Secondary orality

I grew up in the “ghetto” town of Pacoima, California. Labeled as one of the most dangerous cities for it’s heavy gang activity and drug use. Despite it seeming like a difficult town to grow up in, I survived the best I could. I lived in a noisy, one room apartment. My parents were always loudly arguing over their differences. When they were both home, I learned to go study and do my homework at the library that was conveniently located across from the apartments. I always loved school, and I…

Today, most students will grumble and whine about the costliness of college, but their complaints are completely justifiable. Over the past decade, tuition fees have risen over 80 percent, and that isn’t all. College textbooks have also become more expensive, increasing over 79 percent in a matter of a decade (Kurtzleben, 2013). With the cost of college slowly increasing, how is the average student expected to pay for college without using more loans than needed? The solution is to lower tuition…

Being the first generation of my family to graduate from high school and attend college has been one of my major goals throughout my life. I was born on September 21, 1992 in Mexico City but raised in San Diego since the age of four. My mother was only sixteen years old when she had me raising me as a single mother, my mom has sacrificed her life to put a roof over my head. My childhood has not been easy, since I was a little girl I had to face many obstacles that has shaped me to become the…

Many school age children across the United States have been exposed or have taken part in some kind of marketing program while at school, whether they knew it or not. United State schools, in particular public schools, have partnered with food and beverage companies that children or teenagers love and have become the forefront in helping bombard students with commercial messages. However, there are mixed about whether it is right or wrong to market in schools. “Marketing in Schools”, is a case…

The College Catch Americans today often consider college an ultra-important stepping stone to success. Ivy League schools and top-notch tech schools have morphed into prerequisites for financial success and prestigious status symbols. For many students grades, standardized test scores, and even extracurricular activities all revolve around the need to enroll in a good college. Even board games hint college is absolutely necessary. Few players win the game LIFE without a college job card. After…

Turing a Past failure into success Being able to learn from a failure and turn it into success has changed my life forever. When I was a kid I was different then other kids. Learning was hard for me and I would get into conflicts with my parents all the time. They would try to teach me all kinds of learning techniques and I would get frustrated with every single one of them. Night after night my parent would worry that I was going to be living with them for the rest of their lives. I felt…

High school teachers are important to the world. They help teenagers learn the skills they need for the future. This is why it is so important to have people working these jobs. There is a lot that goes into becoming a high school teacher or a secondary education teacher and there is a lot of information that needs to be considered before going into this career. The information needed is the required education that is needed to become a high school teacher, the location and availability of jobs,…

When I first started high school, I truly thought that it would be a fresh start. My previous life in school surely wasn’t the easiest thing in the entire world. Junior High had just been one level of Hell after another. The people I was surrounded by weren’t the nicest. I quickly learned that they would take the side of whoever was stronger, so not me. This created many problems in my life, but the biggest one was named Ashley. Anyways, back to my freshman year of high school. I walk in the…

I am greatly honored to be one of the selected students who are being considered for the Spring induction of National Honor Society. As a current eleventh grade student, I believe that I have exceeded in demonstrating all four qualities of the National Honor Society. With my previous experience in the National Junior Honor Society, I have bestowed the ideals to my community as of the beginning of my middle school career. This has led me to take pride in the community around me and help create…

Junior year of high school is a tough one. You’re still trying to find yourself, yet you load up on courses and push to get straight A’s to impress those colleges out there. You begin to craft an application essay, learn more about each school, and narrow it down to a few choices so you can go visit them come spring time. Nope, that wasn’t me. I couldn’t find myself, and I was still in the early stages of planning out what I really wanted to do with my life. Didn’t care too much for school…