A Study On High School

High School is one of the most prominent time in one’s life. During this time, one is taught to be financially literate, how to use grammar and punctuations wisely, be mathematically inclined and aware of different sciences. Notice how I excluded history, but there is a reason for this. History is often manipulated and told by those who are comfortable telling fabricated stories made up by the white man. This causes for students, especially African Americans have a false interpretation of their history and come to college relatively unprepared. ADW and its concepts go into the root of history without giving out false conceptions, however, it is very unfortunate that it is not taught until one’s young adult years because that is when distorted information is already drilled into their brain. ADW concepts being taught in high school such as issues of identity; the intersection of race, gender, and social class; displacement, and conditions of servitude could only lead to the enrichment of the inquiring minds of this generation, allow them to see relatable circumstances, and help diminish their ignorance of African history.

The idea that the American education system requires its students to attend school for a full 13 years is absurd. The average student does not need 13 years of high school to be prepared for graduation and college, and those who do require that much attention most likely would not succeed in college anyways. In the typical high school, students and teachers waste more time focusing on sports and social issues rather than actual schooling. When one truly realizes how many days are wasted at sporting events or on silly pep rallies and activities, then it becomes clear why it’s a waste to attend school for such a large amount of time.

The essay ‘Life After High School” by Annie Murphy Paul is about the effect of a persons high school experience on what they do later in life. Paul had been asked to be the commencement speaker at her old high schools graduation which made her wonder if our high school experience determines who people become as adults. To see both sides of the argument Paul interviewed some experts and read studies on the topic. Some of the research has shown that there some truth to the idea that high school has the ability to shape who we will become in the future. This includes research taken from the Wisconsin Longitudinal study, which is one of the largest and longest-running research project on the effect of high school. For example that jocks are in

The next morning, the alarm buzzed noisily, the sound polluting the silence. Confused for a moment, he looked around blankly. It used to be home, but now it felt unfamiliar. There was a room at the end of the corridor, the door slightly ajar. He waited, expecting the door to open, but it never did. The area was the same as the night before, empty.

The educators in the documentary, “Rethinking High School: Best Practice in Action,” claimed that authenticity, collaboration, and challenge are the three core principles that are needed in our school system to achieve better teaching and learning. I agree with the statement, especially when we are talking about urban schools.

High School is said to be the easiest time of a young adult’s life. Our teachers help us and remind us to turn in our work. We don’t even have to study much for our test. We don’t have to pay taxes either. But in college, you have to pay for everything, including taxes and room and board. In high school we just kind of coast through and take what our parents do for us for granted. I will discuss my first prom in sophomore year and building prom as a junior.

Loyola High School is a private English- Speaking Catholic Secondary School for boys located in Montreal Quebec, and was administered by the Jesuit Order and founded in the 1840’s. This private school had become part of the mandatory core curriculum that includes the Program on Ethics and Religious Culture (ERC). However, before this addition of the ERC program that was passed by the Minister of Education of Quebec in 2008, the school’s main lessons for religious education surrounded protestant faith, which concentrates on the new teachings of Catholicism. Loyola did not want to accept the ERC program due to the school being heavily based on catholic teachings, and proposed an exemption application to the Minister of Education in Quebec. The application of the act represented the thought of the school’s private teaching to be different from other schools in Quebec. Furthermore, the Minister denied the exemption due to Loyola demanding the program to be taught from only a Catholic perspective, which goes against the guidelines of the ERC program. Although the Minister can grant an equivalence of the ERC program to private schools, the Minister did not want to accept Loyola’s application because it did not advance as a program that reviewed a multi-religious framework, as well as did not study other religions through neutral studies. Loyola brought an application for judicial review of the Minister’s decision to the Superior Court. Ultimately, The Superior Court found that

There was a last soft creak of the mattress springs as Norman rolled back to his side of the bed, retaining his hold on Norma’s hand. They lay there for some moments, staring silently at the morning sunlight that streaked the far wall.

On April 18th at Greene Central High School, I chose to interview one of our phenomenal counselors, Chris Campbell. When I confronted him and asked to interview him, he immediately accepted the offer. I chose to interview him for many reason. One reason being that working as a high school counselor definitely doesn’t seem like it’d be the easiest job in the world. High school is a very tough time in a teen’s life. It’s all focused on preparing you for the outside world and if we didn’t have people like Mr. Campbell, students wouldn’t have as much motivation as they do to do well and graduate. I also chose to interview him simply because I knew he would tell me everything I would need to know and more!

*Panting*Now I know why you guys are so late every morning, its because you guys talk too much in the morning...

Mitch wakes to the sun shining brightly through his window onto his face and the sound of birds chirping outside. He groans loudly and turns onto his side, his back to the window, throwing a large pillow over his face to block any and every trace of sunlight shining through into his room.

Marcus jerked awake and sat upright in bed, wiping the sweat from his face as the last of the nightmare subsided. He reached over and turned off his still ringing alarm clock, feeling lucky that it had woke him up.

Damn what can I even say... first, since my writing looks like “ a kindergartner's” i don’t know how you will be able to read it, even though you have become accustomed to my writing BUT STILL. Oh abby, I didn’t even know you last year, I saw you here and there and you were in my math class but bless this year where OF COURSE MRS.KELLNER MY FAV had us in the same class. Shortly after, we started talking when we were in those Tale of 2 cities groups and just got so damn close to each other. We linked together because we have the same personalities so we could be weird around each other and enjoy it truly. We drew on each others hands, you kicked my leg numerous times from me annoying you and YOU and your “broken Leg”. LOL all that countless

Activities that I would like to participate in high school would be soccer, and Deca. I would like to be in these two activities because, I have played soccer since I was five and have been on the op team all my life. I spend a lot of time and effort into soccer and it’s always been something fun and extra for me to participate in. I would like to participate in Deca because, my sister has been in it for her senior year and she talks about it on a high pedestal and it sounds like a great high school opportunity. Also, Deac helps you better prepare for your future and debates and, or problems you will hate to face and discus in the future. I also feel as if these two activities will help me highschool because, soccer is my stress reliever and gives me something to do at school. Deca will help me prepare for m future and will not only help me in highschool but in the rest of my life.

Think back to when you were a child. While looking around, you often realize all of your friends playing sports are exceptional at them. You are not the ultimate athlete and honestly don’t enjoy sports at all, but you keep playing anyways. All of your friends’ play and your parents have always encouraged you to do well in sports and to be the best. You know there are other opportunities out there for you, but you don’t feel as popular just being satisfactory in school. In today’s world, high schoolers are constantly under pressure to do well in sports, but not necessarily in school. Life lessons, like getting a job or just being an overall good person fly out the window. Central High School focuses too much on athletics instead of academics; this problem can be alleviated through the encouragement of parents to promote academic success and to help set realistic goals.