“Take away my good name‚ take away my life” This is a quote that I’m sure everyone in this room can probably relate to. We all remember our high school days‚ we wanted everyone to know our name. We wanted popularity and our reputation meant the world to us. What we do and how we act reflects directly on our name. For Shea Simmons what happened to her name was not her fault. Shea spent countless hours practicing and working on Mock Trial‚ working towards getting the scholarship from the Metropolitan
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kid’s occasional outburst. About halfway through my pasta‚ an elderly couple sits in front of me and my family’s table.They take their order and proceed normally. Then ten minutes or so after they had been seated‚ two men‚ probably fresh out of high school sat down with them. One of the two was slightly taller and gave the shorter a reassuring look. From my table‚ they were facing forwards with their backs to my table so naturally‚ I was able to see the moment they cautiously held hands. I smiled
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In the Summer of 2017‚ I received a phone call that was full of excitement. Up to this point it was high school baseball season and I was playing baseball for Senior. Baseball is my favorite sport‚ so I dedicate a lot of time practicing and working out to get ready for the season. It was midway through the season when the big doubleheader with our crosstown rival Hempstead‚ approached. We ended up sweeping the mustangs which gave us the outright of the city championship. I went 4-6 at the plate‚
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screen. Going to a public school forced this competition on me; the only way to stand out and prove myself was by getting good grades. In order to get good grades meant doing homework‚ studying‚ and acing the tests. I didn’t have many friends‚ and even when I was around them‚ I didn’t talk much but they were always my silent support system.Those were the expectations and characteristics of getting a good education for me for the longest time.
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It was a cold and dreery day in the plains of South Dakota‚ the wind whipping across the landscape. Today was no ordinary day for me though‚ for I was headed for my biggest game of my high school football career. I am a Lennox Oriole tried and true and am proud to strap up my pads with the Lennox name across my chest. This day‚ everything felt different for me. I felt as though the weather wasn’t going to ruin my day. The night before this day I couldn’t sleep‚ for I was too nervous as to what was
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A red and navy blue striped dress. The sound of medals and ropes together clinking through the door across the hall. A red graduation overlay sat flat on the comforter that had not been disturbed. The end of the school year seemed to go on forever until the last few days before her graduation. Those few weeks went sprinting by like a runner fifty feet from the finish line. Graduation didn’t seem like an event that would change what I think of her. A clink of red heels travel down the stairs and a
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My first time going to public school was in the eighth grade. My parents wanted me to sample what public school was like before I go to high school‚ just to make sure I could handle it. The moving of different schools‚ cities‚ and states was a very tough situation for me‚ because everything I was distinguished into originated from what I saw and learned in Shreveport. I had
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I threw my books on the bed and approached the jacket slowly‚ as if it were a long lost brother who I had been dreaming about meeting. I touched the smooth leather sleeve‚ the popped collar‚ and stared at the brown leather lining in disbelief. My mom’s voice echos through the house‚ “Your jackets in the closet” My heart sinks as my mother’s words process in my brain and as I slowly walk to the closet where soon I’ll find the jacket that actually belongs to me. I rummaged through the small space hoping
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Relationships My irrational dream has stopped and I am awoken by the irritating sound of my sister’s alarm clock that wakes us up for school. I tell myself “Five more minutes‚ or maybe ten. Ten sounds acceptable.” A few minutes pass and my sister sees me enjoying my extra minutes of sleep and must think‚ “I shall destroy that.” “Get up already. It’s 6:20 or something. The bus will be coming soon‚” my sister yells all the while roaming around aimlessly around our room. I respond with a grunt and
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my middle school years came to an end‚ I am enveloped with a sense of sadness that I had to leave all my friends and most of my life behind and start a new life in an unfamiliar domain. However‚ like a blood-thirsty cannibal‚ the code in my mind was confident and enthusiastic about starting a new path of greater excellence‚ and this path is called high school. To fill my knowledge-hungry mind up‚ I have to go to a school that has the best education possible. Therefore I signed up for High Technology
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