College Essays

Twixt Passion and Ability: I Am Confused

Here I am,in a class of over fifty students.On one hand I am into sciences,on the other,I love a lot of art work.People often get confused.In choosing their career,they mix up talents,skills,passion,interest and ability. Some people are just all-rounders.Both two outstanding things in choosing career are:Passion and Ability. Passion contains interest and love for a […]

Unearthing Your Own Balance

We’ve all experienced those seemingly endless school nights, filled to the brim with exhaustion and pure indifference. Sitting at ones desk, attempting to stay awake and alert whilst doing homework, but not being able to abstain from the sweet sensation of sleep, happens to be a scenario most high school students encounter more often then […]

Is Going to College and Incurring Debt Worth It?

Today in America’s society, young adults in high school are being shown that the ideal way to have a successful life and career is to go to college and get your degree. Some young adults take another route and go straight into work, but why? Majority of high schoolers choose to go to college and […]

High Schools Should Teach Tupac

The things Tupac experienced in his childhood, having a drug addicted mother, being the child of two important black panthers, and never really having a stable situation. Never giving you time to piece your life together or make your mark somewhere. These things happen to kids all over the world everyday. Therefore High school students […]

Technology Trouble

Did you know the average teen uses about thirty-one hours of technology per week? Technology has improved the world in many good ways, but teens are not using it for good reasons… Most of it is being done in the classroom, yes the classroom. Teens are manipulating there resources into their own benefit, but not […]

Study Abroad

Today, thousands of students are trying to study overseas. They claim that studying abroad is totally beneficial without drawbacks. However, it brings both advantages and disadvantages to students. On one hand, pursuing further study in foreign countries gives students chances to be more mature. First of all, when students study abroad, they are able to […]

NJASK to PARCC

I don’t like the PARCC because now they can put more things into the test that the NJASK couldn’t do because it was a written test.In the PARCC you could listen to a short video and answer question s on it.I think that isn’t good because it distracts the other students who take the PARCC […]

Single-Sex Education and Its Effects

Have you ever wondered why boys and girls behave so differently? As a child, it seems as if the opposite gender is an entirely different species – especially when the boys are shooting spitballs and rough-housing around, while the girls are hanging out in their pre-designed little huddles, thinking and acting as one entity. Scientists […]

What Are you Eating?

High School cafeteria food has the tendency to be gross. Of course, this isn’t always the case, but there are some questionable items on the school’s menu. Let’s start off going over some of the things on the menu. You’ve got your pizza, sandwiches, cookies, tacos, and pasta. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend eating any of […]

Tupac Should Be Taught in School

“During your life never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams. ” Tupac Shakur was a young rapper in his time who spoke about his aspirations for the world. He was an idealist and an activist. Tupac Shakur should be a topic studied in school because he was a major influence of the […]

Study Hall

Teenagers throughout the entire country are like bustling bees trying to, get their schoolwork completed, participate in extracurricular activities, and even juggle employment. Lets face it, there are 24 hours in a day and even subtracting sleep (which many students resort to) there’s often just too much to do. That is why I believe that […]

Believing

Believe in your dreams. That’s such a broad statement. Imagine, you’re fresh out of highschool, you have a 3.8 GPA, and big dreams. You want to become a neurosurgeon, you know this path won’t be simple at all, but you’re willing to risk it all to make your family proud, but most of all, make […]

Scenes Emos and Goths…There’s a difference!

As much as I hate to be stereotyped by others, I am stereotyped as your weird, out of place Scene chic. I like the odd things in life, I’m uber immature, uber loud, I’m random, outgoing, hardly ever serious, and of course, I’m head over heals in love with screamo{which is a type of music […]

The Detrimental Grading System Found in Schools

It is evident in current schooling systems that grades have a large impact on a child’s future. For example, it is a known fact that all colleges create a standard of acceptance, which revolve around factors such as grade point average, the qualities of one’s essay, the commitment to a sport or community service, and […]

High School: Independence and Preparation

High school and college are two extremely different places. They may as well be in different worlds. However, most high schools state their overall goal is to “prepare students for their next step.” Not that anyone who attended school haven’t seen it before. In elementary school it was to prepare students for fifth grade. Next, […]

