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 […]

What do you think of when you think of a community? Well I can tell you that one thing that comes to my mind is my work community. You may wonder how I consider work to be a community. There are a few certain people that work with me that I consider a community. These […]

Imagine if there is a girl from a poor family. She got accepted to her dream college. But by the time she opened the letter, her feelings suddenly switched from surprised to shocked. The tuition fee is forty-five thousand dollars, and it is not something her family could afford. Even if she got accepted, there […]

Education is the key to success. Without it life will be very difficult not just now, but also in the future. This does not include everyone, for example people like Bill Gates; he became a millionaire with a high school degree. Not everyone is as successful as him. This is why we need education. My […]

I’m sure everyone experiences anxiety when having to write with a very particular set of guidelines. When writing teachers have too much control over what and how their students are writing, all the motivation to write is defeated. When individuals are not able to to portray their creativity in their work, the assignment is not […]

Schools are creating standard, working drones and forgetting that one crucial ingredient of a successful student. Every student in middle school learns the exact same things: math, reading, writing, a minimum amount of science and a close-minded point of view on history. Why do we continue to subject all students to this old-fashioned boring way […]