High voltage

people go straight into the workforce after high school. But not a lot of people even finish high school and go straight into the workforce. But it’s hard to get anywhere with flipping burgers at Burger King. Sometimes you’re lucky to come across a job that pays well and is better than flipping burgers. At Pepsi, the only reason you’d need a degree is if you want to go into the management of the company. On average, every 26 seconds a student drops out of high…

America has been a country of immigrants and everyone welcome. The only problem is that other countries speak different languages, so when immigrants come and bring their children, they can 't speak english. Immigrants that move here go to school and have to learn english. “Ballinger (1987) analyzed the benefits favoring the bilingual, limited English, and English as a second language student. He found that the additional exposure to English speaking environments was an asset to those students…

Future Present Whenever I wanted to get my mother a present, she would always reply with " The greatest gift you can give me is a good future”. Keeping my mother 's words in mind, I allowed them to guide and mold me throughout all of my pursuits in high school. Whether it be volunteering, becoming a part of a national winning DECA team, or my advance-placed academics, I always gave it my all to succeed . During my freshman year, I decided to place myself in all honors courses. At first, I wasn…

drive, intelligence, charisma and being focus helped them succeed in a white dominated field. Another motivation of mines are teachers, who likes to envision their students doing well academically and socially. The teachers of elementary, middle and high school all had grit to perform tasks that were probably deemed impossible. Although all of it paid off, where they are extremely successful in their profession. Last but not least, surrounding myself with a group of people who are focused. By…

Regret. The word makes some people cringe. Reflecting back on my high school years, I would say that I do regret a lot of the decisions I have made. But now I’ve learned that the only thing stopping me from succeeding is myself. During my first two years of high school I definitely didn’t have the same mentality of everyone else. I came into high school with a carefree attitude. “Freshman year doesn’t matter” they would tell me. Young and naive, it was my mindset that how I did in school didn’t…

College athletes, both young men and women, are arguing with the National Collegiate Athletic Association about salaries in the future. Most do not know that the revenue goes to other programs and minor sports throughout the academy. Consequently, this would cause colleges to go bankrupt to afford compensating the gargantuan amount of athletes that play for the school. Although college athletes could benefit from compensation, the funds would be better used on academic programs that support…

Hayworth, William Life is not about where you started I began to know hardship at a very early age of 2 months; I was removed from my family and placed into foster care. My dad divorced my mom shortly after I was born and never looked back. I spent the next 15 years moving between foster homes. I became a bitter and rebellious child. I was kicked out of all the middle schools in my local school district in Detroit Michigan and placed in a mental hospital. I was mad at the world and felt…

about 12% of African Americans graduated high school and 2% graduated college. In 2000, about 72% of African Americans graduated high school and 14.5% graduated college (The Journal of Negro Education). Despite these improvements, racial disparity between whites and blacks remain. Lakeside High school is a high school located in a Midwest suburb area and is among one of the largest high schools in the country. During the 2001-2002 school year, Lakeside High had about 3,000 students consisting…

mothers] earn a college degree by age 30”, demonstrating that the teen mother is truly jeopardizing the child’s destiny and her own (“Why Schools Give Birth Control” 2). The article also noted that 67% of youth who were born to teenage mothers acquired a high school degree, whereas 81% of youth born to older parents received a degree (“Why Schools Give Birth Control” 3). Clearly, children born of very young parents can be subjected to a life of poverty, low-income jobs and possibly unhappiness.…

apology from the school or the kids. That’s when mom decided to press charges and went to the school board concerning Harrison High Schools reaction to Bulling. Bullying is a crime, it is illegal and we had had enough. My mom and I talked and she said under no circumstances am I to return to that school or to any public school. That is when we made the decision to start online high school. As for the school, my mom got them to pay all medical bills and as far as the 2 kids we are still going to…