High school is a staple of American culture. Popular culture is littered with high school imagery: cheerleaders at the homecoming game, senior prom, and finally, graduation. It is a major time of growth for adolescents and serves as a stepping stone into the adult world, giving students the skills and experiences needed to be successful later in life. However our perception of high school and the ‘high school experience’ is rapidly changing as alternatives to traditional schooling appear. An excellent example of this is an emerging program commonly referred to as ‘early college high school’, a duel enrollment program that allows high school students to receive an associate’s degree while earning their high school diploma.…
Junior year of high school is a tough one. You’re still trying to find yourself, yet you load up on courses and push to get straight A’s to impress those colleges out there. You begin to craft an application essay, learn more about each school, and narrow it down to a few choices so you can go visit them come spring time. Nope, that wasn’t me.…
During my two years at Nicolet High School, I’ve gone beyond my studies and involved myself in opportunities that became available both inside and outside of school. As a passionate leader, I’m involved in numerous clubs and service opportunities, while continually excelling in my classes with a near 4.0 GPA. From clubs like theater and swim team to service opportunities like volunteering at The Gathering and assisting disabled neighbors, I try my best in keeping a balance between helping my community, my school, and maintaining good grades. Leadership is a crucial quality to attain and practice as it helps you through basic jobs and services throughout life. I am lucky enough to have a great high school that offers such a wide variety of enticing sports and clubs.…
Growing up is a strange concept. The way our minds and our character grow come from the hardships and struggles that life sets in front of us. People handle situations differently. Some people decide to give up when faced with a difficult decision or situation. That 's not how I chose to handle things when I went through a very difficult year.…
Freshman and sophomore year are years you feel like you are invincible and also have a hard headed mind set, especially when you’ve been in varsity sport since freshman year. None of those ways of thinking and feeling help you do well in school or distinguish the real important things from the not so important things. My summer of sophomore year I tore my ACL during a game for my club team. I, being this stubborn sixteen year old teenager thought I would recover from the injury quick and be that “stud” from freshman year but turned out way different than I planned. Laying on my bed not able to do a single exercise or touch a ball left to right, my thoughts started to become really dark thoughts.…
The year is finally here. Everyone said this is one of the worst years of high school. I have to start studying for my SATs, start thinking about where I was going to pursue my education, and most importantly, what I wanted to do in life. I heard all the abhorrence stories about junior year. For example, people exclaimed the stress will eat you alive.…
Some of them I know I could defeat them if I tried my best, and the others I wish I could. Senior year is a tough year for all students because it prepares them to be adults. They learn how to stand on their own in life. Students face many difficulties in this year such as studying, applying for college, or even looking for an apartment or house so they can start their own life. Each and every student finds senior classes harder because it is the last year in high school and they have to study hard to graduate.…
Overcoming the Obstacles of Junior Year My junior year of high school was a real struggle for me. It was the most trying and challenging year of my entire school career. I started my junior year at a new school: Beech Grove High School.…
When I first started high school Freshman year was kind of a struggle for me. I wasn't taking things as serious as I should have. The transition from middle school to high school was distracting and overwhelming with a much bigger social scene. Sophomore year was my roughest year of high school. My granddad has a stroke and passed away after a long hospital stay.…
Since the first day, time has been flying really fast. Starting a fresh new day, meeting the same teachers and same old friends, I still cannot imagine that I am now a senior! In my senior year, there will definitely be a lot of challenges and obstacles for me to conquer, but I believe that as long as I do everything step by step, I can beat down the difficulties in this senior year. When I was in junior year, I often heard last year’s seniors told me how hard is it to come up with a senior project topic, and they kept on reminding me to start thinking of my topic and finding my mentors. Luckily, I had research method class last year, so I knew how to do my APA style references and I had many presentations experiences last year.…
As the end of my high school education draws near, I wonder if I am ready for the next step. Have I learned everything I need to know to be a successful adult? Looking back, school has been my life…and a pretty good life too. For the last twelve years, it has stretched and molded my mind and laid the foundation in preparation for the rigor of college and medical school. Though my formal education is invaluable, I would have to say, some of the greatest knowledge I have acquired did not come from a classroom but from a job and the events leading up to the job.…
Freshman and sophomore year were easy and fun, but junior year was a different story. I had never studied so I was extremely unprepared for my junior year. It was the year with the most work, not so much difficult work, but there was always an assignment due. With the help of the Boomers I made it through with a good GPA. My senior year was chaos because of all the college prep and graduation.…
Growing up in inner city Baltimore was not easy at all. I have seen so many horrifying things at such a young age. Countless times I have seen crackheads slumped over like zombies walking throughout the neighborhoods I called home. I have been to countless memorial services, vigils, and funerals for people who were senselessly murdered in the streets. I have even been grazed by a stray bullet during a routine drive-by while playing in my front yard.…
High School and College; Who is the Winner? A girl walks down the school hallways, and is shoved into a locker by a group of her superiors. She feels like a complete outcast. She tries to fight back and stand up for herself, but is only rewarded with more criticism and hurt.…
Three years elapsed, and with those years gone, so were my hardships. The start of my fourth year marked the turning point for me and what made my final year in high school a memorable one. Unlike the years prior where my opinion didn’t matter, my senior year was when I was finally recognized and praised for my abilities. I felt like I was an asset to the team rather than someone who was just taking up space. I was given first priority when the time had come to pick numbers.…