High-yielding variety

In a survey, conducted by the sophomore class on October 19, 2015, students were asked if they felt teachers spoke with them often about their plans after high school. A majority of the students felt like very few teachers ever asked about their futures plans either it was college or a job. I think it is important that teacher discuss this with students also trying to help them figure out what they want to…

American Public Education VS Public Education of Finland When asked who has the best education programs around the world, who is the first thought? At one time the United States was easily always said to be the top of everything. Today however, the United States does not even make the top ten in the education standings. In fact according to a chart from Pearson website during “[2012 and 2014 the United States ranked 17 and 14]”. When the US is compared to Finland who in the Pearson chart…

High school juniors and seniors are asked so much throughout their whole school year what’s there plan once they finish high school. Either they don’t know or most think they don’t have the grades or not smart enough to go off to college. Why is that? It’s all because they haven’t had the chance to pass FCAT and…

responsibility to do a take home test over the Thanksgiving break and I took that responsibility and did my test and finished it for the Monday we returned to school. There is many responsibilities one must take when one is taking college classes as a high school student. Another responsibility I must take is to make sure I keep up with deadlines in each of my classes to ensure my assignments are never late. Responsibility is a habit of mind that is always good to have in and out of the…

Holding an associate 's degree is good in terms of a high school graduate or high school dropout that will not a hold a good job. "If you have an associate 's degree, you are much better off in terms of holding a job consistently, because employers look at the receipt of a degree and see it as a symbol of persistence…

A person embarks on their journey of education as soon as they leave their mother’s womb. It is the day they connect with the world. At the end of high school and where the journey of college education begins is the day they start to understand the issues of this world. The chances offered at any college leads to a wide range of opportunities. Deciding to go to college puts a person one foot in the right direction and attending college puts their whole body and mind in the right direction. The…

anything left. Students understanding material should be the goal, and it should not be about making them fit into a mold that we want to coach, them to become. Our education system should be about making well- informed citizens; both on the college and high school levels. Hedges makes a strong point to say that our nation now isn’t what our forefathers wanted; they wanted citizens whom could decide for themselves so they could get a strong job that provides, in addition to actually holding it.…

would outweigh the risks. In the end, the Declaration became one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. The Crucible presents a similar situation. Arthur Miller’s modern tragedy, The Crucible, is an excellent play for high school juniors to read. Similar to the Declaration of Independence, The Crucible changed the way that people looked at an event in United States history. The complex characters…

When I was young I was never the best at reading even though my parents owned many books and magazines that they read on a daily basis. My mother enjoyed reading her gossip magazines that she would receive in the mail once a month and my father had a whole bookshelf full of history books. My parents would always encourage me to read the books I would check out at the school library to improve my reading and writing but that advice usually went in through one ear and out the other. The only books…

legislation controlling the nation’s public secondary and elementary schools. In a recent study taken by the Council of the Great City Schools found students who attend big city school will on average take 112 standardized tests from pre kindergarten and high school graduation. From this study, there was no evidence that more time spent on tests improved academic performance. The Obama administration it would issue guidance on testing by the beginning of next year. It said that it would label…