Comparison And Contrast Essay: Middle School Vs. 5th Grade

I am a 15 year old sophomore at alpena high school. This year i plan to try really hard to be the most successful i can be. My first year of highschool i did not try as hard as i could have and i hope to make up for it the next 3 of my high school years. I want to get a good gpa and miss the least amount of days as possible, so when i graduate highschool, my options for colleges and occupations are endless. Outside of school, I love spending time with my friends and being my silly self around them. I am not in any sports but I still enjoy being active. I like bike riding, swimming, dancing (not good at all), running, and tubing/jet skiing.

Middle school was a lot of fun for me, I met a lot of new people and lots of new girls. It was also kinda tough in the beginning with switching classes and things and having so many different teachers and lots of homework from different classes and having to remember the room numbers of each class but eventually I got used to everything.

Brent Staples of “Just Walk On By”, Judith Ortiz Cofer of “The Myth of the Latin Woman”, and Alice Walker of “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” had discovered their personal/cultural knowledge and identity through their experiences. They might have different experiences in different situation or incident it has the same concept. Brent Staples and Judith Cofer had similarly uncovered how they are being alienated especially in their foreign place. They both had experienced to be mistaken as somebody else. Brent Staples was once mistaken for a burglar in a magazine company and a mugger in a jewelry store. Cofer was also mistaken as a waitress by an old woman while she was holding her notebook which an old woman thought a menu

Which is more desirable to attend, high school or community college? It might seem that community college would be more desirable, but consider that most people like to learn with friends while making memoirs. High school was the best time of most people lives. Some people would rather go to high school than community college because of the social life, academics, and the cost.

There are many couples that choose to own dogs as pets in lieu of having children. Dogs fill a void in the hearts of many as a small child may. A dog has a lot in common with a small child, except a baby turns into an adult and most of the responsibilities of taking care of a child go out the door with the offspring. Having a dog is like having an infant for 12 to 15 years.

This I got to be a compare and contrast about my life from 6th grade to 8th grade. I'm writing this to see how much I've changed. For instance I got more responsible from 6th grade to 8th grade.

In middle school, teachers treat students like adult, whereas lower school requires students to participate in embarrassing dances against their will. Up here, they allow people the freedom of roaming the halls by themselves.

In high school, middle school and elementary school many things are the same but many things differ. Some of the things that change may include how hard the class are and how the teacher handles it, the actives given by the teachers and the life skills the students learn or will learn with that teacher. When learning, the classes tend to build on each other for example in elementary school the classes tend to be easier than the classes in middle school and then in high school the classes are harder than middle school. In high school, middle school and elementary school the classes of course will get harder depending on the students grade level and teacher.

A study done by The American Animal Hospital Association say; that if people were stranded on a desert island, they would prefer the company of their pet. Dogs and cats play a huge role in our lives, weather it’s a family pet or a human service pet. They have made their way into our homes and our hearts with their quirky and fun loving personalities. Dogs and cats have been around for thousands of years providing our ancestors with love and

First thing different is the way teachers treat students. In middle school they will hold kids hands through everything, and will have more than one chance to improve. They will try and help fix mistakes kids have made, but teachers in high school will help kids to a certain extent, and once they pass that the teacher will not baby them anymore.

Life in middle school is to short to enjoy and to long to study. Middle school is time to enjoy. It’s where you make friends which will stay with you till your adolescence, the time when you change. It’s when your priorities, the way you think even the way you react changes. Middle school is place where you learn lot of things which are going to help in you in future. In middle school, you learn things like life lessons, things that you need to know before you get to the point in your life where you are needed to use those lessons to succeed.

I answered 6 questions about myself, then gave my mother the same questions. These Questions were about my school success and my mom's high school experience. The questions asked what my greatest strengths are, what my mother's experience was, and several other questions.

The first difference between my elementary and middle schools is the lunches. The lunches in elementary school where short and the teachers didn't allow the kids to use forks. So, for example, if you wanted to eat their pancakes, you needed to use a single spoon. However, in middle school you get to choose what you want to use (except for knives) and choose what you want to eat. There is a buffet style lunch line for food and you don't have to eat exactly what they make for lunch.

What I thought about the first quarter was easy because it was the first quarter and the second quarter is going to be harder. The lunch was the same from last year but a few more items. And last year i only packed, now this year i only buy. My grades are falling apart. My year is going good and it’s pretty fun. I’m not really working on my goals because i forgot them. But I am doing better on my homework.

Overall middle school and high school have a few similar things, as well as a few different things. Friendships tend to mature and get closer in high school. For homework wise, high school has a lot more. Sports are played at a higher level as well. All in all, school is still school there is just a few different things between the two