Bard High School Early College

had three kids, so it was obvious by that time that he made enough money to not have to rely on the family farm. Although they still did a lot of farm work. Kenneth had a pepper farm and he paid his kids fifty cents for a full bucket to buy their school clothes or just spare change for anything they wanted, but they still had to earn…

(Wiki Catch-22) Catch-22 never made the New York Times Best Sellers List but it did keep selling. By 1963 the book had sold over a million copies and was a huge success in the United States along with Great Britain. (Wiki Catch-22) So why would schools across the United States want to take this great American Novel away from their children? This book is a very truth unfolding story about the struggles and problems soldiers face. Catch-22 was written by Joseph Heller and when originally…

I agree that students are judged to be either book smart or street smart because my experience in Pattonsburg High School confirms it. In my small school of merely 75 high school students, students are considered either book smart or street smart, and like it states in the book, the two groups tend to not get along very well. I think that society believes that in order for a person to become successful in the world they must be book smart; however, I believe that some students are challenging…

offer free two year community college for responsible students that maintain a part time schedule with a 2.5 GPA. This proposal offers hope to students that want to be successful and need access to the middle class. There is positive effects of this proposal but also drawbacks. According to the documentary “Discounted Dreams” there is a twenty percent increase of enrollment into community colleges that is straining the system. This proposal of free two year community college will become a great…

My life goals are to complete my Graduate Program in School Psychology; this would lead me to fulfill my second goal, which is to become an independent individual who can be economically self-supporting and self-sufficient doing something that I enjoy and, in the meantime, helping the young generation. My third goal is to have a family of my own with a husband who is caring and devoted to his family. My first goal, at this time, is the most important one for me because this one can lead to…

learned in middle school and mastered in high school, I continue to struggle with the proper use of…

their educational journey, any educational level (Elementary through University level). Recently my younger sister celebrated her graduation from high school and I celebrated my graduation from university. As everyone congratulated us for our accomplishments and hard work, I celebrated with them but also felt a sort of guilt, guilt that started from an early age in the realization of my self-endowed privilege over my mothers. In my household the importance of education was always important and…

SACA’s structure helped me to think more deeply, the uniformity taught me discipline, and the workload helped prepare me for college. Southwest Atlanta Christian academy is the cause for my success. Without SACA I do know if I would have made it to Morehouse. SACA…

influenced by school, soccer, and my family. It made me who I am right now. School has a very big impact on my life,however the education system in the Czech Republic is different. There were about 30 kids in my class and we spend the school years together. I made most of…

Being a student athlete is a wonderful thing in high school, despite a lot of people only acknowledge the athlete part and not the student part. I believe that academics come first and if a high school student wants to be an athlete, then getting good grades should be a requirement. It should be mandatory for teachers and coaches to check the grades of student athletes weekly to determine whether students are performing academically well or not. The students that aren’t doing well should be…