I went to the local high school in my town and I took traditional art classes. I realized how much I loved art and how it was helping me cope inside my house. I decided to enter the two-year Commercial Art Program with the county’s vocational technical high school share time program. I knew then I wanted to be an artist and my father firmly let me know college was never going to happen for me. I envied the American dream consisting a loving father‚ mother‚ sibling and pet. I had all of that‚ but
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As a high school student‚ I have to put much thought into the future. I was born in Guatemala‚ but I was raised in Baton Rouge‚ Louisiana all my life. We came from a very poor place where we had nothing‚ education was low‚ crime was high‚ and food was scarce. When we first came here we honestly didn’t have much. My Mother and I didn’t know English but at the time I was only 3 years old. My mother was carrying my sister so it was very tough at the time for her to find a job because she was expecting
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I was a part of the Newnan High School Marching Band my tenth‚ eleventh‚ and twelfth grade year. It was a great experience. The Newnan High School Band became like a second family‚ and the band room was my home away from home. As it got closer to my senior year‚ I started wondering who was going to get the title of clarinet section leader my last year of marching band. I felt like I would be the one for the job. When they finally informed us that leadership applications were available‚ I was excited
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Years ago when I was in college night classes…I purchased and began carrying a gun after [taking firearms training] sponsored by the local [police department]. It may seem odd now‚ but at the time many girls [at our school] carried guns everywhere‚ including in classrooms. How much things have changed. Fast forward a few years to my full-time job after college. I worked for a CEO and had a glass office next to his. I never thought about how easy it would be for someone to watch me through those windows
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writing prompt I was destined for an “A.” It was until now sobbing in a big puddle of salty water I knew for a fact I was doomed. Although I had never really thought into what karma was and what it really meant. It was my eleventh grade year in high school it had finally caught up to me. During my tenth grade year my English class always flowed smoothly. As a class we were never really required to do much more than babysit ourselves. There were countless days we sat in class and did simple worksheets
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I am most looking forward to this year is finishing out my last year of high school on a high note. That may be getting high grades in my classes or getting to know my friends or teachers even better. The thing that I am dreading the most is the actual end of high school. That end will in a way signify the end of my childhood and will also be the last time that I will meet many of the friends that I have made in high school. My previous experience with my english classes has been very fun and informative
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“East High is a place where teachers encouraged us to break the status quo and define ourselves as we choose. Where a jock can cook up a mean crème brûlée‚ and a brainiac can break it down on the dance floor. It’s a place where one person‚ if it’s the right person‚ changes us all. East High is having friends we’ll keep for the rest of our lives‚ and that means we really are ’all in this together’. Once a Wildcat‚ always a Wildcat!” Troy Bolton. Although I am not a student at East High from the movie
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South Division‚ I am also an immigrant who originated from Thailand. The purpose of all immigrants and why they decide to immigrate is the same‚ which is to find a more successful life. The fact that I am an immigrant has become a motivation factor for me to achieve and strive toward success. My goal after high school is to attend college and possibly become an engineer.
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I have changed a lot as soon as I began high school. I started changing by not doing my homework and not doing class projects. When I was in middle school I would always do my homework every day and keep my average high‚ but know i’m going down on my average as soon as I went into high school. When I started high school I made myself a promise. I told myself the same thing I told myself in middle school “I will do my best and do my homework all week”‚ but that didn’t happen. It was already the last
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One simple experience can make a big difference in one’s life. Every child has to make the tough transition from middle school to high school. This milestone was especially hard for me. This single circumstance transitioned me from a sheltered child to a mature adult. For the most part‚ I had an easy childhood. I attended a small Catholic school in my hometown. My graduating class was around sixty people‚ and I knew each of them personally. We grew up together. I was with the same group of kids
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