College Essays
Standardized tests have been a major part of student life in America for more than 50 years. Now, students in the U.S are taking more of these omnipresent and pressure-packed tests than before. Many standardized tests, such as the ACT and SAT are a major contributor for college admission, and have become harder on students. […]
Tick. Tick. Tick. I stare at the clock as the second hand goes by. Yawns are forceful. I can’t hold them back. If only I was engaged in what the 17-year-old teenager was saying. Then Finally! One speech done, 25 more to go. There’s nothing worse than being forced to listen to a speech you […]
Students all over the world there getting phones at the age of 10 through 13. But in many schools you are not allowed to bring cellphones to school. A device can help students in a big way. And I some schools they have bring your own device and it helps many students with learning and […]
Every senior goes through it; from the jocks, to the geeks, and even the nerds. Senioritis, it starts out small and like a parasite it takes over until it has complete control of you. There’s not much you can do to stop it, and by the end of the school year you’ll be begging for […]
Me and my mom were talking one day about public schools and what they teach and do there. Well are lovely government is trying to take some of the pledge of allegiance away… They want to take out “under God”. Because it is offensive and has to do with religion. They already took amen off […]
Exams! Study time! Remember everything! The insalubrious time of year that brings final exams gives way to chaos and tumultuous behaviors. How can one expect to do well on tests when inundated with trepidation? The mere thought of it all brings memories of all day cram sessions in which I took cognizance of all the […]
In the Efficiency Index of 2014, the United States ranked 19th out of 30 countries based on education efficiency. (Molnar)This index focuses on the amount of quality learning students receive in a school year. Being ranked at the lower end of the scale clearly shows that the USneeds to improve the way our education system […]
Its 3rd period, the longest period of the day. Mrs.Scrrom, the history teacher who seems “a billion years old” gets up, giving a long lecture about women’s rights that should have excited you. Instead, you can only last 30 seconds before her monotone voice penetrates you, and you fall into a daze. For homework, you […]
Have you ever thought about how people have trouble with basic math. Math is one skill that is required to get many jobs. Math is also used in your everyday life to help you with money skills and adding and subtracting. I think that math should be reinforced in school to help kids have a […]
“School doesn’t matter!” That’s what I hear from people I know.I don’t understand why they say this. There are people out there that would, (and can, and have), die for a chance to learn ANYTHING that others have learned.For example, there have been a lot of people who hated school, and flunked everything, and then […]
Oh, the pompous jerks of high school, their fists violently making contact with a buddy’s shoulder in the hallway, and the floating heads of the Populars as they make their way to the center of the cafeteria, not avoiding more than being unaware of the glances of those considered, lets say, less important. From the […]
As I see it, if the U.S. wants to move forward, they need to provide free college for all high school graduates. I feel it is pretty much necessary in order to live a successful, fulfilling life, and if the U.S. is really “the best country in the world” then we should prove it by […]
Public education in ancient time was like the earliest human sacrifice and sermon; temples and places of worship were the earliest human public schools which were the so-called “sacrifice education”. It was about 4000 years ago in the basin of Euphrates River and Tigris River. Christian churches, cathedrals, medieval monastery schools and European medieval universities […]
A young 6th grader is sitting there, eating lunch, minding her own, just thinking about what someone had said earlier about her Wal*Mart shoes that were falling apart. The school or even the parents could pay for uniforms so then no one would feel hurt or left out. Uniforms would make school a happier place […]
Students who attend high school have the ability to go to college, work, or even go to a trade school. Some teens who graduated high school do the things I have mentioned and others don’t even finish college. Society calls these students Drop-Out. Some of the main causes of teens dropping out of high school […]
Being an active member of the academic world, (I understand this isn’t exactly voluntary, but I’m a part of it nonetheless) I have to express my status as a grievant against the inner goings-on of the forum that is modern-day education. There was a time, a time long before teacher’s unions and things of the […]
Dear Fellow Peers What makes us fear growing up? What makes us not exceed our maximum potential? Is it that we feel threatened or inferior of other achievements? Or maybe it’s the fact that one day soon we will have to stop holding onto the past, we won’t be able to hide from our future […]
During my minimester experience, I have noticed teachers do not act like I normally view them in a classroom environment. Teachers can be quite. ..cool.A minimester is a week out of the academic school year that my school created to let students learn something they would not normally get to learn in a school environment. […]
Dean, a seventeen-year-old transgender boy, takes online classes instead of going to a traditional campus because of his insecurities that developed once he came out to be transgender. He stopped attending regular school because he was forced into girls’ activities and bathrooms even though he lives as a boy in every other aspect of his […]
It has come to my attention that the marking period is coming to an end. I’m sure we all know what that means; it’s time finalize and lock those grades in for report cards. However, many kids tremble during this short period of time because they have grades that are not up to par. The […]
Dear Teachers and Deans, Teenagers are hard to handle. With our attitudes and stubbornness, we are definitely a handful. We slack off and get labelled as lazy. But what I don’t understand, is why we are all labelled as lazy and trouble. We are labelled as always wanting to underage drink and get drunk with […]
Ever feel completely ignored? Well, that’s how I feel, every day. No matter how hard you try, how much work you do, how much you throw youreself out there, it’s never good enough. The invisable hand goes up when asked a question, bursting with knowledge, desperate to give the answer. The hand then collapses to […]
How would you feel if you weren’t able to get into the college you want because you didn’t do good on the SAT but you had a 98 average? The SAT can prevent one of us from going to the college we want. Colleges should use other criteria besides SAT scores. Many colleges require a […]
I am so tired of this! No I am not tired of writing I am tired of my school charging out so much money for everything! Ever since I started high school my school fees are $300 and that’s just the school fees for someone that bought lunch all year long they had to pay […]
Starting kindergarten is the scariest, that very first day of school, not knowing what to expect. Grasping your mother’s hand tightly in your own as you make your way to the bus stop, clinging to her leg, pleading with her to come with you. But she just gives you a kiss, hands you your lunch […]
Last Friday, I graduated. Looking back, I realized that I sacrificed too many things to get into a good college and excel high school. If you are an underclassmen or junior right now, I hope you read on. If I were in your shoes, I would have strived in high school differently. There are so […]
I’ve always been told that I will never get a job as a high school art teacher. I’ve been told that nobody will want to hire me because art is “not an important subject” and “doesn’t benefit anything.” Hearing this almost crushed my dreams, but after doing some research, I found that all the nay-sayers […]
For my nominee, I will nominate my teacher Michelle Knight. She is a middle school teacher, and a huge role model to me. She teaches science, writing, and reading. She is a middle school teacher, but she was a lower school teacher. Before I came to this school in kindergarten, I was thought of as […]
Have you ever heard of a school of love? If yes, which one? If not, I know one that only have your best interest at heart. My favorite school is my high school in Omaha. This school is the most marvelous and loving school I’ve ever known. The students threat each other as sisters. They […]
Teens are now loaded with homework. So much that they do not have time for being teens. Most students in my grade start making their homework at 2 or 3 pm and finish it at 11 or 12 pm , even at 2 am. We wake up at 5 or 6am for school. We have […]
