College Essays
“Nigger” is a derogative term that is used to describe people of African American origin. It is a word that not many educated people use today. But in Mark Twain’s world of Huckleberry Finn it is a word that is used in everyday life. In the book’s time period, “nigger” was used playfully, jokingly, good-naturedly. […]
“Wake up Rubin,” my mom told me. “What are you talking about mom, where are we going,” I said to her. “What do you mean where are we going, nobody’s going anywhere only you are going at school,” she said. Then I remembered that our teachers and director told us a week ago that we […]
“NO!” comes the cry. What are they screaming against? The threat of school uniforms. School uniforms are completely unnecessary, too expensive for some families, oppose student expression, and are disliked by students. A dress code accomplishes restriction of inappropriate clothing without complete restriction caused by uniforms. First, many families wouldn’t be able to afford the […]
It was the end of August 2015 when what everyone saw as a new beginning felt to me like the end to my ambitions. It was the first day of AP Summer Bridge (a week long session to introduce the curriculum of some Advanced Placement classes), it was very hot and the sun was shining, […]
Today, my mom told me it would be a good idea if I brushed up on my physics skills to prepare for my next school year. After moaning and whining for about half of the day, I pulled my old and dusty physics book out and began reading. After about fifteen minutes, I was completely […]
High school. The glorious nightmare that is your life. But forget about tests, homework, and grades. This time is about social hierarchy…and at the top is the girl who rules them all. She alone has the power to manipulate anyone into doing anything for her. The boys stare at her with their tongues hanging out. […]
Adolescents today are left to find their way through the labyrinth that is nutrition. Being forced to observe the tastiest items in front of their eyes, while being told they lead to diabetes and obesity, or having to choose between what is the most efficient versus the most healthy, is the challenge we imply on […]
Hallways. Every high school has them and that is where most of the s*** happens. Even if you’re only in them for five minutes between classes, a lot can happen in five minutes. Within 30 seconds, you will have already heard about three guys say “suck my dick” to no one in particular and the […]
All religious ideals aside, the Bible is world-renowned as the most influential piece of literature to mankind, the most popular and most frequently purchased book and the official documentation of the legendary Jesus of Nazareth who, whether people believe in his status as the Son of Man or not, was a living, breathing revolutionary whose […]
I think that schools nowadays have too many students in classes, especially public schools and this is causing major issues not to schools in the United States but potentially to schools in any and every country in the world. Larger sizes prove to be a challenge financially since public schools are free and are funded […]
With summer winding down and families beginning to exchange bathing suits and sunscreen for backpacks and notebooks, many kids’ minds are undoubtedly filled with wistful memories of sun, sea, and sand as they cling to their final lazy mornings and try to forget about the jail (I mean classroom) to which they will soon return. […]
One of the few memories that I have from kindergarten is baking Apple pies in the fall, playing bowling with pumpkins during halloween, and taking standardized test during the spring. I remember all of my classmates being placed all around the classroom being told to fill in the answers on a bubble sheet. Not fully […]
Knowing that I would be delegated to bring up a discussion, I wondered why not address my talk to a populous that seems dire enough to seek the stakes for a prospective future? For the medium of this topic should primarily consist of students. This audience, of course, is perfect for the meaningful words that […]
There is a large amount of hate against school. Kids feel trapped and bored. They go because they don’t see any other choice. They’re told if they don’t go they will grow up to be stupid and have a terrible life. Yet the education provided to students is often pathetic. Its uncool to be too […]
The United States is a democracy, why can’t schools be one too! A democracy would make schools so much better. “Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man” Ronald Reagan. Every day around the United States of America students are dictated and told how to […]
When I think of best teacher or best person, the first image that come to my mind is that of Mrs. Stein-Jackter. She is not my favorite teacher because she gives me good grades or teaches good. Rather, the best feature of Stein is that she acts like a human, while some of the other […]
A little under a year ago I departed from my elementary and middle school friends, we were all stepping into a new shoe. Most of my friends chose to follow up into St. Gertrude’s and Benedictine, while I chose to follow my father and sisters and go to Trinity. Between these schools there are huge […]
Dear ___, I don’t know your name yet and it’s the 4th week of school. Isn’t that sad? It wouldn’t be that devastating if you were someone else, but you aren’t. I’ve seen you around school and you seem pretty popular. You hangout with the other pretty, popular girls (Don’t worry I know their names, […]
The pounding of your alarm crushes the silence that was persistent through the night. You creep your eyes open to a darkness that seems soothing yet despising. You reach helplessly for the device that is becoming more of a torturing distraction rather than an alarm. When your hand seems to flop upon the snooze button […]
Among a group of 34 other industrialized nations, including China, South Korea, Finland and Russia, America’s students on average were ranked 25th in math, 14th in reading, and 17th in science. These statistics clearly represent how America’s education system doesn’t perform to the same effectiveness as other nations’. The current mindset and execution of the […]
The average college student all go through the same things, worrying about grades, dating, studying, and their social life. For most this is all they can handle, it’s tough enough to get good grades even with a bunch of free time. Now imagine you’re a student athlete, you are expected to pass every class with […]
Dress codes are unfair, targeted towards girls, and body shame young women. Fifty-three percent of teenage girls report that they are already unhappy with their body, so why would schools make teenage girls feel bad about showing a little skin. Its not like girls are running around with nothing on. I say if a girl […]
Do you know something thats really disgusting that children are eating every day? School lunches… school lunches both taste bad and look bad but were they always this way? The answer would be no but let me first explain the current school lunch system. The current school lunches are really easy for everyone because all […]
I live my life for learning and developing, growing and getting better. I live for overwatch and playing it when I get home from school, I live for Youtube when i’m done living for overwatch. I then live hating the homework that could have just been classwork, hating the very idea of homework that decides […]
Homework is one of those thing that some people think is very important and some people hate it. I personally think that it is not necessary, and it is counter intuitive. First, when you go home with homework, you are either one of two people. You either know what you’re doing, and you are just […]
Do test scores really show how smart someone is?Do they really show how intelligent a person is and how well they do in class?Well, to start off, my grades suck, my test scores suck.But somehow, when I get the homework and quizzes, I actually get decent grades. My notes are neat and colour-coded, I have […]
What are things that motivate you, or things that inspire you? What keeps you going? Self-Motivation is a great trait that not everyone has. Some people lack motivation and others have an abundance of it. Life would be a lot easier if everyone had their own motivation that helped them achieve their goals. I have […]
I’d been hearing my parents yell and argue with me every day since I began 8th grade because I was a just barley passing my classes and I’d yell at them for yelling at me so far. When I came home today I argued with my step father. This wasn’t the first time. We’d argued […]
Hey, you! Yeah, you. Are you reading this? Or are you so tired from being awake since 6 o’clock that you don’t even know what’s going on? The cause of this inability to pay attention can be blamed on school days beginning too early. Most schools start classes before 8 a.m., forcing students to wake […]
As the new school year begins, millions of teenagers will once again find themselves struggling to wake up early in the morning so as to get to school on time. However, recent concerns regarding the lack of sleep most adolescents receive has had some people calling for school to start later. They are saying that […]
