...A belief that I have come to hold after starting high school is that private schools fall short of the most important benefits that public schools have to offer. I have learned this through my own personal experience of going to a catholic grammar school for nine years, and then transitioning to the public high school that I currently attend. Of course, the main purpose of going to school is to gain a good education that will help you be successful in the future. This belief I do hold true; both private and public schools grant this opportunity. But public schools and private schools each grant an entirely different social experience, and the social experience, in my opinion, is much more valuable than the academic experience. Along with gaining an education, part of being successful in life is learning how to interact and form relationships with people who are different from you. In grammar school, the majority of the people I met were white, Catholic, and of the same learning ability. Every day at school, students were expected to wear uniform clothes, uniform hair styles, and learn at a uniform pace. There were no accommodations for people with slower learning paces; everyone was expected to keep up. Growing up, this is how I expected all schools were like. For nine years I was almost blinded to the fact that people of different religion and learning pace, even physical appearance, even existed in the real world. But the fact is there are more types of people than Catholics...
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...When I was freshman in college life was great. Life was going the I had envisioned it going. I was playing college baseball, a dream of mine since I was a child, but more importantly I was a performing at an exceptional level. I showed up on campus somewhat of an underdog. In high school I received very few college offers and was not highly recruited. I worked hard to obtained a starting position. I was one of the top performers in the conference. I was gaining national recognition from major league scouts. But then life took a spin. Late in the season I suffered an injury that side lined me for the rest of the season. I had to undergo an operation during the off-season. All the attention I had gained suddenly disappeared. However, in life...
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...My parents chose to homeschool me and my three siblings. Despite the common belief that homeschoolers don’t get enough social interaction, I personally feel as though I had more than enough. I was constantly enrolled in programs that enabled me to interact with others my age. I took part in many different extracurricular activities such as: field trips with fellow homeschooled children, P.E. at the park, cub scouts for a short period, soccer for a season, basketball, swimming, baseball and karate. Early on in life I was rowdy and would often get in trouble or confrontations. I was one of those children who always had a hard time staying still. The extra energy that I exhibited was another reason why my family got me into sports. High-school During high-school I matured to a certain degree and grew out of being such a “spaz”. This could have been because I learned that people...
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...Playing high school football was an exciting and important experience in my life. Growing up in Mississippi, I was around football from an early age, so naturally I started playing as soon as I could. I was never the best athlete, and my high school team, Canton Academy, was never one of the best. However, both these things changed my senior year. Little did I know that the work I put into football would have such an impact on my life. At the beginning of my senior year I was a less than average football player, and had not seen a significant amount of playing time my sophomore and junior years. After finishing up a successful track season I had gone into spring training for football and saw that I was going to have to do something if I wanted...
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...My journey began at a private school. Because of this education, I learned discipline, respect, and how to love others at an early age. Throughout my middle school and early high school career, I put maximum effort into my grades and extracurricular activities. I was fully involved in church activities, academic clubs and sports. I excelled in these areas and was rewarded by participating in the honors program, becoming the captain of the first track team at our school, and seeing my relationships and community positively affected by my involvement. When these areas of my life flourished, I became aware that all these experiences were helping me to prepare for my later responsibilities and adult life ahead of me. Realizing that that adult...
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...them have hopes for a bright future. “Real life” or life beyond their parents' homes is just beginning. The past 17 to 18 years have passed quickly; time always does. As a parent, I am amazed at how much my own children have grown and changed in the past three and a half years. Their lives are just beginning, too, in a different sense. Their personalities are still forming, their understanding of the world is vastly and rapidly expanding with each day, and they are literally taking first steps and experiencing milestones at every turn. Seven months ago, Jordan decided to make his presence known. Reflecting with several of my students who were in the senior speech class that sent me off to the hospital, we were all in such disbelief over how fast those months passed and how quickly the school calendar disappeared. As a seasoned teacher, I can...
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...in this world would bad. Then I started school and realized that the world was not perfect. Before fourth grade me and my family moved to a small town on the outskirts of a reservation little did I know that people at that school were a lot different then the people from my old school. The people who went to Mobridge Pollock upper elementary thought that my family was rich. In fourth grade I met this girl who soon became my best friend. For the two years that I lived there I did some bad things like doing drugs and helping people get away with beating people up. At the end of Fifth grade I moved back to Sturgis. On August 6th,2016 my best friend from Mobridge commited...
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...My 4th year High School Life, Different from Others Alyssa Bea Tanda, IV-Br. Flavius High school life is really fun. There are so many happenings in your life that you will never forget, so many things that had changed your life. For me there are many things in my life that changed a lot in me but I can say that the one that had changed me the most is my being a 4th year high school student. I don’t know why, but I really learned a lot in this part of my life. There are also some good effects of me being a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year high school student, but being a fourth year student is really different. It’s different from my other past experiences. The first day of 4th year came and I found out that my section is Br. Flavius, wherein my classmates were also my classmates when I was in 3rd year. At first I had thought of transferring to other section, because I want something new and I want to have new friends with other people. But then I had a realization that I can’t afford to be away from my friends. I also thought that it is God’s will that I am part of that section, so there is a purpose why I belong here. One of the main reasons why I decided not to transfer to other section is because I learned that the adviser of our section is Mr. Joseph Consignado. Even when I was still on the lower years, I already know his name. Many people say that he is one of the best advisers of the high school department. Every section that he handled was always known to be one of the best...
