Brandon Curran Entry #1

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The summer had just begun. As any other student would be, I was exited for incoming days of relaxation and stress free time with close family and friends. Everything seemed to be in order for a great start to the summer. Unluckily, this excitement was short lived. I had to take the ACT. This news was like a train had run off its tracks and made its newfound pathway toward my hopes and dreams. All of my excitement and feelings of relaxation were affectively obliterated. I had yet more hours of studying and hard work ahead of me, then additional boring hours of pure test taking to reach the end result. I would be spending days sitting at home or in a classroom preparing while others enjoyed their fresh summer freedom. The challenge at hand was not an easy one; prepare for the test, take the test, get -hopefully a good- grade. I started by doing all the necessary preparation. To succeed in conquering this challenge I had to put in hard work and make sacrifices. Test day finally arrived and the nerves hit hard. I was not about to let all the preparation I had done go to waste. While taking the test all of the strategies I took to learning came to me like I had known them all of my life. I finished the test and knew that I had done well. I had beaten this challenge. Test scores came in to prove that I had got a 29 and I would be free from stress like that for the rest of summer.

                                           -Brandon Curran

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3) This picture has good composition because it shows not only framing, but also action. This picture makes the viewer feel a very musical setting and lets them begin to imagine what it would sound like had the player in the background been rehearsing in real life. You can clearly see that the player in the background is performing but also learning. This is invaluable in a picture.