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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lost respect from the teachers and the staff at her high school. They know that she is a bully. She decided to run for Student Body President but lost by a landslide due to her poor character. Story Relevance: 1. Parker is one of the main characters and shows people that you can’t be a bully and a nice person. 2. Parker should realize that she should be comfortable in her own skin and that everyone is different. 3. After losing in the school election‚ Parker decides to renovate her character
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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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Think back to your time in school and recall the best and most memorable moments. Perhaps acing an incredibly difficult test comes to mind‚ or starring in the lead role of your school play‚ meeting up with your friends at lunch‚ and maybe even scoring the winning goal at a soccer game. School‚ by definition‚ means “an institution for educating children.” An undisputed fact in life is that you are meant to learn in school. This does not mean that there is no room for clubs or sports. Sports are an
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Coleman Weiss-Murphy Ms. Bross English 10‚ Hour 4 May 4‚ 2015 High School Football - Reduce the Risk and Reap the Rewards? September 13‚ 2013‚ was sixteen year old Damon Janes’ last football game. Why‚ because he was pronounced dead in a local Buffalo hospital three days after that game. His cause of death‚ brain damage. Janes took numerous hits to the head during a varsity football game. He seemed perfectly healthy‚ but in actuality‚ he suffered brain swelling‚ bleeding‚ and bruising all resulting
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The hair style of high school students has been a controversial issue for many years. The prescribed plain short hair may look tidy‚ but the insistence on the hair length below the ear lobe in the case of girl students‚ which is fixed at one centimeter or at most two‚ is quite unnecessary. Until recently‚ the Mayor of Tainan had tried to persuade the Ministry of Education to give the high schoolers the carte blanche to determine their own hair styles. It is difficult for us to say if the idea is
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Should a person be required to earn a high school diploma before they are able to receive a driver’s license? Well‚ let’s think about this logically‚ how do you most high school students get to and from school every day? They drive‚ right? So‚ if a person were not legally able to receive a driver’s license until they have received a high school diploma‚ think about how many more school school buses will have to be used. Students who drive‚ go through the proper procedure to receive a learners permit
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Throughout high school‚ I had many great memories. From sports to girls to all the partying‚ I just wanted to know what everything was like. I cannot believe that it has come this fast. From being an inexperienced sophomore to a somewhat mature senior‚ things have really changed for me. Some say that "high school was the best time of my life"‚ just like others say that high school was the worst time in their lives. I was just dying to experience all the new and exciting things that awaited me. I’ve
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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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looked up to through out my high school experience. As I woke up every morning I hated the fact that I had to go to Warren Easton and feel stressed about it. The only positive aspects I thought about were “you have to graduate‚ and prove society wrong”. From the first day I stepped into the halls of Warren Easton‚ I felt over worked‚ but very confident. The whole idea of being in high school was great‚ but the work that sat in my face was not. But hey‚ that’s high school right? At Warren Easton I had
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