College Essays
Every morning, every afternoon, and every night, a soft drink appears within my reach. I can only imagine what life would be like without this wonderfully delicious, bubbly creation. My day simply would not be complete if soft drinks were not easily accessible in my school, and I definitely would not be able to think […]
Dear Mr. Trump, It is my pleasure to write this letter to you to make a strong and designated point about school violence. To start, school shootings like Parkland, Florida was dangerous and not acceptable. Our country needs to make a strong pledge against school violence, against the innocent murder of children, against the destruction […]
The only sound in the room is the click of the teacher’s heels as she allocates answer sheets for the standardized tests to every student. The little bubbles for the multiple-choice questions swim before your eyes, and you pray that you will not mark the wrong answers solely because of that. The assessments have a […]
The general idea that schools must depend on a larger group to support them is pathetic. The first problem is how funding is spread to schools within a district, by student numbers and performance. Bigger schools commonly do better on tests then other, less funded schools only because they have more money in the first […]
Students highly anticipate the Thanksgiving and Winter breaks each year; however, they are starting to become more and more dreadful due to loads of busy work. These breaks should be free of homework so kids can relax, get rid of stress, and have fun without worrying about tons of projects. Teachers should think about one […]
Your heart is racing. You can’t believe you actually did, you actually jumped out of the plane! The ground is approaching you fast, the wind is beating against your face making it feel as if it’s about to peel off. You search around for the string that deploys your parachute. You can’t find it and […]
Senior year is the most annoying thing in the world. It takes me on this little emotional rollercoaster. Let us address this whole application situation. When you think about it applying to colleges are not that hard. You just have to sit down and do an application to the colleges that you think you want […]
I remember being in K4 and looking down at the seniors who carried me on their shoulders thinking, “this will be me in fourteen years. ” Going through primary, elementary, and middle school, I realized that I changed, the people around me changed, but the concept of seniors always stayed the same. They were still […]
Nowadays, there are various ways of learning. But all these can divided into two specific groups. That is : self-learning and being taught by a teacher / tutor. What I prefer if I were to choose is self-learning . There are some reasons led me to my preference. First of all , if a teacher […]
College tuitions are one of the biggest money problems in the world and that is a well-known fact. Within just the recent years of 2013-14, tuitions are about $22,826 for just public colleges. Imagine how expensive private schools will be. Having a college degree is one of the main purposes of life, because according the […]
You see your future. There you are, waking up at five in the morning to go to you meager paying job as a fry cook at the Chinese food restaurant. After working the whole day, you have to go to your second job working the night shift at the general store down the road. Finally […]
What is the most important subject in school? Math, science, language, or maybe it’s sex ed. Unlike all the other subjects in school, no matter what, you will encounter sex in your life, whether it’s kissing or having kids. Even though sex ed is one of the most controversial topics it still needs to be […]
When most adults think about middle school they see long sweeping hallways, big classrooms with desks you move around and passing notes to your friends, they see smiling teachers who give interesting lectures. They see dirty gyms and sweaty locker rooms. They see projects and textbooks and plenty of learning. They see kids laughing in […]
Many people ask me about why I’m so involved. They ask me why do bee club and play basketball? Why be apart of Chickenology, a club that raises chickens, and have team bonding at Popeyes? Many ask me why be so involved in so many clubs, and extracurricular activities, and jobs. In my Junior year […]
Teachers know the drill all too well. If a student sends you a friend request on Facebook, delete it immediately. Close your laptop. Meditate and offer a sacrifice to the old gods. Of course, this is more than a bit of a hyperbole, but interaction with students online is often viewed as a much bigger […]
Music’s evolution is interesting. I am a personal lover of music (as my CD collection is in the hundreds). I take music in high school, 3 classes of it. It is a really fun and challenging way to express yourself. Probably one of the hardest music classes I am taking right now is Jazz Band. […]
The usual teaching method of question and answer has been used for longer than I’d like to imagine. The reason that I would rather not think about the time that this way has been used is because of how ineffective it has always proven itself to be. Being able to say everything has a definite […]
I breathed science, it can do amazing things such as extend life, cure disease, and make machines that do the daily work. Life without science would be dull and miserable. Until my sophomore year of high school, I had the worst teacher. She would swear all the time and make inappropriate jokes that usually singled […]
My favorite book that I read was How to Steal a Dog. How to Steal a Dog was an exciting story about a girl, Georgina, whose her mother and little brother, are evicted from their apartment. They have been living in their car—and Georgina is so embarrassed about the situation. This book is full of […]
My first summer home without summer school was my first summer before high school. For once I was homework free—well, at least that is what I thought. On the fourth week of vacation my aunt informed me that I had to complete a summer reading assignment. This was the first time I would have to […]
Dear Lexi, The day is still as clear as it was seven years ago. Going back to that frigid September morning I remember myself, ten years old at the time, scared and unsure of what the future held for me. I sat, hunched over in a pew, wearing all black, with my curly blond hair […]
Teenagers need nine hours of sleep every night. If they do not get nine hours, they will be tired throughout the day, not perform as well in school and in sports, and may even have stunted growth.However, getting this amount of sleep is often impossible because of the amount of homework given to students. Teachers […]
Can’t I miss one day of school I’ll never make it into honors classes. I can’t wait to run away from here. I could never make my parents proud. I really want to get suspended. I don’t understand how my friends maintain good grades. I never go a day without trying to fail on an […]
“Why am I learning this?”, “I’m never going to use this ever again. “, and “This is a waste of time.” are just a few of the statements High School students around the country ask themselves every single day. No matter your passion for Pythagoras or your enthusiasm for arithmetic, the true reality is that […]
Some may say that if the school is low on money why do they have sports teams? I am saying that we should keep sports teams for these reasons. One, it keeps kids out of trouble in and out of school. Second, you learn stuff on a team that you can’t be taught in school. […]
It is no secret that students are given busy work when a teacher is either absent or just down right lazy. Frankly, busy work is completely useless. There are two types of busy work and neither of which is effective. There is the type of work that seemingly benefits a student and the type that […]
“Behind every one of those test scores is a living, breathing child who has dreams and aspirations that may or may not align with what’s being measured on standardized tests,” says Ankur Singh, a freshman at The University of Missouri. The way a student performs on an exam does not effectively measure a student’s intelligence. […]
Why do teachers seem to always over react when students have a cell phone? The first glance of modern technology and they go into a frenzy about how students shouldn’t have those things on school property etc. What I don’t comprehend is where’s the danger?Sure I see how having a cell or an iPod out […]
In an ever growing society of technological advancement, innovation, and creativity, education is primarily the most significant factor for these contributions and growth of knowledge. Although public schooling has been a natural, traditional way of educating students, homeschooling also provides beneficial ways of promoting student learning. By identifying the characteristics that make homeschooling appealing to […]
People are judged daily for being “too chunky” or “pudgy and plump”; if you ever do this, consider the fact that obesity is a disease that affects people universally.National Institutes of Health reveals, “More than 2 in 3 adults are considered to be overweight or obese, and more than 1 in 20 adults are considered […]
