Intercom

High school can be quite intimidating with lockers slamming shut, people yelling, older kids towering over you, and public displays of affection. It’s a big change from the controlling environment of middle school. Throughout my life I’ve endured many school changes and it all got better when I graduated middle school and started high school; my freedom increased, class dismissal became more lenient, and you have a choice of classes. On my first day in high school I was amazed at the freedom…

The Trip “Summer, lets go!” my mom shook me. As I opened my eyes, I could barely see the airport through all the fog. I was about to go on the most exciting trip ever. Spain! I was going to Spain! I couldn’t believe it! I was going there to see my grandparents. I was going across the entire ocean. As I got out of the car I grabbed my passport and my mom came around the car with my suitcase. We walked through the parking lot and I could feel the shivers going down my spine. It was really cold…

Ever since I joined choir, I knew from the start I knew the goal to make the Regional and Allstate Choirs. My first year I auditioned, which resulted in a poorly fashion. Consequently, the next year I put more effort into my preparation. While I had prepared a great amount for the audition, the score came back resulting me staying out. Feeling upset, I continued to work hard on achieving this goal. My Junior year of high school I auditioned and was one point from making alternate. I was upset.…

towards your teacher who just got back from their day off. The teacher stands up and begins to talk about the day's objectives. But when they open their mouth to speak the intercom turns on then says, “We are under lock down, this is not a drill, take action immediately.” You hear someone scream in the background and the intercom shuts off abruptly. Then you hear gunshots fire down your hallway. Imagine the fear you feel. Be glad you are only imagining, for some they are not so lucky. This has…

Picture this: Students come to school, to be educated like they’re supposed to. Suddenly, a lockdown is initiated from the intercom, and panic sets in. Why are they scared, especially when schools are supposed to be a safe environment? It’s not the lockdown itself, but what is behind the lockdown that draws fear. Shooters should not have a green light to access guns and other weapons of harm. There have been several school shootings and numerous threats that have been targeted towards schools…

The participants being studied were the observers. In Kitty’s case, the participants being studied were the people in the neighborhood who saw what was taking place. In the case with the seizure, the students who were listening to the person on the intercom were the participants being studied. The same goes for the smoke experiment. The participants were considered to be the ones in the room. The methods to test the hypothesis were similar to those of the independent variables. For Kitty, sadly,…

romantic couples were first asked to fill out several questionnaires to assess their manic symptoms using the Altman Self-Rating Mania (ASRM) Index. Then, they were seated in chairs across from each other in a private room with an experimenter on intercom, and both were asked to discuss “a time in…

preserve my sleep for the long flight I was inevitably going to endure. “Section C, we are ready to board the plane,” the flight attendant chimed into the intercom after we waited an hour for the boarding of ‘golden ticket’ clients and sections A and B. Her voice possessed this smoothness I had never heard before, or maybe it was the fogginess of the intercom. “Here we go,” I said, shaking Kylie’s arm. My stomach did that thing again. We were taking off, and Kylie was fast asleep with her head…

Part Six: Putting the Plan into Action Sam awoke still in his chair with drool on his desk. It was late in the night. Sam had been drafting plans all day and ended up falling asleep on his desk. He looks down to see a page filled with elaborate notes. “This looks like enough to go with for now.” While saying this he stumbles over to his bed to sleep through the night. In the morning Sam woke up to his alarm clock’s loud ring. Motivated to not let resistance get to him, he jumps out of bed to…

School Memory Essay Have you ever tried to help out your bestfriend and failed? Well I did that and it did not turn out too well. It was just a normal school day sitting in my 7th period Personal Family Health class, so I thought anyways. It was second semester of my freshman year. Sitting in a small, dungeon like room, smelling the musty school air. I was looking at all the decorative, colorful posters for the thousandth time. Yes, Mr. Bork, the posters did make the room look more inviting. My…