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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Why school is good? School is good because you get prepared In live. You need to get a good education in live so you can get a better gob in live. You also need to work harder in live if you do not have a good school education. The things you need to know is Math Science History English are the main ones of all class’s. Also all people think that they are not due as the teachers say. The people say you are no When I started thinking about why education is so important‚ I remembered my school years
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classmates are afraid to graduate from high school because they say high school is the best and they would miss it so much. However‚ they know that they would eventually go to college. When we think about these things‚ we would feel sad because we know that our batch would not be together anymore in that room full of good and bad memories. Now that we are in the third year of our high school life‚ we are making every moment with our friends and teachers count‚ we do our best in everything‚ and we are becoming
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College and High School Essay As many of you may know education is very important in our lives because without it you will struggle in life. High school and college have many similarities. Despite‚ having those similarities‚ both of them have many differences as well. The similarities and differences that high school and college have are costs‚ workload‚ and social aspects. Overall‚ college is more expensive‚ has more academic challenges‚ and offers a better social environment for students than
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solution to getting at least a 85% voter turnout‚ although I highly doubt that this would ever happen‚ because it is quite a stretch. This idea is to tax those people more money who do not get out to the voting booths. From what I heard people hate taxes so maybe from this suggestion‚ taxing the non-voters‚ there will be more reason to go out and vote. Or the politicians can do the opposite--give a tax break to those who do vote. I believe this would even give greater incentive to vote. Like this
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High school can be a challenging period in the life of any teenager‚ but I suspect that I had one of the more rough transitions from middle school out of those in my class. As soon as I walked through the doors on my first day at Wahlert Catholic High School‚ I knew that I was not ready for it. I walked with my backpack slung over my shoulders‚ containing new notebooks waiting to be filled‚ pencils waiting to be sharpened‚ and a computer just waiting to spend several hours trying in vain to connect
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Summary: When you grow up‚ you will have many different lives. However‚ school life is the best time in human life. During this time‚ we experience physical development‚ emotions‚ friendships‚ relationships‚ and especially knowledge. Happiness‚ sadness and other emotions‚ or even love sick‚ we all can find in our school time. That’s why school life is the best time in human life. It is different from university life and adult life‚ very different! As I showed you above‚ during this time‚ we will develop
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English 121N4 February 22‚ 2011 Unit 1 Paper “What High School Is‚” is a chapter from a book called Horace’s Compromise: The Dilemma of American High School‚ and was written by Theodore R. Sizer in 1984. Mr. Sizer starts the chapter out with a story of a typical boy named mark who is in the eleventh grade. In this story the author describes in detail how Mark spends one of his time blocked days in high school. Mr. Sizer feels it is important to analyze how Mark spends his time because
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English 101 January 16‚ 2012 Argumentative Essay “Condoms in High Schools” Condoms should be handed out to high school students. There are situations in which many people have different opinions‚ however it is my belief that condom distribution in high schools allows children to open up and ask questions regarding sex‚ it accounts for a tremendous decrease in teen pregnancies‚ abortions and diseases‚ as well as a decrease in the amount of money spent on supporting unwanted teen pregnancies
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The hallways are stretched to accommodate the classes that thousands of high school students use in order to obtain a proper education. Even within history‚ these two countries differed in their teachings. During 1647‚ the United States utilized education to have Puritan Children read the Bible and learn about their Calvinist religion (Historical Timeline of….1)‚ while Japan during the 1600s‚ focused more on Chinese literature and writing (JICA 1). These two countries also differed historically
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