As a young teenager starting my high school experience‚ I knew I wanted my next four years to be unconventional. My elementary years had been spent in Edina‚ a city next to my home suburb‚ Eden Prairie. Although I enjoyed attending school in Edina‚ I never quite felt that I belonged. All of my friends lived close to each other‚ and therefore had known each other before they had met me. In 6th grade that lack of belonging drove me to transfer to Eden Prairie schools. I made many friends in Eden Prairie
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The failure that later led to my success was failing to get into my high school of choice. When I was in middle school‚ I lost my priorities and goals. My grades fell in middle school. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute(BPI) was known as the best school in Baltimore City. Both my siblings had gone to BPI and it was expected of me to attend. When I received my acceptance letter‚ I was put on the wait list. The deferral brought a shock to me as I just expected it to happen. That experience was the
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I do think the school board should adopt a new rule that requires every student to play at least one competitive sport in order to graduate from high school. There are many kids who dedicate themselves to a team sport who would not be able to “live” without it. I love swimming and synchronized swimming. I train 6 days a week and 2 Sundays a month. I know that it sounds like a lot but it is something I enjoy‚ so I have no problem in doing it. What happens to the other kids though? I mean‚ the kids
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individuals whose athletic ability gives them the opportunity to provide for themselves and compete at the highest level should not be denied the opportunity based the current requirement that players must be 19 years old to play for the NBA. High school basketball players should be mature enough to make their own decisions about their career paths‚ so the NBA shouldn’t deny them. Furthermore‚ other sports have employed teenagers for years with success. The US Army begins recruitment at
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dangerous to be played in high school. Football is a popular sport with half a million injuries nationally. 4 out of every 1000 high school football exposures resulted in an injury and 8 of out of every 1000 collegiate football exposures resulted in injuries so that means that even if it’s played in high school or college levels there is still a risk of injuries. High school football players have a greater proportion of getting season ending injuries as in fractures and concussions. High levels of ankle and
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Going to public school can be a challenge for anybody‚ but for a christian teen‚ it comes with many more challenges than I could’ve ever imagined. Keeping up with my faith at school‚ but also allowing myself to be like everyone else is something I’ve struggled with my entire life. I don’t want to be an outcast among my peers‚ but I also knew that God wants us to be a living testimony of his love. I never wanted to be the Christian that everyone knew and had negative feelings about‚ so I hid my faith
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It’s been an interesting school year to say the least. Sadly‚ all I’ve heard about for the last few weeks ‚ has been relevant to the strike that took place. I have mixed feelings on the strike‚ but I’m glad it is a issue of the past now. I’m looking forward to being able to focus on what’s important‚ my education. I honestly don’t know what to expect moving forward in this English class‚ and our final major project revolves around an infograph‚ relating to the subject of abortion. I’m not going
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In high school‚ one of my close friends went through depression. The process into depression was slow‚ but when it hit him‚ it hit him rough. He started cutting himself and adding sharpie tattoos to hide and distract people from the cuts. The worst part was that I felt like I had lost someone from my life that I had known for a long time. He was a turtle that never came out of his shell. The issue at hand was that he liked a girl and had spent a lot of time with her through out high school. They
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Beacon High School Essay When I sat down to write this essay I was trying to think of some big experience that had changed my life. However as I kept thinking and thinking about this I got a much bigger idea. I figured out that a lot of small things over time can add up to create a big experience in your life. So for me this happened with one of the most inspirational people in my life so far my Social Studies teacher‚ Ms. Skinner. When you first meet her you might think she is tough but the reason
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unfair treatment our coach put on the team. It was the beginning of my second season on my high school tennis varsity team‚ a new coach had just joined the team and to my surprise he was one of the english teachers at our school. At the time our coach seemed very friendly and funny as he presented himself to the team. Little did I know about the problems that would soon arise.
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