English 121N4 February 22‚ 2011 Unit 1 Paper “What High School Is‚” is a chapter from a book called Horace’s Compromise: The Dilemma of American High School‚ and was written by Theodore R. Sizer in 1984. Mr. Sizer starts the chapter out with a story of a typical boy named mark who is in the eleventh grade. In this story the author describes in detail how Mark spends one of his time blocked days in high school. Mr. Sizer feels it is important to analyze how Mark spends his time because
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You can go to college‚ military or the working field depending on your preference. When we’re in high school‚ we have to raise our hand and ask to use the restroom‚ go to the office to make any phone call no matter how important it may be and have ridiculous dress code rules. You are treated like a child from kindergarten all the way up to senior year and yet they expect you to make the most important decision of your life then. One thing that people do straight out of high school is go directly
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Every school you attend is going to have different types of groups or as most people call them “cliques” no matter where you go‚ all schools have them. These are small groups of kids with common interests and who have lots of things in common. The types of “cliques” you associate yourself with are always so important to kids these days. Being a part of a popular “clique” usually brings you up on the social scale and that’s what so many kids focus on. It always matters who you hang out with‚ what
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When I went to high school‚ I had a lot of fun. Maybe a little too much fun for my own good. I can still remember going to parties and staying out late with girls I liked. We would sneak booze in soda bottles wherever we went. I played a few sports and did alright based on my natural talent. School wasn’t too hard and I got A’s and B’s with just a couple C’s over my four year career. By the end of my senior year I was ready to move on to a new chapter in my life with college. My 3.5 grade
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We Real Cool By: Gwendolyn Brooks The Pool Players. Seven at the Golden Shovel. We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon. Shall I compare thee to a summers day? By: William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May‚ And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines
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The Importance of High School High school is the final experience for students during their K-12 years. While many go on to college or technical school‚ high school represents the end of formal education for many students. High school also is a kind of “launching pad” into adult life. Students mature a great deal during these later teenage years‚ developing important work habits and attitudes as they become more independent. However‚ while many high schools give a good education‚ some things
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African Americans in the early 1950s were not allowed to go to public swimming pools‚ use public restrooms‚ visit the zoo‚ or be enrolled in public schools. Around this time‚ the United States began to understand what was wrong with segregation which eventually led to the Civil Rights Movement. Along with all other movements‚ the Civil Rights Movement had to be started off by an event. The Little Rock Nine’s admittance to Central High School was seen as this start. In 1957‚ Arkansas state powers
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Background A heated topic of debate among many parents and public high schools is sex. Further‚ what message would distributing condoms at high school say about sex? A majority of parents would agree that it sends a negative message out to impressionable teenagers‚ that being sexually active is socially acceptable and even expected. In Seventeen Magazine the article “Sexual Reality” by Anne Fearon it states that most school officials‚ and even doctors agree‚ that it does not send that message
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MWF 10-10:50 Feb. 26 2013 Choosing the Next Step Thinking about what school you’re going to send your children too can be a tough choice. You don’t want to take them away from their friends. But you do want them to get the best education possible to prepare them for college. Well I may have a solution for you. How would you feel if I told you there was a high school conveniently located in your neighborhood? A school that offers many extra-curricular activities‚ and also provides career pathways
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Extending High School. I don’t think high school should be extended to five years. Many students can barely make it past the first couple years. If high school is extended‚ then there will be an increase in the number of student dropouts. There will be a decrease in the number of high school graduates. Many students don’t like school‚ so an additional year may just be too much. Eventually‚ they will decide to drop out. More conflict will arise for those students who do not get along well with
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