Fiscal year

To elaborate further on social cognitive career theory (SCCT), Hackett, Lent and Brown (2000) discussed strategies for which SCCT counselors should navigate through their clients’ career obstacles. First, Hackett et al. (2000) stated that SCCT focuses on the interaction of individual aspects such as self-efficacy, result outcomes, and future goals, and how those interactions contribute to career development (Hackett, Lent, & Brown, 2000). To begin their evaluation, the authors analyzed…

ome of my greatest memories were of my learning in school. At the end of my second grade year, I was in a school bus accident. When I got to the hospital they said a had a head concoction, and needed to stay for testing to see how bad it was. I went to school with the ability to learn like all the other student, but came home with a long path to relearning all my school functions. My struggle through learning has been a lifelong process, through multiple programs, lots of encouragement, and a…

Our reluctance as a school district to make substantial changes in our educational system leaves a lot to be desired. We uphold an outdated model of education that isn 't nearly as effective as it could be. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said that the K-12 system “largely still adheres to the century-old, industrial-age factory model of education.” Our middle school model is flawed at the core; adolescents are not engaged in the classroom and lack the social skills they need to thrive.…

eighth grade, seeing no progress, I was placed in another reading strategies course. This time it was my last period of the day and went an extra hour after school. The teacher was a female who had taught my brother (who also struggled with reading) years before. She was a terrific teacher and cared so deeply about all of us in her after school class. Here, I remember learning how to dissect readings and understand them. She did a lot of one on one work with…

Jack and Clara, two high school students, have spent years excelling their skills in their school band. After six short years, they are the leaders of the clarinet section, showing the Freshman what music can feel like when they just take a minute to feel it. Although they share the same type of instrument and passion, their style and posture set these two apart, but these differences show just how unique the band is. The personality and the style of a musician is greatly portrayed through the…

The Pastor cleared his throat. "Your father has gone to be with the Lord." Fifteen years ago, my dad received a kidney and pancreas transplant. It was a successful surgery. He was a juvenile diabetic, and for the first time since he was nine-years-old, he didn 't have to inject himself with insulin. It was a successful surgery. Two weeks later, on New Year 's day, my older sister and I were sitting in the family room waiting to go to our next door neighbor 's house. My dad had been throwing up…

Skipping school for an entire year? Sounds too good to be true, but it is true. This phenomenon is called a gap year which defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “a one-year hiatus from academic studies to allow for non-academic activities.” Many European countries are doing this method, where students take a year break after graduating high school but before college to give themselves time to do what they please without the anxiety and stress of academics. The Gap Year is a great…

problems most likely stem from a combination of both environmental and individual factors. The environmental factors that have affected Carlos include that fact that he is an ELL student whose family immigrated to the United States when he was ten years old. According to his parents during an interview at the school, Carlos only speaks English when he is at school. The rest of the time he speaks Spanish to his family and friends, which limits his exposure and practice with the English language.…

When I was 7 years old in December of 2003, I stepped foot for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada. At the time I did not know how hard it was going to be, having to grow up quickly, become an independent person, and aside from learning that the people who you think would be the ones to help you end up being the one 's who try to destroy you. My mom always used to say, “You were born alone not with people do your own thing do not expect others to.” The first months of living here were…

like everyone else did;instead, he start teaching me and defended me. I changed schools for a while, I went to Fox and they had an ESL teacher, she taught me so much. I started to talk, and I made few friends. I went back to Seckman in my sophomore year. Then I saw my good and only friend at Seckman, I went to him and started showing off with how far I have had come. He was surprised, and he had the biggest smile on his face. I liked school here when I actually started to understand what…