College Essays
Waking up in the morning, students in the United States meticulously plan their outfits for the day. For them to be content, every strand of hair and every accessory must be in perfect position. They do this with one goal in mind: to impress others through their clothing choices. I believe this goal is overshadowed […]
Uniform- (adj) an identifying outfit or style of dress worn by the members of a given profession, organization, or rank. Origin- 1530–40;< L ?nif?rmis(adj. ), equiv. to ?ni- uni-+ -f?rmis -form (Refrence from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/uniform) Isn’t there a way to identify an organization, such as a school, without having to take away personality? Some ask the […]
Point of View Entry Coming from a homeschooler. I personal like homeschooling. No bullies, no cliques and you can do schoolin your pajamas. You can work at your own pace. One great homeschooling program is ECOT or Eletronic Classroom of Tomorrow. They have teachers who will work with you one on one. Some kids think […]
The court said that the students have freedom of speech. “The court said that the students clothing was a form of freespeech.” There is no state law that schools have their students wear uniforms, “No state law requires school uniforms.”22 There many reasons why students should or should not wear uniforms. Onereason why students should […]
Why doesn’t anyone stand up for the freshmen? When one walks through the hallways of the average high school, many cocky upper class men strut down the hall with the greatest of confidence, but then one will see the nerdy little freshmen with a 35 pound backpack running to get to class on time. All […]
Never was I the school type of girl, Neither have I understood the point of receiving most of these unnecessary classes that we are required to receive now and days ;and from my honest opinion it seems as the time goes by ,school is getting harder ,and the school days are extending. Sometimes I wonder […]
Have you ever thought about the things a special ed student goes through a day? How they are constantly separated from the rest of the kids in the school.But some special students can have natural features. They can be average everyday people that you would never tell was mentally challenged. But in a few years […]
I’m shaking now. Like some addict in desperate need of a cigarette. I’m fumbling with my phone and I can’t see cause these damn hall lights are too bright and my screen brightness is all the way down. I’m flying down the staircase, half reminding myself that this is a better staircase if I’m in […]
High school is almost over. Seven days. Seven days left to eat school lunches, to make fun of each other, to ride the bus and to be together as a class. From soccer games to football games, from marching band to concert band. Volleyball to basketball and track to softball. These past four years has […]
It is the end of a normal school day. Backpack full of homework, heavy textbook on my hand, and handy bag with snacks in it that follow us to our next stage of a day: after-school. After-school, in my parents’ age, is the leisure time when they hang out with their friends, read books on […]
In your opinion, what is the real reason why people struggle with school? Many people can agree that there is a lot of reasons why they struggle with school, but if you really think about what is the real reason why people struggle?Other people and I can argue that a big reason why they don’t […]
Dear G-d, I seriously don’t understand pimples- but I accept them with faith. I don’t understand illness- but I accept it with faith. Don’t get me started on the purpose of spiders- yet, I do not doubt. Then comes Mondays. Mondays, G-d, Mondays! Are they necessary? Would the world be any less worldly, the days […]
Academic pressure. This is one of a student’s biggest causes of stress. These pressures mainly come from peer and parental expectations and from fear. Fear of failure and disgrace. These days, everything that we do in school is looking towards getting into a good college by aiming for a perfect GPA, loading on multiple class […]
I lay on my bed, motionless and floating on the sea of biology, statistics, and creative writing papers. Staring at the ceiling, I see my life in its emptiness. I pity myself as the victim of Burnout Syndrome victim. I silently revolt against my desire to be “successful,” whatever that is. My feeble rib cage […]
Bullying is happening everywhere in the world today, in every school. I know it sounds crazy but it’s correct. Bullying is something that can’t just go away completely and even if you try to make it vanish, it’ll take a while. Bullying is when someone is trying to hurt you in different ways, to feel […]
Saturday morning. The weekend. I lazily rose from bed, and walked toward the door. As I got closer, I looked to the right, where a TV used to hang. The only remnant of the TV was a big wall mount that still sat in its place. For whatever reason, I stared at the wall mount, […]
When people ask me what my favorite grade of school was, I always respond third grade, the year the training wheels came off. For the first two years, report cards had numbers that represented our level of achievement, but in the third year we got “big kid grades”. It was all very exciting and I […]
At my school, we have to wear uniforms, and I think it sucks. Why should someone tell us what we can and can’t wear? How unfair is that? Uniforms limit our personal freedoms. We can’t express ourselves because we have to wear the same thing. Everyone is different and have their own unique style, so […]
Everyone in school has a class they don’t like. I’m here to ask a question. Why is this? Why do we even have to dread going to class? Why do we think its just okay? And more importantly, why has nothing changed? We all generally like or are neutral with what classes we have. But […]
High School is an odd thing, because it’s where you realize that adulthood is just a step away. For me, towards the end of my freshman year, things are starting to pick up the pace. It may be just that with everything I have going on in my life, from my upcoming play for my […]
I have the habit of questioning everything, for better or worse. I don’t take anything for face value and I don’t believe that anything is what it seems. This especially occurs at school. I ask the question that drives all teachers up the wall. They teach us something, and then I ask them why we […]
In the newly revolutionizing world of technology, social networking media has become a need in communicating with others. Due to a majority of social network users being kids and teens, parents are starting to be concerned about their children’s education and study time. In fact, many argue that social networking sites have no educational value […]
Calculus and crackers, biology and blueberries, English and edamame — schoolwork and snacks go together. Yet some schools forbid eating outside of the scheduled lunch period. Studies show that eating allows for better focus and cognitive function than remaining hungry. Despite limiting the learning capacities of students by forbidding them from eating in class, schools […]
I remember back when I was about seven or eight playing little league softball. It always felt great when I would smack the ball into the outfield, or make an amazing catch. Although, there were also times when our team would lose or someone would make a bad catch, or someone struck out. I remember […]
I think that pocket knives should be allowed in school. According to Michigan law, students are not allowed to carry a dangerous weapon. According to the state laws the definition of a dangerous weapon, in this case, is any firearm, dagger, dirk, stiletto, or knife with a blade over three inches in length, a pocket […]
Going to a big school, many know how much of a struggle the crowded hallways can be. Students wait in lines going up the stairs, sometimes coming to complete stops, wasting their short time allowed to get to class. Also, many times one has to push through to get to the other side of the […]
Everyone’s parents told their kids going to high school that this is going to be the most fun 4 years of your life. As a middle schooler, I was ready and felt well prepared for High school. Upperclassmen made it sound amazing and told us how we should be excited to finally be able to […]
The world is a shelf upon which rest bobble heads who always nod and never question why they are nodding. This is especially true when the average person is faced with art. In fear of seeming ignorant, they blindly praise the splatters on a canvas or the scribbles on a paper. I apologize generalizing and […]
Before this school year, I didn’t study. I didn’t have to study to maintain my GPA, so I didn’t. My teachers always took a day to stop teaching and again cover the material that would be on the test the next day. I did my class work, and I did my homework, but to me […]
“Yes,” to Driving Have you ever wanted your very own vehicle to drive? Well, take advantage of your 16th birthday, and get yourself a licence! We here in Washington State have a privilege to be able to get our license once we’re 16, so take advantage of it and take the two tests and get […]
