College Essays
President Obama: My name is Sarah, and I am a student about to enter high school. I pride myself on having all A’s in the many advanced classes I take, and next year I am going to be enrolled in a rigorous course that will prepare me to take the International Baccalaureate program in my […]
Every American citizen who was raised here knows about Christopher Columbus and the pilgrims, they know about how the American settlers carved a society out of a harsh and untamed land and they know about the Constitution; but do they know that the supposed “facts” on these subjects in the history textbooks they grow up […]
Everyone can remember standing in front of their kindergarten class and reciting the alphabet. We all have faint images of repeating the order and pronunciation each letter after our teacher. We all learned to emulate our instructors with perfection, knowing that it-imitation- was the only way to succeed in the modern American educational system. If […]
There are many annoying tendencies that girls have or do. Most of the time these tendencies take place in high school before the girl is fully mature. Possessing one or more of these habits is a detriment to making and keeping friends. Eventually you can be picked on or bullied. WEARING SKIMPY CLOTHING: Girls in […]
Technology, advanced and effortless, is everywhere. I remember in first grade, we would walk in everyday and learn cursive for 15 minutes. Now, I walk into my classes and jump on a Chromebook. When I’m not using a laptop, I look up to the computerized whiteboard. What happened to real whiteboards? Real books? Real paper? […]
The poem Talk, really spoke to me and I could really relate to it, I think many teenagers can relate to this poem. It explains that if you get knocked down you are NOT worthless. Teens in high school get knocked down a lot, jobs, friendships, relationships, and grades are just to name a few. […]
Our school food has become a real problem, let’s face it. Students are no longer eating because of the horrible food they are serving us. They think oh we will give them healthier food, it will be better for the obesity rate in america but that’s just wrong. Many kids don’t eat which is completely […]
Who is the most idealist rapper? I think the answer is Tupac. Tupac Shakur was born in 1971 in new york city. His mother was a Black panther which means that she was an activist. When Tupac was younger he would write poetry. Tupac cared and valued his education. Tupac had different sides, or duality. […]
I’m running the track. I pant and slow down to catch my breath. “Everyone had better be done with their five laps by the time that clock says 9:00 a.m.!” Sound familiar? Physical Education: some call it gym class, some call it torture, but whatever you call it there is one problem with it. Physical […]
It was a bitter freezing Monday morning, as the students of my school walk into science class, grumbling to themselves. Everyone is still half asleep, as the students sit down in their chairs and the class starts, The teachers says, “Everyone take out the notes that was homework last night!” as some of the kids […]
I am proud to attend State High, a school that doesn’t ban books. We even promoted banned books week, and a photo contest of the subject holding a banned book. However, censoring books is more common than it should be. Schools, libraries, even bookstores censor books and other texts to shield students from the gray […]
Many people realize and understand that not everyone’s circumstances are equal, but are led to believe that we are all equal opportunists; however, with the wealth gaps, current schooling situation, and lack of opportunity in low income areas that is not the case. “Schooling in low income neighborhoods isn’t coming close to national standards”(David Card, […]
Obesity in Students As the years go by, Americans have become more dependent on fast food. Fast food is easier for parents on the run to serve to their kids instead of rushing home and cooking dinner. An example of parents preferring fast food is the Cici’s pizza commercial. In the commercial the busy mother […]
For me, the state tests began in 4th grade. We had worksheets and pep talks, the whole bit, because making the AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) was so important. Now, I take issue with the law behind the state tests, the benchmarks, the AYP to begin with, but I am genuinely concerned about the motivational techniques […]
Has a teacher ever told you to express yourself artistically in everything that you do? Many people say they truly believe that a child expressing himself is very important, and that it is what separates them from the other children. I believe that most people do not take this seriously, since many schools seem to […]
Every teenager in America is forced to sit in the classrooms that they hate day after day for four long years. Thousands of Americans drop out of high school before they complete it because they don’t know how to properly make it through the grind of high school. In reality, high school is very easy […]
Listening to people you think are your friends talk about you behind your back. That kills me. I’ve heard so many people tell me that my friends said this and that about me so many times, and I can’t take it. Saying I can’t sing, I can’t play basketball, I can’t play soccer, and that […]
Just recently, I had the great “fortune” of reading an article authored by a man who brashly claimed that the American educational system is “slipping” in comparison to other foreign nations. This writer, while ubiquitously correct in re-establishing the ever so truthful doctrine that foreign test scores, particularly those of China, India, and Japan, far […]
Dear Teen Ink, Kids should have longer passing time between classes. We only have three minutes to get from class to class, and some teachers are unfair. Once and a while, when the bell rings and the teacher is still talking, they say something like, “Don’t get up! The bell doesn’t dismiss you, I do!” […]
Standardized Testing. The phrase is powerful, unbelievably powerful. It makes us tremble like there’s an earthquake, shake like a leaf in the wind, and quiver like the whiskers of a mouse hiding from a cat. Yes, believe me, it’s that powerful. And it deserves that astronomical power; it can proudly claim the responsibility of helping […]
Every once in a while, it is brought to the public eye how technology is the future of education. We are told how textbooks will soon be removed from the school environment, and how even the use of printers will be minimized. But what are we doing about this change? Recently, my high school has […]
School violence is any verbal, visual or physical act that is done to purposely harm someone. There are many types of school violence that happen during the day, like bullying, harassment, name calling, fights, and theft. All of these happen to kids every day, and it really hurts them. The problem is that once people […]
“The jury has made their decision, the plaintiff has been found guilty.” Those are the words I would finally want to hear in the future becoming a Lawyer. A lawyer is a professional person authorized to practice law and they also defend or prosecute people for the crimes they have committed. I love to argue […]
On my school’s campus, a littering problem among the students has developed. The principal has reacted by canceling after-school activities for all students. I think that the punishment for this issue is unreasonable. I feel as though the students who have nothing to do with the problem should not be forced to abide to the […]
This essay is modeled on chapter six from Part Two of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. In this chapter, Gulliver describes the mechanics of the British government in a satirically earnest manner to the King of Brobdignag. This essay differs from the novel in that the subject is not the British government of the 1700s, but […]
“I hate wearing school uniforms!” This statement is commonly heard among students in schools requiring a uniform for attendance. These students do not realize there will be a more positive outcome for them academically. “‘You might hate your school uniform, but I think it’s there for a good reason,’ says fifteen-year-old Chloe Spencer” (Spencer). Some […]
All leaders come with great traits in life. What inspires them is the inspiration and motivation from the heart. People now and forever look up to a leader, talk about a leader, and remember the leader legacy they left behind. That legacy consists of highlighting all of the strengths and weaknesses of individual or people […]
How do you think creativity gets into kids heads? Ever since we were kids, parents gave us crayons and paper to doodle or just let our imagination run wild. In elementary school, art was included in all of my classes. When I got to middle school, art and music was a requirement, but not everyone […]
Having only a few weeks left of my freshman year of high school, I think I’ve learned quite a lot about both high school and life. I know I haven’t learned everything; after all, I still have three more years. However, I wrote this to give some advice to all the teens and tweens out […]
Here’s a topic talked about all the time: how good am I compared to my peers? When it comes to school, there is undoubtedly room for comparisons to be made. Students are yelling their test scores, talking about how hard a quiz was over lunch, etc. As a senior myself, I went through high school […]
