College Essays

Education is considered one of the most important things in our society. People chant: better teachers, better textbooks, better schools. Hopeful parents, ambitious students, and our involved community all agree that due to the advanced technology we have today, educating the rising generation has been easier and more efficient as compared to the past. Of […]

Am I the only one willing to stand up for what’s right? This kid in my grade gets picked on, and I am the only one who told the principal. It’s not fair. He minds his own business, and yet kids still mock him! He has done nothing wrong.He can get really noisy at times, […]

It’s 6am. The loud tone of your alarm slowly enters your ears before you wake up. Your eyes don’t seem to want to open, however the alarm keeps playing until you’re forced to get up and shut it off. Now that you’re up, all you want to do it go back to sleep, but you […]

Awhile ago in Language Arts class, we learned about banned books.Banned books are basically books that are thought to be “unsuited” for their intended age group and are therefore challenged by parents to be removed from a school’s or library’s, shelves. I personally do not agree with banning books. I believe that most books that […]

The revolting amount of fat-laden value meals, greasy pizzas, and fizzy sugar-loaded drinks America ingests on a daily basis disgusts me. To top that off, our country spends more money per year on fast food then we do on education- may as well be fat and stupid, I guess. Also, experts say that the Americans […]

Being an AP student is not easy. There’s never time to do anything. Sleeping at three in the morning is not worth it. Who cares about learning? You don’t have time to read the thirty pages that your teacher has assigned you for homework. Thirty pages?! That’s too much for anyone to read in one […]

I am a senior in high school and I have spent the last four years observing the habits of my peers. Through my additional experience working with kindergartners I have come to the conclusion Kindergartners are the same as high school students. Kindergartners are perceived as cute, happy, little children but in reality there are […]

Throughout various studies, it has been determined that body image is mainly affected by a person’s self-esteem. Body image is described as a person’s perception of their own physical appearance. Also, self-esteem is how much people value themselves. For many teenagers, self-esteem and body image are closely related; but if someone has a body image […]

Michael, after being shown his test score, sat back down in his seat. “Jeez, I only got a C on that last math test. How’d you do, Nate?” Nate looked up at the ceiling, and rolled his eyes.”I didn’t do much better, man.” Joey, who had been silently observing, chose this moment to speak up. […]

This is a hot topic! Many people disagree over if high school students should be allowed to bring in their iPod/Music devices into class. I personally think it’s a good idea. In the next few paragraphs you will see why it’s a good idea because there are many potential benefits to this. Some of the […]

We often fail to think of dancers as intelligent. They’re sort of artists in leotards–not at all as brainy as Leonardo da Vinci or Shakespeare, for we somehow think that creating art with a pen or a paintbrush is superior to conveying stories with our bodies. We didn’t always think this way. The ancient Romans […]

Here at *********** high school we have one of the largest choral programs in the district. With five periods of fifty kids each, choir plays a very significant role in the lives of many students. Recently however, the school district is enforcing massive budget cuts that will endanger not only the choir classes, but the […]

You know when that time comes around and the back to school shopping begins and the letters are received in the mail about the first day of school times and procedures. For high school students this means no more going to bed at 1:00 in the morning and then sleeping all day after a long […]

I wonder why we have to learn things in school. It’s the things that are completely useless that I hate and it makes me not want to show up. For example, why do we have to learn about Shakespeare, spending lots of class time when we could be learning how to get jobs, how to […]

Every girl has used make-up some point in their life time. no doubt its fun and makes us feel like a million bucks. Did u ever think that make-up could be more damaging than helpful.Going natural is way better for many reasons such as you wont have to waste so much time getting ready or […]

The common American is not simply someone who lives in the United States, but someone with a dream to improve a negative aspect of life without anyone preventing such actions. An American is someone who recognizes opportunity and works hard to insure that he or she gains from the opportunities presented to him. The American […]

12/19/10: One thing you will learn about me. Don’t ever tell me what to do. You think you can tell me to get these grades, so that I can go to this school? So that I can get this job and live another boring life in the suburbs. No. I will go to college. But […]

Something that is commonly being asked is, should kids have to take gym? Well, some may say yes, some may so no, but I am going to say that kids must have gym class. There are so many good reasons why kids need to take gym. Kids need to have gym! To start kids need […]