Reflective Essay

Reflective Essay Looking back on the year, I have improved in a lot of different areas. As I see my tips to take with me, I realize that I have improved greatly in 4 areas: reading, writing, speaking, and thinking. I have come a long way from the beginning of the year. By the various […]

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Semester Progress 2

As I look back at the year, I think I have met each objective this semester, through reading, writing, speaking, and thinking. For reading, I once again found deeper meaning in the texts I read. I learned to apply it to my life instead of just reading it. I now see how they apply to […]

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My Struggles on Diamond

Tanner Lebo Miss Wiederrich English 2 13 April 2018 My Struggles on the Diamond Everyone deals with adversity sometime in their life. The first time I dealt with it and overcame it was in my first season of high school baseball. I elected not to play baseball in the spring but instead run track. So, […]

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Reflection on Adversity

Tanner Lebo Based on the reading of my book, I have determine that adversity are troubles that people face in their lives. These troubles and trials may inhibit some abilities, or be hard to deal with, but they can be overcome. Everyone will face adversity in their lives, but these can be overcome through persistence […]

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The Disposablility of Those in Poverty in America

Tanner Lebo Mrs. Jank English 2 9 February 2018 The Disposablility of Those in Poverty in America In today’s American society, poor people and those in poverty are viewed as being disposable. There are multiple reasons that a person can be led to believe this. One is that many people have developed stereotypes towards the […]

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Personality Tests

We took some personality tests in Interpersonal Communication. My results were that I was a Blue/Gold Beaver. I think the trait of being a Beaver really suits me well, because I am a perfectionist and am really hard on myself. I like doing things step by step by instructions, without much thinking. I know that […]

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3) American Attitudes about Poverty and the Poor.

3) This author in the article discusses if the poor are in poverty because of their lack of motivation/not doing enough or if they are in poverty because of circumstances beyond their control. The author supports the question by offering a survey taken by people, showing their feelings about the question, and lots of statistics […]

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2) How do Americans view poverty? Many blue-collar whites, key to Trump, criticize poor people as lazy and content to stay on welfare.

2) This author didn’t really have a thesis, but its purpose was to determine how Americans view poverty and antipoverty efforts. It was a big survey that asked many different types of people questions dealing with poverty. There are graphs showing information and data taken from the questions, such as if poor people would rather […]

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