Frank Smyser Woods‚ 10:15 6/14/14 Literary Analysis “Life After High School” The short story‚ “Life After High School” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is set in the small town of South Lebanon‚ New York in 1959. The first three quarters of the story is the tragic tale of one-sided love where Zachary Graff‚ the intelligent but socially awkward teenager falls in love with Sunny Burhman‚ the attractive and popular girl that everyone adores. She rejects his proposal and he can’t take it and decides to
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My secret passion is art. I have always been athletic. If you ask anybody who knows me to describe me they would say either‚ “athletic”‚ or “fast.” Sports are something that has always taken up the majority of my life. Do not get me wrong. I love sports‚ especially softball it’s what I am hoping to get a big chunk of my schooling paid for but after that I just want to look back on them‚ and say that was a great part of my life. I have always been artsy. I can not wait until I turn eighteen‚ and
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Deciding to go to college right after high school or waiting a few years can be a difficult choice to make. Going to college right after high school in most ways is more beneficial. There are also a few factors to take in at this point in someone’s life. For instance‚ a person’s mindset‚ goals‚ maturity levels‚ and influences. Being young and experiencing a new found freedom can really affect a person’s mind set. Like being invited to go to a house party at the last minute even though there is a
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After graduating high school‚ people must decide to further their education or get a job. A job is a paid position of regular employment. I chose to get a job at my little cousin Makala’s daycare. I was beyond excited to start working and begin making my own money. However‚ working at the daycare with a schedule that changes daily and with very little pay offered quickly turned my excitement into disappointment. Little Angel’s daycare located in Jonesboro‚ Georgia was my first place of employment
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After finishing High School there are a lot of possibilities‚ what you can do. Some people are doing volunteer work‚ other are getting in a job right after their graduation‚ some are joining the military‚ or travel. Most of the students are going to a college after high school. When you decided to go to a college there could be many bits you have to look for. Also little details can have a big influence
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Life After High School You sit in class everyone buzzing around you hustling from class to class. You’re in the big leagues now. College‚ it can be difficult but it’s for a bigger goal than being in high school. Being in college is different from high school there’s a lot more freedom and you can gain more confidence while away from your family. There are many benefits to obtaining a college degree. For college graduates there are many more job openings. Randy Tucker from the Journal News presents
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My Future Plan I knew for a while that I wanted to be a police officer‚ but after taking the Career Cruising test my thought was finalized. While I was taking the online test I was hoping that police officer was going to be an option I was right‚ my choice was actually high on the list. The hard part was deciding on what college was right for me because I didn’t know where to start. Now that I have an initial research project on my career and college choices‚ I have learned that being a police
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college right after high school. I have are very strong opinion about this topic. We all have goals and its better now than later. As well it’s a great learning experience outside of getting a degree‚ you learn independent. Having to make decision in life basically depends on the individual and their situation. We can say that we want to go to college whether it is now or in the future. I can say that‚ for myself had I known what I know this day in time my choices would have been different. My point of
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Future Plans Scholarship Essay "Did life exist on Mars?" "What would it take to build a spaceship that could travel at the speed of light?" "When will the moon be colonized?" These are just some of the questions that wander through my mind all day. Fascinated by the secrets of the universe‚ I yearn to uncover mysteries. In order to blast open all the closed gates between knowledge and myself‚ I need the powerful tools of education. After I graduate from high school‚ I plan
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Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindustani: Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the third Prime Minister of India and a central figure of the Indian National Congress party. Gandhi‚ who served from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984‚ is the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office. Indira Gandhi was the only child of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. She served as the Chief of Staff of her father’s highly
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