DeWitt Clinton High School

Annique Walters “There’s nothing in life like finally being legal.” All my life I had been waiting for this magical day where I would finally turn 18. They say that turning 18 is the biggest turning point in your life but my experience tells me everything stays exactly the same. I thought that turning 18 would been so much more freedom. In reality it actually turned into less freedom and ten times more responsibility. Turning 18 literally feels like I’m in a tug of war. My parents still have…

about it and correct the problem. I catch myself many times saying that to my friends or coworkers. When they read an email or writing I sent out. Tip number two “study the basic rules of writing” (Bethel University, 2015). Many of us have been out of school…

a better understanding of what women really want and should have for their hair. To become be a hairstylist on the side in the near future, hasn’t been easy. But it has developed my way of thinking what’s best for my own good. Back in Jr. high, when blue polo shirts was required to be worn for 8th graders. Before ending the day,my last period was…

that not only changed my perspective of a normal life, but of how I saw myself as a person. I started my sixth grade year like any other eleven year old did. New school year. New classes, faces, and teachers. I was always that quiet, shy, person. I had good grades, perfect attendance, and an average social life. For the first weeks of school, I had already gotten used to my classes, as well as making new friends.…

was good even if her face said something else. Going through middle school was tough, man. I mean a 12 year old boy playing dad and kid. I don’t know how I did it man”. Michael Callaghan grew up…

team. I went online and joined several communities and built a team of three (myself and two others). Immediately we started working, and the longer we worked more in-depth the project became. One day one of the team members quit the project due to school concerns. The other teammate decided to leave thinking the project was forever dead. Determined I continued the project by myself, learning as I went. Three years later the project was finally complete. Being dedicated allowed me to complete…

High School Should Be More Like College A common belief is that college students perform better than high school students because of the fact that college students have to pay for their classes. While this is true, there is another reason why college students are able to receive better grades: college students choose their teachers. In high school, a student may be able to sign up for certain classes, but the teacher that the student receives is not one of his or her choosing. If students could…

academic courses than on physical education. Although some obese student could benefit from the extra activity some are already engaged in extra activities after school (Driscoll and Ginsburg). Some people are already involved in sports so they shouldn 't be taking pe i school. It would just be a waste of time for some students. “high school student should be forced to get into PE courses because of fear of getting a low grade. Grades do matter and they are especially important to the…

bed. The next morning when I woke up, one of my sisters, uncle and I headed to the neighborhood school down the street to get us enrolled. Subsequently, the following week we began school, my sister was placed in the 7th grade and I was placed in the 3rd grade. Whenever, I went to school, I barely spoke because at the time, although I knew how to speak proper English I had an accent. Throughout that school year, kids would ask ignorant questions like “ Did you own a lion “, “ Were you always…

definition, is a group of long-established colleges and universities in the eastern US having high academic and social prestige. Schools of this much stature are except to hold and create the most intelligent. So, isn’t it ironic that a majority of students attending these “prestige” schools are culprits of grade inflation. Whether it is in movies like, “Legally Blonde” or “Gilmore Girls,” Ivy League schools are perceived to be better academically successful. Therefore, when the students do not…