Write a multi-paragraph essay on how the past and present can affect the future. In your multi-paragraph essay, you should explore the idea that the future will be made up of the outcomes of decisions made in the past and present. Use at least two examples from the texts provided.Writer's Checklist? Use the Unit Assessment selections to supply the evidence for your writing.? Clearly state your thesis.? Look for the textual evidence that will support this thesis.? Avoid relying on one source as the provider of your evidence.? Your final written expression should take the form of a coherent multi-paragraph essay with an effective introduction and conclusion.? Begin drafting in the space provided.? Revise and edit your draft, ensuring you are using a consistent and appropriate style, before submitting your response.

Zoe's College Entrance Essay This essay may be nontraditional, but my childhood was extremely unconventional, so I suppose it's a good fit. To those college admissions staff who may be reading this: Hello! My name is Zoe Markum, and, as you have probably already noticed, my applica ket doesn't include any of the usual requirements. There are no tra transcripts and no references from teachers who were delighted tead, there's a myriad of other Origin Stories materials, including a photo listing my volunteer experiences, and a map docur You see, I didn't grow up in the pu te school. My parents met when they were young. right before my father ed from the United States Naval Academy. There's a common term in comic book fandom: the origin story. Every superhero has an origin story: Soon after his graduation, he was s loved my family from It's the story of how the characters became the h -the superheroes-they are today. The origin California to South Korea. Wham! Just like th y. uninterrupted education was story is often the key to the meaning of the superhero and his or her life; it is the cause of the hero's slammed in my face and, since m the East Coast to the West, and around the globe. Each year, I've had the op merse myself in a completely ater effect, intrinsic to his or her meaning to fans new culture and community, which Like the ancient gods of early panth -stories of their beginnings. at the Naval Station in Spain, to making learning Japanese during Dad's extended deployment in ndeed, there are scholars who argue th it the superheroes of today are not inherently different from the gods, demigods, and hero lives as marked by their origin stories. For Unfortunately, our constant moving has of d and unsure of myself, especially when it came to school. We often e middle of the school year, and I had to example, Hercules's life was mar tions of jealous Hera matra acwarfare that his been my life thus far. start all over again in a new pla else had already made friends, tried out for sports certainly shaped the rest of rime as a child and grow teams, and generally gotten into the groove of the academic year. It's hard to be the "new kid" all the up to fight injustice. Another may teaching color his or her ime, so after talking it over with my family when I e decided to make a change, adventures and define his or her pers ality. Origin stories can define the themes of a hero's life and was, from the East Coast to im and I officially became a homeschooler. adventures, setting up narratives of re , revenge, nurture, fear, or courage. While my mother never felt like homeschooling wa articular calling, she dove into it with ning Japanese during Dad's passion and perseverance, ordering curricula and developing fun games to help me learn all the Origin stories express our belief that the things that are distinctive about us are caused by distinctive and and unsure of myself subjects, even the ones I wasn't too ex willingness to become my events in our past. Like the hand of kism e, events happen and change our lives, teacher, and to stay in that role all through my "high school" years. She put up with my pouting and It's hard to be the "Than Kid el the frustrations, including my sadness at missing prom and my annoyance when she tried to make me converting us from ordinary beings in n appealing idea-it works for bath grade, we decided to make a change, fictional characters, and we often explain our own lives same idea. People see their as dove into it was beginnings as foreshadowing their ends, their earl es as oracles prophesying the has put in with my pouting swat outcome of their lives. We look for s causes. This is even more 1:36 PM StudySync - Test - TCPS - Grade 10- Final Exam true of fictional characters like superhero d ancient gods, whose early experiences dutifully feel better by suggesting I choose my own "Zoe's school colors" to feel some sort of school spirit. I wasn't having that, but I did get to participate in sports ou'll see a long list in my point the way for their future lives, just like the artistic technique of having all that fictional rain falling ask highly enough of my application packet, but some iving, and ballroom n fictional funerals. dance. Activities kept me social and excited about learning. I can't speak highly enough of my are krom as "brils. parents' willingness to say "Y y education. However, real life is seldom so tidy as the stories of c roes, and not all stories run the ture of the military has taught me way we expect. Bad beginnings can lead to good endings, or nowhere at all. Some people have Bellave will serve the well in t. dencite petbecks or for many years, I've struggled with my se lly in light of others' opinions of me. In termined to keep plowing ahead ins military culture, kids whose parent on as "brats," though extraordinary begininngs but do nothing remarkable with their lives; others have ordinary, plain the life to exotic travel- my college experience. I that doesn't necessarily mean we live up to that name! The culture of the military has taught me origins but grow into something inc le in spite of that. dissed have sarved maa well and formas ma lass respect, patriotism, dedication, hard work, and other virtues that I believe will serve me well in lily and classroom, In spite of chullong as college, as well as in life. I know how to take on a challenge and finish it, despite setbacks or In the late 1980s, a study was conducted to determine the difference between at-risk children who that I did My personality and unexpected difficulties. I'm like a running back in for keep plowing ahead to had troubles in later life and at-risk children who, against all statistical odds, thrived. One factor was inging was s ait i may think sees finish the play, no matter w that the children who thrived were associated with special adults who believed in them and helped life experiences are mat make me a sander Ican't wait to bring all of my trience. a chance angry atypical background believe that my nontraditional ell and formed me into a young adult who has much to offer to the university community and classroom. In spite of challenges apps studysync.com/#V/assignments/tests/372338623 and unique situations that of lucky to have had the education-bot periential-that I did. My personality and worldview have been shaped by a global, culturally rich, hood and young adulthood. While this might make me a little unusu upbringing was a gift. I may think, speak, . 1:29 PM StudySync - Test - TCPS - Grade 10 - Final Exam and conduct myself a little differ mething one should them re-imagine their past events as an advantage rather than as a handicap: as a good origin story aspire to. On the contrary, my individuality and unique life ex what make me a standout they could build from, not a bad one that doomed them. The events didn't change, but the kids candidate for your institution. I hope you will consider taking a chance on my atypical be background changed what those origins meant to them. and application. I promise you won't regret it. Most of us are predictable, but our past does not reliably delineate our future. Origin stories do not define our destiny or our doom