Should The Bar Be Risen RE:" Time to raise the bar in high schools," written by Jack O' Connell Raising the high school standards can increase the problem solving skills and communicating skills. This is a topic I can see as a positive change. Unless the standards are to high and could seem unfair. Having the standards raised for high school and accomplishing high standards student would seem more competitive for the real world. If the standards are raised to high the students would have a lot accomplish.…
In “Why Elite-College Admissions Need an Overhaul”, Jonathan R. Cole, the author of the essay, made a very strong argument on why the college admissions process is not right or fair. Within his argument, Cole states what elite colleges look for now, why what they look for is wrong, and what colleges should do instead of their current process to prove his point. I agree with Cole in his statement that the college admissions process needs an overhaul because there are some phenomenal students who are being looked over by colleges. Although I agree with his statements, I do not necessarily agree with the way Cole thinks the process should be.…
If Winston's newspaper is demolishing the use of bigger words, than why even publish his newspaper? He shouldn't have to “dumb down” his intelligence just so people could understand it. Throughout the book it is also explained that the people are under tight surveillance and the government also restricts what can or cannot be said or released to the public. Why would the public want to follow such a monarchy type of government? Are they scared to speak up against the government?…
Midwest Student Exchange Program General Purpose: To persuade Thesis: The Midwestern Higher Education Compact should require all member states and their public institutions to join the Midwest Student Exchange Program. I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Even going to college a few miles across the border can raise a student’s tuition thousands of dollars. B. Common Ground: Many high school students pursue a college education in a state other than their home state.…
I am now taking English 3P to make up for this deficiency on my transcripts. However, I have always been able to maintain at least a 3.27 GPA and participate in sports and clubs on campus. I have learned how to stay focused and on task, which will be a huge help as I move on to college. Attendance While in high school I have maintained…
The Outsiders Persuasive Essay Have you ever wondered if your own life was on the edge or that you just have a bad life, then you should read The Outsiders. There is an argument about whether Ponyboy should stay with his brother Darry as his guardian and if Ponyboy should just go to a home for boys to go up for adoption. My opinion is that Ponyboy should be able to stay with Darry. One reason why is that Darry and the other always protect and love each other. This is important because their parents died in a car accident.…
Persuasive Paragraph The Grandview middle school to have more sports for the 6th grade. Why I think the 6th grade should have sports in 6th grade. ”I feel angry;Ifeel left out. The policy says the are simply to young to go up againist other schools. But that accolade doesn’t matter to Caporaso and other 6th gradersat different schools who want to play competative sports.…
The issue of declawing is being made more obvious to the horrors it can cause to your beloved feline friend. When an onychectomy, otherwise known as a declaw, is performed it is equal to cutting off your finger at the first knuckle. The bone of the third phalanx is removed, it is not just cutting the nail off. Cat's nails retract, by cutting into these muscles and tendons you risk serious long-term physical and emotional impacts. 61 of 163 cats experienced chronic pain for 1-42 days after the surgery ("American Veterinary Medical Association", 2016).…
They always say that 'love conquers all' or "love wins", but can a society live purely based on hate survive? In a novel, titled 1984 by George Orwell, he focuses on the dystopia that is Oceania. Oceania is a dystopia, that does not allow self-expression or self-thought. It prohibits love, unless it is the love of Big Brother. There is no art, music, laughter, and/or science.…
Despite the new outburst of year-round schooling across the nation, I have the firm belief that we should retain the traditional system. Most schools who have switched to the year round calendar switched back to the traditional one because the anticipated instructional advantages haven’t materialized. In some cases, it even results in a drop of one to two percentile points in national rank for reading, math, and language scores, compared to a traditional calendar. It is not a good idea to keep making this change.…
Our average GPA put together was around a 3.7. At my high school to be academic eligible you need at least a 1.7 to play. Aside from having a high GPA with my team I myself achieved high grades in high school. I took honors math, honors physics and took Chinese for over three years.…
Four and a half hours. 6 Saturdays a year. Calculators and number two pencils. Over 1.5 million juniors and seniors across the world endure the dreaded SAT. Students don’t take this test to impress themselves or their parents, but to attempt to convince colleges that they are at an academic level where they can successfully learn at that school.…
Should grades matter? Should grades matter in school? I think they should. I’m going to list 2 things about grades. # 1 is about the grades that don’t matter and, #2 is about the grades that do matter.…
MagnetMom complains about how her daughter’s homework takes away her beneficial sleep. With busy families, like hers, they have many after school activities, so when they get home, they do not have time for too much homework. She says that the reality of it is that they are an active family. For active families, homework causes sleep deprivation and takes away the children’s energy they need for the next day. (“How Homework Affects Families”, pg. 1).…
Argumentative Essay: Flaws of the Education System There are inherent flaws within the education system which we use today pushes students far beyond their limits and it lacks emphasis on practical skill. Schools create a needlessly high stress environment basing their future upon numbers and grades rather than teaching and refining their practical skills. Lots of potential is flushed out of the curriculum due to college and high schools insisting that students must be able to juggle advance courses, maintain high unweighted GPAs, and participate in extracurricular activities in order to succeed in the future; hence, repairing and recognizing the inherent flaws of the education system is crucial to ensure that students earn the future that…