High school

I moved here in 2012, was a small quiet town and although that is something that I now I know it is also so much more. I was in middle-school when I first came but it was in high school that I truly grew to appreciate the wonderful community. My first year of high school was certainly unnerving, although I had previously attended an elementary and middle school that were more than double its size it still held an allure of suspense over what may soon come. My freshman year was admittedly,…

Being in high school can be a tough place without a group to back you up. High school has changed into this social hierarchy that feeds off the kids with insecurities and kids that are different. In most schools the Jocks and the pretty, popular girls are in charge and they get a say in who goes to the parties they go to and where they hang out, most of high school is structured to fit their needs and wants. A kid without many friends, a loner, has trouble finding people he/she can relate to.…

Mobley Honors English 13 Feb 2015 How a Bully Causes Dropouts One out of nine high school students report that they have been bullied, that totals to about 2.8 million students (Stewart 39). A bully is a person who uses physical and mental abuses to manipulate and control other people. Bullies cause ten percent of high school students to leave high school before graduating (Stewart 40). The effort to stop bullying in high school would reduce the amount of dropouts and, in addition, reduce the…

When a student drops out of high school and doesn’t return, they are considered a “dropout.” A drop-out will have a difficult time after he/she leaves school, as jobs are much harder to obtain without a high school diploma. Unfortunately, dropouts are becoming more common and they are beginning to become a nuisance to society, as they do not make as much money, and are forced to rely on government benefits to stay financially stable. Dropping out forces people to wonder why the student dropped,…

In the beginning of my high school career I worried a lot about my grades and school involvement, whereas, as I got closer to graduation the motivation was lost. I never made managing stress levels because of school a priority and there were many times in which I paid the price for it by having a lack of sleep. Loosing sleep because of school is detrimental to your grades because of your un-ability to produce your best work and perform…

Have you ever struggled struggled to get up in the morning for school? We have now learned that the younger you are the more energy you have in the morning. On the other hand, If you are high school you many struggle to get through the day because you have to wake up earlier than the younger kids.Should high schoolers started going to school later than what they already do? As if been in high school was already stressful, we now have to worry about get up in the morning. For upcoming ninth…

My how school life comprised of friends, family, homework, tests, and regrettably not enough studying. I lived in a household that was being torn apart slowly, yet no matter the situation I was always told “make sure you keep studying to do well in school”. My family always cared about me and did their best to encourage me for school and to have studying be an important part of my life. However, being a teenager, I always thought differently, it was important, but not the sole purpose of high…

I attended a very small high school where only a very small percentage of students went on to higher education after high school. Only general education courses were taught. There was little-to-none college preparatory courses. The culture of my high school was not a feeder school to higher education (McDonough 1994). The main focus of my high school was sports and retaining students to graduate high school. The only movement toward helping students attend college was that we did take the…

Educational Progress 2009 High School Transcript Study; student scores are on the rise, the average high school student in 2009 graduated with a GPA of 3.0, while in 1990 the average was 2.68 (13). As students’ scores continue to rise; we must ask, are we evolving into beings with a higher intelligence or have students found a way to receive the highest score through grade inflation? If students are not in fact finding a way to receive the highest score and are presenting such high achieving…

Middle School, I was happy but also very anxious. Although, Middle school was awkward, I had made so many memories with many of the people I had met along the way. My dream high school was the very high school where my sister…