without my family and the friends I have now; although they will only be a phone call away. I will be leaving many of my younger friends to navigate their last year of high school without the guidance I wish to provide them. I will leave behind the good and the bad to grasp a better understanding of who I want to become and what I want to be. I am a mixture between sad and angry because I can’t stop time from slipping away‚ only able to savor the time we will spend together in the near future.
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In Seven Ways High School Prepares You for Failure‚ Kelsey Diaz explains why high school English is a “lie.” She had to learn a different way of writing‚ because the structure taught‚ 5- paragraph essay‚ was not very helpful when writing in college. Diaz blames the “standardized test” system for the way teachers teach and what materials need to be covered. There are a lot of “rules” college students will break when writing in college. It all goes back to writers being unique and having different
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problem as it is to us. Teens from the past and present are faced with problems such as school‚ relationships‚ and friends. There were many teenage problems back then in “Rebel Without a Cause” and today’s teenagers. Most of these problems that Jim Stark and the other teens faced were similar‚ but my own belief is that these same problems were not as big of problem back when they were growing up. Let’s take school and homework for example‚ oh sure your parents had it too but I just don’t believe
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What it means to be Marine When did you decide that you wanted a change in your life? When did you want to step up and make a difference? What did it mean to you before you signed the dotted line and raised your right hand to take an oath? Was it worth it? Everyone has their own reason for doing what they do. Everyone has their motives for the decisions they make. Were all different and come from different backgrounds. Some of us from normal lives‚ some from more satisfied lives‚ and some from
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High school in real life is full of surprises‚ but according to David Denby in his article "High School Confidential‚" High School in the movies is very predictable. The typical Hollywood "High School Scene" opens with the jock and the cheerleader characters. Blonde and buff‚ the Jock and the Cheerleader are superficial and proud to proclaim it. They are popular and perky‚ and always too good to be true. The cheerleader is usually the enemy of the hero or heroine. She is generally rich‚ blonde‚ and
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After high school I plan to pursue a career in the music buisness‚ more specifically as a recording engineer. There are various reasons for my decision‚ but three of the most important one are; I’m very involved in music now‚ I have found a good music school which I am looking into‚ and I know there are a lot of opportunities for people with a recording engineer degree. First of all‚ my stepbrother introduced me to music at an early age. It was at about the age of 12 my stepbrother would always
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What it means to be an American The United States of America is a wonderful country where there is equal opportunities‚ rights and freedoms‚ and justice. America’s founding fathers like George Washington saw the potential of America being the greatest country of all. They created the constitution. The constitution created a stronger federal government and gave citizens rights. It wasn’t until 1865 that the United States Constitution ended slavery. America has prospered so much since then and now
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about high school is how it is portrayed in the media. However‚ the media’s portrayal only displays the glamorous aspects of high school. Movies such as Easy A and Mean Girls and television shows such as The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Awkward all portray high school in a negative viewpoint. However‚ high school can be a great experience. It is what you make of it that will make high school the best or worst years of your life. School spirit is a unifying cause among high school students
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High School Conformism Throughout majority of my high school life‚ I always questioned why things operated the way they did. Being forced to go to a place‚ or my parents could possibly go to jail. To be honest it sort of felt like a indoctrination. Going there I noticed everything was controlled and different social groups where created based on different peoples personalities. The irony of it all is that from a young age school seemed to indorse individuality‚ yet hypocritical policies such
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High School Athletics David Beach University of Denver Abstract This study deals with high school athletics and their long-term effect in the lives of those who participate; it also deals with the positive and negative aspects of athletics during high school‚ and the treatment of those who participate. This study was conducted with qualitative data obtained from five personal interviews with previous high school athletes. These five people come from a range of places‚ ages‚ and experience
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