College Essays
You hear the alarm clock beeping in your ears and you knock it down. All you can think is, “5:30 already?” You brush your teeth, wash your face, put on your uniform as fast as you can, eat breakfast, run to catch the bus, and you go to school. The same routine goes on and […]
Did you ever ask your parents why you had to go to school? If you have then you probably have heard, “It’s your job.” If that is true shouldn’t you be paid for your “job”? Though students can’t choose their jobs until after college they can be paid for their work in school. There are […]
Collared shirts, belts, khakis. Does this ring a bell? If not, let me remind you… dress code. As a student in grade eleven and being in dresscode since first grade, I think dress code is a good idea, to an extent. I believe that the rules should be more lfexible sounding. All students want to […]
The lack of strictness in dress code has been a problem throughout public schools for the longest time now. Too many people have been sent home and even put in detention due to the clothes they wear and too many schools have been called “unprofessional” due to the new trends and fashion statements of young […]
Kathleen Bandhauer from Becker Middle School is an outstanding teacher and strategist! She always puts everyone before her and is always willing to try anything to help her students succeed. Kathleen Bandhauer is truly the educator of this year and every year to come. Mrs. Bandhauer has a very different style of teaching. Instead of […]
Imagine sitting in your college dorm room at 11 o’clock at night. All of the school counsellors are asleep and you’re completely alone. Your teachers packed you with homework and there’s no way you’ll be able to go to bed at a reasonable time. Although this is the college life, it’s unhealthy and leaving you […]
My teacher just assigned me a project. She wanted me to do it right away and I want to show her that I can do it. Usually when she gives me assignments, I always “procrastinate”. I do it for several reasons. 1. Perfection-The main problem when I am working on a special project of any […]
Why Not? Twenty kids and I in my class jump out of our chairs and rush out the door as if there was a fire in the classroom. We continue on as some of us randomly drop down to their lockers. Some of us sprint down the hall to get in the lunch line. Once […]
The United States no longer stands as the world’s leader in education. America is falling behind. In 2012, the Program for International Student Assessment compared fifteen year old students from sixty-five nations around the world. In this program, all students took the same standardized test in their own respective languages. American students did not make […]
Students from all around the world face a harsh brick wall of stress from school that comes from homework, tests, quizzes, and projects. As students, we come face to face with high stress throughout the whole school day and even on the weekends. As a student, I am constantly worrying about my grades because every […]
At my school we have a twenty minute period every Wednesday designed to educate and prepare for College and Post-Secondary education. In the process of my school trying to better their students for college and turn them on idea of college. I have taken an interest in the finances that it takes to make it […]
Would you like your teachers to know as much about you as your best friend? Most people would agree that they would like to keep their social lives separate from school. Too often, high school teachers and students cross over the boundary and merge their professional and social lives. This kind of communication can end […]
So much has changed in the years since we left middle school, waving goodbye to the familiarity of the gum-stained, winding paths we found ourselves taking to our daily classes. On the first day of our Freshmen year, we all tried desperately to recall our freshly printed schedules, refusing to peek into our still thinned […]
Everybody should work hard to get a job because it’s the key to being successful in life. They have to put clothes on their back, pay for college, and then have a good house. The first reason why people should have a job is they have to put clothes on their back like people want […]
Question; who spends the most time with students? Answer; students! So why is it that students are continuously excluded from teacher evaluations? Students have the most accurate understand their teachers teaching capabilities.They should be filling out teacher evaluations.The best teachers inspire interest, connect with students, explain what is being taught so that all students understand, […]
Wear sweatpants on Monday and pull your shirt down; wear the same Forever 21 shirt as thirty other girls on Tuesday and pretend your shorts are long enough; don’t run in the halls; bring the same lunch in a brown paper bag everyday; buy a Coke from the faulty vending machines; when cheating off the […]
Perspective is key. But its easy to lose your perspective in high school when everyone around you has different thoughts, cultures, and goals. I go to a diverse school, and if you were to walk through the doors, you’d hear multiple different languages coming from people across the world. High school is supposed to be […]
Many students each and every day are pushing through the day at school wishing they could understand clearly. They feel that they aren’t being taught in a way that suits them and that they are being left in the dust to figure it out for themselves. This is because the learning styles they are comfortable […]
When you hit the age of 18, everything changes. Honestly, I would start at 16 for me. When I was 16 I got a job, started practicing for the ACT (because that’s definitely stressed), and I started dating. This all happened at once, and let me tell you… it wasn’t easy. You think that growing […]
If you take a relaxing stroll or drive through basically any town in the United States, you are most likely going to come to a place where memories lie. Good, bad, enjoyable, unbearable, and whatever other feelings it brings. As you might have already guessed(not by the title obviously) it is High School. Yes, high […]
Quick – name a popular standardized test used by colleges and universities nationwide! If you’re like most people, your first answer will be “can you repeat the question?”, after which your answer will most likely be “The SAT, of course!” Great answer, easily-confused yet overly- enthusiastic volunteer. But do you know why you said that […]
Being a high school student is tough. What happened to it being the best four years of our lives? I beg to differ. High school is a place where teenagers are being judged about what they wear, who they hang out with, and how smart they really are everyday. Adding to that stress we have […]
What would you do if you saw someone bullying someone? Would you stop it? Would you just stand there and continue to let it happen? Today’s world nobody really thinks about this, and that leads to the big problem, school bullying. The person doing the bullying is most likely having problems at home and want […]
I’m not skipping school because I’m a second semester senior. Does that make sense? Let’s break it down. Today, my schedule is E, Band, and Film. All three are electives. In fact, every class I’m taking this semester is an elective. I can do that, take these elective classes, because I’ve been playing the game […]
The relentless culture of college admissions, especially among the nation’s elite, has now permeated throughout the lower education system.The message is clear – any form of failure will jeopardize your chances of a promising college experience. Such pressure can be unbearable. Instead of encouraging personal growth, we are actually stifling it. Secondary schools should encourage […]
As global connection increases, it bridges the gap between different regions and cultures. One of the major focus areas of this connection is the field of primary education. How does the education system in one country differ from another? Take India, for example. How is education in the United States different from in India? The […]
Can you imagine a society where children are put inside a classroom for six hours and then expected to go home and do hours of work by themselves each day? Regrettably, this is the exact kind of dystopia we live in today. On a personal account, my eighth grade year drastically changed my perspective on […]
Today, everybody has a cellphone. There are about 61,000,000,000 more cellphones than people in the world. Today, a cellphone is a key to life.A cellphone can give someone more social status and friends, but they can also in school. Students should be able to have their phone in school because students are able to make […]
Many schools around the country allow students to purchase foods in the cafeteria and vending machines throughout the day. These facilities often retail unhealthy, unsafe, and unnatural foods that can affect the health of young children to teenagers. Many schools are unaware of the actual dangers these items can downplay on anyone’s health. The high […]
I find myself in an inexplicable position. I do not where to proceed, and I certainly find looking back painful. What should one do in such situations? Am I to stop? Or am I to keep moving forward? My teachers no longer give me stickers for my neat work.The intense bubbling of delight no longer […]
