Mardela High School

never have to work a day in your life” is a philosophy many strive to follow. This quote from Confucius is something we always heard growing up, especially in high school. In high school is when everyone says that you need to decide what your life goals and aspirations should be. If you asked what I wanted to be my freshman year of high school I said a pediatric nurse, my sophomore year I said an accountant, my junior year I decided I wanted to be a teacher, and then my senior year I decided…

High school graduation is an exciting time for many students in America. After 13 years of attending school and taking challenging tests and courses, the moment to walk across the stage and receive a diploma awaits them. As wonderful as this time is for many people, it also comes with many struggles and hard ships. If people reminisced back to the beginning of their high school career, they could envision a nervous freshman walking awkwardly to his or her class. Following first year studies,…

In today’s society it is believed that education is the key to success, and compared to just 50 years ago a high school diploma just does not cut it anymore. It is expected by employers that applicants have at least bachelor’s degree for many professions. Given the high pace world that we live in today some students simply do not have the time or resources to go away to four-year universities. These students often turn to alternate forms of education, including community or for-profit colleges.…

grew up in a household, which valued reading but it wasn’t until I was in middle school that I truly fell in love with the liberal arts. My seventh grade English teacher used Shakespeare to exemplify the modern dramatic literature style. Her passion for teaching and fondness of classical works instilled an eagerness to explore further literature. My deep-seated appreciation for English became stronger in high school, as I discovered authors such as Dostoyevsky and Hardy. My interest in the…

sports were great for me as a child because I loved playing them and they were good camaraderie with peers. I would go on to play these sports throughout middle school, with tee-ball turning into baseball. These three sports are some of the main options for children in America, and are certainly among the most popular options. In middle school, the two main sports I played and enjoyed were basketball and soccer. As the years went by, I began to not like baseball as much and took a few years…

Being in high school can be a tough place without a group to back you up. High school has changed into this social hierarchy that feeds off the kids with insecurities and kids that are different. In most schools the Jocks and the pretty, popular girls are in charge and they get a say in who goes to the parties they go to and where they hang out, most of high school is structured to fit their needs and wants. A kid without many friends, a loner, has trouble finding people he/she can relate to.…

However, two of his younger brothers died in a boating accident. In addition to his brothers ' deaths, he lost his father not long after. Due to financial problems at home, Grandpa was unable to finish his education. He was forced to drop out of school at the age of 14 to…

One could assume that with a high focus on the policies surrounding high education, that the author views the value of college to be a necessity. The article advocates for the government to change its policies to help its students compete with other nations, increase the high school graduation rate, and expand access to college. The article even suggests that the current policies are to help businesses,…

inspiring how the lade Carnegie Mellon was able to positively acknowledge his reality and make it through with the lecture and be completely acceptable with the end of his life. Being Hispanic and born in the Dominican Republic, you are exposed to high levels of poverty that you can only escape by coming to the United States or by having good connections with major person that can get you in a good job. Other than that you might have a job, just not the job to put food on your table every week.…

Here I was once again at the beginning of a new school year. Just like previous years, I would lay awake all night because I was dreading to go back to school and when the time would be up for me to get ready I would be exhausted. Then the symptoms would start to kick in once I started thinking of going back to school from my summer vacation. There was something different about the beginning of this school year. All the fear I had for so many years started to build. This panic attack was a…