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...Do we all somewhat agree that active involvement in high school sports is at the core of social acceptance and respect among students? Pursuing a sport in school is popularly viewed as an attainable means of getting a scholarship, and its importance to student recognition is beyond measure. However, one man’s frustration over this perception, and his belief that education is also a sport, not only impacted my life, but has inspired thousands of other young people Four years ago, as I began high school, I was acutely aware of the sports culture, as I searched for a suitable student organization to join. Drifting through a maze of school clubs and activities to pursue, I literally ran into a 3-foot tall robot, unaware that this mechanical creature would soon propel me to an intense journey, and the path toward realizing my dream. At that moment, I was not only introduced to the world of robotics, but became aware of Dean Kamen, an individual who has since become the single most inspiring role model in my life....
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...“High school, the best four years of your life.” The way I feel it's going to be the more stressful four years of my life. Going to night school is nerve racking and quite frankly terrifying. I'm going to go from being the oldest grade in the middle school to the youngest in high school. I am excited, however for some things. I'm most nervous for the upperclassmen and assignments and I'm most excited for the freedom. Ninth grade, freshman year, fresh meat, no matter what you call it freshmen are the youngest. Upperclassman make me feel uneasy since, we have classes with them now. In the middle school you saw another grade one or two times a day. I am nervous I will look stupid in front of the upperclassmen. I might have a mental breakdown if I feel in front of them; especially if it was during the beginning of the school year. I am friends with some upperclassmen, but it is still scary to me. I am not looking forward to having classes with any of the older grades. I scheduled to take higher classes during freshman year. As I do believe I am very capable of learning the information, I am nervous I will get a lot of projects or assignments I won't be able to complete. I get overwhelmed quite often and it worries me that I will be overwhelmed twice as bad. Homework, projects, and essays all add up very quickly in my mind so, having of...
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...Moving On To Better Things Graduating from high school is one of the big milestones in a person’s life. All those years of being in school since you were 5 years old all the way up to 18 years old learning, meeting new people, discovering yourself, learning your strengths and weaknesses and so on. Finally, it all comes to an end, well for some it may be the end, but for others going to college after high school will be continuing school again in the fall doing the same as they’ve done all these years just a little different. It is such a great feeling, standing on the high school football field, seeing all of your friends and family sitting on the bleachers cheering you on. My parents stood proudly. I almost didn’t believe it was real, I didn’t think this day would come for me. I was never the person to get good grades or get any awards for being an outstanding student. All throughout high school, I barely passed my classes with a C or better, there were a few times I got lower grades than that and I had to retake classes, go to summer school, take credit recovery classes over holiday breaks or even after school. During my senior year of high school, my mom was worried sick to her stomach. She couldn’t sleep at night, she was always stressed out and no one knew why but me and her. I knew my grades were affecting not only me but her too. My mom constantly asked me “Are you going to be able to graduate with the rest of your class and with the rest of your friends?” and I...
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...High school, is extremely important step that will make a difference in your life. I will work hard in high school which will help me get into college, find connections for power, and get a full time job which will make my life better. I will need to graduate high school before I can do any of these things in the future. Life does not just start in high school it starts with your skills you get before starting college. The skills you already accumulated can have a critical impact on your future in high school and even in your entire life. For me my skills are video games, babysitter,and I play piano. All of these skills help with my high school and post goals. If I am good at babysitting I can be good socially. Video games helps me with concentrating,...
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...More Responsibilities High school life versus college life is like sugar versus salt; they both look alike but the taste is much different. The first difference that I can tell is that I turn to be partially independent. My parents are not treating me like a baby anymore; but instead they now treat me as a young adult. When I was in high school, my parents would not let me to drive to school even when I got my driver license at age of 17. They did not feel safe when I drive the car to school alone. Since I go to college, I now can drive my own car to go to school and I can go home whenever I want to. Besides that, they did not let me go out late but now I can be home anytime that I want. That is the first thing that I notice the difference between high school and college life. The second thing that I can clearly tell the difference is about conversations. High school students tend to talk about whatever they want to without thinking. The most interesting subjects for high school students are: where do we go after school today; what games do we play today; what movies will be released this week… all of those subjects are different, however, they all have one thing in common is that they are all about entertaining. But in college, it is different; people talk more about school and their careers. I am not saying all college students but at least the people that I know in college includes myself; we care more about subjects which are related to school and work. Our conversations...
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...Date: September 15, 2014 Life Event: The significant, uplifting, positive experience/event from my life would be graduating high school. Explanation: Graduating high school was a challenge for me. I had my son half way through my junior year in high school. I continued high school after having my son but did my school work from home for the second half of my junior year. I would turn in my work weekly to the school counselor. I then attended high school full time my senior year. I was completely responsible for my son as his father wasn't around. It was probably the hardest thing I have done in my life. Sometimes running on only hours of sleep I would force myself to get up, walk my son to daycare and go to school. I had to work hard to make sure he had everything he needed and still try to focus on school work. I graduated with honors. Reflection: Graduating high school and being able to walk across that stage holding my son made me feel very proud of myself. I felt like I could and would make it in this big world. It was a very special moment in my life. At one point I didn't think I would make it and some others didn't as well but I showed my self and everyone that I did it! Life Event: The significant, uplifting, positive experience/event from my life would be getting married to my husband. Explanation: Getting married to my husband was significant to me because we had to overcome some major road bumps. My husband was previously married and...
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...A life without goals is really a life without purpose. That is why I have laid out my goals into four main categories of my life. My main 8 goals in life are in 4 categories, which include high school, college, my career, and my personal life. To begin with, the first category of my goals in life has to do with high school.One goal I have in high school is to play soccer on the Marina team for all four years I go to high school. This could help me by preparing me for college, not only to get on a college’s soccer team, but it also would teach me to work hard and not give up. To do this, I will have to constantly be ready to sacrifice my free time in order to be willing to train with my team. Moving on, I would like to graduate high school with at least a 3.5 GPA. While this will be...
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