My Bad Experiences in High School Essay

Challenging. Adventure. Rewarding. Life Changing. Those are four adjectives that describe my eighth grade year. Like every year, I expect the year to have its flaws. I know the school year isn't going to be perfect, and I know that not everything is going to go how I wish it would. The song “Good Riddance” (Time of Your Life) is the perfect description of my school year. Eighth grade was a year that I will never forget. I had the many challenges that I had to overcome, and I learned more about…

someone else. My pursue in nursing, first initiated when I was young and my grandfather had a stroke. Soon after graduating high school, I became a medical assistant, which gave me more experience in the actual medical field and lastly the great demand of nurses in the field. The first time I truly touched a person’s life, was the surprisingly fulfilling. A feeling of accomplishment and self-worth spread throughout my body. My first experience came when I was…

In Chapter Three, “Pressure”, the author, Alexandra Robbins argues that the pressure that American high school students are facing is dangerous to student’s well-being. In this chapter, Robbins exposes the amount of pressure that is being put on high school students today to get into a good university and succeed in life. Not only in this country, but also in East Asia. Robbins uses East Asia as an example of the dangerous effects of too much pressure being placed on a minor. In East Asia, the…

During my immigration from Pakistan to America I was very excited about foreign education and about new lifestyle. In Pakistan I was a bright student, I went to college in Pakistan for one year as an Engineering student and also did exams and passed all my classes with flying colors. At the day I went home early and mother gave a one good news about our immigration to America. At that point, me and my family members were so, much happy and excited. We did our packing and collecting all our…

have to overcome to move up. Had my parents not come to the United States when I was a child, I would have not had an opportunity get out of poverty. If I stayed in Mexico my possibility to have gone to get an formal education would have been less, considering the cost of school and education quality in Mexico is not affordable or good. My parents came from a lower middle class family in Mexico. Our grandparents owned their homes. My dad is a U.S. citizen. My mom wasn't…

was just the valedictorian of the senior class during my freshman year of high school. But to little freshman me, she was my idol. It may sound over the top, but in the academically-competitive environment of my high school, Sophia Lugo was worshipped by many. Or perhaps just overly-ambitious me. She was known for being incredibly intelligent and well-rounded: not only was she number one in her class, she had leadership positions in many school activities, participated in state and national…

multicultural health that pertains to my culture. In the first area of discussion I will describe my cultural background within myself, family, and community. Second, area of discussion will pertain to the impact the culture had on health. Third, area we will exchange my own personal experiences with culture and health. Fourth, area we will describe aspects of my own culture that influenced my current health and status. The fifth and final area I will describe my own experience with the health…

supportive in my academic growth, they allowed for growth and learning in other aspects of life which did play a role in developing who I am and how I learn. During class time, I typically would walk around town with a few other students. We would socialize and did normal stupid kid things which we made mistakes and learned from. I was able to use the time to explore social groups within my school and figure out who I am and what type of person I am. I am still friends with 3 students from my…

People always thought working at McDonald’s is lame, but it depends. For teen-agers, who go to school regularly and don’t have any working experiences, McDonald’s won’t be a bad choice. However, there are some arguments against it due to the long hours and highly structured job without any creativities. In fact, this fast-food chain has flexible schedules, teaches youngsters responsibility and can help teens develop skills which are beneficial for their future career. McDonald’s gives its staff…

that I did. My parents gave me everything I wanted, from the newest iPhone, to a car by sophomore year. I thought I had everything, I acted like I had everything, but I didn’t know the reality from where everything was coming from. My parents didn’t have an education, they didn’t even graduate high school, they weren’t even together but I did know that they were both waking up at 3:00am and getting home till 8:00 PM. I also knew they were never at my performances or my award shows, but my…