Graduation Day Essay

Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. That's a student every 26 seconds, or 7,000 a day. About 25% of high school freshmen fail to graduate from high school on time. The U.S., which had some of the highest graduation rates of any developed country, now ranks 22nd out of 27 developed countries. Based on data from the Current Population Survey, the status dropout rate decreased from 12 percent in 1990 to 7 percent in 2013, with most of the…

experiences with another. Who doesn’t want the Romeo and Juliet kind of love? All the movie characters seem to find the “true love” they are destined to be with in life. Looking at my parents, who married at the young age of eighteen, I hope to one day have the successful marriage they do. Those who believe in this true love make it a goal to someday come face-to-face with the one. A loved one can help challenge you and accomplish goals alongside you. Such a love can only multiply your personal…

the only intention I have as a student here is to be the best student as I possibly can. I want other students to come up to me and ask me how to solve a problem or how to find a solution, not to come up to me to ask me how I did my makeup for that day. I’m excessively committed to getting the best education as I can because my performance in college dictates my future. My parents didn’t have the opportunity to become doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc. Their education was taken away from them…

income instead of attending school every day. The students who are dropping out of school are the kids who live on their own or they are providing the income for their family. School administrator should seek to local business that have the mainly youth working for them to see if they can create a on the job training class. Which is they get to go to work in the afternoon towards the end of school hours and while working it will count as credit towards graduation. Students who are attending high…

Imagine life on earth versus life in space. I can remember myself dreaming of the day that I would be in a space shuttle, awaiting take off hoping to leave all my worries behind. Just as Tom in the “Glass Menagerie” by Tennessee Williams, I too was looking for a way to escape my life. I have always been fascinated by space and the possibility of extraterrestrial life. As a child, I kept a collection of aliens, stars, and spaceships. Through these figurines, I was able to act out my dreams and…

senior trip, fund raising for our senior trip, finally going on our senior trip, decorating for prom, and enjoying our last Crusader Day, or, as we like to call it, Crudader Day. While it is the fun memories like those I just mentioned that tend to stick out in our minds, I think it is important that we also acknowledge the stuff that maybe wasn't so fun; the days we were swamped with homework, cramming for tests, finishing projects at the last minute, the time spent in classes that maybe…

In my life experience, at the age of seventeen, I took twelve hours’ airplane alone flying to the other country. The city I lived is one of the most famous and beautiful place in Canada, which is named Vancouver. I spent two years in there to finishing my high school, during this period, I had many good or bad experiences. Actually, self-growth is my greatest achievement because I become a better person and more independent now. Although the two years’ journey in Vancouver is a difficult time…

Boom! A sound that may be heard while firing a weapon during training in the military or the sound of the bass from a party in college. The military and college life are very different in how life is lived from a day to day basis and different with the kind of person that you are. Personally think that joining the military is the better, smarter decision, but like college it isn’t for everyone. College is made to seem mandatory in today's society, but there are much better option out there then…

Wheeling Living in the country was boring. It only became bearable when with another friend. What could you do when you’re both bored? What could two guys do with only one four-wheeler? What about finding another seemingly abandoned one? That was the day we both had regretted taking what we had found. Between living in the country and being a freshman in high-school living 5 miles away from town there was not much to do for a 15 year old with no ride. During the summer heat I would usually ne…

A commencement speech is a speech given to graduating students at a university. The term commencement is used to illustrate a new beginning for the graduates as they embark on the journey that is the rest of their lives. J.K. Rowling and Suzan-Lori Parks are both famous women who have given similar commencement speeches to graduating classes. Though each discuss relatively different topics within their speeches, the overall message between both is to provide helpful insights to the graduating…