College Essays
In school, the biggest problem to me is not teachers, not crushes, but peer pressure. Peer pressure causes kids to act like others because they think that they are cool when actually the most cool person is yourself. Cool is a relevant term also like cute, awesome, average, and dorky. These words are used to […]
On July 19, 2010, the New York State Board of Regents adopted the Common Core Standards, essentially adopting an institution that, as dictated by its own name, hold all students, regardless of race, family income, or disability, to the same self imposed standard that is supposed to prepare students to succeed in college, career, and […]
Bullying; a word and action we’ve all known and seen before. What’s so “cool” about it anyways? People and their clique all seem to get praised by others for putting someone else down. Why? Because they’re not into the same things as you or they don’t wear the latest fashions? People seem to put bullying […]
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” says Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa. The world’s greatest priority, should be education, it is our guideline for the future; however, this generation’s learners must be taught in a different manner than they have been. We now need […]
I wouldn’t say that there is a clique problem at this school I would say that there is a major, out of control problem. There are so many different cliques, the preps skaters, people who don’t talk much, people who are always together, emos, Goths, nerds and the wannabes. No matter what happens one person […]
The ages of early childhood to adolescence are very important stages of human development. People are learning new skills and discovering their expertise. The key to a successful education is an open minded and rewarding teacher. Each student is different in the way they learn and find their interests. It is crucial teachers try their […]
The right to education is a right that every man, woman, or child should posses. My question is why are people still being deprived of one right that the United Nations (UN) representatives from every country has promised the whole world? 115 million primary school aged children do not go to school and that could […]
what and who is intelligence? is it the perfect student? the student who gets strait a’s, the student in the front row by choice, not becuase they made a bad decision, is it the perfect attendance student? or is it the student on the very back row in the class, the one whos has his […]
Dyslexia Dyslexia is a rear learning disability. Dyslexia is the name for specific learning disabilities in reading. Dyslexia may cause problems with reading comprehension and slow down vocabulary growth. Dyslexia may result in poor reading fluency and reading out loud. Children and adults with dyslexia simply have a neurological disorder that causes their brains to […]
Sitting behind a computer, typing away, many people feel anonymous. It is as though the world is at one’s fingertips. As one presses “post,” consequences aren’t considered. Besides, the First Amendment protects our right to speak freely. However, in the case of high school students, the digital age seems to be constricting their voices. In […]
What Happens To Rich Albanian Kids When They Drop Out School There are many students in Albania who don’t study in school. The students that aren’t rich say that they don’t have a reason to study for because in their future they are still going to be poor. This is a very bad thought because […]
834,453 is a pretty large number. According to the U.S Department of Agriculture, or the USDA, in the article “Animals Used in Research”that’s how many animals were used for animal testing in the year 2014. However, the USDA doesn’t count mice, rats, or other “low order” species that make up 95% of animal testing. This […]
The public educational school system is bullcrap. School defines your future based on the biases and preferences set forth by politicians and corporations. One may say school teaches the skill working through difficult situations. While this is true school does not cover realistic problems and skills that will actually aid you in the real world. […]
Most high school athletes today complain about how if they participate in a sport they shouldn’t be required to take gym to graduate. I am one of those athletes who fully believes this. During my sports seasons in the fall and spring, I don’t put in my hardest effort during physical education because I know […]
The 2014 film “Fed Up” is an American documentary that advocates against the current eating habits of Americans. It predicts that in the next two decades, ninety-five percent of all Americans will become obese. Due to the increasing rates of obesity and obesity related diseases that have invaded our country, something needs to be done […]
Even with GPAs higher than 4, entering into a college may be virtually impossible for some unfortunate students. Financial restraints hold many talented scholars from around the world back from receiving education. The question is, “Should college education be free or not?”. You may already know that many countries around the world already have made […]
In a society of rapid absorption and application of knowledge, global crises and daily technological breakthroughs, it seems nearly impossible to keep up with the world and find time to invest in the study of subjects like literature which cannot feed malnourished children, create alternative energy or improve prosthetic limbs. For this reason, individuals who […]
For months, students are filled with stress, anxiety, fear, worry, and frustration. When the big day comes, they wake up at the crack of dawn, eat a healthy breakfast (if their nerves can tolerate it), go to a small classroom with other teenagers, pick up their yellow, wooden pencils, and work as efficiently as they […]
I think all schools should wear uniforms. Some kids don’t have enough money to afford nice cloths and they get make fun of and criticized for that. Everyone will look the same so there won’t be any distractions or anybody being an outcast. Schools won’t have to deal with low shirts, short skirts, sagging pants, […]
Today, standardized testing is one if the main ways colleges assess students for admission. Since the competition to be accepted into a top college is bigger than ever, it is crucial that students do well on these tests and utilize any advantage they can to help achieve this goal. The two main tests that every […]
Pitcher this. You’re in a happy place where troubles from family, friends, school, society, and anything else that you try to get away from go away. Nothing could make you happier until… BEEP BEEP BEEP!!! Happy times over. Tired? Want to relax for a few minutes? Too bad. The yellow car on four wheels will […]
As a student I find that every summer I am stuck reading a random book that I probably will not like. Then I am forced to write a report that I never actually think about. It always goes fast because I am so concerned with going outside and playing soccer or playing video games than […]
A lot of students from middle school and high school don’t like going to school. Either they don’t like to learn, they don’t like the other students who go there, or they just don’t like the overall environment. That is why home-schooling has been brought up numerous times, whether someone’s friend experiences it, one longs […]
I’m not a normal teenager. You see I am different and proud to be. People have told me that it is wrong to be different well if being different is wrong then I don’t want to be right. Normal isn’t something that people are expected to be it is just the way they act. Normal […]
The Awkward Freshman year. The first year of high school. The year that could change your life, make or break your high school experience. Well, forget that. Everything you have ever been told. For me all I was ever told was that high school was a lot harder, you have to constantly think about college, […]
Homework has been a hot potato between all youngsters and adults. A portion of people say that students nowadays have more than enough homework to deal with, while others say that homework is necessary for certain reasons such as that students forget what they learned over the weekend, hence they need homework to review their […]
We’re told from a young age time and time again that our body is, essentially, a sanctuary. We’re to guard it, defend it, and, substantially evident among schools, cover it. Not to speak on behalf of all schools, however my school has a strict, enforced code about proper clothing. Restrictions vary from a four inch […]
Part of every teenager’s high school is dealing with hardships. Whether it is hard class work, homework or issues with peers, everyday we deal with pressure. One of the difficulties we should never be dealing with however, is religious intolerance. Sadly, evidence of religious intolerance, advertent or inadvertent, appears quite often in our schools, even […]
It’s 3:00 pm, you still have at least three more hours of homework with the eight worksheets, two projects, one presentation, and one essay you were assigned. Not to mention you have all that plus an hour and a half sports practice, a leadership meeting, and a choir concert. By the time you are in […]
High school is one of the craziest experiences I’ve had so far. The first day of school is terrifying. You walk into school and you feel like a deer in the headlights. All of the Upperclassmen loom above you and you feel like a little kid that belongs back in seventh and eighth grade in […]
