Congress should require all future U.S. high school graduates to spend one year in service to their country before college. Support 1: If we had graduated high school students spend a year in service‚ the streets would be much safer. With all of the new civilian service participators‚ the streets would have much more protection. We would have high school students patrolling the streets of neighborhoods and there would be much more protection. Support 2: Graduated students would get good experience
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Fremont the School of Nightmares Jonathan Kozol’s “Fremont High School” describes the tragedies of Fremont High and how the staff and students are affected. Kozol shows Fremont High School a school in LA. He explains the squalor conditions both staff and students have to put up with. He discusses everything from the student count to bathrooms all with supporting details and first-hand accounts. He presents Fremont as a failure of the highest degree for a place of education. He shows the inequality
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Journal Entry #1 Most of my high school experience has not been pleasant. I have struggled with depression and anxiety‚ as well as physical health problems since the end of sixth grade. My attitude and attendance in school have been inconsistent up until the end of last year; my second junior year. Up until that moment‚ I thought that school was a complete waste of time‚ and that the only thing our education system was meant to do was condition people to give up their individualism and turn them
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Middle school is over and it is time to enter the “fastest four years of our lives.” High school is supposedly filled with endless adventures and challenges‚ but how can I feel satisfied that all of my goals were accomplished? While in middle school‚ school began and ended a half an hour after that in high school‚ we took yellow buses instead of Septa‚ and the grading system was not as strict. Even though there are changes to get used to and overcome‚ before I reach the end of my senior year I want
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High school is the time in our lives to begin exploring options and figure out who we are as individuals‚ and where we want to go. It is a pathway that guides us to whatever our future holds‚ but it is also full of commotion‚ which would transform the slightest bit of misunderstanding into arguments and violence. I recall a classmate of mine transferring school due to a fallacious rumor of him stealing. There was no proof; just words from people who “claim” they believe it were him. Far too many
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In my previous Academic History I went to Cape May County Technical High School. Throughout my high school career I was a very contentious student. I study very hard and put a lot of effort into my school work. In high school I really enjoyed getting involved. My Sophomore year I managed the swim team which I continued to do until I graduated. My Junior year is where I found my love for cross country. I ran both my junior and senior year and it really helped me mentally and taught me that anything
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Gonzaga College High School‚ known as a multitude of things. From the public eye‚ it is an all boys college preparatory school located in Washington‚ DC and one of the most prestigious schools in the country. For almost every boy in the DMV area‚ it is their number one school they want to attend for high school. For girls‚ it is an establishment concentrated with boys that range from athletes and brains to artists and elites. For some current students‚ Gonzaga is the best place on earth and
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that is noticeable on my high school transcript. From the start of my freshman year until the end of my junior year‚ it is evident through analysis of my transcript that I have been an above average student consistently throughout my high school career. However‚ starting at around August 2010‚ problems arose in my family of which I believe made it impossible for me to continue my 100% focus on school. Halfway into my senior year‚ my father was laid off from his job. Since he was the only source
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A DIFFICULT DECISION I HAD TO MAKE My endoscopy results showed that I had hiatal hernia and a stomach ulcer‚ the culprits behind the awful pain I had been experiencing after taking in solid or liquid food. At the hospital‚ my doctor shared his similar experience and recovery‚ which forced him out of school for two years. My mother’s expression confirmed her support for my recovery at home. Although I found the situation complex‚ I decided to stay home and not risk academic failure during my recovery
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Lerner‚ in his essay‚ establishes himself as a graduate of a high school debate team looking back on his experiences in public speaking. He begins by demonstrating the way that high school debate is an extremely stressful environment that looks almost cultic to the untrained eye. The prime example of this perceived cultic activity would be the spread; a style of debate focused on presenting more arguments in the allotted time than the defense could possibly refute. Lerner‚ while spreading during
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