College Essays
Standardized testing is something that many lawmakers believe is important for students to take in order for the state to be able to tell whether both students are learning and teachers are teaching the students properly. These things are important to lawmakers to try to make more laws and programs to help students excel in […]
Swish! Whack! Clap, clap, and clap. Those are three out of many sounds you hear from sports. Sports are vital to us kids at these times where sports are forgotten and academics are more than embraced. Sports are enjoyable but they also help you in life. Who can tell you if your job is going […]
“What should I eat? Everything sounds incredible!” I thought, looking at the menu of the Argentinean restaurant in Buenos Aires. Everything on the menu was described in Spanish. I could taste every dish as I read through it. “Que quiere usted?” The waiter walked up to me and wondered what I wanted, his notebook and […]
Which should you pick your right path? On summer, many football players want me to join football team so badly. I love to but I have two a PCC classes in the evening and afternoon. General Coach, head coach for football, tired persuades me to join football so I have a hard time. I talk […]
Physical Education, P.E. or what I call the WORST hour of my life since first grade. The ‘games’ are horrible and the coaches are even worse. I think physical education should be wiped out of the school system or at least be optional, not the option like if you wear sandals you don’t play. That […]
Teachers right, you love them you hate them, and some don’t even know what they’re doing. They give us a hand out and tell us to complete it. They might teach us a thing or two but it goes in one ear and goes out the other. Clearly teachers should be required to take training […]
Popularity. Everyone wants it but not everyone has it. Ok, when I say everyone I’m probably over exaggerating but, in all honesty, not by much. Even if you try to pride yourself on the fact that you’re completely happy in your own skin, you’re happy in your group of friends, you don’t want to be […]
I believe that school hurts teenagers. I personally do not like school. I never use to think this way, though. I actually use to like school when I was younger, but as I got older it changed a lot. It gets 2 times more stressful. It causes adults to put loads of pressure on you […]
For a young girl like me, school is very stressful. Seven hours a day. The worst way and place to spend seven hours of your day. You sit in four classes for an hour and a half every day. You put up with all the crap you get from teachers, and from other students. Personally, […]
GPA, College Applications, Midterms, Finals, AP Tests, Homework. Students in high school constantly worry about these academic headaches. Expectations rise so high for teenagers that they barely have the time to actually be teenagers. Homework consumes an immense amount of high school students’ lives. When does the workload become too much to handle? Homework causes […]
What about school? School is just the same old thing everyday. All you do is follow a schedule. You learn things that you already know just in a different way. Don’t you wish that you could tell the teacher what to teach you, if you could teach teachers. If we could teach teachers than they […]
Gifted students are being treated unfairly. They aren’t getting as much attention as learning-disabled students. I believe they should be treated the same as other students with special needs. First, I think the government should support gifted and learning-disabled students equally. In the No Child left Behind Act, or NCLB, some schools are only funded […]
Many kids often say that they hate school. But the truth is, it is not as bad as everyone makes it out to be.Did you know that two of every three high-school students in a large survey say they are bored in class every single day? In my opinion, I think school is very beneficial. […]
I’m passionate about EHS because english is my favorite subject. Though that sounds like the beginning paragraph of a suck-up, it’s true. I love reading and I enjoy writing, and while I may not be the best at it, I certainly try my hardest. I intend to run for EHS Vice President, along with Jordan […]
High school students are plunged into extracurricular activities, jobs, and valuable educational experiences as well as their studies. We are preparing for our futures as doctors, members of Congress, perhaps even the next Bill Gates or Martha Stewart. And the most important thing in our lives is the steppingstone known as college. Around that steppingstone, […]
There’s at least one in every school; an inefficient teacher. Students say they are boring, they don’t explain anything. But no one ever listens; the imperfect teacher never changes and the students voices are lost in the clouds. Some people may think that students should not have the power to grade their teachers, but students […]
“Delaying the start of the school day until at least 8:30 a.m. would help curb their lack of sleep, which has linked with poor health, bad grades, car crashes, and other problems.” said The American Academy of Pediatrics. Studies have found that most U. S. students in middle school and high school don’t get the […]
Sexual education has been around in schools for many years now, its main purpose: to education teens about the dangers of sex as well as the ways to use protection if he/she is ever engaged in sexual activities. Although there have been many upon many discussions about whether teens should have to endure sexual education […]
Many believe that multi-tasking is completely possible without affecting their performance academically. However, recent studies show otherwise. In the study at a university of technology students were selected based on their ability to do work while multi-tasking. Studies show that the student’s academic performance increased while focusing on one task at a time. In an […]
It’s the first day of school, the first day of senior year to be exact, it’s the year of change, the year before you fly out (or get kicked out, in my case) of the nest, the year before college, and the last year you’ll get to see all of your friends together in one […]
Many people commit suicide over rumors. A lot of people even drop out of school because of immature people. Most people start rumors because they either like to see people hurt inside, they’re jealous, or don’t have many friends themselves. Rumors also lead to homicide. Pheobe Prince, a 15 year old freshman, was invited by […]
Something that has been on my mind recently is the American Education System. How students are graduating, but are not ready for the real world and how teachers are just trying to get payed and don’t care about the education that the students need for a brighter future. So many things are wrong with the […]
The United States’ employed educators have the methods and resources to enhance the educational process for the youth, but they choose not to use them. Instead, some choose to prejudge their students, deciding whether they are worthy of a “true” education. Evidence of this injustice has been shown throughout numerous amounts of books and films […]
The statements made by Mr. Broxton about Civil War is incorrect. Much of the tension between the Northern and Southern states was caused by slavery, and it created chaos for all. Mr. Broxton claims that Lincoln declared war for a purpose other than slavery, Broxton quoted Lincoln but he did not put it in context, […]
Parents think that kids have it easy because we don’t have to pay any bills or work at a job. Did they ever think about teens? We spend 5 days a week sitting in desks at school. We have to listen to our teachers boring lectures and get good grades to impress our parents. Parents […]
Once again, society’s inability to comprehend the minds of today’s youth is consequently inhibiting teenagers’ lives. This is not the age-old cry of “no one understands us” but rather a call to awaken society’s perception of a drawn out and obsolete tradition. The SAT. This standardized test lacks a true value of intelligence and is […]
Many schools have dress codes or have uniforms, but that limits the students self-expression. Students should not be tied down by a dress code in school because dress codes don’t allow the students to express them self. Not only do dress codes limit students self-expression, they also are very sexist and not equal to both […]
Have you ever been exhausted on a Monday morning and feel like you needed more sleep? Schools should make sure their students are well rested and ready for a long day of learning. School should start later in the morning so students can get a full recommended nine and a half hours of sleep. Students […]
Do you think looking like everybody else? Neither do I. Uniforms makes us look like we are copies of each other. When kids wear uniforms parents waste too much money, and we want to show our personality also we have to learn how to dress appropriate in the future. “Society expects them to be committed […]
Pets in the classroom, sound fun but is it worth taking the risk. There are two sides of opinions of having pets in the classroom and they both have good sporting reasons for both sides. Pets should be in the classroom because they can improve math, science, and literacy.However, some may argue that pets should […]
