Our school didn’t have a GSA for about three years until now. When I was a ninth grader I was very sure of my sexuality. But the thing was that the school I went to wasn’t very friendly when it came to LGBTQ+ people. The administration were fine‚ the issues usually came from the student body. I was surrounded by homophobia‚ and I had not one safe place to allow myself to be me. I wasn’t allowed to be as open as I wanted to be but eventually I thickened my skin and came out. Looking back at that time
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has all happened when I became a freshman in the high school. I got caught up in some drama with a guy and my parents and my grades started to slip which is the worst thing to happen your freshman year. It has truly hurt me for my sophomore year. That led to me getting kicked out of Beta Club because of an eighth of a point.Which is hurting me in every way just because I wanted to play around and be popular in high school. Coming into high school I thought all that mattered was being popular and
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Walking into high school freshman study hall‚ I felt a rush of nervousness and slight embarrassment when I asked for help from a tutor. Within a few minutes‚ I was assigned to a senior named Yingxu who spoke very little English. As we searched through my endless pile of worksheets and notes‚ Yingxu patiently waited to see the math problems I was having a tough time with. She helped me change the way I approached math problems. With her assistance‚ I learned more in one afternoon than an entire
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Name of Jesus school. Everyone in my family was raised Catholic‚ my mother even attended Holy Name when she was young. However‚ this did not effect their staunch Democratic views and the mindset in which my parents raised me: to be accepting and loving towards others. That being said‚ there was no active teaching taking place within my home like there was at school.
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While my mother tried to comfort me‚ I dismissed all help. Throughout the summer I knew this day was coming where I would have to start fresh in a new school not knowing many people at all. I had attended a parochial school for the beginning ten years of my education; when it came to high school‚ both my parents desired to send me to a public school. While I fought my parents over this‚ I did not truly understand what I was fighting for‚ was it because I wanted to further my catholic faith or was
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It was a pouring and cold afterschool afternoon at Westlake Elementary. I stood under the awning of the school as I waited for my mother to pick me up while holding tightly onto the clammy cardboard plate that displayed the gingerbread house I had made that day covered in a layer of plastic wrap. I had been waiting for hours and there were no other students to be seen. Yet‚ I kept looking forward to showing off my creation to my mother. I had always been an optimistic individual and tended
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as Lucas remembered. They waited for a long time outside in the hot summer sun‚ until eventually they piled into the humid gym. Everyone’s faces were all red and dripping in sweat‚ it was almost as if the school wanted them to look their absolute worse for their pictures. Either that‚ or the school just really didn’t care. After getting their pictures taken‚ everyone was handed their photo IDS. With that out of the way‚ the group of friends were made their way to the office to get their schedules.
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During my sophomore year in high school‚ I decided to join the UIL Cross-Examination debate team. I honestly did not want to do it‚ but my friend was in desperate need of a partner‚ so I decided to help her out. I had no experience in public speaking‚ let alone debate. At our first competition‚ I was extremely nervous. We only practiced the day before‚ but my friend reassured me that it’s going to be okay‚ and I should just “dip my feet in the water” to get a feel for debate. So as I walk over to
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Ada Vargas 9/12/12 ENGL 111-D40 Argumentative essay Sex education in high schools High schools should provide better sexual education. Prevention is better than cure. The federal government should provide more information in schools and required sex education in the first year of high school. This is important because there are a lot of sexually transmitted diseases‚ teenage pregnancy‚ and teen abortions. Boskey (2011) stated that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are “some of the most difficult
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This essay discusses‚ what do you think of high school football? Do you think it’s Dangerous or do you just enjoy watching it? Do you have any family members or friends that play in a high school football team? Do you know what truly comes from high school football it can lead to very major injuries for such a young adult. It also pretty dangerous because some schools don’t have a great medical attention they might have the school nurse‚ but that’s about it. So what do you think of think of high school
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