Bard High School Early College

This semester has been a real eye opener for me. I have been exposed to many opportunities to grow. I have had the opportunity to observe in three different schools. I began teaching English to ninth and tenth graders two weeks ago. It has been my pleasure to meet and work with several well-respected seasoned teachers through out the semester. They have provided me with much needed advice, help, love and redirection. I have had several eye opening moments related to “myself” as a teacher and my…

Delayed school start times have been tested to see if this change could combat the negative effects of sleep deprivation. Studies have shown evidence to support this strategy, but there was also one case that did not show an effect in terms of grades. Overall, academic…

transition from middle to high school is a pivotal point for most Americans and what you decide to do after that determines how the rest of your life pans out. There is a recurring problem of students dropping of high school each year because of things that happen inside or outside of school, also known as push and pull factors. The most simplest things can push or pull out of high school and turn your life completely around such as a family death or you are getting bullied at school. The…

about high school teenagers, "perfect" is probably one of the last words that come to mind, and not without good reason. We aren 't always the wisest people on the planet and lack in some areas more than others. I can easily say so for myself, and yes, although I am ashamed of not being able to keep up with certain subjects as well as others, I search for ways to keep myself going and overcome any difficulty in said areas, in my case, math and history. I remember back in middle school, I had…

I had adjusted fairly well to each class until my junior year in high school where I took AP biology. This was a brand new class in our school with a new teacher, so I had no idea for what to expect. I had no other student or teacher to ask how this class would be, but I took my chances. This was a completely different class than any I had taken before…

young, it was the pinnacle of success. It’s hard for us to recall every waking moment and emotion we have experienced in the past, I can’t remember everything that happened to me my freshman year, I just remember the major moments, the first day of high school, and making new friends. When I think of being fourteen I don’t think about being too young to do things or too old to do others but when I see the freshman today, I seem to distinctly remember “never acting that way” or “never dressing…

participate in Future College Scholars the recruitment procedure needs to be explained. The recruitment team for Future College Scholars will be responsible to recruit students, parents, educators and school districts. The recruitment strategy to recruit students will start at the schools. At the school level we will content school principals in counselors asking the schools to display our information information and refer students to our program. We plan to set up a meeting with school…

In eighth grade was the first time I saw the play La Virgen de Tepeyac and was captivated and took the play to heart. I decided to join the play the following year.Since freshmen year I have participated in the La Virgen Del Tepeyac play.At first as one of the towns people.My sophomore year I became a musician. We would practice in September until we preformed in December.We would preform in various churches and convey the message of the play.For four years I have preformed the play and never…

weren’t always very close, but we are fairly close in age (two years apart). As children we went to school with one another and grew up learning the importance of family values and “sticking together”. My mother and father people that others would refer to as family oriented. Me and my younger brother walked to school every day –him eight years old and me ten. Before we venture off to elementary school our mother would say, “Sick together, and Jean listen to your big brother”! Now I’m only a…

The Glass Castle is an inspiration story that has inspired a lot of people to write and or talk about their own hardships in life. In life most people are born without a mental illness and they go through life not knowing what it is like to have one unlike me. When I was born I had Dyslexia and ADHD so I had a hard time in english, reading and staying awake for most of the day. I could never understand social cues or slang so I was out casted from my class because it seem like I have a curse and…