09 January 2013 High School Reflection Draft Nearing the end of my senior year is pretty bitter sweet. On one hand I’m very excited to finally be done and able to move on to the next chapter of my life. But on the other‚ I’m nervous that soon I will be out on my own and having to support myself. High school gives you memories that you will never forget‚ whether they are good ones or bad. When I look back on the last three and a half years I spent at Peoria‚ there are many life lessons
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High school experience When you start a new school or start a new grade you have all these emotions that run threw your head that may stress you out. When I started high school I had some problems along the way one of the problems I had was getting to school and class on time. Another thing that I had a problem with was all the homework and projects. The last thing that I worried about was making friends. After my first year at Brien McMahon high school I moved across town and went to another school
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stereotypical American schooling pyramid. I was the kid who had a few friends from a certain group that I would hang out with and a few others from another group. I would constantly be trying to find friends to be with in elementary school all the way up to high school. It took me all 12 years of my schooling to realize that everywhere you go some factor of you will ostracized by someone else. People would always make excuses as to why our friendships didn’t work out ‚ either it be I was too small
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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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life that might not be easy to forget: a triumphant match‚ the first kiss from our love‚ a school reunion‚ and the first time we are wronged by our teacher or parents‚ a time we have to choose between our consciences and our desires‚ and so on. For me‚ those things around me‚ I will never forget them but my most unforgettable experience is moments behind my high school life. It is indeed true that high school life is the most unforgettable experience in our teenage life. We have had unforgettable
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Did you know high school dropouts average income by education is over $6‚000 less than a person with a person with a high school diploma? People who graduate high school earn more money than someone who drops out. People who dropout are more likely to have negative impacts over the course of their life‚ and dropping out has more risks and effects that staying in school does. All people should have to stay in school until they 18. To begin with‚ people who graduate school have a higher average income
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In It to Win It In the essay‚ “The Joy of Graduating” by Kate Stone Lombardi‚ describes the traditional high school valedictorian competition with the most prestigious students. The fight for the position of valedictorian has intensified over the years. Danielle Gorman‚ an elected valedictorian at Moorestown High School in New Jersey‚ was quoted by Lombardi of the qualifications and standards it took to become valedictorian. The traits Gorman describes common to valedictorians were taking on too
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"High School" High school is a place where young teens learn to become mature and responsible. It is a place where students get trained to take on bigger challenges in life. Obstacles such as college. From my own personal experiences‚ high school didn’t seem that way. Students were more concerned about getting a passing grade then about what they were taught. They would even cheat their way out of high school. This would prepare them for college. My freshman year of high school‚ I was in a
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In Seven Ways High School Prepares You for Failure‚ Kelsey Diaz explains why high school English is a “lie.” She had to learn a different way of writing‚ because the structure taught‚ 5- paragraph essay‚ was not very helpful when writing in college. Diaz blames the “standardized test” system for the way teachers teach and what materials need to be covered. There are a lot of “rules” college students will break when writing in college. It all goes back to writers being unique and having different perspectives
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My high school experience would not have been complete without swimming. I have been swimming since the age of 9‚ and I have learned many valuable lessons from this activity. I tried numerous sports from a young age‚ and found that swimming was the single sport that I excelled in‚ but not without hard work. As high school progressed‚ I continued to swim and to make important relationships with the swimmers on the team‚ and the coach. During my senior swim season‚ the team voted on a captain and I
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