Undergraduate / Helping the community: "Community Application Essay" [3]

I am writing my community application essay that has to be at least 1 page and I really need all the help that I can get. The requirements are:

ˇ Tell us who you are, your family, your interests
ˇ What are your long-term goals, where do you see yourself in about 10 to 20 years?
ˇ How has your education so far prepared you for reaching your next goal?
ˇ How are you different from others in your class and what sets you apart?
ˇ What life experiences have you had that helped shaped you?
Any suggestions are appreciated.

Hello, my name is Briana Prince and I am an African American female who attends San Jacinto High School. I am a well-rounded student who is involved in school (academically and spiritually), sports, and in the community.

When it comes to school, I am always ready and prepared to learn. Because I have taken AP classes and college classes my grade point average is a 4.26. Being involved in my school is sometimes challenging yet exciting. I help with fundraisers, dances, pep-rallies, and other activities that go on at my school. I am also an athlete who plays basketball and track. I really enjoy playing these two sports because it has helped me learn teamwork and responsibility.

Helping in the community has helped shape who I am today. I have learned so much from helping out in the community that it has really made me a better person and it has made me realize how blessed I am. I am a very active person in my community. I help tutor friends and family members, I help with the astronomy group at the Elementary/middle School, I help put together blood drives and food drives, and I helped with the Relay For Life cancer campaign. Being involved in the community has helped shape who I am today and it is something that I really enjoy doing

I am different from the other students in my class because I have challenged myself to take AP classes, college classes, play sports, be in clubs, be in Associated Student Body, and be involved in my community all at once. Because I have done this, it definitely separates me from the other students and it has helped prepare me for reaching my next goal in life.

My long-term plans are to go to college and finish with at least my master's degree, live in California running my own business being a psychologist, and stay active in my community helping the homeless and different charities. I plan to make a difference in the lives of many people and if I get lucky I would like to make a difference in the world, so when I leave this earth my name remains alive for many years.

Undergraduate / 'Changing people's lives' - Community Service- Synthesis Essay [5]

My assignment was to write a synthesis essay on community service and I'm not too sure on what a synthesis essay is so please help me:)

Briana Prince
Period 2,AP English
February 22, 2010
Community Service: Synthesis Essay
Community services is a very important voluntary activity that should be mandatory at all schools. Although it is an oxymoron, most students do not know whether they should be a volunteer or not because they do not know what volunteering can do for their community and for themselves. Three sources that help support mandatory community service are: From Millennials Rising- Neil Hoe and William Strauss, Community Service Mission Statement- The Dalton School, and Volunteer Work Opens Teen's Eyes to Nursing. Community service can be extremely valuable in the development of both character and academics for the individuals who participate.

According to Neil Howe and William Strauss, From Millennials Rising, community service offered in schools has increased from seventeen to eighty-three percent from 1984 to 1993. Community service is a project that all schools should require students to be apart of. It teaches students responsibility and respect for their community, peers, elderly, and for themselves. Students being involved in their community encourages them to do more, make friends, and possibly make a difference in somebody's life. They would be giving back to their community and also be educated in a way no teacher or parent could ever teach.

I agree with the Community Service Mission Statement by the Dalton School when they say "Community service situates our moral center; it teachers us through experience-about the relationship between empathy and responsibility about what it takes to be part of a community, in essence, about being human." Community service is very important; it gives students the opportunity to explore life and see the world in a different way. Volunteering could open the eyes of many students to the real world before they have to step out of high school. It would help students make better choices. Keeping students involved in community activities can keep students from doing the wrong things such as: gang violence, school shootings, and drugs. Many students could learn how to be apart of a group and be involved in activities that help their community and environment. Community service can change the lives of those who are lonely and need someone to talk to and those who just need a friend. Getting all students involved in their community could eliminate gangs, violence, and diversity (racism).

