Penncrest High School

Achievements & Drugs As most of us assume, students succeed and prosper through school to become something they 've always wanted to be. Unfortunately, many students begin to slack off of their school work and begin to fall in the wrong direction. Drugs take a high toll on students. Some use them to forget things or get a feel of calmness to ease them. Students may later become addicted to any type of drug they 've taken. It is no good for them but it is what they 've adapted to. For example,…

Defending: Schools, under high schools, should have the right to ban cell phone use during the school days because of less concentration, less physical communication, and less patience. Cell phone is the easiest access item of distraction from learning in a class. Since cell phone is small and able to play without any noise, students would use for unrelated subject in a class. Especially if you are not interested in a subject, you want to avoid listening a lecture and do something else…

that high school graduates are missing the necessary “gear that ought to find its way into every graduates cognitive backpack”(17). In his article, Levine explains in four main sections what he calls “The four I’s [of his essential cognitive backpack…] Interpretation, Instrumentation, Interaction, and Inner Direction.”(17). In Levine’s first section of the article “Interpretation”, Levine begins his argument with an anecdote about a student who is struggling in college because in high school…

art. If you cut arts out of schools, you cut arts out of the future. The future looks dim for the arts and we can change that today. Even though some people believe that schools need the money they use during cutbacks, schools still need to keep performing arts in schools because it gives students a creative outlet, it prepares students who want to pursue careers in the performing arts, and it gives students confidence and a sense of pride in themselves and in their school. Performing arts…

It was a cold December morning in 2005, I woke up getting ready for high school like I did every morning. This morning was very different though and my life changed forever. As I ironed my clothes that I planned to wear that day, I blacked out. My mother happened to be talking to me at the time and it scared her very much. She said, “My facial expression just changed and I fell with the iron still in my hand”. Thankfully, I did not burn or hurt myself when I fell. I was not out for a long period…

The first time when school uniforms were adopted was not in America, but in England in 1222. Students at school were required to wear robe-like outfit called a ‘cappa clausa.’ Later, school uniforms became associated with public schools and preparatory schools. At this time, the uniforms that they wore were incredibly formal. They were required to wear a black top hat and tails as their uniform up until 1972. Today, many students are required to wear school uniforms all around the world. Not…

opportunities to do so. My mom only did one extracurricular activity in high school and that was swim team and she was only able swim because her friends also swam and their parents could give my mom a ride. She had no access to transportation because her parents didn’t care enough to drive her to practice. They didn’t see the importance of extracurricular activities. Without a carpool, she would have never been able to do that activity. Schools offer opportunities for students to participate in…

a very privileged lifestyle my reasoning for attending college is different from most. I am not in college because I want the opportunity to make a lot of money, or even because I value education. My reasoning is based on my wants to prove a point, high recognition in the long run, and pressure held over me. Due to my parents being so young and known for their irresponsibility, and also a family background that holds a line of strong black men and women who lived their life working any job that…

The Sunday School Easter program was about to begin at Bethesda Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. For my last time speaking in front of the congregation before leaving for Tennessee State University (TSU), I was charged with introducing the speaker of the program. As I stood in front of hundreds of people to recite the introduction that I wrote, I was confident and thoughts of how far I had come since giving my life to Christ ran thru my mind. My spiritual journey began when I was about 5…

Each sport is predominately played by males, even though women have now proven that they can play the sports also. Instead of baseball, high school and college women athletes play softball, which is played with different rules. Both sports require each team to wear the same uniform with a number and their last name on the back. Normally both sports have their team wear two different uniforms…