The road to college or university is a tough one that actually starts in the tenth grade(in Canada). In grade 10, at the ripe old age of 15, the school expects you to pick your eleventh and twelth grade classes. But they are not as fast to point out that you need certain credits and […]

Graduation requirements are getting stricter and stricter allowing students less space for electives in their schedules. These requirements are mostly expanding areas like Science, Math, History, and Business. These areas are very beneficial, but what if you are a really good creative writer? Or actress? Or photographer? In college admissions an elective in fields like […]

Definitions are such a big role in our lives. They give a person a label, and whether it is good or bad it can build up someone’s confidence, or tear it down. We allow these definitions to have so much power because of this reason. We care too much about what other people label us […]

I’m a sophmore in high school and you’d think life would fine and dandy. No pressure, right? Wrong. There are enormous amounts of pressure. Everyday I’m reminded that I only have 4 years left and it’s off to college, off to the real world. My sisters are constantly telling me what classes to take, what […]

In today’s world, connections are everything. Knowing someone who can get you a job or can introduce you to someone important is the difference between becoming a CEO and working as a clerk. I am personally blessed to have a large amount of connections due to the fact that many people in my family run […]

Modern education is number-driven. In our competitive, globalized world, numbers matter. Scores have come to be associated with success, and this success has come to be the cornerstone of our collective self-worth as modern American students. Is this satisfying? To be defined by a number and to identify with it is inherently dehumanizing. Suddenly, our […]

You’d be lying if you said you’ve never thought, I wonder what it’s like being popular. And a large majority of those who have had that thought circling in their mind have probably also wished to be popular. You know, the fancy brand clothing, a large friend circle, a thousand followers on Instagram, receiving texts […]

A young student nervously prepares his notes for the upcoming test. He folds his note card neatly in his binder, pulls out his study sheet and tries to cram those last few trivial facts into his mind only to forget them a few hours later after he has taken the test. This is a highly […]

Imagine being placed in a country where you don’t speak the language. That’s what it’s like to be deaf, speaking only ASL (American Sign Language), and be placed in a high school filled with kids who don’t understand you. Hearing students are rarely given the opportunity to learn ASL, or even offered an explanation of […]

I despise those people that are able to brag about how their college is already paid off. I do not have that privilege. I have to pay for college alone, my tuition isn’t free. They should not be able to brag about the fact that they cannot pay for it themselves, so it was paid […]

Forcing kids to wear uniforms in school helps with less goofing around and bullying and helps with more working.However some kids do not like wearing uniforms because they want to wear cool and unique clothes that they actually want to wear to school and not be forced to wear uniforms.But some parents might not be […]

Sitting there, watching, as cars supposedly speed into one another, leaving a tangled mass of mangled metal and bodies. We are merely watching in the silver stands as our own stagger across the parking lot, our only apparent worry shading our eyes from the sun with our pamphlets. It was called “In the Blink of […]

High school, despite being constantly on a balance scale between an incredible and horrible experience, is inarguably one of the most formative times in a person’s life. In those four short years one is left to figure themselves out. They are there to learn, not only about the quadratic formula and how to identify a […]

Americans spend on average around thirty percent of their lives in school. In order for this time to be beneficial, we need to have sufficient teaching. However in many schools today, the teachers will only teach a student enough to pass the test. Students will not really gain any knowledge on the topic. This is […]

Educator of thee Year EssayATTTTTENTTTIIIIONNNN ON DECK! That is how John O’kneski greets his class every single period at a high school called The Delaware Military Academy (DMA). John O’kneski, known as Mr. O, is a 9the grade Civics teacher at DMA. He can be described as comical, loud, and blunt, unlike some of thee […]

Why are there so many obese teens in America? is it because of the fast food restaurants? Is it because of technology? Is it because of the schools? Actually it’s because of all of them, but this paper focuses on the schools contribution to teen obesity. Schools contribute to teen obesity because they serve un-healthy […]

We’ve all heard about PARCC and Common Core over the past year. States, under pressure by the federal government, are adopting these standards and tests. PARCC and Common Core are bunched together in this article since they both came at roughly the same time. The results of this “experiment” have been dreadful. There has been […]

The bell rings. Time to get the academic day started. Students file in, one after another, taking their places and pulling out their books, eager to begin learning. Class commences, and the students listen attentively to their teacher, drinking in the lecture and conversing on the book’s content. However, something appears a little different about […]

What would our world be like if everyone graduated from high school? Everyone that has a chance to graduate high school will go to college. If everyone had a quality education, people would become intelligent and be able to cure diseases and create new inventions. The purpose of this essay is to show the effects […]

We all have our dreams of what we’re going to do after high school whether it be going to college or finding work or even traveling the world for a while. The reality is that in the way of those dreams are nightmares (nightmares that come with growing up) I’m talking about becoming independent and […]

A school’s budget is lowered, and the school board cuts its music program. Soon, the performance of that school’s students begins to falter. Younger students struggle with their classes. Older students score lower on their SAT’s and ACT’s. Do you want this to happen at your school? Even on a low budget, school boards should […]

