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Many say that American high schools teach students to learn how to take standardized tests on writing, rather than actually prepare them for college. Therefore, most secondary students are entering college without an understanding of how to meet demands of college writing beyond the prescribed “standard five-paragraph essay.” Susan Fanetti’s “Closing the Gap between High School Writing Instruction and College Writing Expectations” examines the discrepancy between American high schools and their…

education, but not all parents have the resources to send their child or children on to higher education. The only hard decision a child should have to make concerning college is choosing which school is best for them after high school. If a person wants to go on to college after high school, it should not have to be a difficult decision based on a nonexistence of monetary contributions. Unfortunately for most children in American families the lack of awareness of preparing for the future of the…

Wes Moore is the name of two boys living in Baltimore in the same neighborhood and age, but two different paths in their life. Life was difficult for them growing up without a father so they looked up to see in that limited world and follow the only models available" (Moore 178). Both Wes and Wes were lacking in their school having bad grades and a hard time fitting in. One day the other Wes Moore had a fight in football and after being punched, he runs and gets his knife following the words of…

Throughout my student career, I had many ideas of what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a fashion designer, interior designer, professional singer, a business owner, and an entrepreneur just to name a few. I always came back to one profession though. I wanted to be a teacher. Each year in elementary school, I always wanted to teach the grad I had just completed due to the amazing year I had before. I have had many influences, such as family and experiences that encouraged and…

Extra-curricular activities, AP classes, and jobs…what do they all have in common? They take vast amounts of time out of a student’s day. Each time I think about students who have to juggle all three of these, one thought always comes to mind- how do they do it? Just considering the load of stress a student who goes to school and takes at least two AP classes, has to stay after school for a sport or a club, and then goes straight to their job has makes me worried for them. Especially seniors;…

Technology Journey 1 Technology has come a far way from where it first started off. The new and improved devices are becoming so advanced that it is mind-blowing what these gadgets can do nowadays. Today, I use technology on a daily basis and couldn’t imagine what my life would be like without it. I say that now, but about twelve years ago when I was in elementary school, I was just being introduced to the whole new world of technology. The first time I used a computer was in kindergarten back…

will have brighter days than not. I have been bullied all my life from being called names like “short” or “annoying” to being laughed at by my peers and pushed into walls. It started in first grade and haunted me every year up until my junior year in high school. In elementary school it was the usual name calling and teasing, which did irritate me but did not do more than that. I had to live with it, so said my mother. In middle school, the levels of teasing increased. It went from being called…

In regards to providing a Free Appropriate Public Education to students with disabilities I feel like my district, Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools does an excellent job. First and foremost, we are an inclusive district and provide services for all students regardless of a disability and offer a continuum of services throughout the district. For instance, each elementary and middle school has a specialty so that one or two types of disabilities are serviced in a particular building. This…

I am privileged in the sense that I live in the United States of America in a single-family house share among my dad, my mom, and myself. However, I did not always have the idea that I was privileged though. Growing up I went to India plenty of time but I did not make much of it. My parents would donate food and clothes to the poor in India, but as an infant I obviously has no understanding of what was going on. This all changed. One day when I was about eight years old and traveled to India a…

percent, and 45 percent of students live in low-income families (Child Poverty). Research has been done and found that students from low income families acquire language and math skills more slowly, are 13.5 percent more likely to dropout, and enter high school about 4 grade levels behind those with higher socioeconomic status (Education and Socioeconomic status). This means that we have students who could be doing better, but are not doing better just because of how much money their parents…