College Essays
“The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’” – Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. Why not have unlimited potential and freedom while doing something you love? Why settle for anything less than your dreams? Well one of my personal dreams is […]
Ever wish that you could rate one of your teachers? Well you can on Ratemyteachers.com. All you have to do is search your school and teacher but if the teacher isn’t there you can add them. You can rate your teacher within the categories of “easiness”, “helpfulness”, and “clarity”, on a five point scale. You […]
IS a college degree the way to go in this generation? Is the debt and hardships that are experienced by college graduates even worth it? This is something I ask myself everyday as I check my bank account and see that sometimes I don’t even have $5 to my name, or enough spare change to […]
Imagine, going to a new school and being expected to know what you want to be when you get older. You’re only in 10th grade with little knowledge of what you want to do. Being accepted made me feel accomplished and determined. I was capable of having decent grades and a positive attitude. When I […]
Did you know that if you helped clean the school for 15minutes, it could help the environment, your health, and keep your school in great shape? Well that’s what I think we should do, because we could be helping others and ourselves! For example, cleaning the school could help our health because, if there are […]
Automated Essay Scoring (AES for short) can be described both as evidence that technology in the world today is rapidly advancing and also that it is still not fully advanced yet. AES can grade an astounding 16,000 papers in only 20 seconds (Winerip 1); however the average human grader can approximately grade 30 essays in […]
“Go clean your room. ” Do you enjoy being told what to do? I can’t remember the last time I was motivated or excited that someone was telling me what to do. So if people don’t want to be told to clean their room, why would they want to be told they have to write […]
Do you think that the schooling is the only route leading to success? I will tell you, NO! How ignorant if you think “YES”! Being educated in school is great, but it’s definitely not the only choice. It’s ridiculous that when I researched about the kids who don’t want to be in school, all the […]
I heard on a local government broadcast a quote, “… kids seem to stop being interested in school at about sixth grade…” That being all that I heard before the channel flipped and the program was gone. I being in eleventh grade took this question to heart, why is it that I don’t find school […]
One thing that struck me about the role of women in islam is how they are obligated to wear a hijab. A hijab is a piece of cloth used to cover a woman’s head. This head piece is a way for men to control women. It can also be seen as a way of submitting […]
Teachers seem to think that if they keep on telling students that they are wonderful over and over again, that their students “will perform to the highest possible standards in school.” (Curtler) This idea is known as the self-esteem movement amongst educators, and the roots of this movement are traced back to 1960’s America. Educators […]
When inducted into the prestigious NHS organization you not only have to fulfill the three pillars of character, leadership and scholarship, but you must also meet the required amount of service without any pay or material goods in return. When called to serve, many may see it as an inconvenience for themselves, but you must […]
“In kids, the prefrontal cortex is still developing,” said Jordan Grafman, chief of the cognitive neuroscience section at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, part of the National Institutes of Health. Most of the people I know would be like “what!?” if they heard that, but it’s true! Have you ever found yourself […]
In a few years, the problems of having friends, or competitive school sports, may no longer be issues.Our school district will see to that.Their solution: split-day school.No more will you have to see your friends every day!No more will you have to do extracurricular activities at a reasonable time of day!Each half of the school […]
I think teenagers have the right to choice if they want to go to school or not. I mean we only live once, why waste half of our life on school. Yea it gets us ready for the world, but there are other things we need to be learning too. See I am one of […]
I am a student in high school I look just like everyone else, but I am different in many ways, I have challenges that I have to face daily. I am in the special education program; I personally have trouble with tests. There are so many different factors that I have no idea or can […]
It happened one morning when I entered World History. I opened the door, stepped inside the classroom, and sat in my seat. My attention directed itself to the front of the room and there, written on the board, was the word ‘euthanasia.’ I stared at the board with a blank stare, thinking to myself, “What […]
Yawn Don’t you hate it when you wake up and wish you could sleep 1 or 2 hours .But you know you have to get up and get ready for school. I think it would be a great and smart idea if school would start at 8:55.Isnt the purpose of school is to learn. How […]
No one sees that with age creativity fades away within most youths. People cannot see that creativity is very important in a child and with creativity the world can change. Art and music is a way of creating. Who knows if you can make a new note out of the flute, who knows if you […]
Cedar Springs, MI – Students attending Cedar Springs High School are saying that they don’t have to do the work that is presented to them. “Avoiding work in high school will only increase my will to do the work in college,” said a Cedar Springs senior. Parents and teachers agree; not only does avoiding work […]
Your friends are probably your whole world to you. They are your everything. And once you lose them you realize how much of a mistake you have made. I had a really good friend once. But there is no way we could ever be friends because of what I said to her. She is very […]
Procrastination is a habit that can take years to master, and some say will take even longer to break. In my eyes, procrastination has never been a bad habit that could ruin a healthy high school career. The greatest planners can be the greatest procrastinators, which is exactly what high school molded me to be. […]
Do you think school should limit homework? Yes, but some may disagree, schools should limit homework because kids don’t have time. They are busy. Kids grades drop because of too much homework. Also, it’s way better to do class work then homework. It would just be better if schools limited homework. My first reason would […]
Writing is a staple of any education, whether it be high school or college. We spend much of our high school years perfecting our essays and research papers, and required of nearly every course in a college’s catalog is a certain amount of writing. As high school and college students, our final grades (and thus, […]
It’s the day before the test. You’re struggling to soak up every single bit of information into your head in order to Ace your test. Well, sorry to break it off to you but you may have accomplished to know the material by heart but you didn’t actually learn. Students should think, not memorize. Let […]
After you pass sophomore year, there is one thing on everyone’s mind: college. Seniors spend their last year of high school applying and juniors spend their year preparing academically and visiting campuses. And there are three questions every student wants answered. First—what colleges should I apply to? Second—what are these colleges looking for? And finally—can […]
John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said “the goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.” In yesterday’s America, this statement held true. However, in today’s nation this statement is more fiction than fact. So what is it that you would find if you were to conduct an observation of most schools […]
An eighth grade student looks over her schedule for the upcoming week. Monday: study for the science test, go to volleyball practice from four to six, spend an hour on math homework, practice cello for the honor concert coming up, walk the dog, complete Spanish , social studies, and English worksheets. Tuesday: write an English […]
Chewing gum has been an issue in schools for a long time. Every time a teacher catches you with gum, they tell you to spit it out in the trash because it’s against school rules. What some teachers and principals don’t realize, chewing gum in school actually has several benefits. Chewing gum should be allowed […]
There is a bit of a thrill that comes with signing up for an Advanced Placement (AP) class. If you’ve felt it, you crave it. You take every AP you can. You challenge your friends to do the same (or maybe they challenged you first). I’m one of those people. Halfway through my junior year, […]
