The controversy surrounding whether or not community service hours are required to graduate from high school has caused trouble for the Green Bay High School systems. Many dissatisfied students are opposing the requirement of 24 hours of community service to graduate from their institution of learning, while others argue in favor. This issue has generated … Read more
Anything from A-Z that involves school is a bad habit that I have to deal with. I mean everything about school annoys me. That means teachers, rules, and parking, finding paper to write on. I was saying to my best school bud Jared, the following questions. Where we were hanging out by the food truck … Read more
High school is a time for learning, growing, and preparing for the future. High school diploma is very important. Scholarship can help you pay for your education and continue your studies. There are many different types of scholarships available to students. You can find scholarships based on your academic achievement, financial need, or even your … Read more
High school is a waste of time and money. College is a waste of time and money. Secondary education is a waste of time and money. There, I said it. And I’m not the only one who thinks so. In her 1975 book “The Myth ofEducation and the Decline of Work,” Caroline Bird argued that … Read more
Many individuals, throughout history, have encountered many horrible characters or events that molded them into the people they are today. Personality molding, on the other hand, might have a good or bad impact on a person. It has the ability to shape someone’s personality for the rest of their life. In the book, “The Other … Read more
Good evening everyone! I remember when I was in 4th year high school, I’ve practiced my declamation speech for a week, and the performance they arrived, my speech is entitled- Am I to be blamed? Here are some lines of the speech: “They’re chasing me, they’re chasing, no they must not catch me, I have … Read more
It is estimated that over 300 different languages are spoken in the United States. This includes not only traditional languages, but also various dialects and creoles. The education system in the United States has long been geared towards students who speak English as their first language. This can be seen in the way that many … Read more
Year-round schooling is a bad idea for high school students. Education is important, but students need time to relax and enjoy their childhood. School should be a time to make friends and memories, not just a place to learn. Year-round schooling takes away from that. Students need time to be kids. The act or process … Read more
Extracurricular activities are a great way to get involved in your high school community. They can help you make new friends, learn new skills, and even boost your college applications. But with so many options available, it can be tough to decide which ones to pursue. Here’s a look at some of the most popular … Read more
Why am I in college? An excellent question – I graduated from high school in May 2002 after almost ten years. While most of my friends and high-school graduates were considering going to college, I wasn’t. My mother asked me what I wanted to do with my life after high school when she noticed that … Read more
It’s no secret that racism is still a problem in our society. And unfortunately, it’s also an issue in our schools. Racism in schools takes many forms. It can be overt, like when students make racist comments or jokes. It can also be more subtle, like when students are segregated by race or when teachers … Read more
To my future self, I hope that time has been kind to you. I hope your high school experience was what you hoped it would be, and I hope you lived it up in college. I can’t sit here and say I know what growing up was like, because I don’t. I also can’t say … Read more
The Los Altos City is located at the South end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco South Bay Area; its exact situation is in Santa Clara County, California. Overview Los Altos is an affluent commuter community; its residents live in the city, although they commute to their places of work. The community … Read more
Tom! I haven’t seen you in years man! I can’t believe you didn’t make it to the reunion. I hope you recieve this and aren’t dead in a ditch somewhere. I was planning on telling you all about the past 20 years, in Rome, but I will just do it now. After highschool I went … Read more
Next stop, onion picking! Samantha planted close to a hundred onions, we pulled them out of the ground and it made you cry like a baby. They smelled so strong even though they were not yet fully grown. The farm used to have an apple tree but it had so many apples on it that … Read more
Walking into a room and not knowing a single soul can be an irritating situation and sometimes even a scary one. This type of event can occur almost anywhere-from the workplace to the classroom. But the big question is: How does a person keep from making this situation so impersonal? In this essay, people will … Read more
When I was just a child the world seems like an endless place, and all the world was to me was my backyard. As I grew, I slowly began to realize that in-fact despite the world’s size, we are all connected somehow and each personal encounter that I experience adds to that connection. This awareness … Read more
