What privacy means in my life to me.
SD-A time in my life that relates to privacy, at a chorus concert.
CM-How I wanted to be invisible to the strangers.
CM-Escape the feeling of people looking at me.
SD-How I must come out from under my shell.
CM-Fine balance between exposure and unexposure.
CM-I tend to lean towerd flying under the radar.
SD-Steping out of the box everyday.
CM-How I always attempt to step out of my box.
CM-How I am shy, and always trying to conquer that emotion.
CS-Challenge of finding the balace point between over exposure and under exposure.

Privacy Essay

Sam
Essay #4
10/20/09

Throughout the day everybody finds themselves needing privacy. Privacy is something unavoidable. I personally love spending time by myself for a period of time during the day. It is a time I can relax and dive into my thoughts.

TS- To me the word privacy means the right to remain unnoticed and unidentified in the public. SD- In the book To Kill A Mocking Bird, Scout, Jem, and Dill all invaded Mr. Radley's privacy when they attempted to leave their note on his window. CM- Scout, Jem, and Dill are all very curious about Mr. Radley so they come up with a plan to leave a note on his window. The note was asking Mr.Radley to meet with them. CM- While attempting to leave the note Atticus caught them and told them firmly, "What Mr. Radley did was his own business. If he wanted to come out, he would."SD- Scout makes a point about privacy, asking how would we like it if people came barging in our life without asking? CM-When someone doesn't knock on my bedroom door I get very angry because that is my privacy. The closed door means I want to be left alone, just how Mr. Radley keeps his doors shut. SD- Lastly, it seems weird to Scout, Jem, and Dill and the rest of Maycomb that Mr. Radley stays inside all day and excludes himself from the public, but it may not seem weird to him. CM-It is not right for the kids to invade Mr.Radley's privacy because they thinks it is weird he stays inside all day. CM-The town of Maycomb loved being outside, Mr.Radley hated it. (antithesis) CS- In all, other peoples privacy should be respected by others, because when others invade my privacy I get very mad just like everybody else.

TS-In my life, privacy is a time for me to be invisible to others and to get lost in my own thoughts.SD-A time in my life when I wanted privacy was in my seventh grade chorus concert.CM- When I was on stage with many people staring up at me, I wanted to be left alone the most. All I wanted to do was run to the car and drive home, to totally escape the feeling of people staring at me.SD-Even though sometimes I must come out from underneath my shell, I find it hard when I am surrounded by strangers.CM-There is a fine balance between over exposure and underexposure. I tend to lean toward flying under the radar and trying to blend in with the crowd.SD-Everyday I try to step out of the box and try something that is not comfortable for me. CM-Let it be making a speech in front of people I am not familiar with, or simply talking to friends about my thoughts and feelings, I always make an effort to reach out .CM-I am shy, there is no denying this, but I continuously try to conquer my timidness everyday.(appositive closer)CS-As I stated before, there is a fine balance between overexposure and underexposure, but the challenge is to find the balancing point.
TS- Harper Lee, the author of To Kill A Mocking Bird,nicely describes how Mr. Radley likes his Privacy.CM- I can relate to Mr.Radley because I too like privacy.CM- I can also relate to Mr.Radley because he got upset when Jem peeked into his window, and I too would get upset if someone peeked in my room. The Constitution states, it is everyone's right to own private property. Our laws enforce privacy of ones land, hence "private property no trespassing" signs are so common. How would society be without the protection of one's privacy?

Basic Outline

Sam
10/7/09
English
Mr.Salsich
Body Paragraph One

TS-Scout complaing to Atticus why she doesn't want to go to school.
SD-Atticus's first reason using the Ewells as an example of why Scout has to stay in school.
CM-Scout complaing how he should not have to go to school beacause Burris doesn't.
CM-Atticus will not allow Scout to follow in the Ewell's footsteps.
SD- Atticus's next point about how he would get fired if Scout didn't go to school.
CM-Quote about Atticus's point.
CM-Explain what the quote means.
SD-Atticus's last point about puting yourself into the other persons shoes.
CM-A reason Scout hates school.
CM-Scout Quote about how she should not have put herself in Ms.Carolines shoes.
CS-Tell Attius's three point about education one more time.

Body Paragraph 2

TS- What education means to me
SD-Kids dreading school day, participle closer.
CM-Day by day, test by test, ups and downs, pros and cons.
CM-How school is essential to my future
SD-Explain the easy route
CM-What happens if you take the easy route.
CM-How they will go no where in life.
SD-If somone goofs of in school they will not contribute to society.
CM-Explain what could happen if they got a good education
CM-Mention Atticus
CS-Close with a question.

Education Essay

Sam
10/13/09
English
Mr.Salsich

Final Draft

In my life, education is very important. Like Scout, in the book, To Kill A Mocking Bird, I do not look forward to going to school everyday, and like Atticus, my mom and dad are constantly reminding me how important it is to have a good education. Getting up for school and sitting down for homework is the most frustrating thing, but it must be done.

TS-When Scout starts complaining to Atticus about how she doesn't want to go to school anymore, Atticus makes a few points about why she has to. SD- One of Atticus' reasons why Scout has to stay in school is that he does not want Scout to end up like a Ewell. CM- Scout tells his dad he doesn't have to go to because Burris Ewell only shows up for the first day then gets marked absent the rest of the year. Atticus replies that the Ewells are a bunch of uneducated animals that have never done a days work.CM-Atticus will not allow Scout to follow the grim dark path the Ewells choose to follow. SD-The next point is when Atticus tells Scout,"I have to make a living. Besides, they'd put me in jail if I kept you at home-dose of magnesia for you tonight and school tommorow."CM-Atticus is basically saying Scout cannot drop out of school because of his job. If they found out he was teaching Scout at home he would be fired. Also, Atticus has a job. He has no time after his long tiring day to give Scout a proper education.SD-Atticus' last point he tells Scout is, to put her feet in the other person's shoes.CM-One of the reasons Scout doesn't want to go to school is because of what Ms.Caroline told him about how her father can’t teach him to read anymore.CM-So when Atticus tells Scout to put his feet in Ms.Caroline’s shoes, Scout say,"We could not expect her to learn all Maycomb's ways in one day, and we could not hold her responsible when she knew no better."CS-Atticus made three points why Scout had to stay in school. I believe these three points were great because, they changed some of Scout's views on school. Scout and Atticus had different views on school. Atticus believes in getting a good education, and Scout who doesn't want to go to school,both have to deal with this issue.(v-split)

TS-To me education is the most important thing I must complete. SD-Every day when kids wake up they absolutely dread starting the long hard school day. CM-Entering the school doorways is like entering the doors to a jail cell. (participle closer) CM-Day by day,test by test, school has its ups and downs, pros and cons.SD-Some people choose to take the easy fun route in school. This route is fun but deadly at the same time.CM-By taking the easy way out of school one will slowly slip down the tubes into a long hard life.CM-When people don’t get a good education their minds will go to waste. SD-With people not getting a good education they will not contribute to the society. CM- For Example, if someone goofs off in school, doesn't get good grades, and ends up working at McDonalds, their mind has gone to waste. . CM-If they took school seriously and went to college they may have found the cure for cancer or solved some other major crises. CS- Without educated people where would we be today?


To be successful in life and have a house, car, or other luxuries you need an education. In chapter three of To Kill A Mocking Bird, Scout doesn't understand how big of a mistake it would be to drop out of school. She is very lucky to have an educated dad who knows and tells her she is not quitting