Being apart of community service can change the lives of many people. In the Detroit News, April 16, 2005 there was a headline titled "Volunteer Work Opens Teen's Eyes to Nursing." It was about a thirteen-year-old boy named John Prueter who would visit his great-grandmother regularly when she was in the hospital. After she was transferred to Alterra Sterling House, an assisted-living home in Hampton Township, Prueter would also visit the other elderly people too. He helped them with whatever they needed help with and if there were nothing for him to do, he would sit and talk to them. Many students could learn from John Prueter's experience because volunteering with the elderly really changed his life. If more people were to be like John Prueter and volunteered at places, they might find how much they enjoy the work and it might change their lives too. Being involved in community service activities can change a student's attitude toward situations and life in general. It can make students realize that life is not just about having fun or making money, it is also about making a difference in someone's life and maybe even your own.

Community service is a very important subject that can change many people's lives. There are many ways students can volunteer in their community, whether it is helping with the elderly, reading to children, or volunteering at a pet shelter. Community service is something that is worthwhile and should be mandatory at all schools.

Book Reports / The excerpt from the opening of In Cold Blood [5]

I really need help writing my analysis essay on an excerpt form the opening of In Cold Blood. The assignment is to write how Truman Capote characterizes Holcomb. So please make as many corrections as you can find. Thank you:)

Excerpt from the opening of In Cold Blood
In the opening of In Cold Blood, Truman Capote writes about how unknown the village of Holcomb, Kansas is to many Kansans. To characterize Holcomb, Kansas Capote uses similes, imagery, and tone.

Capote uses similes to characterize how Holcomb is structured. When Capote says, "Holcomb, like all the rest of Kansas, is 'dry'" he is characterizing Holcomb by it does not have a lot of beer just like the rest of Kansas. Capote is characterizing how limited Holcomb and the rest of Kansas is. Capote also uses similes to characterize how known Holcomb is to many Americans and many Kansans when he says, "few Kansas-had ever heard of Holcomb. Like the waters of the river." In this example Capote is characterized by how lonely and unknown Holcomb is.

Capote also uses imagery to characterize Holcomb. Holcomb is easily characterized through the use of imagery because it provides the reader with the characteristics of Holcomb and how it appears. One example of imagery is when Capote says, "this one is flaking gold on a dirty window-HOLCOMB BANK." The imagery used makes known the visualization of the sign. It also makes it easier for the reader to visualize what is seen. He uses imagery by showing the color of the sign, what type of color it is, and by describing that, the window was dirty.

Capote uses tone to characterize Holcomb, Kansas. Throughout the excerpt, Capote uses a lot of negative connotation such as "meagerly," "melancholy," and "haphazard" to set a dull tone to show how dull the village of Holcomb, Kansas was.

Book Reports / an analysis essay on a quote in "the crucible" by Proctor [5]

My essay is not done yet by I need help ASAP. My assignment is to write an analysis essay on a quote in the crucible by Proctor, you can find it if you type The Crucible : A play in four acts on page 110. Please help me I really need it. Thanks.

The play The Crucible by Arthur Miller was written about the Salem witch trials and the Red Scare. The author uses personification, diction, and metaphors to help make the theme between Abigail and John Proctor clear. He helps point out the lies that causes Proctor to feel shame and guilt for his adultery. Proctor definitely learns from his mistakes.

Arthur Miller introduces personification to help provide the reader with a sense of the shame and guilt that John Proctor feels because of his adultery. The word "lust" shows that there was some type of wrong doing, which was because John Proctor knows that he was doing wrong when he was with Abigail and know he feels guilty because of it.

In the play, Miller introduces diction to show the tone and voice of John Proctors shame. Proctor uses the word "whore" to refer to Abigail because she was his mistress and he is ashamed of it.

Miller uses metaphors to compare to unlikely words that Proctor mentions. Proctor uses the word "sweat" to compare with the word "promise" referring to his lust to show that what he did was wrong and should not have happened.

Arthur Miller uses many strategies to help the reader understand the meaning of the play and the shame John Proctor feels about committing adultery.