College Essays
Behavior is how someone acts in both public and private areas and is how people will remember you as a first impression. At Burbank we study topics that make us reflect on what we just read or wrote about. Many other schools don’t do that they just do work right out of the text book […]
To Be Gifted or Non-gifted –That is Not the Question I can distinctly recall walking down the hallway at my elementary school with a group of my friends in fifth grade, discussing a list for an upcoming birthday party that one of my friends was throwing. She mentioned that all of the girls in our […]
A true high school story requires excitement, if it doesn’t, you are telling the wrong story. It requires intensity. It requires a story about a girl falling in love with a boy. Heartbreaks, tears, and in the end coming out stronger then you ever were. It requires making choices for your own. It requires mistakes […]
I believe teachers deserve more pay than what is given because without them we wouldn’t have all these high powered places(I.e. Government, president, congress, army). They even watch other people kids for basically the whole day. Teachers deal with good students, misbehaved children and all they get is minimum wage type pay. Some of them […]
Many look back on their childhood days as some of the best times of their lives. They were young, fearless, and did not have a single care in the world. No worries at all, except for maybe the little homework their teachers gave them. Kids of my generation may not look back with such fondness […]
A lot of people own a firearm or have one in their house. And a big majority use their firearms for a bad use like murdering people. Most people just own a gun because they think it is “cool” to own a gun. And they show it off to their friends because they think they’re […]
Freshman year for a girl can be one of the most exciting times of your life, you feel grown up and free. You see movies like “Mean Girls” and think high school is like that but it’s really not. My freshman year experience was good because I went to school with my older cousin and […]
The school year has ended, and teenagers everywhere are poring out of the schools. Perhaps they are off to start a summer job? Perhaps their families are going on vacation? Perhaps they have great plans to visit colleges, take summer classes, or even get a foothold in the world of business? I look upon my […]
Yale professor Erika Christakis resigned from her job after receiving hateful response to an e-mail she sent out about a controversial campus topic. Halloween costumes has become a debated topic on the Yale campus. Many believe that they can be offensive and stereotypical. Erika didn’t believe that this was a big problem. She thought that […]
Numbers are murderers. They kill souls more than guns. How it is even fair when a number defines your worth, your future and even your existence. Aren’t number were supposed to measure daily stuffs only? From when it started to measure our span of life. They measure how long do we live without being on […]
A lot of schools eliminate the concept of individuality when provided with a community of students. I believe students should be taught to follow their passion not how to be qualified for a 9-5 job. An anonymous survey stated that only 22% of former high school students followed their passion and a majority of these […]
“How terrible you must be so lonely!” “I wish I could be homeschooled.” Their reactions range from the vague, to passionate, to the occasional surprise. After having been homeschooled most of my life I have seen many reactions when I answer that question. “Where do you go to school?” But how should I reply when […]
Do you ever wonder about your personal opinions instead of thinking about other people’s opinion. Many of people around the world about other people’s opinion as if they don’t even have one of their own. People don’t spend enough time on their personal opinions because they are so worried about others. In this article, I […]
Part of your senior year is about getting prepared for whatever may come after high school for the graduates.Have you ever thought about if it would help graduates to take a test at the end of the year that is based on life skills and all academics? Could we help them be more ready for […]
As kids, we start painting a picture of ourselves. Our lives really. We start in kindergarten picking out the framework for our painting, the same one that everyone else in the world has and as time goes on we pick up our paint-brush and start painting. Your family members tell you that when you grow […]
School has changed dramatically from when I started kindergarten until now, so I have no doubt that it will be different by the time 2015 comes around. Technology plays a big factor of this change. As technology increases, the ways of teaching kids changes as well, but usually it is for the better on behalf […]
The High School Animal Kingdom Walking through the jungle like halls of a high school, one initially finds an infinite number of different species of animals. The best place to observe their behavior is while they are feeding. Many of the genera often can get into brawls, but most usually stick to themselves. The different […]
Learning is good for you. Learning can be hard sometimes but it is worth it. I think so most of the time. Other times I just think it’s boring and I would rather be eating or playing games or something. Actually I feel that way most of the time. But I have to be here. […]
“The favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one’s goals,” – via dictionary.com I’m a second semester senior in high school, and by this time most of the people that I’ve spent the last four years with know where they’re going to college. All of the clubs, sports, honor societies, AP […]
Recently there has been quite the hubbub in central Florida school system about the half-cent tax and frankly it was pointless. What’s the point of funding a system that doesn’t work? I mean yea having AC units that work and buses ( Oh wait we already got rid of that) are great, but the foundation […]
Every student is different and their talents lie in diverse academic areas. Some pupils are mathematically minded and love working with numbers. Others prefer the sciences and understanding why things work the way that they do. There are those that love history and analyzing past experiences of our world. Then there are the writers who […]
Freshman year. Whether you get advice from your older sibling or from the movies, the lead up to your first time as a student walking high school halls can be a whirlwind of emotions. There’s an excitement of moving on and finally leaving middle school but there can also be worry because you’re entering a […]
Dear Childhood, I’d like to tell you that you have been the best years of my life so far, but now I’m grown up. Those fearful decisions I have to make have made their way into my path and know I have to spend more time with them then I can you. Don’t be jealous, […]
For me, high school has started off to a wonderful start. It has taught me a lot about myself and who I’m supposed to be socially. It has also taught me about people that talk like the previous sentence I just put down on paper. To be honest, high school only gives you a brief […]
Single sex education has many pros and many cons and can easily be argued about for a long time.Some people think that co education is good enviroment for kids to learn in and that single sex education is not a good place for kids to learn.Others say that single sex education is a good place […]
In order to have a good life in high school, you have to be passionate about something in high school. Your 4 years in high school are some of the most important years of your life. You can practically be passionate about anything. I’m passionate about 2 things: lacrosse and band. These 2 things have […]
This country is dubbed the world’s leading superpower, which is no revelation, considering the country’s outstanding economic progress and superior education system. No, not America, but China. Although China has not officially surpassed the United States as being the largest economy in the world in terms of GDP, the Asian country’s remarkable skill in schooling […]
I’m not gonna go into this pretending that I can comment on anything besides the female side of all this. Because, quite frankly, the extra credibility that would come along with the male side is just not worth it. What is “this” you may be wondering? Well, if you haven’t guessed from the title, I’m […]
“Senioritis- A disease that strikes high school seniors. the symptoms include: laziness, an over-excessive wearing of track pants, old athletic shirts, sweatpants, athletic shorts, and sweat shirts. Also features a lack of studying, repeated absences, and a generally dismissive attitude. The only known cure is a phenomenon known as Graduation.” I think that we’re all […]
I am a freshman in high school. I have gone to a school setting all my life whether it be daycare or actual school. Freedom, something present in very few days of my life in the morning.I was suddenly aware of the fact that I kept missing my alarm and that I wasn’t very aware […]
