Secondary succession

Take a moment to think about education from, let’s say, thirty years ago. When a student finished high school said student was able to get a good job maybe have a family. In the past a high school diploma was not taken for granted, a high school diploma was a big deal. Sadly over the last decade or so the value of a high school education has fallen. Next college was a valuable level of education for a young person. College was considered valuable and employers stressed having a college degree…

driving cause for the achievement gap are with the segregation and poverty. Reform is needed to make sure that every student has a fair opportunity with growth to our economy. But it doesn’t stop there the gap continues amongst the colleges with secondary education. Funding isn’t based on the need it is based on how many students enroll in their school and how much money they can collect off of their students as well. The funding process continues to widen the gap instead of improve our broken…

Is going to college worth the debt? College takes you through the building blocks of matter, to the workings of Congress, to the United Nations, to the local school board, to an archaeological dig in Harvard Yard. In our society, a college degree has become more of a necessity rather a privilege or option. Statistics have shown that a college graduate is more likely to succeed and a college degree can help you land a good career, become financially stable, and help you to continue to be…

There are three main levels of school starting with Primary, than Secondary, and lastly Tertiary. In the U.S. there are five main levels of education. There is first Primary like in Argentina, than Middle, Secondary, Vocational, and lastly Tertiary. Primary Education starts off in first grade and goes to sixth grade for six years. When kids start off in first grade they are usually at the…

marriage at a young age and have children before they reach 15. One of Malala’s friends, who wanted to become a doctor, was forced into this situation. This is why Malala is donating the Nobel Peace Prize money to the Malala Fund. She wants to build secondary schools for girls in underprivileged places. She says “this is where I begin, but not where I will stop.” (Yousafzai). She speaks on others who have brought change such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, and also others who have…

Growing up, I lived in quite a few places as a result of my parents’ divorce. The neighborhood I lived most of my life, and still live in, is in New Market, Maryland. I live with my father on a tranquil golf course surrounded by large evergreens, close to a large lake known as Lake Linganore. I have always loved living here, especially when the wind would pick up and breeze through the trees and the crisp blades of the manicured grass. My favorite activity is to walk with my dog along the…

Each morning, many kids and teens alike look in their closet and carefully or carelessly pick out an outfit, with no restrictions placed on their self-expression through clothes. Some, however, have limited or no freedom in what they wear. School uniforms have always been considered a controversial issue. Teachers and faculty continue to support dress codes while many students resist the steady increase in uniforms that is occurring in schools today. Both sides of the argument are well…

Security cameras punctuate the perimeter of my school, a black fence separates the outside world from my secured campus, and police officers are staples of my everyday experience, and yet, they put me at ease. With the increased publicity and frequency of school shootings, such devices allow hundreds of schools like mine to promote their students’ senses of safety and their faculty’s sense of control about what goes on within the school. While many schools have adopted methods similar to those…

My childhood was quite ordinary as well as atypical. My childhood could be defined by the two words, ‘carefree’ and ‘dance’. I had started dancing at the age of 4, and took dance very seriously, taking as many as three classes per week, and participating in various competitions. While my classmates were busy taking classes outside of school going to math, English, and science tutors, I spent majority of my outside-school time dancing and preparing for upcoming competitions. At school, my…

Education has become an elusive process since it’s no longer possible to teach at a constant pace for every student. As a result, advanced placement (AP) courses have allowed for gifted high school students to participate at the collegiate level. However, with increasing amounts of AP courses and their incentives of earning college credit in high school has constructed a false sensation that students are benefiting greatly, when in reality, they’re causing massive amounts of stress for little…