The theatre has been an important part of my life starting from a young age. Growing up, my mother was always involved with community theatre, and I would attend her rehearsals and performances. The very first live theatre performance I went to see my mom in was A Grand Night For Singing, and from the … Read more
Spending 3 days with total strangers made a bigger impact on me than I thought it would ever. At the end of sophomore year, I was given an opportunity to attend a seminar called Missouri Leadership Seminar (MLS). This seminar was just for one sophomore from schools all across Missouri. The seminar took place at … Read more
The reason why i think that kids should not be playing sports, is because one thing is that Most children would rather play on a losing team than sit on the bench of a winning team From the article “More Kids Are Suffering Sports Injuries”. What many people don’t see is that people are dieing … Read more
In the United states of America Children spend a total of 12 years attending primary and secondary school. Around the age of six children will start primary school which is also known as elementary school. Once elementary school is completed the children will start secondary school which consist of junior high school starting at the … Read more
After talking about the background of policy, and why this particular policy was needed at the time and what problems it was trying to solve, it is now time to talk about the actual policy of No Child Left Behind. The main point of No Child Left Behind was to level the playing field in … Read more
Ever have parents yelling from the sidelines or through the fence during one of your best games? Many parents want their kids to succeed but push them too hard and too much. Some parents don’t realize is that they are actually harming their kids not helping, parents think it’s support but kids think it’s pressure. … Read more
There were two presentations made with this group. The first was Materials and Properties, which was aimed at a year 4 class. The second presentation was Living and Non-Living things which was aimed at a year 3 class. These presentations were to engage students with the topics and give the group a chance to present … Read more
Growing up in Lincoln Park Chicago, I went to a private school for preschool through 1st grade. Although it was a exceptional school for elementary kids, the education for middle school and high students was not as adequate. On Average, three or four teenagers graduated from the eighth grade class. When I was in 2nd … Read more
Driving through a snow storm on a cold October night, my mother held in her arms a child she expected to see a week later. In the blink of an eye, sixteen years of my life passed by. Although I am only sixteen, I have met thousands of people during my lifetime. Over the years … Read more
There are numerous reasons that folks ought to get included in their kids’ school. Understudies who have concerned and included folks have a tendency to show signs of improvement evaluations. At the point when a guardian makes inquiries about homework and assignments, oversees to ensure that they complete, and even assists with homework, it is … Read more
The United States is falling lower in education ranks while other countries are climbing, and there is a potential contributing factor: excessive standardized testing. America is ranked 17th in science and 24th in math (reading was exempt due to a printing error) out of 57 other countries. (Wilde) Although the United States is in the … Read more
A College Students Idea of the American Dream As the slumbered student walks through the creaking halls, the weight of despair fell to his shoulders quickly when his eyes ran across the amount of debt towards his student loans. In school, children are told to work hard to have good grades to prepare for the … Read more
The rain had been falling all day. I grudgingly canceled the tennis game I had planned with my doubles partner Jackson, changing out of my tennis whites with a sigh. I tossed my phone across the room, and it landed on my desk, on top of a pile of folders, binders, and nearly unused school … Read more
Two years ago, a soccer ball was blasted into the side of my head and knocked me to the ground. It left me with a concussion that not only took me out of soccer for six months, but also affected my day to day life. For months, it made me nauseous to even jog around … Read more
Some factors that lead the “bad” Wes Moore into the drug trade can be social immobility, national explanation of poverty, his has an older brother that is doing the same and statistics. Wes experiences social immobility throughout generations of his family. It is extremely hard for him and his mother to get out of poverty … Read more
fabricated with ethylene vinyl acetate which maintains the stiffness of the mouthpiece to prevent the mouthpiece from becoming deformed. The mouthpiece must have a fitted bite position to enable it to prevent the extra force to the jaw. The stats prove that a change needs to be made with the concussion protocol at all levels … Read more
My definition of a discourse community is basically any group of people who share similar interest and knowledge about a topic, have some common background or experiences, and share some way of communicating with each other. The student body here at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) is my discourse community. The student body … Read more
