Another thing to keep in mind is that some people like to go to college after high school because they get scholarships for either sports like basketball, football, or any other possible sport that you can think of. They go to college so that they can play college basketball or other college sport. So that’s another thing why people can consider going to college after high school is for example if a coach come from Indiana University to come see you play at your high school games and he is interested in you and tells you that we want you to come and play basketball for use for Indiana University. Are you going to accept the offer or are you going to say that I can’t right know because I want to take a year off of before I am ready to go…
Graduation is one of the best things a person can experience, It the time where you can celebrate all your hard work done over the 4 years. With tears and cap and grown in the air. It time where you move on and become an adult. I choose the write my rhetorical speech analysis on Ellen DeGeneres commencement speech, In the year of 2009, at Tulane University in New Orleans.…
Graduating high is a big accomplishment in a students life, but back in the fifty’s and sixty’s it was about more then just graduating. Mya Angelou describes in her article, “Graduation”, how graduation day was like for her back when color mattered. She is excited for the big day and thankful because she “thanked God no matter what evil I had done in my life He allowed me to live to see this day. ”(79)…
Today’s high school curriculums are becoming more and more aimed at college readiness and preparing students for the next step of their lives. With the ACT and other college readiness assessments that we have had to complete, it has been subliminally and deeply ingrained in our minds since the first days of our freshman year that we must attend some sort of higher education after we walk out those lobby doors for the last time. Are we moving towards a society where a college degree is as necessary as a high school diploma is today? In Clive Crook’s article, “A Matter of Degrees” in The Atlantic Monthly, the topic of educational inflation is discussed from the standpoint of inflation being a chronic suffering to many occupations (Crook 28).…
High school is the transition between middle school and college, thus it is a significant point in a student's’ academic career. It is a time where students have to use more effort and new habits are set, so skills like organization will be crucial in college. Looking back, I can reflect on my high school years and conclude there are various things one should yield for consideration. Therefore, there are a few recommendations that I can suggest to someone starting their high school career. Middle school was the time of one’s educational career where homework was a heavy influence on grades.…
I walked into the familiar main entrance of the school, crossing my arms and setting my face into what I thought was an intimidating glare. Although I looked like an angry toddler, with my round face and childish glower, my attitude came across very clearly: I was not happy at all to be back at school. After getting into a huge fight with my friend group earlier that year, I was starting high school essentially friendless. It wasn’t as if I didn’t have another group of people to fall back onto.…
Should you consider going to college? Going to college has gotten many students thinking. Having a college degree has positive effects on many aspects of life. A post secondary education has the potential to improve not only your life, but also the life of your family, your children, your children's children, and even society in general.…
Good evening and welcome to all the parents, relatives and friends who have made this day possible for the Thornapple Kellogg High School graduating class of 2006. I would also like to thank this year’s graduates for the honor and privilege of speaking at their commencement. To be a part of such an important night in your lives is indeed a very special moment for me. Graduation marks the end of one part of your life and the beginning of unlimited possibilities. This is the moment when you take the lessons of parents, teachers and everyone else who have impacted your life in so many ways and begin to make your own way in the world.…
Seniors; less than a month until the big day and here are some updates and some things you need to add your “to-do list. ” There are five essential events seniors need to remember: May 25, June 6 &7, June 9, and June 10. Starting off, on May 25, There is a mandatory senior class meeting located in the cafeteria.…
Senior year, the most useless year of highschool, wreaks havoc on our education system, allowing students to slack off and relax before college. The education system in the US has pushed students to work their hardest, in order to compete with other nations. However, the US has maintained the same 13 year format for education for decades. The necessity for Senior year has repeatedly been brought into question. Students should be allowed to skip the senior year of highschool, because they are already prepared for college and it is a waste of money.…
In the depths of the terrible Recession, later school graduates—those in the millennial generation, born in the 1980s and 1990s—are floundering due to appalling economic conditions and a lack of business opportunities. Statistics show that the vocation rate for “junior grown-ups is 55. 3 percent, the most reduced rate since the end of WWII. One-in-five junior grown-ups live in neediness. High school unemployment remains at 25 percent.…
High School can be one of the most emotional times of your life because while you are growing physically, you are also growing mentally and emotionally while finding a new group of friends and new things about yourself. How hard can that be without one stable thing in your life to keep you balanced? Luckily most students find one singular thing that keeps them going through the tough times, whether that be sports, clubs or even fine arts. But what if that one thing is something that could help you find exactly what you needed to cope with the changes you are going through? That is how a lot of theatre students feel when they find theatre at a young age.…
Greetings, Class of 2023. Today, we get to celebrate the culmination of our thirteen years of hard work in school with graduation, and I have been asked to deliver this year’s commencement speech. I would like to thank all of the people that have brought us here: family members, teachers, principals, and people who would go out of their way to encourage us to keep trying hard even in the midst of failure. Without you, we would not be standing on this stage today. I would like to start by defining the word “commencement.”…
Graduation was a time to celebrate my achievements, to celebrate growing up and maturing into adulthood, to celebrate my friends and family that guided me along the way, and most importantly to celebrate one chapter coming to an end, and another one just beginning. The night before graduation I could hardly sleep as I knew that my high school career would soon be over. I got up that next morning, took a shower, put my makeup on, straightened my hair, and put my favorite black dress on, only this time I had my chords, cap, and gown to go with it.…
When I was in sixth grade, trying something new wasn’t thrilling or exciting. I was always too scared and and nervous to try out many new things that I have never seen or do. The fear crept into my every cell, a ghostly shadow haunting every one of my thoughts, and rattling through my frozen, unbeatable heart. This story is one of my memorable experiences in my life. In sixth grade, I went to an elementary school called San Marino.…