Essays Tagged: "High school"

Answering Americas Call. The role of America today

, America is calling from a different line. No longer is America in need of a sophisticated high budget military, but for new minds and ideas. Long gone are the days of fighting in the streets ... but rather if it is going to prosper, as it has, with all of this new technology. No longer will a high school education prepare people for the workplace, as it did just ten to twenty years ago. Now ...

(3 pages) 99 0 3.8 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Argumentative: Educational Reform

it is not only a social concern, but also a major economical issue.Another alarming concern is the high rate of student dropouts. Now, instead of all students receiving a poor education, some are not ... out of school, they probably aren't going to earn there degree. However, if more kids do earn their high school degrees, the country would have less unemployment. More people in the workplace then lea ...

(3 pages) 205 0 4.8 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Acceptance essay for computer technology

because I have a strong interest in computers and wish to associate computers into my career beyond high school.After high school I plan to go to college and major in some form of computer science. I ... s area. I also wish to learn how to network computers and build computers.I am currently taking the highest level available classes and have a cumulative GPA of 3.86 for my sophomore year, which inclu ...

(1 pages) 118 1 3.1 Sep/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Alcohol abuse in high schools

Alcohol abuse is an escalating problem facing high schoolers today. High school is the foundation of young adolescents in many ways, especially "e ... utting edge on techniques to save the lives of teenagers from substance abuse. What can teachers of high schools do to save the lives of their student's alcohol abuse?The first step in understanding t ... se reported in 2000 that 54% of all young Americans have tried an illicit drug before they finished high school. That's astonishing by itself, and to think what percent of college students have is mes ...

(3 pages) 69 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

A apologetic essay about how being a bully is wrong and the consequences of my actions. I had to write it to my Probation Officer.

aid, a little chip of him dissipates. I did not realize that this had been happening to Nema all of high-school; that in fact his experience at high school has been anything but fun. My actions only w ... y go through what I have done to him more by other people who actually mean it over the rest of his High School days. Why? Kids are assholes. I'm an asshole for doing this. Please excuse my language. ...

(3 pages) 74 1 3.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Anne Frank mini book report style essay

I first read The Diary of Anne Frank when I was in middle school. And also read the play in high school. I decided that I wanted to write about this for my second report because I wanted to re ... e situation.I am glad that Anne's story is a part of learning in school. I know we read the play in high school and I do remember reading parts of the book as well in both high school and middle schoo ...

(1 pages) 55 1 2.2 Dec/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Argument against open campus lunch policy

food, they decided to go to Tempura House, which was only two minutes away from their school, Loyal High School. When the students ordered their meal, Jennifer, pretending to be over twenty-one, used ... ange of traffic issues. Take the case of Charles, a responsible yet impatient senior from Esperanza High School. One day, after Charles finishes his meal at In-n'-Out, Charles realizes that he's going ...

(6 pages) 54 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Academic Honors and Extracurricular Achievements for college application

and committed to every endeavor I pursue. Over the past four years I have made the honor roll at my high school (by maintaining a GPA of 92 or higher). In my junior year, I was invited to participate ... ting Honors Society of New York State. I have also been given the 3R's Award, presented to me by my high school, for recognition of "Outstanding Reason, Respect and Responsibility." I am an active mem ...

(1 pages) 43 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

13 years, 9 guys, 1 goal the story of the 2002-2003 Sam Rayburn Rebel High School Varsity Basketball Team

r bull riding, have a passion for a particular sport, in my case its basketball. In my last year of high school, I was a part of a varsity basketball team that had a tradition of losing. It had been t ...

(2 pages) 31 1 2.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Adequacy Of High School English Writing Program. "Explaining a Concept"

ooper) Reading Critically, Writing Well, 6th edition. the task was: EXPLAINING A CONCEPTAdequacy Of High School English Writing ProgramIntroductionMost of the Colleges set standards for students who w ... IntroductionMost of the Colleges set standards for students who wish to enter College directly from high school in different fields. Usually a student getting admission in the College or University mu ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Admission Essay

ant experience that has had a large influence on me the past few years has been college. Going from high school to college was a significant change. College required a major overhaul of my time-manage ... ired a major overhaul of my time-management techniques as the number of things to do mushroomed. In high school, I was in the honors program, with the same cohort of students in all my classes. Thus, ...

(2 pages) 189 0 3.2 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Ambition

. Ambition is your crave to achieve something.My cousin, Rachelle, has just recently graduated from high school. She is a really good model of ambition because she worked hard to get what she wanted. ... me. Though she never had any encouragement from her either of her parents, after she graduated from high school, she went on to college. She went to classes from 7:30 in the morning till 3:00 in after ...

(3 pages) 29 0 5.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

American Pie

be for the seniors as a going away type of party and to have fun and reflect back on there years of High school. Many of them this will be there last even together before they all go off to college or ... his movies shows very well what a young man goes through during his teenage years and especially in High school. It also depicts the type of clothes that us teenagers are wearing today and the way we ...

(2 pages) 1251 0 0.0 Apr/2001

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Advanced Literature

prepare students for the rigorous freshman year at college and for the AP exam in May, which offers high school seniors the opportunity to earn college credit. It is a class devoted to the study of so ... dents who have completed all previous work; extra credit is given for attending a cultural event (a highly recommended film, a school play or musical event, a local theater event, or an out-of-town th ...

(3 pages) 26 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

After High School

After high school I plan to pursue a career in the music buisness, more specifically as a recording engine ... uld only try to teach me songs and not the basics of the guitar which was I needed. When I got into high school I joined the guitar class and quickly moved onto advanced and then into performing, and ...

(2 pages) 8 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Antrax

19, 2001 from www.edweek.org/ew/newstory.cfm?slug=11boca.h21 This journal review is about a high school in Florida that has been affected by the widespread Anthrax scare. The students and Facu ... a that has been affected by the widespread Anthrax scare. The students and Faculty at Spanish River High School never thought of their school as a possible recipient of an Anthrax contaminated letter. ...

(1 pages) 1112 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Alcoholism

do my best in all of my activities. I feel that I can relate my life on a lower level with his on a higher level. Our views on work ethic and athletics are closely tied together. My father always told ... e obstacles standing in my way. I believe a person that quits a sport or drops a difficult class in high school will do the same when a difficult task is in front of him in the real world. My father h ...

(3 pages) 1323 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Who Am I

w years have really made me into what has become of me today. I struggled through all four years of high school. I always hated school. The only reason I went was to find somebody to skip with. There ... d dying was only the start of the oncoming problems I had to face in my life. I immediately changed high schools, alienated myself from all of my friends, and found the first guy that crossed my path ...

(3 pages) 43 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Why is dropping out of school a bad idea?

ford it. There are a lot of families that can't pay for their child's college tuition even while in high school; these families earn the minimum salary. In other circumstances are only able to pay col ... they will have a better future by working than studying. Another reason why students don't finish high school is because they fail the course. Sometimes students have problems with some subjects suc ...

(3 pages) 5 0 0.0 Feb/2012

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

My War With Standardized Testing

changed my life.I embarked on my journey of taking SATs towards the end of my sophomore year in high school. I spent three months preparing, learning vocabulary, practicing my math, and doing over ...

(3 pages) 0 0 0.0 Oct/2013

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide