Personal High School Experience Essay

My personal philosophy is to be accepting. For example, I am in Peer Connections, a class where students help in the Special Education classrooms at Pioneer. I help teach students with multiple cognitive and physical impairments during 5th hour everyday. This class has allowed me to spread acceptance through our school as I share my experiences and recruit others for the class and the corresponding club, which I am also a part of. As a member of the Project Unify club, I help make sure that…

think getting a part-time job before completing high school is ideal? Although many parents believe children should not work while they are in school, allowing high-school students to work while they are in school will help them develop some experience, responsibility, and better future career. As a high-school student with a job, I can speak from my countless experiences and excitement. I worked on the weekends and after school while I was in high school, and still manage to graduate in the top…

to historical events” play a huge role in social history perspective (Altenbaugh, R). In this essay, I will share how my personal experiences have even been related, changed, and/or affected by historical events. As I have progressed through my personal educational timeline, I have become much more familiar with the similarities and differences associated with past experiences. These similarities and differences are known for the impacts on my education today. Many individuals do not take the…

1. Explain the strengths or skills that you have and how they contribute to either academic or personal accomplishments? My academic strengths include mathematical and technological skills. I am skilled at problem solving and calculating numbers. I am able to achieve good grades in my math classes and be apart of the National Junior Honor Society. My technological skills come from my contribution to the robotics club. In the robotics club I use simple and complex wiring structures to build…

In the spring of 2017, I was elected as Thompson Fall’s High School Student Body President. In receiving my new position, I was deemed an official leader. Students came to me with their ideas and concerns regarding our school and extracurricular programs. I put their wants into action by making renovations on the high school’s out dated activities. I constructed team building experiences through group projects and gave new life to the meaning of being scholastically involved. Through my role…

Should students be required to take a personal finance class to graduate? Finances are an important part of life. You have to make money to be able to buy the things you need and want, but you also need to be able to manage your finances well to be able to do that. Have you ever asked yourself questions like how will I do my taxes? How much does groceries for the week cost? If something broke, what do I do if I do not have enough money to fix it? These are just a few of the things we don’t…

Part 1: What experiences – personal, professional, and/or educational – have shaped your motivation to pursue a teaching career in an urban district, and to teach the specific content/grade level to which you applied? Part 2: What is something specific to the content/grade level to which you applied that you believe is worthwhile for students to learn, and why? How might you engage students in the teaching and learning of this knowledge or skill? Motivating Experiences Essay 1 I am particularly…

of students in high school have no idea about how to pay bills, why employers take out payroll taxes, or how to save money for big purchases or retirement. We need to start having these conversations now so your student will be prepared for their financial future. This could explain why there are so many American families that are struggling and making it pay check to pay check and there seems to be no way out. They were never taught how to manage money and had to learn personal finance…

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…

A growing problem in high schools today is there is not enough preparation for seniors to enter college with confidence. Many administrators overlook this problem because once the students graduate, they are not the problem of the school anymore. This issue should be brought to the high school senior’s attention before they experience serious issues in college and make costly mistakes. That is why students should be taught how to study correctly and get real world experience before graduating.…