DeWitt Clinton High School

I began freshman year by walking into a room of tall faces and crossed ankles. Up until my arrival in class, I had not seen entering high school as a significant transition. My legs were tall in new shoes and, with my arms were wrapped around a petty hoard of books and number two pencils, I felt prepared. However, two minutes into the school year, my confidence blew out of my chest. I eyed the senior class of 2015 from the doorway and imagined I was a comma after a long line of capitals. The…

to stay away from any sport or athletic activity. Coming into high school, i feared not being given the same opportunities of making new friends and forming a bond with a team in a sport. This fear of mine went away very quickly. I joined service club, best buddies, psychology club, and student senate. These clubs allowed me to form friendships with peers i would not have met otherwise, and take part of the community within my school. Of all clubs i took part in, Service club was important to me…

In The Sanctuary of School by Lynda Barry she tells a story of when she was 7 years old. The story was about her first time sneaking out of the house and why she does so. Growing up, she tells us that her brother and she had to give up their bedrooms for other relatives. These relatives were only supposed to be staying at their house for a short while, however most of them never did leave and ended up living with them. Their parents were always fighting and arguing over finances. Right off the…

plenty of opportunities. Some people have everything planned and sorted out, but most off them have no clue what to do with their life after high school. To be able to make a better decision people should therefore think twice before continuing their education without taking a break. People in Sweden usually take one or a few years off after graduating high school to figure out what they want to do. That might sound strange and ignorant, but in fact it has a great effect. Some of the people…

At one point in our lives we have all been a student. As young kids we probably all enjoyed it, never really have any homework to turn in. After, middle school where teachers started asking about what you want to be and where we were going to go to college. High School is where you are able to see your future; how all your hard work is going to pay off With all of the work, time and effort we have gone through should we not get something in return? It is okay to be rewarded for your good work,…

President Clinton had a State of the Union speech at the U.S. Capitol where he addressed the need for uniforms in our public schools. During this speech, the second challenge our president stated we faced was the needed to focus on ways to provide Americans with the educational opportunities that are needed for the new century; and in doing that President Clinton challenged school teachers to teach character education, good values and citizenship (Clinton2.nara.gov, 1996). President Clinton went…

doing work her husband would take us to sit and wait at her school just to show her how much we supported her decision of staying and completing school. My mother has always…

think getting a part-time job before completing high school is ideal? Although many parents believe children should not work while they are in school, allowing high-school students to work while they are in school will help them develop some experience, responsibility, and better future career. As a high-school student with a job, I can speak from my countless experiences and excitement. I worked on the weekends and after school while I was in high school, and still manage to graduate in the top…

I love college you have so much freedom". It 's always two sides of a storyline but between high school and college there is a definite fine line between the two. In high school your life is basically planned out from the starting bell to the end of the day bell. Teachers will make sure you having a passing grade and will do all they can to help you get there even to the point of extra credit in high school. Within college your grades are your responsibility to maintain along with time…

had always gotten along with my teachers and felt like I could trust them. You see, my school district doesn 't have a middle school, you go kindergarten to sixth grade in the elementary and seventh to graduation in the high school. So I spent half of my education so far with the same people in a class of nineteen students-and I had nobody I fit in with. I had been the outcast all throughout elementary school, the kid who 's always on the edge of the playground - the…