College Essays
Research papers are something required for all English classes one semester each year. If your one of the lucky ones you have to do them twice. A research paper is long, crammed, antagonizing process. They really stink because normally they are the last month of the semester and you have to kind of cram it […]
Upon my experience, I do I fully agree on the idea of major courses being graded using a pass/ fail method. The reason I believe that my grades in core subjects such as mathematics, English, and science should be graded using a pass/fail grading system is mainly due to the academic rigor that is usually […]
The definition of a teacher is a person who teaches, especially in school. Now is that the definition of someone who helps, encourages, and will understand me? Or are they simply defining the meaning of someone who does not care, and will not understand me. I have realized from the past two years of middle […]
In my opinion I think education needs to be refined or at least modified. I’ve spent too many years doing the same thing. It’s almost as if everything after 5th grade has been review or just filler work pass sometime until graduation. Does it ever start feel like math has been the same material year […]
Wouldn’t you rather be judged by who you are, not what you wear? Wouldn’t you rather be judged not by how expensive your bag is, but how priceless your mind is? Wouldn’t you rather people see your personality, rather than what is in your closet? It is easier for people to talk about and outfit […]
POV Contest Should the Middle School start earlier and the High Schools start later? Our high school starts at 7:30am and our middle school starts at 9:00am. Some people had an idea to switch the times and make the middle school kids go earlier and the high school kids go later. Now, as a high […]
Suppose that due to budget cuts in your community, the school board decided to eliminate art and music education? Just think the kids would be affected the most and some teachers would be out of a job. Why would you agree to cancel music and art classes? Teachers, students, and the whole district should get […]
Introduction The educational system has been evolving over the last few decades. With concepts like Honors, Pre-AP, AP and many more, students are left speculating: What should I take? Is the extra work worth it? Will this even help me? Schools provide a vast spectrum of possibilities for students, allowing them to choose their classes […]
I’ve always thought it was funny the way we always seem to notice the little things in a big picture. Maybe it’s because it’s too cliche to notice the obvious stuff, or maybe it’s just because we actually care about the little things that don’t seem to matter at all. I’m not exactly sure when […]
Students think we should have a better lunch then we have now because people will actually eat it, people will get a better education, and people will save money. If we have better school lunch we will have great attendance because everyone would come to school for the lunch instead of these nasty lunches we […]
High school students are becoming more characterized. They are by far some of the easiest to identify whether they be Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, or Seniors. Freshman are commonly between ages 14 or 15. Some are characterized by unfortunate mouths full of orthodontia, and usually dress to fill some over done stereotype. Be it raccoon like […]
I believe that we learn a lot in the teenager years and through high school especially. There are times when high school isn’t the greatest thing in the world, but looking back now, f course I am extremely thankful for the experience. I’m still in the first half of my senior year, but I feel […]
How does restorative justice make an impact on students? It makes a greater impact on students because the process is ran by students. When youth gets in trouble by teachers they don’t care I know I sure didn’t. Restorative Justice also known as peer court is there to allow students a second chance, the school […]
Over 35 years, Lewis Terman documented the growth of his handpicked children who stood at the apex of the intellectual pyramid. He was dumbfounded. The majority of his “Termites” led ordinary lives. Few were prominent professionals. Even fewer fitted his definition of genius. Why is this? The answer lies in the intellectual threshold: you only […]
Have you ever felt like you were going to fail a math class? That you didn’t understand the material? Or that math was just not appealing? These complications are common with students. But Ms. Hobbs, a high school math teacher, has the elixir for these symptoms. It’s rare that you find a math teacher who […]
So many people earned scholarships to go to college by being involved in sports. So why should we get rid of sports at the high school, just so we can save money? By all means that’s selfish and greedy. Teenagers love sports; it can make them want to achieve to keep their grades up. Some […]
Eyes weary, he gets up out of bed. Dried rheum impedes his vision as he squints to get a good look at the blazing red numbers on the alarm clock. The annoying ring ring ring at 6:30 a. m. has become so common after all these years that sometimes, he wakes up a minute or […]
It is often said that this generation is lazy, selfish, and many other negatives. I would like to argue that it is not our lack of desire or drive to do something it is our inability to do ordinary “grown-up” things. It is not our fault that fresh-out of high school we are cast out […]
“You’re such a nerd!” chants Emily after I gladly accept another essay to review for my peer. “At least I can use commas correctly!” I quip back at her. Goodness, some people. Nothing irks me quite like a multitude of grammatical mistakes. As a future English teacher, I can hear myself reprimanding my students to […]
Students should be able to not waste clothes, express themselves, and get noticed and complimented at school, or anywhere you go. If you don’t want expensive clothes to got to waste, then we shouldn’t have uniforms. Last year I spent fifty dollars on an outfit at H&M, but really never got to wear it. I […]
Every day young adults are challenged with many difficult decisions, one wrong choice could haunt them for the rest of a tennagers life. As children grow up the choices are just going to get more and more difficult and the child will have to think about the consequences before the action. Abstinence will be just […]
After Kevin comes home from his three-hour calculus class, he sits down at his desk. He looks at his teacher’s blog to find the homework he will need to accomplish tonight. “Problems nine through thirty on page ninety seven.” Of course, the one subject he can always count on to have homework for. And it’s […]
The truth is all teenagers want material things, whether it is a whole new branded wardrobe, a sleek i phone, a shiny laptop, the latest music CD, a new glamorous dress for a party or simply money to take their girlfriends out on a date. With today’s peer pressure and cliched atmosphere in schools, the […]
My school is a pretty good school. It isn’t so low budget that it is depressing but isn’t out of control. As I stated my school is a pretty good school. But every school has it’s flaws including mine and one of our flaws happens to be… Cliques.We may not be the cliquiest school around […]
“Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand.” – A Chinese Proverb Several months ago, my mother’s friend Kelly came to visit my family for the first time since we’d moved out of the city. Kelly has been my mother’s friend for many years. In fact, they’ve […]
Lunch time! So I guess people think that we are used to eating lunch around other people we sometimes don’t even know…NOPE! We feel so awkward eating with people looking at you (at least that’s how I feel) and then the worst thing that can happen is not having any of your friends there.(No this […]
Reading “Lowering Expectations,” by Collin Schuster, plants a plethora of new ideas into my paper-jammed brain. Could I diminish my scholastic standards? I can barely recoup from an 85 I received last semester. Yet as I look back at this article, what Collin writes rings with more than just truth. Lowering expectations would mean that […]
Dear School Board Administration I have many problems with way in which u decide to call off school for snow days. When it comes to this decision I believe that you oversee many key elements to this decision. When you make your call to if we should have a snow day or not you base […]
The Crucible The play The Crucible actually takes place in Salem Boston during the time of the Salem witch trials. Throughout the story of The Crucible written by Arthur Miller there were many dynamic characters. Some of these characters include characters such as Abigail Williams and Reverend Perris. In my opinion one of the most […]
The end creeps nearer. Soon it will be the end of football season, the last game of the year; the crunch of that last tackle and the cheers of the last victory. Then comes the end of 2009 and the beginning of 2010, that dream for the year to come and cheers to the friends […]