From Socrates to Sartre, from the Marxist ideal to the underlying values of capitalism, there is no doubt that philosophy has shaped human society. However, as a subject, philosophy is often thought to be arcane and impractical. Few choose to take the rigors of philosophical thought into their undergraduate studies; most people never receive a […]

One time when I was seven, my aunt took me to her favourite bookstore and offered to buy me a book from the children’s section. I graciously said no because 1. I was never the reading type and 2. My parents were absolutely repulsed by the idea of accepting gifts from anyone when it wasn’t […]

Success can be for so many things and in differents point in life. For me, being successful is way far in my life. Right now I’m just learning how i can be successful. I had always dream of having a successful career. I want to make my parents proud show them that i can do […]

For many years, our grading system has been based on letters and numbers, A’s being excellent, and B’s being good – or that’s at least how the educational systems views it. For the past few years, we have seen the effect that grades have on students. Sometimes, just gettingB’s and C’s can cause students to […]

Choices are the get go to life. As a child i was always told to make good choices. Although some people speak before they think , act before they think , and decide before they remember , life goes on. Well let’s just say I myself have made choices, that have not yet brought the […]

Pants below waist, baggy shirts with inappropriate signs, and piercings, this is not a good view early in the morning . We should keep wearing uniforms because if we stop wearing them it’s going to cause more issues .Even though some people say uniforms take away individuality and freedom of choice, students should wear uniforms […]

Idon’tagree thatcell phonesshouldbebannedinschoolbecausetheyare veryusefulandcanbeusedformanypositivepurposes. Somepeopledisagreebecausethey saythatthesemobiledevicescanbeadistractionforstudentsandmightbeusedforcheatingorotherinappropriatepurposes. Furthermore,banningcellphonesisnotasolutionanywaysbecausemanystudentswillstillbreaktherule. Manyschoolsaretryingtoestablishanewrulewherestudentswon’tbeallowedtobringmobiledevicesinschool. Educatorsworldwidethinkthatthisbanisimportantbecausestudentswillseebetteracademicresults. Meanwhile,themajorityofstudentsfindthisunreasonableandconsideritasabsurdity. Havingcellphonesinschoolhasmanyadvantagesandoneofthemisforsafetypurposes. Manyparentsdefendcellphonesbecausetheirchildrencanusethemiscaseofanemergency. Eventhoughschoolcancommunicatewiththeparentsinemergencies, itwouldbebetterifstudentshavetheirownphoneandaccesstotheirparentsdirectly. Alsotheycantelltheirparentsforanychangeintheirscheduleandthetimetheymust pickthemupwithoutgoingtotheschooloffice. Thepurposeofallthisittomaketheirchildrenindependentandresponsiblesotheydon’thavetodependonsomeoneelse. Thenewphonetechnologymakesitavaluablelearningtool. Ratherthanviewingitasadistraction, cellphonesshouldbeseenasarealtoolthatstudentsshouldlearnhowtouseduringclasstime. Manyteachersaskthestudentstousetheirphonesinclassforeducationalpurposes. Thesedefenderswanttoeducatetheirstudentshowtoberesponsibleandusetheirmobilephonesinanappropriateway. Alsothelessonbecomesmorefunandinterestingforthestudents. Forexample, manyteachersuseKahoot! intheirclassrooms. Thestudentshavealotoffunusingthisfreegame-basedlearningplatformanditencouragesthewholeclassforparticipation. Accordingtoastudyconductedin2015, SonjaLyubomirsky, LauraKing,andEdDienerfoundthathappinesscausessuccess. Thereforeifstudentsarehappytheywillbemorewillingtolearn, moreproductive, andmorelikelytosucceed. Andisn’tthatwhat everyonewants?Cellphonesinclasswillbringthathappinessbecausethelessonwillbecomemoreentertainingandthestudentswon’tgetbored. Thosewhoopposecellphonesinschoolsaythattheyareadistractioninclass becausestudentscanusethemfortextingorplayinggames. Anyways,Ithinkthattherewon’tbeanydistractionifthephonesareturnedoffandkeptinpocket. Anotherconcernisthatcellphonesareusedforcheatinginexams. Studentswill opengoogletofindthe answersortextsomeoneelsetohelpthem. Nothavingcellphonesinschooldoesn’tmeanthatstudentswillstopcheatingbecausetheycanfindplentymoremethodstocheat. Anyways, asolutionmightbetokeepthephonesin aphoneboxinsidetheclassroomduringexams. Consideringtheminordistractions, Ifinditunreasonabletobancellphonesinschools. Still, guidelinesarenecessarytocontrolacceptableuse: keepthephones onsilence, keeptheminpocket, anduseonlywithpermission. It’sclearthatcellphonetechnologyisheretostay. […]

This is my eleventh year in high school and throughout these past years I’ve went to two different types of schools Glasgow and Dickinson High School. I’ve met a lot of teachers and had the pleasure of getting close to a lot, but no matter where I have went I can personally say I’ve never […]

My friends of the high school year get upset lately when I don’t want to laugh at their stupid immature jokes and they get mad when instead of just messing around with them, I would actually like to take my work seriously. I have dreams that need some effort if I want to reach them […]