Essay Class At my old school‚ West Philly Highwe could bring our cell phones in the building during the day but‚ they had to be in our locker. We had dress down day jus so we could feel like our individual selves. They didn’t have a lot of strict rules but‚ they did enforce the rules they set in place. Classroom setting was a relaxing and fun learning environment. Our lockers were given out they day we picked up our rosters at the end of August. We didn’t have to go through medal detectors
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when you came home from school. Wishing I could afford the latest shoes. These were my realities. Being the oldest of three to a young mother‚ I was forced to mature faster than my peers. A victim of unemployment and hardships‚ I had no other option than to get a good education in hopes to better my family’s economic downfalls. As I will be a first generation college student‚ I have dedicated my everything into my academics and athletics. Coming from the inner city‚ the schools I attended weren’t
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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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sophomores didn’t have school that day. My first thought about school was that‚ I didn’t want school to start yet because it was still summer. I was a little nervous at first but when I got there I was fine. I went to all my classes and I thought wow this is going to be hard. I got lost a couple of times because it was a big school and I was new. Then the day after that everybody was here at school and it was very crowed I could barely get to class on time. The first week of high school was pretty easy
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What was your first experience in high school ? What thoughts were running through your head at the time? My head felt like it was going to pop off my body. Foremost‚ I grew up with parents who moved from the Dominican Republic and never had a college education. The time and dedication they take to do their jobs is incredible. There are times where I don’t get to see my father for weeks being he’s too focused on his job. On one occasion my father had to work for almost 48 hours straight due to a
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forward to starting high school‚ but how many of us enjoyed every bit of it? High school was a moment that I looked forward to; thoughts of doing what I finally wanted to flood my mind. In June 2008‚ I received my GSAT result and was delighted when I saw that I passed for the William Knibb Memorial High School; although a bit disappointed because it wasn’t on my top five list. High school was not everything that I expected. In a few days‚ I met a few nice people. The first week of school was amazing‚ but
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My High school experience was a long learning experience. I didn’t know what exactly I was expecting‚ and how important high school was‚ and what I was getting myself into. Nobody really gave me the tools to know what the main focus was each year. So I’m gonna give you some tips‚ and advice on how to succeed in High School. From 9-12th grade and what you should focus on each year‚ and what to expect each year. Freshman year The first year is the most important Why?You may ask well Your GPA depends
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for our final two years of high school‚ I never dreamt that my life would become dramatically different. At the end of my sophomore year my best friend‚ who I refer to by her last name‚ Jones‚ because we have the same first name‚ told me that she was going to take the California High School Proficiency Examination in hopes of not having to complete junior and senior year of high school‚ and consequently start community college the following year. She said that high school was simply not meant for her
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Being a senior in high school‚ I have had countless ups and countless downs during my journey through adolescence. My first high school memory transpired while I was a ball girl for the 2011 varsity women’s basketball at Hillcrest. Even though I was just an eighth grader fetching water for a high school basketball team I felt a pronounced sense of purpose and found myself doing tasks outside of my “job description”. While my duty as a ball girl is over one occurrence that remained was the want for
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Before high school‚ I was severely anti-social. I was that weird girl in the back of the class who would make a fool of herself through everything she said and did. She was the weird girl who was a freak and should be avoided. When I got the high school‚ I knew it wouldn’t be a brand new start like everyone had promised me‚ but I knew I had to make the best of what I could. So once they announced there were Bowling tryouts that day after school‚ it caught my attention. At first I was really scared
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