The Cost of Prom

Every high school junior and senior dreams of attending the prom – the glamour, the glitz, the dressing up, and the memories – but the prom is ­becoming more and more expensive. Is this four or five hours worth the cost? Tickets range from $50 to $80, tuxedo rentals cost about $150, flowers are $40 […]

Violence Does Not Mix With School

School. A place of learning, of friendship, and of joy. A place where I enjoy being and where I feel safe. This is one of the most simple equations I know; school+me=happiness. This all changes when an unknown variable is added. This variable is violence. Starting young with violence is one of the worst things […]

High School: Illusion

I doubt anyone else sees what I’m about to explain, but hey, we’re all weird in some sort of way. I kind of feel like Ishmael on the outside looking in, or Daniel Quinn, all of a sudden realizing that all that he’s ever known is a trick. An illusion brought down over our eyes […]

The Importance of Social Experiences

The amount of time students spend on homework has been steadily rising for years, and it does not look like it will stop any time soon. The average high school student spends around 17.5 hours on homework per week (Bidwell).This makes many people beg the question, “Where do students find time for social interaction?”For some […]

School Uniforms Make School Better

Many people would argue that school uniforms have no effect on academic performance or attendance but that notion is far from the truth. With my experience at a school with uniforms, I strongly believe that school uniforms have a positive impact on academic performance. The opponents of school uniform believe that it shouldn’t be instituted […]

Ughh! Uniforms.

Okay well i go to a high school that has never had a uniform dress code,but now the school board is trying to make our PARENTS vote for uniforms.I think that we shouldn’t have to wear uniforms, because we are all unique and different and our clothes are one of the only ways to express […]

Phones in School?

Getting ready for school. Did I forget something? No. Wait, yes!!!! My phone. Wait, no. Yes!!!! I have an expensive phone. It has a GPS if I get lost, wifi everywhere in case I need to look something up and unlimited calling and texting incase I need to contact somebody. What if something goes wrong […]

UUUghh momz

wow mothers. never listen to wat u gatta say. always asuming stuff thats not true i get so mad dont you?weel i do. has your teacher ever called your house and said that you did somthing bad and never listened to your part of the stoy gets m3 so mad wee thats me. moms moms […]

The Best of the Best

On my first day of school, 6th period, I face with a man who called himself “Dr. K.” I could feel his enthusiasm, determination, and energy to expand our knowledge; it wasn’t just about what he was teaching, it was the way he taught. He isn’t an intimidating teacher that makes everyone afraid to participate, […]

Essay on Stress

To students everywhere: Stress: everyone experiences it, some more often than others. One thing’s for sure. Stress is not worth the time of day. It’s time to take your daily anxieties and toss them out the window. So you’re jittery about the math test next hour? Quit yanking your hair out. You reviewed for two […]

Technology: Killing Friendships or Ourselves?

Some may say that “Technology is the best invention ever created.” But Technology is for mature people and not for the immature. Technology has became the over-used and taken advantage of by the immature people using it. As in ‘immature people” I mean the majority of teens. Most “teen deaths” come from suicides online; cyberbullying […]

The Gen-X Dilemma: Too Many Options?

It’s a crisis that Gen-X understands all to well. What do we do with our lives? We talk to our friends, our families, and our teachers, and we still can’t answer that question. Some want to be a biochemical-journalist-artist, whereas others have a hard time trying to think of even one option that fits our […]

Students Shouldn't Have to Stand for the Pledge

Students shouldn’t have to stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance if they don’t want to. My opinion is that some people don’t stand up for the pledge because of personal reasons like religion reasons. I think that if you don’t want to stand up for the pledge then don’t. Nobody should be forced to […]

TUPAC: Teaching Us Perishing Aggressive Corruption

The alarming, terrible, unhelpful, problematic, and blasphemous figure is making his way into high school with his off-beat rhythms and subliminal lyrics, encouraging rebellion. Ring a bell? That’s because Tupac Shakur is now supposed to be an influence for this upcoming generation. It’s funny how so many teachers complain about students colorful, inappropriate language and […]

What Benefits Does Homework Have?

It has become a long standing controversial topic in nearly all school districts across the country, at all age levels: why do students receive homework? Teachers claim it is necessary to reinforce the material learned that day in class, although students and parents declare it is taking away from the afternoon and evening activities. Monday […]