College Essays
Standardized Testing Every year students are required to take a standardized test to go to the next grade starting from 3rd through 12th grade. This type of testing takes time some students don’t even pass, and teachers have to prepare for the test. There’s a lot of time spend on a standardized testing, at Harmony […]
Do you have to listen to modern music to be cool kid. Well am speaking out for the people who believe what I am saying but are too shy to speak their feelings. Have you ever notice that some people blast loud music at school, mostly rap music. Do you ever wonder if those kids […]
Throughout my schooling I have attended five schools, three private schools, and two public schools. The one thing that they all had in common was the amount of diversity. In private schools, we were taught about other cultures. I found the same thing in public schools. But a major similarity was the amount of acceptance […]
Dear Board Members: The basketball game on Friday night showed the character of your school. Surprisingly, the lack of character didn’t come from you athletes. It came from your students. The cheers were flamboyant and uncalled for. The one which sticks in mind is the chant: “Hey number 35, you take up the whole lane.” […]
Now I know middle school have track and basketball teams but give kids what they really want, football and baseball! That’s what kids really want to play and there can be benefits to the school too. Do you really want us kids to suffer through three years of middle school to be able to play […]
Braden has been locked in his room for hours. He screams for help, but nobody answers. He has already been taken over by the terrifying, humongous monster. It jaws away at your brain, getting ready to blow. There is no chance for survival. They call this beast homework. Homework is school work assigned to do […]
Last Sunday, I found myself stuck inside my room on the first sunny and 75 degree day of March.I was tirelessly preparing for the two tests I had the next day as was everyone else in my neighborhood.We all stared out our windows gasping at the presence of the sun wishing we could go outside […]
The human brain is like a tree. It starts out as a small seed in the ground, untouched and undeveloped. Much like how a child’s brain is untouched by the world and undeveloped. As a tree grows, its roots expand deep into the ground creating a strong foundation for the tree to build off of. […]
Many people get bullied everyday. Will you put an end to bullying?Bullying can cause a lot of problems such as cutting, high anxiety,depression and low confidence. If you get caught bullying you can get in big trouble. I think bullying is wrong and we should put an end to it because it can cause self […]
The idea of homework amount has been questioned for awhile now, but as a student let me paint you a picture of what happens with the amount of homework given. Bleary eyed teenagers staring off into space, not hearing their teachers drone on about the day’s assignments, just walking down the halls mimicking zombies because […]
Some people still call him the greatest till this day some people say he’s an animal with no self control. Personally i believe Tupac Amaru Shakur was one of the greatest rappers. And leaders alive who started and social and political movement. called ‘‘thug life” who had an positive influence on the youth and black […]
Students who get a lot of homework sleep very late and the next morning they can’t wake up to go to school or they either just sleep in and don’t come to school. Students who go to school usually have trouble falling asleep in class and can’t focus because of not having enough sleep. Students […]
Dress codes are part of every average school day. They are the common law that separates students and staff, males and females. I for one have had enough of this discrimination. I feel it unfit for a school staff member to tell a female student she must cover her shoulders and a male student of […]
Within my first week of high school I have learned ten fairly crucial things. 1. For the next four semesters I will without a doubt to any upperclassmen always be known as a “f***ing freshman” No matter how properly and perfectly you scale the staircases during transition periods, anyone who is over the age of […]
I think that a year-round schooling system would be an excellent idea for many different reasons. A year- round schooling system would help not only students but staff also. YRS is a great idea. First of all, a year- round school schedule helps students academically because students suffer major a learning loss in a traditional […]
Blessed are those who stay awake at night, alive with their passion and vision of something wonderful. While the bags on their eyes may be less than appealing, their fervor for existence is intoxicating. Blessed are those who make the most out of the opportunities given to them. Whether making coffee as an intern, or […]
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled. The mind should be ignited and not dumped in with knowledge. Education is not the preparation for life; education is life itself. It is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nowadays, children are leading […]
The ideal father doesn’t sit around and let his children grow up without him. He doesn’t neglect his children or dismiss their accomplishments with a sigh and wave of the hand. The ideal father is someone who puts family before work, encourages his kids for the smallest reason that make the child happy like making […]
I have been in and out of the public school system more times than I can count. I’ve lived all my life in the same small town, and both of my parents work at home. Why have I switched schools so many times? I’ve switched schools so many times, because I have the unique opportunity […]
Smoking Marijuana To begin with the reasons smoking marijuana is bad, it is setting people up for a bad life and it hurts the economy by putting more people out of work because they have been smoking marijuana. We must stop the legalization of marijuana because around the year 2010 about 850,000 people got arrested […]
All across the globe thousands of students have been restricted from the opportunity of chewing gum in their daily classrooms. I am only a student, and yet I still can understand the ways this can affect us all, and the opportunities it has taken away in our lives, such as failing examinations affecting our university […]
I’ve heard that being a Junior is the hardest year of highschool since I was age 8. I always dreaded becoming a Junior because of that statement. Now that I am a Junior, all I have to say is- What is up with all the homework? The honors classes aren’t terribly difficult, as a matter […]
I am at home doing my math homework, I will never ever use (-1,-3); Slope= 9. I don’t know why they have us learn things we will ever use. I like math when I understand it, I can do x10 (x>1)and 6x+8>50 (x>7) all day because I understand it. I might want to tell you […]
We all know at least one of them.The kid that believes he will get a full ride to a division one college for playing flicker football. The kid that cannot wait to smell the rubber of a newly purchased swim cap.The kid who is failing multiple classes, but has an unwavering 100 percent in PE.It’s […]
I honestly believe that a good education is vital to everyday life. Education is like the key that unlocks the world. If you pay attention in school now, it will make a world of difference later in life. Sometimes, you may wonder, “Why would I need this?” Other times, you may wonder, “Where would I […]
Teenagers have it pretty hard. We’re forced into a social situation with people who are just as insecure as the next person and we’re just trying to fit in. Everyone just wants to get through those four years of high school without becoming a joke, or the target of peoples jokes. In these four years, […]
Every year now for 43 years, Holiday Festival has become a staple to the school. This joyful day around Christmas has made a huge impact to the faculty and students at the high school. Everyone seems involved and is always in a great mood. Holiday festival is a day where the teenagers from Wyckoff, Franklin […]
Every day teachers across the world count the questions answered correctly wrong. Just because it’s not “The Best” answer or it’s not the answer that they were looking for. Take a look at math. Say there is a question that you are suppose to find x in. what if you FOUND x but didn’t find […]
During a girls’ basketball game in 2003, the visiting team members found a camera in the school’s locker room, which took images of the members in their undergarments while they were changing. The school administrators put the camera in there to monitor their own students, but in the process, innocent people were caught in the […]
Last night my house received a phone call. It was from my public high school, the message contained information about a recent incident that happened at my school. Apparently someone had threatened, on social media, to shoot up my school. I’ll admit at the time I was a bit frightened. I have heard stories about […]
