Doesn’t everyone dread getting up for school in the morning. After struggling to get to bed before eleven with all of the homework I have, waking up at six in the morning is so difficult. Coming to school with such little energy, I don’t feel ready to learn and remember any important information. One night […]

Who doesn’t love school? We all have a certain itch to learn. And if you don’t have an itch, you’ll probably catch something nasty at school. Problem solved. Everybody is your guardian angel in high school. All of your peers keep up to date on what’s going on in your family and your social life […]

Going to a new school is always difficult. You have new teachers, new textbooks, new school lunches, new people and a new campus. Whoa what a lot to get used to! With all this stress, the one thing kids want is to be accepted. However, sometimes that can cause even more grief and unhappiness. What’s […]

Welcome to high school, where there are scary 12th graders and smelly bathrooms. Welcome to the place that will give you anxiety and depression, that’ll cause you so much stress that you consider dropping out. Welcome to the place where people will walk all over you. Welcome to the place where kindness is considered a […]

I would like to nominate Mrs. Tonya Andrews for this special award because she has been the best high school teacher I have ever had. She has worked at Cleburne High school in the math department for over twenty-six years and has always seemed to love teaching and seeing others learn. I have had Mrs. […]

Future Decisions Anthony Obrique Period 5 English Language Arts Ms. Bozigian June 1, 2016 Imagine this: You are in high school and you want to apply for an after school program in the future. You see which programs are available and you see a program which you truly love and good at. However, your teacher […]

Are Uniforms really needed? Why should we take time finding our outfit just for school? Having Uniforms improves many things like test scores, it promotes school spirit. Of the students surveyed 52% of people say it is better to wear school Uniforms, 14% say its worse, and 34% say it’s the same. It is important […]

why do you want to go to college? One of the main reasons why I want to go to college is because betters your future job opportunities. Get a better chance to succeed in life and get better job that pays you more, they can help it also increase your knowledge. There are many options […]

Standardized testing is something that many lawmakers believe is important for students to take in order for the state to be able to tell whether both students are learning and teachers are teaching the students properly. These things are important to lawmakers to try to make more laws and programs to help students excel in […]

Wakeup. Go to school. Go to work. Do my homework. Go to sleep. Repeat. As a senior in high school, I have a very busy life. This year is definitely harder than anyone ever told me. I know taking AP classes and other advanced classes always comes with a huge workload, but it shouldn’t make […]

Gun Control has been a heavily discussed topic over the past few years in America. With all of the mass shootings and deaths by firearms recently, many people feel as though there should be more gun laws in place making it harder for people to legally purchase guns. However, gun control laws are unnecessary because […]

You tell me to write you an essay, so I respond to your pleas, your demands, and write you an essay. However, I shall not reject criticism; as a matter of fact I shall embrace it. For your criticism is what makes me, builds me up to be the best that I can be. Do […]

“Children should start learning a foreign language in kindergarten and continue through high school,” Redmond says. She is the director of foreign language education and associate professor of education at Wake Forest University. “Learning languages helps increase listening ability, memory, creativity and critical thinking – all of which are thinking processes that increase learning in […]

Education is said to be the foundation of a successful society. In a country where ghost schools are sometimes more commonly seen than functional schools, what will be the educational system over there it’s not too much difficult to predict. Pakistan is a country where education has always been ruined by the feudal lords and […]

Hi I am Shea and I am here to address the issues of school bus safety. This issue is very important because if you have kids running around on a school bus and they are not protected in the event of an accident, they may be fatally injured. I heard that seatbelts cost $8,000 dollars […]

Some may ask if you understand something, such as a concept better if spoken aloud, or written in front of you. In class, there is a good chance that taking notes would definitely be an asset to you. Typically, spoken is often forgotten, such as when you are talking to a friend, you can chat […]

What would you do if your schools made you take fifteen minutes of your time to help clean the school? Well, in some country’s students are responsible for the basic daily cleanings such as sweeping, dusting, and cleaning their classrooms and lots more. I think kids should take fifteen minutes out of their school time, […]

In today’s society children are more exposed to technology than ever before. Due tothis new exposure to technology (that is increasing by the day) schools have been left wondering how to handle this dramatic increase of students who have the newest smartphone. Due to the fact thatcell phones have evolved from the luxury that they […]

In the 21st century, social media has proven itself to be a huge part of the lives of many, especially teenagers and adults. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and many other outlets allow people to give others a glimpse into their lives. It has become a medium for keeping up with celebrities, trends, and old friends. Social […]

Anyone who attended a private school as a kid will probably say that the sight of plaid wants to make them poke their eyes out, along with any American teenager. Most would want to protest against wearing uniforms in public schools. Do school uniforms really better their intellectual capabilities? Do they stop all gangs, bullying, […]

Every morning, every afternoon, and every night, a soft drink appears within my reach. I can only imagine what life would be like without this wonderfully delicious, bubbly creation. My day simply would not be complete if soft drinks were not easily accessible in my school, and I definitely would not be able to think […]

Dear Mr. Trump, It is my pleasure to write this letter to you to make a strong and designated point about school violence. To start, school shootings like Parkland, Florida was dangerous and not acceptable. Our country needs to make a strong pledge against school violence, against the innocent murder of children, against the destruction […]

The only sound in the room is the click of the teacher’s heels as she allocates answer sheets for the standardized tests to every student. The little bubbles for the multiple-choice questions swim before your eyes, and you pray that you will not mark the wrong answers solely because of that. The assessments have a […]

The general idea that schools must depend on a larger group to support them is pathetic. The first problem is how funding is spread to schools within a district, by student numbers and performance. Bigger schools commonly do better on tests then other, less funded schools only because they have more money in the first […]

Students highly anticipate the Thanksgiving and Winter breaks each year; however, they are starting to become more and more dreadful due to loads of busy work. These breaks should be free of homework so kids can relax, get rid of stress, and have fun without worrying about tons of projects. Teachers should think about one […]

Your heart is racing. You can’t believe you actually did, you actually jumped out of the plane! The ground is approaching you fast, the wind is beating against your face making it feel as if it’s about to peel off. You search around for the string that deploys your parachute. You can’t find it and […]

Senior year is the most annoying thing in the world. It takes me on this little emotional rollercoaster. Let us address this whole application situation. When you think about it applying to colleges are not that hard. You just have to sit down and do an application to the colleges that you think you want […]

I remember being in K4 and looking down at the seniors who carried me on their shoulders thinking, “this will be me in fourteen years. ” Going through primary, elementary, and middle school, I realized that I changed, the people around me changed, but the concept of seniors always stayed the same. They were still […]

Nowadays, there are various ways of learning. But all these can divided into two specific groups. That is : self-learning and being taught by a teacher / tutor. What I prefer if I were to choose is self-learning . There are some reasons led me to my preference. First of all , if a teacher […]

College tuitions are one of the biggest money problems in the world and that is a well-known fact. Within just the recent years of 2013-14, tuitions are about $22,826 for just public colleges. Imagine how expensive private schools will be. Having a college degree is one of the main purposes of life, because according the […]