High School Essay

22, 2073. As I lay here and think of my life. Reflecting back seeing how I have had such a blessed life. It seems as if I just graduated from Fruitdale High School. Looking back of all the places I have seen and cultures I have experienced. I have nothing that I would redo. High School seems like yesterday. I graduated from Fruitdale High School on May 19, 2016. My parents prepared a party for my family to celebrate my new phase in life. During the summer I got my first job at Andrews in…

factors that interrupted my education were caused by decisions that I made beginning in high school in upstate New York. I was a very good student. I used school as an escape from things that were happening at home. I was being molested by a family member and school became a place that I was safe. Homework was a time when I could be alone and focus on things other than what was happening in my life. I quit high school in my senior year to get married and free myself from the molestation. I gave…

Much of my life has been cultivated in the arena of athletics. Therefore, when reflecting on the influences on my view leadership, many come from the coaches I have had the honor to play for or coach with. My high school football coach, Jerry Roelke, is in the Wisconsin High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame. Coach Roelke’s goal was never to win games, it was to prepare young men for the next fifty years of life. There was never a time the he discussed winning or losing. The process of…

During high school I had a difficult time narrowing down what I was truly interested in amongst the many programs. I tried my hand at graphic design and learned it just wasn 't for me However, I learned I was a good artist and began involving myself in my school art program, but my biggest interest has always been science and engineering. Since childhood, I have enjoyed tinkering with technology and investigating how things work, so the choice to try my luck in engineering in high school was an…

in high school , I did not feel like I received any knowledge in this subject . Knowing that reading is a major aspect in English , I personally feel like it should not be in our benchmarked curriculum for high school English as much as it is . Every year they gave us 3 to 5 books to read inside or outside class ;then they would tested us on just that the whole school year. It is a waste of time to read that many books and not learn any form of rules ;Also, when we wrote paper in high school…

better life. This made them over protective of me to say the least. Thanks to them and many wonderful teachers for the 12 years I attended school I felt as if I had a safety net underneath me. There was always someone looking out for my best interest and helping to ensure I succeeded. What they didn’t teach me was that the life style change between a high school student and a college student is very difficult for the unprepared. Now I am grateful that I had an easy adolescence; however knowing…

Throughout my high school career, I have acquired a great amount of experience in preparation for many of the aspects of a successful college career. For example, I have developed a deeper understanding of the value of an education and have worked hard to receive money to fund my education. My family has always taught independence; thus, obtaining the funds for my education has been solely my responsibility. I have no other help, except scholarships and financial aid. I feel this scholarship…

Being a freshman in high school is extremely hard , especially when all your friends went to a different high school. Here I am at Rocky River High eating lunch alone, shy to talk to anyone, and just being “a loner “ people would describe me. Meanwhile at Butler High all my friends are happy reunite with one another , have class and lunch together. The feeling of being alone sucked. A couple weeks into school they had volleyball tryouts. I decided to go since I knew how to play. Tryouts lasted…

Emma Campbell Ms. Warrington English Honors 9 11 October 2015 Actually Awake Now It's almost like we are becoming nocturnal, waking up when it is still pitch black outside. High school’s extremely early start times are causing severe physical, mental, emotional, and health effects in adolescents, and it is affecting every bit of their already-difficult lives. Even though there are so-called ‘obstacles’ to the changing of start times, they can be dealt with in reasonable ways and the greater…

If anyone ever asked me what my favorite memory from high school was, it would most likely be related to twirling a flag in my school’s flagline. Even though the band members constantly denied us from actually being in the band, I always thought we made a great addition to the marching band and added a little extra spunk to it! I was on flagline throughout all my four years in high school. In fact, I was a natural at twirling and I was the only freshman who made the line my first year! I was a…