Graduation Essay

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…

High school in the United States was a good experience for me in terms of education and how well I did in my classes compared with the bad grades I used to get in my home country, Peru. However, my experience as a high school student in Peru was more fun and memorable since I used to fool around a lot with teachers and classmates and never paid attention in classes. As a result, I would always get kicked out of class by teachers for distracting other students. So I did not have good grades. I…

in debt. Depending on that college and the cost of it, and if you work or come from a wealthy family, debt may vary (Dumbauld.) . I am not saying that the military is for everyone either. The workforce would also be a great path to choose after graduation. If someone is going to college because they genuinely want to and learn to further educate themselves for life and their job, then do it and pursue your dreams. If they’re going because everyone else in their class is doing it and they feel…

As I scrolled to the bottom of the computer screen, I could feel my heart racing, my stomach in knots and my palms damp with sweat. There it was, staring me in the face. My placement test results. In black and white it read, “Enroll in College Algebra or Pre-Calculus.” I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! Was this correct? How could this be accurate when six months previously, I had tested below average? My head spun with emotions as I took my results and walked to the Butler advising…

Electrical Engineering, Newcastle University British actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson is perhaps best known for his role in the TV sitcoms Mr Bean and Blackadder, both of which were incredibly successful. Atkinson even appeared at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in character as Mr Bean, where he played piano to a packed stadium and a television audience of 27 million (almost half the UK’s population). Do you think the planning authorities of next year’s Olympics in Rio…

Sec 4:30pm Rhetorical Analysis II Post high school education in america has dwindled in the last 3 years do to a 30 percent increase in drop out rate and a 10 percent decrease in graduating students per year. Also for the students that do graduation there has been a decrease in employers wanting people straight out of college, wanting experience over knowledge. So this has raised the one question. Is college still worth it? Many people do still believe that college is very worth it and…

sports is more than what I saw as a kid. It is not just about staying in a hotel room and getting ready with friends, it is about playing a sport that you fell in love with as a kid and creating a bond with friends in and out of the sport. With graduation coming up, it feels like an accomplishment, but at the same time it is stressful. There is so many more decisions I have to make, in order to grow up. I still have to choose a college where I want to further my education, and choose a nursing…

In high school, a counselor reached out to some of the students whom she knew were interested in healthcare. An adolescent psychiatrist from our local hospital was giving a presentation to doctors, nurses, and other healthcare disciplines, as part of an annual education conference. The presentation was focused on how to communicate with the teen-aged patient. She asked four or five students to serve on a student panel. We answered her questions and gave our perspectives during the presentation.…

had started back up, grateful we still weren’t working in the summer heat. I ended up working that man willingly a couple more times throughout high-school. Doing mostly groundwork around town pulling trees and whatnot.. He ended up coming to my graduation party a few years later, just goes to show that something good can come out of the dark. This man was like a mentor for hard-work and good intentions. Those were the days that I would be putting behind me and missing the most. Those are the…

From marriage to graduation, speeches often help mark major milestones in life. Barbara Bush’s speech to the graduating class at Wellesley college is no different. She spoke to an exuberant crowd and carried across a powerful message about what choices life has to offer each of the students. To understand why this speech is so highly regarded one must examine the use of rhetoric in the speech and how it brings power to her words. Barbara Bush’s speech, “Choices and Change”, was an incredibly…