three most prestigious high schools in the state; I was part of the Career and Technical Education Program. This allowed me the opportunity to choose between the Engineering and Pre- Law programs provided at my school. My interest in math and science pushed me to pursue a path in Engineering. Knowing that I will be able to positively impact someone’s life through this career made it all the more compelling. The “Introduction to Engineering” class on my first day of high school was intimidating.…
High School Activities Wile excelling in basketball and six-man football, I was taught important life skills. I have been team captain for both sports from my freshman year, this has put me in team leader positions where I was required to develop leadership skills. Throughout high school, I participated in multiple organizations that furthered my academic education and added to my accomplishments, such as National Honor Society, 4-H, FFA, and Letterman’s Club. All of which I held an office…
to them therefore schools becomes the path to success in adulthood. Kids live in the present and unconscious of the importance of education in their lives hence parents along with the school system are in charge of keeping the children on the right way. Although the United States is one of the most powerful country in the world, it has a high dropout rate. Globalization leads to a greater competition, so dropouts become a social problem. Usually, when a student leave school, and they do not…
everyone in one way or another, whether it be by someone going through it or knowing someone that has gone through it. The symptoms can vary in people but are generally the same. When I was in high school, I went through a depression my senior year and is something that I still deal with today. While in school I had a couple of the symptoms usually associated with depression; I had a loss of interest in activities that I used to enjoy, I couldn’t concentrate too well, I felt numb and didn’t care…
If one walked into a high school or middle school classroom of 50 students, probably eight would have slept enough the night before, thirty of them would complain of being tired, twenty of them would have dieted in the past year, thirteen of them would not drink a sip of water all day, and more than twenty five of them would be dehydrated. MORE Without the basic necessities they need, teens are not able to live and perform at their best. By not sleeping, eating, or drinking as recommended by…
Senioritis is an illness that affects students in their final year of high school and college. It is what most describe as a decrease of motivation. “This general feeling of apathy and nonchalance towards school work is developed after years in class and hits high school seniors” (Ng.) Most seniors fall victim before graduation, maybe even right when the school year starts. Senioritis makes seniors feel anxious for the change to come. It makes them wish for the time of graduation to come faster.…
that they want to leave. Others, like me, and possibly you reading this, had it during high school. Everyone always talked about getting infected with the horrible “senioritis” disease. Well I got infected early with the “junioritis”. I was tired of the people I was forced to be around day to day, I didn’t care about any of my classes, and the dark, gloomy, plain repeating sight of the halls inside Canyon High School were exhausting to look at. I was done. It was about three weeks into my…
definition. In high school, students are taught fundamental educational information such as arithmetic, language, the sciences, the arts, as well as other basic building blocks for an education. Beyond this, high schools also strive to give students some of the tools necessary to succeed in college. My private school was known as a great school for preparing students for the college life by teaching students different study habits, view obstacles from new perspectives, and other skills. While…
million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. That's a student every 26 seconds – or 7,000 a day." That's a gargantuan amount of students who aren’t aware of what they want to do with their lives so they "drop-out." I am only a freshman at Elizabethtown High School—a minuscule being in this ginormous world, but I plan to do way more with my two million minutes. I plan to be more than a minuscule being in this ginormous world by going to high school and making a change,…
It all began in middle school, a place for evolving, happy-go-lucky students like me. Inside of my particular school district, there was a peculiar love for high-end sports footwear. Having the best looking sneakers was every kid’s ambition, and it even sparked the yearning inside of me as well. I bought my first sneakers, the Air Jordan Five, with the cash I earned from chores and all those strenuous cuts from my daily lunch money. As I wore my shoes, people began to notice that I too owned…