Secondary orality

Throughout my years at high school I never had the chance to meet someone who was a recovered alcoholic or had the chance to hear about someone that was impacted by alcohol. My parents often told me about how their parents use to drink and they were never around. This played a key role when picking my books because I wanted to hear firsthand about how alcohol could ruin and destroy a life. Furthermore, when looking at the human liberty selection I didn’t want to pick a book that dealt with…

Students should not drop out at early age or at age 18 for many reasons.Dropping out means leaving a school, college, university or group for practical reasons, necessities, or disillusionment with the system from which the individual in question leaves.Students that drop out of high-school are generally those that struggle to engage behaviorally and/or academically.Although, it is not entirely clear whether different types of contextual or self-system variables affect student’s engagement or…

When I first arrived here at Central Dewitt, I was homeless, not in the figurative sense of the word, but literally homeless. Central was my fourth high school in the span of two years, and at that point I couldn’t care less about my education. I was worn down and burnt out. I had spent my summer jumping from couch to couch. Homelessness is one of those things that you never expect to happen to you. I’m not exaggerating when I say that absolutely everyone takes what they have for granted.…

For my entire life I’ve been afraid of heights. The idea that you could fall from anywhere, at anytime was paralyzing for me, but until then I’ve never had to do anything so enabling of these fears. In the eighth grade, I started the new trimester off with a smile, and a jump in my step. As I sprung through the grey gym doors, I felt immobility stopping me while I widened my eyes. It was the rockwall. Wreathed in hand holds, and in that moment I felt I was falling from each. After an effective…

This isn’t going to be your typical personal statement. I won’t brag about getting straight A’s and B’s or joining every club in school, considering the fact that I didn’t. I was unlike the array of high school students who dreamed of what colleges they wanted to attend since freshman year. The ones who acquired the perfect grades and became involved with every activity the school offered. For myself, high school wasn’t so simple. With the daily issue of being bullied in school in addition to…

Studies have shown that the high school completion rate is affected by the family’s income/class. Children that came from an upper class family are more likely to get their high school diploma and continue their education with the financial help from their parents, by providing their children with tutors, higher quality education and more opportunities for after school activities which expands their horizons. Upper class only has a 2% drop out rate in high school. At this moment the…

With college tuition costs raising all over the country, it is becoming harder than ever before for families and students to be able to go to college. The increase is due to the state making budget cuts. Additionally tuition increases are also driven by energy and health care, which have risen faster than inflation. In today’s economy it does not have enough money for every single college student to receive financial aid. The Government needs to give college students financial aid, so when they…

I previously said on this blog that I would be writing about anything that is relevant in my life, so I figured I would start off my first post with a few important lessons I have learned recently. These important life lessons came in the form of an unofficial transcript. It's May right now which means one very important thing: finals. Whether you are in high school or in College it is a very stressful time for everyone. If you're like me, then you have most likely contemplated what your purpose…

Incoming Freshman at Gonzaga Prep I am looking forward to attending high school. All the movies make it seem so scary to go to high school, but I am excited and a bit nervous. I have many friends that either have attended or attend Gonzaga Prep and came out loving their experience and I hope I can too.I was definitely scared the first day of school because who is it a little nervous on the first day? Although Gonzaga Prep will be more challenging than the previous schools I went to. I am…

Free College? Is paying for college necessary? People now days are paying too much for college. They would literally charge you for anything. College should be free to attend. All students need an education, job, and or career. Not everybody can afford going to college therefore it should be free to attend. That way no student will have any type of excuse on why they dropped out and or didn’t attend college. Students need an education. But not all students can get an education. Most of the…