Penncrest High School

until my senior year of high school, that I realized that I was somehow different from most of my classmates. What made this difference was a plastic card that read on top “United States of America Permanent Resident Card”. At this moment was when I became aware that I’ll be facing an additional obstacle that most student in my class wouldn’t encounter – being undocumented. Research has shown that from the small percentage of undocumented students who complete high school, only 5-10% are…

UW-Parkside. Well we all know that, it’s not that easy. If I want to accomplish my goal and dream, I have to work so had behind to get high GPA, so I have to work so hard towards every singles classes with high expectation grades. In this century, it’s way easy to say about our goals and dreams but its way hard to reach and achieve them. While I was in high school, I was an intelligent student. Not only that, I used to join so many competitions such as, running, writing, singing the national…

was in Junior High School, I was in Honors English; however, I always felt quite indifferent towards Language Arts. I was twenty-six years old by the time, I returned to school and desperately trying to rush through the study material, as I was required to pass seven tests just to be accepted into an accredited college course. After passing all four tests, Reasoning Through Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Mathematical Reasoning, I received my Certificate of High School Equivalency in…

class. I had the experience of learning how some of the students think and process information, their likes and dislikes and connecting with them one on one. This journal entry is from October 7th and October 8th. Right before I arrived to the school on Tuesday, the students had just left music class. They told me how fun and exciting it was but I could tell Ms. Diffey wasn’t too thrilled about it. She told me that it cut into their English time during the day. Due to this situation, Ms.…

introduced the bell curve was surprisingly interesting to me. The conclusion of my senior year my AP psychology teacher had me to create a final project. The project was a children 's story based off of different terms we learned during the course of the school year, I received a 100 on the assignment. Resulting in the exceptional score on my final project, as well as the passing score on my AP exam which aided in receiving college credit for the general psychology course at NC A&T SU. The…

Napavine Jr. Sr. High School, just like every other educational institution, has multiple stakeholders with whom we must deal. The challenges we face are the close proximity of our small school to the majority of community members and parents, and the intimacy and long-term shared experiences between staff, parents and students. While this creates a large familial bond, like any family, issues arise when people on all sides find themselves in a situation that requires a decision that might…

College is a big part of life for a lot of people. Not only is a lot of time invested in making it through school by attending class and doing homework, but a lot of time is also spent on picking which college to go to. In Andrew Delbanco’s newspaper article “A Smug Education,” which was published by The New York Times on March 8, 2012, Delbanco urges that notorious colleges should stop encouraging their students to take excessive amounts of pride in which college they go to. Delbanco explains…

comprehensive tract the students test over a much larger area of study, whereas a compulsory tract breaks the areas into smaller parts allowing for a much superior degree of absorption of the materials. Another aspect that stands missing in the American school systems happens to be the lack of encouragement of the imagination, without challenging a child’s mind beyond the standardized test scores, children are losing the ability to reflect outside of the box at an earlier age (Williams). With…

In many high schools across America you can hear the same resounding chant in the halls: “I hate school!” Even those who are doing well, as in have high letter grades and are ‘succeeding’ in school, are not exempt from this view. I have heard many people say after high school, “I love learning, but I hate school.” Learning and understanding new concepts is something people strive to do throughout their lives but in a school environment where grades are the most important part of the education…

Children think that it would be easier and more relaxed than regular school. Both think that you will come out of it with the same amount of knowledge and skills as you would get from a regular school experience. These, however, are common misconceptions. What these families do not realize is that homeschooling is stressful for parents, difficult for the children and that children can miss key things you that you gain from attending school. Most parents do not understand the stress that comes…