Mardela High School

in a school district and I believe that a school is the heart of the community. It is where we meet our neighbors, where our children make friends and families gather for school activities. It is about people. When you have a neighborhood that is struggling, you will also find the school is struggling. As I watched the video Building Expectations, Portrait of Lincoln High School there was definitely signs that this community was careworn. Possibly part of the decision to rebuild the high…

In my first semester here at High Point University I have learned a few lessons in The President’s Seminar that will help me throughout the rest of my life. In all of those lessons that were given the two that stuck with me; how to create an effective presentation and how to manage my time. While attending these lessons I have learned ways to make my life more successful. I believe that these lessons will stick with me and help me in my future jobs. When you are giving a presentation you must…

mentality of a leader, my 6th-grade self decided to run against an 8th grader for the secretary position in our middle school student council. I didn’t think twice about the fact that I was going up against someone two years older than I was until all of the older kids made fun of me and told me I wouldn’t win. But this only gave me the courage to get up in front of the entire school and give my speech to try and win over the crowd and beat the 8th grader who thought she was better than I was. A…

As I look back to my high school days, all I could ever think about was getting my diploma and moving on to college. Frankly, I just wanted to graduate because I was growing tired of the same old stuff in school. I didn’t really know what I was getting into, thinking that I was ready for college while being blind-sided by the amount of obstacles that I came to face. Now realizing the amount of responsibility that I have to accept, my situation of being a first-generation college student and my…

grade year. The Savannah trip, semi-formal, and moving on to high school in just one year. Eighth grade is that awkward time where boys are a big deal and girls are still trying to learn how to do their makeup correctly. I knew that this year was a big deal to me. I wanted nothing at all to get in my way. I just wanted this year to run as smoothly as possible. I knew I had a date to semi-formal.This was the biggest drama in middle school. I also was one of the only girls who had a boyfriend.…

higher education due to their ability to learn and succeed in school. McArdle and Conlin also argue that women today are leading to become more educated than men because of their ability to learn faster than men. The main cause of men not going to college is their biology of learning…

to the class and do exercises after that class. Therefore, since middle school, I’ve hate the morning when I have to wake up early for that class and do that stupid “dancing”. I remember that when I was studying in middle school in China, I was sober one or two days a week only because I got lie-in at some weekend, and I felt so comfortable and clearly of my brain. I could find any answer of any calculation and…

I’m going to start off by saying that I wasn’t a very logical kid in high school. I tried so hard to be someone I wasn’t. You defiantly can’t change the past, or even predict the future. But, you can control what you have right now. My grades in school started to get very bad. Because I wanted that I don’t care about school vibe to come off. I eventually failed every single one of my classes freshmen year of high school. The worst part was that I was a completely different person to my…

I once read a quote that stated, “Literacy is the most single significant skill needed to function effectively in school, work place, and society… it is vital to a successful education, career and quality of life.” I find this quote to be true especially in my personal life. I now realize how important it really is and what an impact it can have in a person. I remember teaching a 55 year old man to read and write; his self-esteem was so low he felt he could not function correctly in the work…

I was anxious because of the scary thought: if I was in regular high school, I would be graduation by next spring. It made me think about how short life really is and how much passes in a blink of an eye. I was scared and I am still scared. The reason why is because once I graduate, it would be me all alone in the real…