Essay About Senior High School

Euclid High School’s NJROTC unit held its freshman orientation August 3rd-7th. Freshman orientation is an annual event ran and managed by Lieutenant Commander Morek, Sergeant Major Rethage, and all cadets willing to volunteer and help teach the new cadets. Freshman orientation is crucial for all incoming freshman because it gives them a leg-up and will help them succeed in the program. The purpose of freshman orientation is to teach cadets about the program and what's involved in our daily…

people receive lower pay which results in an increased rate of crime, and a higher reliance on state and federal aid, which is why the economy is draining. “On average, a college graduate with a bachelor’s degree earned $30,000 more per year than a high school graduate, or about $500,000 more over a lifetime, as of Apr. 2013 (College Education).” The average income for household families by a bachelor's degree holder was $100,096 in 2011. To earn a bachelor's degree roughly costs about $30,000…

In fall 2014, I was really excited to start school because it was my senior year at Helen Cox High School. I had been enrolled in the Patrick F. Taylor Opportunity Program for Student (TOPS) for the past four years. TOPS is a scholarship program that guarantees Louisiana students the right to a state-funded college education if they meet all academic requirements. As a child of a single parent home, TOPS was going to give me my chance at a future education and life which would be challenging…

Learning? Introduction- Many schools are switching to a more technological based way of teaching. A computer for every student is a goal that has been discussed for years among politicians and educators. Despite the numerous calls to meet this goal, most school systems in the US have fallen short. Indeed, some school systems have attempted and scrapped laptop programs as unmanageable. Even with the difficulties involved, laptops improve the education of students in schools. Debate & WATCO-…

This story took place in Beaufort, North Carolina, in 1958. It was fall around the first day of school when the book begins, and ends in March of 1959. In November 1958, a play is scheduled which is a big turning point for this story. Some parts of the story take place in Moorehead City, a town near Beaufort. Landon Carter, a round character, is senior in high school. He described himself as a bad kid, and his family had a bad reputation in the community for taking advantage of business…

comprehensive tract the students test over a much larger area of study, whereas a compulsory tract breaks the areas into smaller parts allowing for a much superior degree of absorption of the materials. Another aspect that stands missing in the American school systems happens to be the lack of encouragement of the imagination, without challenging a child’s mind beyond the standardized test scores, children are losing the ability to reflect outside of the box at an earlier age (Williams). With…

Have you ever had respectable parents that influenced your life? My parents have always influenced me to get an education and to get a career that I will work for a very long time. My parents had met each other in high school and dated senior year. After they have graduate4d from high school they started their family. My parents had three children and we moved a lot and finally settled down in a place. Nevertheless, in Sandra Cisneros’ essay “ The Storyteller” she discusses about how she was…

transitioning started my junior year. I was never nervous about the transition from high school to college until my sister went away to colleges five hours away and called home crying every night saying how much she hated it and want to come home. That was a huge eye opener for me to really understand how important it was for me to find the right college that made me feel like I was at home. I continued on to my senior year of high school when I…

Since I was 5 years old in Mrs. Plotts’ Kindergarten classroom, I have looked on high school graduation as the ultimate goal. I have been told many times, especially during junior and senior high school, that graduating high school is crucial in being able to progress in today’s competitive society. Now that I am mere months away from the pinnacle of my high school career the real part of my life begins. The part where I apply these past 13 years of knowledge to my advantage and increase my…

People who are mature are respected, as is seen in the hierarchy of high school grade levels. For example, when a senior visits a freshman class, they may witness less-than-mature behavior that now they know it is not the right kind of behavior. However, these seniors remember they, too, were once those immature freshmen. This brings high school seniors toward a greater sense of understanding for maturity, as evaluating the progress made over the span of four…