... school with a smaller learning environment, where I can feel comfortable enough in the classroom to ask questions or answer them. I have always felt pressured to be silent in the classroom because all the other students made it seem taboo to speak. I always make an effort to make myself known to the faculty so I ... never thought I would have. I need a school where I can walk across campus with my head up and feel comfortable talking to someone I might not know. I believe Spring Hill offers that environment to the fullest because I have witnessed it first hand. Everywhere I went I got a ...

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... . Little did I know that this was the beginning of the most twisted story an eleven-year-old girl could fathom. The first time I ever saw my dad cry was the spring of sixth grade. I came home from a typical day of school to not the usual smell of dinner being prepared, and my dad in the living room staring vacantly at the ... ; At this point, he was crying to the point where he couldn't breathe. That was the first time I cried that night. It wasn't a wailing kind of cry, it was the silent cry. The one where you feel it burn in your throat and your eyes become blurry from tears. The one wh...

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... believing in ourselves, knowing that we were given life to find satisfaction in our minds. I remember myself resting in this big garden, with honey and lavender smell throughout. In the silent spring time, the blue sky seemed to be reflected in the rain drops; roses blossomed and bloomed without ceasing. Now in the winter days, the grass was yellowish, and gray clouds ... ...

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It was a beautiful spring morning as we drove out of the driveway that day. I remembered the excitement and the energy as I packed for the trip. I was even more excited about being able to get ... the ceremony took place. We were all told to keep quiet until the father finished his speech. It seemed like the ceremony lasted for hours while we sat there dead silent. If we made a sound one of the adults would scorn at us to quiet down because as a child we had to be quiet and give some respect to who ever ... ...

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