High school

Sometimes, you may also have headaches, cold or sweaty hands and feet, or even feeling overwhelmed or overloaded. Every high school student is affected every day from stress because of grades, family, and the social aspect of school. Many parents will say that once teenagers are out of high school that the stress will begin, but little do they know that teenagers stress about school on a daily basis. Stress is the body’s reaction to harmful situations (Stress Symptoms). When the body feels…

Right now in classrooms across the world, there are millions of high school students sluggishly dragging down the halls and dozing off during lectures. The question is: why are they so sleepy? Because these students are often troubled by demanding social lives, family commitments, extracurricular activities and extreme amounts of schoolwork, they commonly do not get adequate sleep at night. For most, it would be a mixture of these problems that cause them to lose rest. On the other hand, some…

Before even entering high school, I made a decision that would ruin the next few years. Looking back, I had no idea it would have impacted me as much as it did, but even now I still wouldn’t have changed that decision. Everything that came after that decision, no matter how difficult, shaped me into who I am today, and I was able to meet some pretty amazing people and do a few things only a handful of people can say they’ve done. In elementary school, I was in the S.C.O.P.E. (Spotsylvania…

of high school athletes across the nation, verify that participation on sports teams leads to positive outcomes. Not only does athletic performance lead to a healthy lifestyle, but it also builds character traits which are necessary for future success. Whether these athletes become Engineers, Doctors, or C.E.Os; leadership and teamwork will determine their success. The evidence is overwhelming. Healthy lifestyle is distinctly correlated with involvement in physical activity. Any high…

During my high school career writing was not recognized as much as it is now and there wasn't a huge place of importance on it. In high school the only writing I was concerned with are essays. However, now in my college career I have to take other texts into consideration. For example, writing an email to my professor will take a lot more thought rather than writing an email to my high school English teacher. I believe this because pre college relationships with teachers are much more informal.…

The starting time for most high schools is anywhere between 7 and 8 a.m., which is pretty early for kids between the ages 14 – 15 years old. According to the National Sleep Foundation, “Teens need about 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night to function best. Most teens do not get enough sleep — one study found that only 15% reported sleeping 8 1/2 hours on school nights.” Sleep is very important at this age and if these kids don’t get enough sleep, 7 a.m. in the high school cafeteria is like being…

time taking more advanced classes than I did during my entire time in high school, I aimed for a mountain of goals during my senior year. The one set of motivation that has kept me going all four years in high school is graduation – the Senior Itch. Graduation, which drives every student towards their success, steadily improved my high school performance. Picturing myself in my cap and gown gives me the initiative to finish school and progress towards my…

Many things happened in my high school years and transformed me, I used to wait until the last minute for everything and set no goals for myself. There were many things that changed me, I like the person I am today and hope this all leads me to be successful. Even if I do fail, I take what I learned and promptly get back on my feet. I Went from being less mature to having an adult mindset on everything I do even on the most trivial things I take seriously. My time at WHS and the WACTC…

deserves to feel like this. Everyone should feel welcome and loved in this world. I have seen this happen to too many people in my high school career, and I want to do something about it. Going into my freshman year of high school, I was a very shy, quiet person. I didn’t know very many people in my grade because my school had two different middle schools: Milford Middle School, where I attended, and…

“In a survey of 24,000 students at 70 high schools,” Donald McCabe found “64 percent of students admitted to cheating on a test, 50 percent admitted to plagiarism and 95 percent said they participated in some form of cheating.” Some people believe that cheating in our high school is unconstitutional, however, with common core our educational system has changed from context or teacher-centered learning to student-centered learning, which emphasizes the final grade. This means that students are…