embedded only in the senior class. The symptoms are well recognized by the faculty; tardiness‚ little to no work completed in class‚ turning in assignments late‚ and an overall lethargic attitude rapidly spread from student to student as the end of the school year nears. Unfortunately‚ the repercussions of their actions are not as innocent as some seniors like to believe. Senioritis has short-term as well as long-term damage on their academic attainment such as loss of college acceptance‚ difficulties
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On a gloomy February day in 2013‚ I was set to meet my high school counselor for the first time. My mom and I arrived at Niles West and found ourselves waiting in the guidance counselor’s office to decide my classes for freshman year. “Jason?” My head tilted up. “I can meet with you now” my counselor said with an inviting smile. Going into the meeting‚ I was dead set on taking a debate class in order to be on the debate team. My dream in eighth grade was to be a lawyer‚ and I thought being in
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tears buried in my pillow‚ asking myself why didn’t they pick me ? "why aren’t I good enough ?!". Making the school Basketball team is something that was a very huge goal for me at the start of every school year‚ and a motive at the start of every summer.Till this day I haven’t made neither my middle school nor high school Basketball team‚ I’ve only came very close. My freshman year of high school is where it hurt the most. I had finally started to get a
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High school is a different experience for everyone. The first three years really blend together and do not seem important‚ but senior year is completely different. Freshman year was full of confusion‚ learning an array of new things. Sophomore year was where life started to get fun and you “belonged” in the high school. Junior year was where you see the little light at the end of the tunnel‚ but it was filled with anxiety and frustration. Senior year is where it all becomes worth it and the rest
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Ways That Would Motivate High School Students Marie A. Jones Walden University Ways That Would Motivate High School Students In today’s world the average hHigh sSchool student is faced with many challenges in finding ways to keep them motivated to complete their classes successfully. My position regarding the most effective way that I believe will motivate students is‚ what motivation is and the part it plays when it comes to students. From our assignment reading‚ “Cyberschools”
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OPRF high school is brimming with diverse cliques‚ groups‚ and clubs. But one particular cohort seems to stand out from the rest. The theatre department‚ overseen by Michelle Bayer‚ can be described as a whirlwind of activity‚ with 10 official productions each year. My group researched it for the education unit‚ but the majority of them were unfamiliar with the activity‚ and I felt the overall presentation was unrepresentative of what high school theatre is. It can be characterized‚ primarily‚ by
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an theoretical school district‚ school‚ and a classroom as examples of the ideal that our educational system should strive to achieve. The philosophy my schools will be based on is one of equality. Every single child will have an opportunity to receive the best possible education. However‚ we will never lower our standards for the sake of equality. Each child will be pushed to his or her personal best‚ not an average standard. Before talking about what goes on inside the schools‚ I’d like to mention
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attend a good school that is well operated‚ such in the way that they teach the right materials‚ and is properly funded so one can get the most out of the learning experience. Some schools may be funded differently because of their location and previous history on academics. Here in America‚ many schools are different from those from other countries. Authors such as Eleanor J. Bader‚ Jonathan Kozol‚ and Anu Partanen address issues about students and
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Foreign Language in High School Does freedom of speech include the choice of what language you learn in school? Many high schools are only offering Spanish as the sole foreign language. Gone are the days when students could choose what language to learn second to English. The schools have taken this choice away from our youth‚ due to the number of Spanish speaking people in this county. It is important for us to as a global society to offer multiple languages in high schools. If students are given
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Succeed in School Being a high school student with a fair amount of experience and observation in the field of achieving good grades with minimal effort‚ I should like to bestow upon current and future high school students some advice that may lead to their success. Before doing so‚ I would like to make clear that I do not necessarily endorse these methods. It is just observed that the application of these methods is shown to have worked with some of the most highly ranked high school students‚
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