The National Football League (NFL) Pro-Bowl Fun Run Experience is a fundraiser event to raise money for NFL charities. The fun run would include the following: the kids’ fun run, a Super Fan 5k Fun Run, and the Ultimate Fan 10K Fun Run. This event takes place annually and the day before the Pro Bowl … Read more
The color of my skin, texture of my curls, and sound of my accent does not solely define who I am. I define myself as Mariela De Loa, a Catholic, Mexican-American young woman. My adolescence consisted of me growing up in a middle class household with my mother, father, and three siblings. From a young … Read more
The first time I walked into my practicum classroom, I was so nervous. The students introduced themselves and I introduced who I was, then the student’s asked me all sorts of questions. The questions consisted of: what is your major, do you have pets, and who was your favorite elementary teacher. I told them my … Read more
In 1957, nine African-American students challenged institutionalized segregation in Little Rock, Arkansas, simply by enrolling in Central High School, a formerly all-white school. Melba Patillo Beals was one of the nine determined students who attempted to desegregate the public school system in Little Rock. She later wrote about her experiences in Warriors Don’t Cry, a … Read more
I have found that one of my most hindering personal flaws is the fact that I have always been a rather spectacularly terrible speller. This of course was discovered when I began elementary school and started to learn basic reading and writing. In reading I flourished (a bit to be expected as my mother is … Read more
I’m going to start by saying that I am a college athlete and it’s very interesting the number of people fighting and defending the topic if players should be paid. The price for college has never been higher and will only continue to grow as time goes on. Going along with that college athletics have … Read more
If there was one thing I learned from science fairs–besides learning how to properly record my data–is that friendships require forgiveness. It may seem implausible and absurd, but during the science fair two years ago, I had finally learned this valuable lesson of forgiving. I would often dwell upon this memory and smile, wondering how … Read more
Kayleen Soto, despite having a rather melancholy life, has conquered any problem that stood in her way and has evolved into a strong, brave, and respectable young woman. Kayleen’s legacy begins on August 3, 2002 at Denville Hospital in New Jersey in which her mother, Mirella Soto, gave birth to a baby girl with chocolate … Read more
It all started my junior year of high school. I was excited to begin my wonderful journey in Future Farmers of America. I was nervous but the road ahead of me was going to be an awesome experience. Some of my experiences include showing my animals, the competitions I attended, being a FFA officer and … Read more
Should college athletes get paid? College sports is one of the most entertaining to watch if you are a sports fan and, schools bring in a large amount of money due to their athletic programs but, due the athletes really deserve a pay day? Some college athletes think that they deserve to get a payday … Read more
FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION A Loose Definition of Success The role of a social worker is to act in the best interest of the children they are working with, to make sure the basic needs of each child is met. The social workers feel as if they are being successful at their jobs as long as … Read more
Being the Drum Major of a marching band is an incredible honor. This statement is particularly true for the Dunmore High School marching band. The DHSMB is renowned for having an amazing band, led by amazing Drum Majors. To be a Drum Major, one must possess a tremendous amount of skill and abilities that extend … Read more
Thave been exposed to the idea of the growth mindset throughout the courses I have completed at Jewell. I agreed with 7 out of the 7 growth mindset questions and I agreed with 0 of the fixed mindset questions on the growth mindset quiz. Though it seems that my current thinking favors the growth mindset … Read more
Invention: Ethos: Victor Rios immediately establishes his credibility by describing how he was one of the very troubled teens he is speaking about. By doing this, he shows us that he understands the topic he is discussing and has a unique perspective and ability to see the issue. Moreover, because he was one of them, … Read more
MARYSVILLE, Wash. — Moving her finger over the laptop trackpad, 6-year-old Lauren Meek drags and drops a block of code to build a set of instructions. She clicks the “run” button and watches as the character moves through a maze. Then she pumps her fist excitedly. “Yes! This is so easy,” says Meek, a kindergartner … Read more
My Life Unknown Reading Jeannette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, I really got a feel of what one person’s life is about, of someone who I do not even know. That may be the reason why the book interested me so much. Hearing about all of those crazy experiences she has gone through and the … Read more