A job paying more than minimum wage is challenging, but getting one right out of high school is rare. What if I told you that if you graduate from Weatherford High School with a $10 or more an hour job with only a semester of course work and clinical training required for the certification. You would be delusion not to think this is a good trade off. Most students at Weatherford High School are not fully aware of the health science and technology’s (HST) program that has collaborated with Weatherford College to provide students with continuing education programs such as pharmacy tech assistant, emergency medical technician basic (EMT-B), and certified nurse’s aide. These certifications are recognized by the medical industry and can be used for immediate employment post graduation, or even during your senior year while working towards them. To be admitted into one of these beneficial programs, you must be a student at Weatherford High School and have participated in the health science program from your sophomore to senior year. The two years prior to your senior year are required so that you have basic skills and knowledge of the health care field and can be prepared for the on the job training your senior year. Principles of Health Science, the first class your sophomore year, will contain in class instructions learning things such as medical terminology, certain diseases and pathologies, and insight to the healthcare field through multiple speakers. The second year, HST 2…
We finally reach the lockers and it seems as time has frozen for a moment as I start to see everything unfold in front of me I look to my left to see all the jocks sitting there acting like they own the hallways of this school. I make it to my locker with my friends Anthony and Emily as they usually walk with me to my locker every morning. I start to unlock my locker as I look to my right and see all the popular and cute girls scanning the hallway flirting with the jocks across the way. As I…
developed countries.”1 2. “Almost 2,000 high schools across the U.S. graduate less than 60% of their students.”3 Significance: This is significant because high school dropouts are limiting themselves from potential success and opportunities in the future. Credibility: My family has always pushed me in my academic life. My father especially pushed me to excel at school, because he did not finish college and knows first-hand how difficult it can be to secure a job without a degree. Along…
playing football. Judd entered South Durham high school in the fall of 2008 with no real relationship with his father. Judd’s mother, Tammy, raised him and his three older siblings by herself while struggling with substance abuse. She often disappeared for lengths of time, leaving Akeem to fend for himself. Often Akeem would go hungry with no household utilities from the lack of work and he would have to stay with teammates when he could. Akeem was angered with his situation and dropped out of…
Millions of high school football players risk their future lives on the football fields under the lights on Friday nights. Their parents have either decided that the amusement of playing football either outweighs the risks that may occur, or they do not even think the sport is as dangerous as most think. Therefore, brain injuries have become a troubling topic of discussion in the NFL today. Football players use their helmets as weapons for a playing advantage on the football field. Due to…
KUBASAKI HIGH SCHOOL I. Roof Roof leakage is one of the major issues plaguing the high school, except for bldgs. 1406, 1433 and 1437, all other buildings experiences roof leakage during rainfall. Buildings 1402 and 1408 are more egregious than others. In addition, with 1408 housing the main office, IC and Server localities, and leakage is problematic as it can lead to excessive loss of learning materials, i.e. computers and servers. More so, leakage within the main offices presents a…
Knockers, juicy mangos, mounds, marshmallows, bazookas, cupcakes, twins, rack, warheads are all less than stellar innuendos to the embodiment of what High School DxD has come to be known for… Breasts, breasts and more breasts. High School DxD BorN is the third season of High School DxD, a franchise that has securely found it’s place in otaku culture. If you do not know the story by now this is not the review for you. Story: Following the events of season 2, Issei and company travel to the…
Chat and selfie Transferring to high school, Changes, Coming out as gay The person I interviewed is Kevin Valenzuela and he's 13 years old he goes to VISA high school and he's currently a freshman. These were the questions I asked and it lead me to learn more about him. Where are you from, any siblings? “ My mom is from DF,Mexico and my dad is from Sinaloa.” Kevin was born in california and grew up with two other siblings. “ I have a 20 year old brother and a 12 year old brother”. He also…
everything you see on the news. This book is a sign of the times for today’s generation. The author shows symbolism prior to reading the book on the cover, by illustrating the title of the book hanging by puppet strings. This could symbolize that America wanted to beat China and Russia so badly to the moon that they decided to fake it, we were all puppets in thinking that we landed on the moon, and the government was pulling the strings. In addition, in the Chiropractic chapter the author uses…
and “Press Release from the Harvard School of Public Health” by Henry Wechsler and Elissa Weitzman, the audience for the two articles is researcher, professors, and college administrators and the purpose of the research studies is to have freshman college students not to drink like they do because it could kill them or get them hurt in many different ways. The purpose of the abstract is to identify person, social group, and environmental factors associated with uptake of binge drinking among a…