Penncrest High School

of The Massachusets School Board in 1848, nowadays, there still are big problems that we need to work on such as cost of textbooks, teacher credibilities, and boredom. In his Report No.12 of The Massachussets School Board, Horace Mann emphasized the vital roles of Intellectual Education and Political Education in society. Mann believed only intellectual education can abridge the gap…

Many of us always want to win and be “number one”. We feel as if being “number two” is the end of the world, but it is not. People want to be the best but that takes hard work and commitment. Being ultra-competitive can keep us from enjoying life and we can lose sight of what is meaningful. When we are focused on winning all of the time, we do not accept losing and when we do lose, we beat ourselves up for it. In reality when we lose, we do not lose because we learn from that experience.…

but had a passion for it. Every year that had passed i’ve gotten better at the sport. Now here I am a senior in high school, three year varsity starter and team captain. I love the game of football, I have so much fun playing and practicing it, but I have more failures than successes in the sport. This year is my 8th year playing and never have I won a pre-teen championship or a High School state championship. I have more wins than losses in the sport, but none of those wins have came when it…

the functionalities of Haitian Americans within the American education system, but once I began to search the different databases , there was little to no literature on the topic. So therefore I then selected a different research topic, Same Sex Schools and how the environment affected learning outcomes. However, that research topic fell into my lap as I searched the OneSeach database and found lots of material posted about the topic. In the end, that topic was not of much interest to me…

From Adolescence to Adulthood: Writing at the College Level Well known for her research and publications on student writing, Nancy Sommers—now Harvard’s Expository Writing Program Director—discusses revision strategies in the journal College Composition and Communication. Throughout this essay, I will be focusing on three articles: “Revision Strategies of Student Writers and Experienced Adult Writers” (1980), “Between the Drafts” (1992), and finally, “the Novice as Expert” (2004) which she…

looking at the problems we face now, and look ahead to the things we can do in the future to supplement our students with a better educational experience. There are many that argue that moving school start times later would be too costly. However, a study prepared by the Hamilton Project, called “Organizing Schools to Improve Student Achievement: Start Times, Grade Configurations, and Teacher Assignments” weighs the costs and benefits of the change, and wants to make sure they are heard on the…

I was in the 7th grade just living my life. It was towards the end of the school year and we were at recess. It was a beautiful day outside without a cloud in the sky. We were playing a nice game of kickball. I remember things leaning up to what happened but not exactly what caused what I am about to say. There was this girl that…

When I think of the American Dream I think about using education as a means to rise above what you came from. It doesn’t necessarily mean being filthy rich or famous but living comfortably and being able to enjoy certain luxuries and indulgences (i.e. travelling, going out to eat, taking vacations, having your own car, owning a home, etc.) without worrying about how you are going to pay the bills next month. In terms of education the American Dream still exists. Many people are still going to…

School suspension has been a method used for over 100 years and still is an ongoing form of punishment. This practice’s purpose is and always has been to aid students feel safe and valued. School suspension varies on the behavior of a student and the principal 's view of the issue. A student is capable of facing in and/or out of school suspension depending on the trouble. A student is usually punished in school suspension when he/she has attendance issues or is using foul language. Out of school…

over designer jackets, then our public schools should be able to require school uniforms"(Woolley). Former President Ronald Reagan said this in 1996 during his presidency. The issue of schools across The United States of America having mandated school uniforms has been on the rise, but the controversy over whether or not uniforms actually accomplish anything is far from over. School uniforms first originated in Baltimore, Maryland at Cherry Hill Elementary School in 1987, believing that it…