Even though some may believe providing a daycare for teens may encourage irresponsible behavior, it may help keep teens girls from dropping out of school. Schools should provide a daycare on school grounds. People who are against schools providing a daycare argue that providing a daycare will encourage irresponsible behavior. The people who are for schools providing a daycare argue that it will help keep teen girls from dropping out of school. Providing a daycare would not only help keep teen…
In my family as well as in a majority of families across the country college is a must. I always knew, even in my youth, that after I finished high school I would be getting ready for a four year college experience. It was pretty much a no-brainer. My parents preached to me how competitive the world is becoming and the only way to succeed is with a college degree. I told myself that I decided to go to college solely to please my parents but deep down I knew I felt obligated to go for myself. I…
desirable to college age students. Yik Yak’s website says “Join the conversation. Share your thoughts with people around you while keeping you privacy.” More often than not, the thoughts of the people are not appropriate. In this day and age, it seems like there is always a new app being created, and it seems like they all have major drawbacks, especially Yik Yak. Yik Yak was created in November of 2013 by two college students. Originally, Yik Yak was planned to be used by college students. The…
Earlier Or Later School Start Times Schools Start times is an issue that the board of education has been addressing for the past years.In my opinion, I feel that we need to make a decision on whether what time it’s best for schools to start.“ In a statement published in the journal of Pediatrics, the Academy’s Adolescent sleep working reviewed the studies to date involving how inadequate sleep among teens -- which means anything less than 8.5 hours to 9 hours, a night on school says --…
not let this news get to me, I made sure I would go to community college. The end of my senior year came along and I graduated with A’s and B’s. I was extremely proud of myself and thankful for my mom pushing me to walk the stage. I applied to Folsom Lake College and I couldn’t have made a better choice. As a freshman in college I decided to take seventeen units my first semester, and that was a huge mistake. The beginning of my college journey was not difficult, but when tests, homework, and…
Twenty percent of U.S. students in grades 9-12 reportedly have experienced bullying or are feeling bullied, while twenty-eight percent of students in grades 6-12 report the same. Experts agree that most incidences of bullying occur during middle school (Revealed). When I was in middle school, I was constantly being made fun of for my height and how big my feet were. Later in high school the bullying worsened. Many of the friends I had in middle school started to exclude me. Soon after they began…
lowest tuition costs in the state, this expense could be absorbed more easily than at other colleges. The proposal also implements a financial aid portion to assist students who cannot afford the extra tuition expenses. Students entering their Junior or Senior year may also feel like differential tuition may not be beneficial because most of these students are already more than halfway done with their college career -- they will not need extra advising assistance and have completed all of their…
Administrative Interview of Mark Hageman Mark Hageman is new to Concord Christian School. He has been hired as the CCS high school principal in the summer of 2015. Coming form a public school in Texas, Mr. Hageman’s main priority this year is to establish an anti-bullying policy. The principal mentions that even though there is no serious bullying present at CCS, he would like to create a set of regulations and procedures so that the students will feel comfortable to address bullying or…
make their own life changing decisions. There are things that I know I want to accomplish to achieve my future career goals; most likely not doing all these things right after high school but sometime in my lifetime. Attending culinary school, and college is what I am thinking of doing right after high school. Culinary school would be what I’m most interested in doing after high school. I would like to do this first because it is what I am most passionate about and it is my biggest dream to go…
The meaningful event that affected my life was when I decided to work overseas and sacrifice college. I was seventeen years old when I made that decision. My father had a decent job at a company, he was the head Chef. He makes decent money at that time and we are pretty much doing well financially. I am the eldest of six children, so I witnessed all the sacrifices of my parents for us. My father saved money for our future, he wanted us to go to school because he always says that education is…