clarifies why I went to the school that I did. If I attempted to portray my school as small that would be an understatement. There were typically around forty…
of walking out on our soccer field in a uniform line next to my best friends. There was something about knowing that we were going to be the best team our school had ever seen was something truly special. Our school is very well known for our football, wrestling, drill team, and softball. Soccer has never really been a sport that other schools were nervous about playing us in, but we were sure that was going to change this year. Our first game of the preseason went exactly how we wanted it too.…
chlorine. As each ear-piercing whistle is heard, the biggest moment of my swimming career is approaching. Among all the high school swimmers who made it to the PIAA Swimming and Diving State Championships at Bucknell University, I try to relax and calm my emotions, but I have been waiting for this moment my entire life. The announcer blasts through the crowd of excited parents and high adrenergic athletes, “Next up, 400 free relay.” Knowing that this might be a once in a lifetime experience, I…
We were in the same grade, went to the same school, and shared many classes together. We both belong to the school band and both played the oboe. For several years in Junior High, we were official BFF's (Best Friends Forever), enjoying such typical adolescent girl activities as sleepovers, movies, (Yes, we both loved the Twilight series at the time) and incessant texting. We were similar in so many ways. It wasn't until we entered HIgh School that I began to notice subtle differences…
problems there has been someone to help me dealt with my problems. Getting into to high school I always tried to stay focus. Because I wasn't really big on playing sports I was always to small. I tried my best in school to stay focus at all times but sometimes I was side tracked by friends. I took additional after school classes to help me progress where I was lacking in class. Some may say it's crazy but school was hard to me . The subject I had the…
It was March 30th, 1997. Verrado High School was an edgy and dark place to be. There were these weird people at Verrado. They act cool like seniors, but they are only sophomores. I was going to ask these kids who they were, but I didn’t because I didn’t want to them punch me. At 12:02 I was just minding my own business, fixing my saxophone out of my locker, when somebody came up to me. Mackenzie, a senior girl part of the “mean girls” group, pushed me into my locker while I had my saxophone in…
been accepted in the middle of my Canby high school days because of my excellent grades, leadership skills, and my confidence in speeches. One other person had been accepted in my grade at that time named Tanya, but rumor has it that her father works in the staff and influenced the principal's decision with some ‘green paper’. Ever since 5th grade, she has taken my ideas into her projects, wowing the teachers and getting perfect grades. One time in middle school I caught her fumbling through my…
They revealed to me, “high school can be either your best years or the worst years of your life.” I told them, “I’m going to make the best of it.” But, it turned out to be the Worst Years Of My Life. On the grounds of me being a bad child during the time, I was always goofing off, fooling around, roaming the halls, and most of all never attending school. Before transitioning into high school, student’s was making up these false rumors about high school seniors calling us things like fresh meat…
a sixteen year old do? Was the same question that I was pondering about. Sometimes wondering about a certain event doesn’t take an individual anywhere until you struggle for your rights. I was a junior in High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture a highly known high school constructed to educate students with different ethnicity and accepting all. However I sometimes wonder whether we as students were respected and treated like what was known as “equal”. Does equal, even…
Stanwood High School, the place I want to leave so badly but has taught me so much. I never thought senior year would be fast approaching and I would soon hear my name being called over the loud speaker to grasp the paper that we all work so hard for. There are many monsters I have battled through the course of high school, some I have walked away with a victory and others I have been defeated. I have lost all motivation in the last weeks of my senior year, while one day feels like one year.…