College Essays
Picture this: it is a typical Wednesday evening.Homework was assigned in math and chemistry.My math homework is worth ten points where ten assignments is worth thirty percent towards my overall grade.In chemistry, my teacher gives my eight-problem chemistry homework a look-see but does not score or grade it.It should not be hard to figure out […]
Let me begin by offering a disclaimer, one which I can only hope is constellation for my seemingly radical views. For one, this article is nearly one man’s opinion on a nationally embraced method, written from the soles of my own angst, not from the outcries of counter-culture based pretension. Now that I’ve got that […]
This summer of mine was frigid yet sweltering. My first few weeks of this wondrous season were consumed with visits from a variety of doctors and nurses who worked at the hospital at which I was staying. The book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote was a prominent distraction to the madness. Its enticing descriptions […]
Wake up, go to school, do homework, go to sleep; the daily schedule of a typical high school student. Many factors go along with this schedule. Students encounter lack of sleep, stress, and the constant anxiety that comes along with fulfilling deadlines and maintaining good grades. Although high school has been a tremendous struggle, I […]
Have you ever said to yourself, “I want to be a millionaire!” or say, “I want to be famous and walk on the red carpet!” Some millionaires like Drake, Lil Wayne, Eminem, etc. they all started off in school and passed high school with a diploma to become famous. You must be thinking, “All they […]
It was late in the afternoon. The sun could be seen over the top of the apartment buildings next door as it slowly crept closer to the horizon. I knew my time would run out quickly and I had to finish the task before me. It had snowed all Sunday morning and into the afternoon. […]
Have you ever seen people wearing school uniform in the America? Probably yes – and I’m sure that everyone knows what it is. It is an outfit, a set of standardized clothes, worn primarily for an educational institution. In other words, it is clothing for school. Our school doesn’t have any and most of middle […]
I recently applied for the Simon Scholarship, a wonderful scholarship that helps high school sophomores who have overcome or are working on overcoming adversity get money for college. I made it to the final round, which were interviews. I felt like I did great on the interview; I spoke clearly, answered all questions, and followed […]
“Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets…It is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done.” This statement is how Tim Kreider describes breaks in […]
Did you know that there were many negative and positive effects caused by the transcontinental railroad? By the 1900’s the U.S government finally achieved the manifest destiny. The manifest destiny is a belief shared by many americans that the U. S should expand across the continent to the pacific ocean. I believe the transcontinental railroad […]
No one ever realizes that you are never truly alone until you’re in a crowd, especially if all the people in that crowd can’t stand your guts. Now this isn’t the first time I felt like this and I’m sure it won’t be the last time. While I sit in english class, grade eleven. I […]
I love siting down in the cold seat as the bell rings for class. I love taking notes while the teacher rambles on for a mere hour. I love the feeling of writing a test because I know I have study well and I understand each and every question. No one else seems to share […]
Hey everyone! I need a little bit of help with my senior project. I want to do a fundraiser for a girls group home but I dont know what kind to do. Should it be a student auction? where I ask students to allow people wo pay money for them? or something else? I really […]
Orcas deserve to remain their lives in the wild just as most orcas and other sea animals dp. As a child my parents allowedme to watch the orcas and the dolphins perform these amazing tricks that normally only a human could do. I was told that it is better for animals to be in captivity […]
What exactly does homework accomplish? Some believe homework can help raise test scores and improve the responsibility of the student. While this may be true in some cases, homework is destroying the lives of many students today. We already spend thirty-three hours every week at school. That isn’t including the extra time spent at home […]
All US students should be required to learn a foreign language by the time they graduate high school. Learning a foreign language has been proven very beneficial for many reasons. One benefit is improving SAT scores. In 1981, studies showed that the scores of students who had taken only two years of foreign language were […]
Cell Phones are everywhere. In fact, many of the people reading this are doing so on their phones, possibly procrastinating. No matter the reason, it’s impossible to escape from their influence. Phones are used in a variety of ways, allowing for faster communication between people, entertainment, and most importantly, to learn. But right there is […]
“Un homme qui parle trois langues est trilingue. Un homme qui parle deux langues est bilingue. Un homme qui ne parle qu’une langue est anglais.” Many of you reading this will have no clue what this quote by Claude Gagniere means. America has a problem, one of which Mr. Claude Gagniere has just spoken of […]
If you were a college admission officer, and you were choosing between a kid who had tried hard his whole life, had better SAT scores, and a better GPA between a kid in a minority who did not try as hard, had a mediocre SAT score, and a lower GPA, who would you choose? Wouldn’t […]
You scored a perfect score on your SAT’s; your GPA is a 4.0. You have dreamed of attending that one university for your whole life. But when all your college results letters arrive and your dream school is not one of them, you can’t help but wonder why. You check on Facebook and find that […]
Chips. Ice tea. French fries. These are some of the junk food that we enjoy. However, junk food might taste good but it is really harmful to our body. Candies give us decayed teeth. Chips make our throat hurt. Often junk food is available in school. If we want a healthy life, schools should ban […]
My concern as well as many other students, is in which i will be addressing the school’s new modified policy of the school dress code for both guys and girls. I believe the school administration is being a little bit harsh on the students as well as inconsiderate to many female girls shopping decisions and […]
I’ve heard high school dropouts and blue collared workers echo the same phrase: “Why spend the money to attend college when everything you need to know is on the Internet?” In the heat of the moment, I could never throw together any response with great impact, but having had time to think about it, I […]
Every student knows it. That time of year when they have a week full of tests. What are these? These are midterms and finals. These tests are supposed to measure your memory of what you have learned that year. But they do not. All they do is stress students out, causing drug usage and cheating. […]
Since No Child Left Behind was ratified, the United States has plummeted in the P.I.S.A. (Program for International Student Assessment) standings in math and science from 18th to 31st. This regulation was passed in January of 2002 by former President George Bush. It is a policy that enforces annual testing to measure student progress. These […]
Early Childhood development is putting kids through an education program before they enter a formal school. Should pre schooling, or programs like ‘Head Start’ be used to teach kids in their early development stages? I personally think so, and I am not alone in this. There are tons of research stating that, putting kids into […]
Ultimately I feel like in today’s economy and world overall, college is more of a necessity rather than an option. Your choices for a career are very limited without a college degree that more than often, you’re forced to get a more temporary “job” instead of a life-long “career.” Even the cheaper community college is […]
iPods, cell phones, and many other electronic devices are not allowed in school. In my school, they can not be on your body but they can be in your backpack, however, they have to be turned completely off. As a result, of being caught with it ringing or on your body, you will receive an […]
Think back to when you were in school. There were the popular kids, and then there were the ones that were not. Did you ever feel out of place? Student-made hierarchies have been in schools for years and are now embedded into society.As students enter grammar schools, they have variations ofhierarchies that were left there […]
Wilmington High School is a treacherous and timid bullying pit, where kids are picked on and deceived every day. It is a school run by an insecure principal who lets his students run amuck in the halls. Many of the younger students are afraid to even attend school, and beg their parents to allow them […]
