College Essays
Everyone goes through school, however not everyone sees it the same way. School can be a blessing or a curse or anything in between, it all depends on the student’s point of view. It’s almost like people walk through the halls with glasses on that lets them see school in a slightly different way than […]
My topic would be about lunch restriction here . i believe that every student should be able to leave campus to eat because we are old enough to have the responsibility to make it back in time for class and not to skip. We have eaten school food since kinder and i would say that […]
Rushing eagerly to my room after getting home from school, I eagerly flip my laptop open, click on a new browser, and navigate to my school’s grading portal. As my eyes scan this virtual spreadsheet, I see a smattering of ‘As’ and ‘Bs’. I am content with my academic progress thus far. In the competitive […]
The very fact that you even opened this note means that you can read. Yet how many of you actually know how to read at the level you are supposed to? How many more are not considered literate? To answer that question, we must first know what literacy is. According to Wikipedia, which then references […]
I know how it feels like to wake up one morning and feel like you want to wear sweat pants all day long. I have had uniforms at my school since my freshmen year in high school. Like many others, I was opposed to wearing school uniforms because I was afraid of blending in and […]
Above any other quality, I would consider myself to be an expert student.Throughout my fourteen or so years of schooling, I have basically mastered the ins and outs of every little aspect of the pre-collegiate student.A lot of this comes from my understanding of the concept of common sense; whether it’s talking my way out […]
A phrase used so often it has become a normal phrase which is used all the time. It is used in both a serious manner and in a joking way. It is a phrase which no one should ever say and never hear no matter whether it was a joke or not. “Go kill yourself” […]
Have you found your niche in life yet? Don’t you want to do something you love for the rest of your life that will definitely make you happy? Then get educated! You see, whether you never got a chance to graduate or dropped out for whatever reason, it’s not too late! It’s definitely a fact […]
Monday morning rolls around and I throw on my clothes, NOT wanting to go to school. Walking into my first period class, I see that my teacher has the same thoughts, yet she doesn’t complain. The cheerfulness she shows gives me energy, and I actually learn something, even in my Monday morning slump. The trouble […]
Have you ever wanted to be on a high school Tennis team? What about a high school ping pong team? High school is about trying to experience and undertake everything you can to know if you like it or not. Students have the freedom to try many different things without having to alter their whole […]
According to The Argue on Tuition Free College by Keith Ellison on April 14, 2016 the cost of college has gone up by 1,220% since 1978. In 2015, 38 million american students owed more than $1.3 trillion in student loan debt. The question if college should be “free” or not should not be answered with […]
“You were what?””Was it terrible?””Was it weird?”Despite the stereotypes, homeschooling is not a cult filled with estranged children who build robots in the basement or raise chickens and goats on fenced farms that protect them from the outside world.After studying test results and study skills, it has been proven that this is a viable form […]
“YEAR 9 student Eugenia A. worked on her homework until 11:30pm the other night. The Shelford Girls’ Grammar student spent four hours working on a writing assignment about a city sculpture. In the end she took a shower to “calm down” and called it quits”(Cook). Does this sound familiar to you? Nowadays, students are assigned […]
Imagine this: on December 21, 2012, we will face the extinction of… all languages except English. What, not the apocalyptic end you were expecting? True, no bombs, no erupting volcanoes,no flesh-eating zombies, but a world where only the English language exists? If this ling-pocalypse were to happen, here’s what my day would sound like. First, […]
Dedication is sacrificing your time and energy into an activity or project that you feel strongly about with the goal of accomplishing this activity or project with the best of your ability. It’s working your hardest to achieve a goal, no matter what it takes. Dedication is a devotion to a cause, ideal, or purpose. […]
Are you a bystander or an upstander? A bystander is a person who observes someone being bullied and either does or does not do anything to stop it. Whereas an upstander is a person who stands up for something such as the victim. There are many ways you can be an upstander and help many. […]
Spent It is midnight. Hunger drags the teenager out of its cave. In search of food, the teenager (a high schooler) skulks over to the kitchen where it stocks up on snacks for the rest of a long night of homework. When it opens the refrigerator an energy-efficient LED light blinds its eyes and burns […]
County Schools should consider letting students have their cell phones out in between classes and before school starts. Wouldn’t you want to have your cell phones out at school without getting your phone taken away or getting a writeup? Well, I think it is not right if your phone falls out of your pocket and […]
Dear Students of America, A lot of people seem to yearn for the “good old days” of education: you know, the days when the United States wasn’t 27th in the world in science and 35th in math (DeSilver, 2015). I do too, because I want myself, my friends, and my fellow United States citizens to […]
Money and brains are two completely different things obviously… . But how are they valued in our society? Most people in this world who are money hungry would think that money dominates knowledge every time. However that’s why they are still hungry for money. They don’t have any money because they don’t care to learn […]
Getting a good education is arguably the most important aspect of everyone’s life. Where and what you chose to study impacts your life exponentially. The education you receive as a young adult determines what kind of life you will lead in the future. Although there is conventional education in a classroom setting following a strict […]
Everyday weekday I go to my high school and hear the same old complaints. People seem to be constantly griping about too much homework and exams. I personally don’t think that our work is too hard or too much most of the time. I’ve noticed that in my school the main concentration of complainers are […]
I don’t think school uniforms are worth wearing. What’s the point of spending money on clothes that are good, for one year at a time.. . when you could just wear the clothes you already own? Its a waste of money, and our economy isn’t doing so well with money in the first place. I […]
It was a chilly January morning, and I was strolling down to my bus stop. As I walk I look around seeing trees, the pavement, stop signs, and I hear a snapping sound. This sound gets louder and quicker until my backpack struck the pavement I had been previously been walking on. I turn to […]
Remember that time when you got home, wanted to relax but you knew you had a ton of homework. So you got out your backpack and nice sharp pencil. You start your homework, finish some of it and have to go to soccer. You go to soccer, get home, shower and eat dinner. After all […]
Six days. That is how long it took me to completely break down. To lose all sense of self-worth. To lose sight of who I was as a person. To make me question whether I really belonged at the college I worked my ass off to get into. What awful traumatic event took less than […]
My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the contrary, I will take a stand on any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with controversy it might be. You have asked me how […]
How many times have you seen pictures, on social media, of teenagers falling asleep on their desks in school? You might have also possibly seen them falling asleep first hand, because they are drooling on the desk across from you. The worst though, is when you may have been the culprit of sleep deprivation yourself […]
I’m the one you would think is just an athlete, the person that is labeled as a jock. I’m the person people judge without ever getting to know me because they think i’m that simple. I am not a jock and i’m not that simple. A jock to me is someone that is an athlete […]
Viva la Vida is Spanish and when translated, means “live the life.” Living the life is what people aim for. From child to teen to adult, that life may be different, but it is like there is an invisible standard of a person’s life. As a teen, I think there is a definite life that […]
