Personal High School Experience Essay

High school changes people. They express themselves, become opinionated, and they start to look at the world differently as they experience things they have never encountered before. A wise Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.” This quote is an excellent way to describe my experience in high school. I believe that Holmes’ quote is very accurate. At the beginning of my freshman year my friends and I were very alike; we…

It was the week of my high schools celebrate choir concert, so I knew sure as hell that I had no choice of being late. It was the most important concert of the year and included oodles of choreography and immense songs from movies and video games. While I was driving eagerly to school across Highway 13, I drifted across a big patch of black ice. I slammed on the breaks and the smell of burnt rubber filled…

unique high school experience has made me who I am today in the way it has molded me into a greater leader and student than I ever imagined I could be. Upon my entrance into high school I really had no clue who I was as a person and the amount of potential I had. I hardly knew anyone but my peers and teachers were so supportive and helpful it was almost hard to not prosper; I was able to learn how to convey my ideas within group settings in order to set plans in motion, and make the school a…

His High School Experience: Danny Gisher wasn’t exactly fond of high school. “I was a troublemaker. I didn’t try. It was just boring for me. The school was great. The teachers were great, it just wasn’t for me.” If Danny could go back he says he would have definitely tried harder. His Military Aspirations: Despite his father being in the Army for 13 years, Danny didn’t consider going into the military until his senior year. “I wanted to go to college, but I didn’t have anyway to pay for it…

As a high school senior, a person is exposed to a vast amount of opportunities that can alter their lifestyles and shape them for the future they acquire. Technology plays an important role in a high school senior’s life, which is why it is so important for the youth to be exposed to it at a younger age in order to help them adapt to the changes that come with it. Technology of all sorts plays a major role in every individuals life, which is why it is so important for the youth to be exposed to…

Woodring has given me several opportunities to engage with the larger Bellingham community. I was first able to more fully engage with Bellingham’s community through my practicum placement at Bellingham High School. My experience at the high school has brought me to three English Language Learner students. These students have become the brightest part of my week. While I do not share a language with these students, we have created a bond. I am able to mentor these students and provide for them…

“Every story has an end, but in life every ending is just a new beginning.” -Dakota Fanning This quote reflects my high school experience because I thought that once I finished middle school it would have been the end of my journey. Of course I was wrong, it was only the beginning. I thought it would only be just this one beginning, but I realized that it has been many new beginning as in making new friends, and meeting new and fantastic teachers. As well as being exposed to many amazing…

My high school experience at High Point High School began as frustrating then it became positive. Being academically independent, since elementary school, I did not feel that high school was going to be a major difference, but I did not take into consideration of a new ambiance with new challenges. One thing that remained the same was the fact that I was always reserved and I stayed to myself. I thought that in high school I was going to be able to leave my shell and be more outgoing. I was…

was blowing gently, the green grass swung lightly, my friends and I ran and laughed on the playground. I always dreamed of this dreamland when I was in junior high school after I fell out with my friends. The image, which also reminds me of the belief that I was so sure of before is not true. When I entered junior high school, I had several friends. At the very start, we discussed our homework or some questions and played together during extracurricular time, we spent a splendid time.…

fact that, as a high school student, I was always left out of activities because I was different from others since I worked extremely hard on my studies. I pursued my education in a small, public high school nestled in the suburbs, and education wasn’t a top priority among most of my peers. As an inevitable result, no one understood me, and I felt excluded from the rest of my class. When I came here, I expected my social life to be similar to that of my high school experience. I anticipated…