High school

I began freshman year by walking into a room of tall faces and crossed ankles. Up until my arrival in class, I had not seen entering high school as a significant transition. My legs were tall in new shoes and, with my arms were wrapped around a petty hoard of books and number two pencils, I felt prepared. However, two minutes into the school year, my confidence blew out of my chest. I eyed the senior class of 2015 from the doorway and imagined I was a comma after a long line of capitals. The…

Growing up I had no problem with school. I didn 't necessarily enjoy school, but when It came down to getting good grades and being at the top of my class. I always succeeded in that or at least up until I hit high school. There were a lot of distractions and issues that led me to performing really poorly in high school. I obviously graduated, but not at the level that my parents and I would have liked me at. I definitely encountered tons of struggles, but I also had a lot of motivation from…

completed high school in the early 80’s, it was not expected of him to go to college because he already had his own construction company in Long Beach Island. Now for me, a fresh-out-of-high school noobie, I feel completely obligated to receive a higher education. As a result, I chose Monmouth University as my money-sink for the next four years. The decision to…

Everyday may not be a good day but there is good in everyday. In high school there will be tough times but there will always be someone there that will help other students through it. When in high school some might have a hard time adjusting, but just know that it is okay for them to actually say something and they won’t be judged or anything. In order to be successful in high school, freshmen should always ask for help with teachers or upperclassmen, study for classes and do homework, and get…

I am a true Brevard County native. My school career spanned several elementary schools on Merritt Island and in 1986 I landed in Rockledge to attend Kennedy Middle School. I’m a 1992 “Rock” Alumnus. Rockledge High is home to several of my classmates who fulfilled the mission of teaching our youth. Following high school, I entered the Marine Corps and found myself traveling the world for the next 8 years. After leaving the Corps I served as an EMT and managed an Oncology Lab for a medium sized…

Junior year of high school I attended a school called; Columbus Downtown High School. The school was a two year career development high school, only including juniors and seniors in the entire school. There were a few select programs you could go for such as: Cosmetology, ROTC, Police Enforcement, Culinary Arts, and Business. I chose to go for was Culinary Arts. Junior year was an exciting year for the two years I went there. The reason being was I was picked to participate in a culinary…

Exit exams are state sanctioned tests expected to make a secondary school diploma more significant and guarantee businesses and universities that the beneficiary of a diploma has the learning capabilities to acquire work or college readiness. In the United States, the education system has used exit exams in various structures since the 1970’s. During the 1980’s, states started executing exit exams to assess students essential abilities in reading and arithmetic. Teachers have rarely been an…

Flipping burgers and bagging groceries while in middle or high school may not, at the time, seem like jobs that will lead to the brightest of opportunities and future. However, it is the lessons learned and experiences gained during these trivial jobs during adolescence that can help pave a path to a bright future with many opportunities in different situations such as schooling and higher employment (Mckechine, 2013). There has recently been much debate as to whether or not teenage jobs are…

cheer and stomp their feet, the band plays the school theme song with as much vigor as they can muster, the parents and faculty look upon the group of giggling high school girls with pride. The Fairview Girls Swim Team has just won the 5A State Championship for the first time in 12 years, and the school has come to celebrate with balloons and banners, an assembly, proud principals, and crying coaches. This scene is a familiar one in thousands of high schools across the United States…

benefits of college by College Board, it states that a person is more likely to take your children to a show, exercise more, and read to your children. Students may be better suited going to work immediately after finishing high school or going to a specialty school, such as a trade…