Secondary forest

“Stop acting like you’re all that when you’re not, you should go back to your country and stay there” words that made my heart sank. Going to school in Guyana is different from going to school in America. Many students are being bullied each year. Unlike Guyana, you would be friends with everyone and they make you feel good about yourself. Attending school in America for the first few years was difficult for me, because I struggled a lot in my education. Life has many challenges, and you have to…

“Every 26 seconds a student drops out of high school just in the United States alone.” In the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, by Sean Covey, there are three particular habits that apply to freshman specifically. Those habits are Habit 1-Be Proactive, Habit 6- Synergize, and Habit 7- Sharpen the Saw. All the habits in this book could have applied to freshman in someway but these three, in particular, stood out. “..Principles such as responsibility, vision, teamwork, service, and…

If one thing has stayed with me from elementary school its Jennifer reciting “Girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider.”. At the time, it hurt my feelings because I had a huge crush on her, but looking back on it now, that really is the most discriminated I have ever felt. I have lived a very privileged life. Growing up as a healthy white heterosexual male I was given lots of privileges. Aside from playful teasing on the playground I have never felt real…

Can A Fish Climb A Tree? : School Is Killing Creativity Sometimes you blame your laziness and lack of creativity on puberty not knowing that the real reason was school. Today, i believe most kids graduate only knowing if they're good at school or not. Schools kill creativity because there’s not enough motivation, the education that we have drains that creativity because of all the tests, and the system we have now was and still is the response to industrialism. The first reason on how school…

The Troubles Millennials Face Through Poverty Millennial College Students are under economic pressure to finish a four year degree before they can get a “real job”. Students are struggling to pay for college due to college funding, job placements and poverty. If the four year degree is so important, we should be helping students more in their financial needs to pay for college. “Homeless on Campus,” by Eleanor J. Bader, discusses her opinion on homeless students not receiving the help or…

College Students Need to Toughen Up Essay College Students Need to Toughen Up, Quit Their Grade Whining, is an essay written by Robert Schlesinger that critiques the grading system many college students expect. Robert states that when he was in college, “Do an adequate job, get a c,” was the standard. Schlesinger shows frustration to current college students that expect high grade for doing mediocre jobs. He disagrees with students that believe that their grades should show the amount of effort…

I walked out from OLPH, my old catholic school, as a immature kid who was looking forward to never coming back to it again. I was asked to leave after 6th grade, and my parents decided to send me to public school until I graduate 8th grade. The reason I was asked to leave was because I was disruptive and immature. On the first day of school, I showed up and I was ready to have a whole new experience in school. In the end, I became a fool at my new school. As I walked in I expected to be…

When you were in high school did you ever imagine what college is going to be like? Are they similar or different? Is college better than high school? I used to think about those question myriad amount of times. In movies, they made college seem really easy, that there was minimal amount of studying to do and that must of your time there was going to be fun. So, my expectations going into college was high, I knew that they’re usually over exaggerated, but I didn’t think that the whole experience…

Throughout my time in middle and high school, I was always surrounded with people like me, minorities but with the dream of succeeding. In high school I have noticed that more, but I have also noticed that something is holding people back. I have groups of friends that were born in the United States, and others were born in Dominican Republic or a Caribbean country. But the point is that whether we were born here, or over there, there are different traditional values pointed to gender roles…

Jen, a young girl sits at her desk with her mathematics homework in front of her. “Train X is leaving the station and is traveling towards the East at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour.” she says to herself, while moving her right arm to the right. After that, she says “At the same time, Train Y is leaving the same station but is travelling West at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.” as she moves her left arm towards the left. “After two hours, how far apart will Train X and Train Y be?” she…