College Essays
If you were anything like I was in middle you remember being trapped between the economically, current events and just general sense lacking kids. Middle school is torture especially when you are stuck in a mid-western all girls school where the majority of people are obsessed with Facebook, trends from both coasts and what happened […]
Aren’t cell phones useful in the real world? We use them to socialize; we use them to communicate. Well they are also useful during school. Some ways cell phones are useful during school is it’s a way to get help in an emergency and they act as an academic resource In case of emergency cell […]
Imagine being a sophomore at a prestigious high school before finals week. You spend seven hours Monday through Friday reviewing old classwork, asking questions, and practically relearning every bit of information you have acquired throughout the school year. After school, you head off to sports practice, rehearsal, or whichever commitment you have made for the […]
Do you like getting good grades? Most people do not care. It’s crucial to get good grades, and teachers and schools are really encouraging it. Even though most students aren’t motivated, there are a few who still do care. Doing poorly in school could affect your ability to get into college, ability to get a […]
Do scores define you? To many, including admissions officers, they do. It’s almost the end of the school year. It’s the time when most high school seniors rush to get their college applications done and take standardized tests of many types if they choose to continue and go to college after graduation. These tests they […]
It’s a shame that these days student in school are very limited in what foreign language they can learn to apply for college credit. I would say most High Schools only offer French, Spanish, and Japanese. For years I played around with languages. I tried Spanish in First Grade I didn’t really care for it. […]
Happiness: Does it come from the outside? Happiness comes from both yourself and also other people. I think it mostly comes from yourself because life has a lot to do with decisions that you make. I can either overreact to something and let it really affect myself. Maybe it won’t affect me at all. Happiness […]
In the islamic world people behave under very strong beliefs and influences of a religious figure in this case Allah.Woman are raised in a outrageous racist society where they are abolished by mens doctrine. It tries to make women non-existent, since it is believed every inch on the woman body is a sexual temptation or […]
In school, you’re supposed to express yourself, right? One of the most popular ways students express themselves is by the way they dress. Clothing can express individuality. It’s what sets us apart from each other. It’s one of the few free choices we have within reason. What if the school required uniforms? No one would […]
Hello, I’m an Indian 10th Grader. And Here in India , Tenth Grade holds a lot of importance. I am discontent with the education system here. The way they judge you and grade you in English. It’s not my English teacher’s fault. It’s The Education Board. All the rules set up are by the “Board”. […]
Picture yourself at school. Raising your hand when you have a question, writing down the homework in your planner, and taking notes on the lesson. The usual, right? Not so much. You look around and see all your classmates are male, and you are too. Your school is a single-sex school. These types of schools […]
High School. That mystical place where as rumor had it, there was no dress code, parties every weekend, and the lunches are better. Theses rumors need to be dispelled. They are not true. Awkward, and other teen shows like them have us to believe that there is a set of popular kids, smart Asians, druggies, […]
This class sucks. It’s pointless. “Why do we have it as a class, I don’t even pay attention.” Everyone often hear these comments in the hallway or in the actual class of health. Most kids don’t need health class when they are young because they don’t even know what half of the words mean. But […]
Academic dishonesty happens everywhere. Whenever there is a glimpse of chance a student will want to take it and even when it is hopeless one will still try to think of ways to cheat. Humans are meant to always find the shortcut the easiest way and the quickest way. For these reasons we are using […]
Spend one day in Mr. Hessler’s class, and you will forget how much you hate math. Because let’s be honest, you hate math. You wouldn’t take it if colleges didn’t require it and/or prefer it. He’s an intimidating guy at first glance, a big scary football coach, but once you take a seat in his […]
?You get home from school, open up your backpack and look at all the homework you have. You have a worksheet for Math, a lab for Science, read for History, an essay for English and a project due in the next couple days for Spanish. On top of that, you had to stay after for […]
All around the United States, many hungry students have been taking their anger onto social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to “dish out” their anger about the “new” school lunch policy that went into effect in September of 2012, as the Washington Post reported on. This issue has been controversial over the past […]
FOR PREVENTING THE ESCALATION AND THE LONG TERM PERPETUATION OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION It is a melancholy object to bring up such a topic as sensitive as illegal immigration. Illegal Immigration in the United states is when people trespass into the United States without a visa, or overstays the period of time aloud. If this continues […]
I declare that the National Honor Society is an ineffective means of motivating students and therefore should be removed from high schools. The National Honor Society (NHS) discourages students and decreases their self-esteem, among many other negative influences. The NHS is a nationwide program in high schools.Students are inducted into the NHS based on the […]
Disclaimer: The following is a satirical piece. It may or may not be exactly the opposite of what one should do in school, so please do not actually take any advice from it. PLEASE. How to Establish a Dictatorship in School I get it. You’re a shy, slightly terrified incoming freshman, and you’re not ready […]
Have you ever been sitting listening to music and get lost into the beat of the song? Or ever got amazed with a painting that moves your feelings, your soul? Have you ever went to a play of which makes you go deep into a imaginary fantasy world of which anything is possible? Then you […]
No matter what the local slang for it is, all good so-called nerds know of the bloody race for valedictorian—the clash of good grades, better grades, and the best grades all for the honor of being the student with the best GPA. Here, we call it the “GPA game.” Some may believe that this is […]
“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.” Albert Einstein The discrepancy in our modern system of education is the lack of questioning. Today teachers consider delivering the lecture as their greatest priority, and questioning is usually given tertiary importance in the methodical hierarchy. Modern education has destroyed the wonderful ability to question, to […]
Students all around the world dread doing homework and would do anything just to have one day with no homework. But, I think we all know that this possibility is really rare. Parents and teachers just don’t know the pain we go through each night after school. And, sometimes this pain can continue through the […]
Okay, if you came here to see who my crush is don’t bother wasting your time, I’m here to go on my rant about homework since for once in my life I have free time. If anyone in my school reads this I want you to show this to our teachers Kay? Okay rant begin. […]
Today across America several thousand children and adolescents of all ages are constantly being harassed and bullied for simply what they choose to wear. School uniforms being enforced would be beneficial to everyone. It has proven to not only reduce violence, but also has lead to fewer distractions in the classrooms making it easier for […]
To be real with you I don’t know much besides the research I was able to do and the genuine feelings I have today’s education, experiences and ideas from what I’ ve felt during my years here as a student and things I had questions to but never had a real answer to. I hope […]
Education is certainly the hot button issue of the moment. At the heart of the debate over the future of education is the question – are academic subjects, such as mathematics and history, more worthy of students’ time than life skills, such as critical thinking , ethics and self-expression ? many refuse to let go […]
In my first philosophy club meeting I was introduced to the intriguing argument against charity; piloted by a man named Slavoj Zizek he envisions a society where poverty is impossible. He is confused by the United States’ decision to make charity a constituent of our government. He believes that by giving a man handouts you […]
In high school, the students who take on a lot of extracurriculars and other activities are often labeled as “try-hards” and “overachievers.”I’ve even heard teachers say “You’re just doing that so you can put it on your college application. “And while many make this fact seem evil or derogatory, I beg to differ.Is there really […]
