Freshman Vs Lazy Seniors : Time And Time Essay

While high school in reality is full of surprises and twisty roads, teen television shows and movies are based off a strict set of conventions that allude to other teen films. In David Denby 's "High School Confidential: Notes on Teen Movies," he describes the typical movie storyline and characters: the blonde, superficial cheerleaders that make up the popular crowd, along with the buff, handsome jocks versus the social outcasts comprised of geeks and freaks. Denby continues to explain the nature of these two social standings, including how the “cool group” bullies anyone below them. Denby goes on further to discuss how a particular outsider usually becomes the hero or heroine of the story, despite their social discomfort or awkward

Ever since I was a little kid, and growing up in the grade school, I saw the students a grade above me as the “big kids.” I would look up to them and try to be just like them. I can remember being in the fifth grade and wishing I was a sixth grader because they were older than me and they had, what felt like, more authority over everyone in the grade school. Last year, during my junior year in high school, I was still looking up to them. Of course, they were all some of my very good friends, but I still felt like they had more authority over me. When they graduated, I felt different. It took until about halfway through the first nine-weeks to realize I have authority over every student in the school, and there were

I think I speak for many people when I say high school is a critical point in one’s life. Coming into high school, things seemed to be tightly-knitted between my peers and I; those of us who had just

High school, the best times of our lives. But in every situation others don’t experience it as the time of their lives. In specific, the so called, “Loser, Nerds, Outcasts." Sometimes the perception that most high school movies convey for this certain group are the reality. In this article "High school confidential: Notes on teen movies" by David Denby, He describes the functions of an everyday American high school. David Denby uses very effective language and rhetoric to provide the minds of the opposing side. A sample of the rhetoric skills he uses is stereotypes, ethos, and pathos.

In Leon Botstein’s "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood", Botstein argues that the "superficial definitions" of high school students are a reason to let teenagers begin their lives in the working world rather than to perpetuate their education. Botstein is correct in proclaiming that high schools are breeding grounds for "cliques" and "artificial intensity”, and his address of the “flawed institution” of high school is cogent and fitting.

My high school years, unlike the past years of steady achievements, felt much more like a sine graph with ups and downs. To begin with, I conquered my freshman year in a breeze. My easily achievable classes not only earned myself confidence, but also admiration and respect from my classmates and teachers. As a result, I comfortably acclimated myself to the status of a star student.

Botstein starts his argument by stating the various parts of the high school experience that are harmful and pointless to students. The first is the “untouchable” category which consists of coaches and high school athletes whose exclusive ranking is based off of the team’s success rather than their own educational achievements. Secondly, Botstein addresses teachers and curriculum that “hold so little sway” over the minds and attitudes of students, since the average student is constantly worried about growing up, popularity, and their friend groups. Next, Botstein claims that the “primary reason” high schools are flawed and broken is that the teens in the twentieth century era are maturing “substantially earlier” than in the past decades. Lastly, Botstein develops a new method for teenager’s education experience by eliminating the 10th through 12th grades, permanently making high school obsolete. If Botstein’s plan is achieved, teenagers will have many different options to choose after their secondary schooling. They can

Let me start off by saying this reading really opened up my eyes. It’s crazy that there is so much that comes into consideration when being apart of a society. High school is a big part of many people’s lives, they need to make it out big in the hallways. This means that people will do anything in their power just to fit in with the “cool kids”. In reality there is such a thing of a higher status and a lower status, but the fact that in high schools it’s a huge problem is sad. When I was in high schools, which wasn’t that long ago, this was a big problem. People needed to have the hottest clothes, shoes, phones, and music, in order to just be recognized. The funny thing is was that, the “nerds” were very high in demand as well. The cool kids wanted to be on their side as

I just can’t believe there is only few more days of high school left. As the days are getting closer and closer, it's getting sad. I still remember the day I stepped into Maine East High School as a Freshman, at that time, all I wished for was to graduate from this school with good grades. High school was not the way I imagined, it is way different from what I thought and definitely different from Middle School. Freshman year was the “exploring/adventure” year, finding where each classes were, what activities/clubs were offered at this school and many more. Freshman year went quickly and then Sophomore year came up. Sophomore year was probably the least stressful year in high school but from Sophomore year my family and friends started asking me the scariest question “What are you doing after high school, which career?

In the essay "Let Teenagers Try Adulthood", Leon Botstein expresses that the "superficial definitions" of high school students present a reason that they should be allowed to begin their lives in the working world rather than to prolong their education. Botstein is correct in proclaiming that high schools are breeding grounds for "cliques" and "artificial intensity”, and his address of the “flawed institution” of high school is cogent and fitting.

Four years…it can’t be that hard right? A handful of teenagers have little to no problem fitting right into the high school routine, their friends come naturally and so does popularity. What most outsiders don’t see is the peer pressure, broken relationship, and distress most students go through in order to maintain a social status within the high school domain. My goal for this project wasn't to inform students about the struggles that high school brings forth, the goal for me was to help students through not only my experience but the experiences of my friends and upper classmen. The actual product which came from this project has met and exceeded my goal of not only informing people about the daily struggles high school students are forced to undertake but guiding fellow students with our own experience

High school High school is a very crucial part of everybody’s life filled with many learning moments and also times that most would like to never redo. This being said we all go through this time and we can all relate to the stereotypes that come along with high school. Some were on the top and others were on the bottom, but everyone had their specific place.

Walking into school on my first day of high school, I felt out of place. My face covered in acne, my teeth covered in braces, and the callicks in my hair stuck up through the abnormally thick layer of hair gel that coated them. My middle school social anxiety still ruled over me as I could barely speak with any member of the opposite sex. Yet, I still had an odd confidence about me. I had always been one of the best students in my class, even without ever studying for a test. I viewed high school as a slight uptick from the curriculum I had easily passed in middle school. I was wrong. High school exists as a microcosm of society, in which I originally failed to acclimate myself to the challenges posed to me in a setting of increased

High School Musical, Mean Girls, and Hairspray; any of those ring a bell? They're all classic high school movies that our generation has grown to love. Although each of these movies present the obvious cliques of the populars, jocks, and nerds, is it really all that similar to today's society? I had the chance to interview a few students here at SouthEast Tech about the stereotypes of high school and defining what is true and what is just a movie myth. When asking freshman, Anthony Gomez about something he's seen on the silver screen that he can compare to what he’s seen on campus is the sight of the crowded hallways. “It's all pretty similar”, Anthony stated “The hallways are usually crowded with people and it's hard to navigate sometimes.”

As I entered high school in Grade 9, I worried about school on how it will be difficult balancing school, family, friends, and extra-curricular activities. This all seemed impossible to me, however, as high school progressed I’ve learnt several things about people, on how we interact towards each other, and how we perceive each other for who we are. I continue to wonder why people compare each other; it’s like we’re both competing for vanities, which means utterly nothing in society. We intake everything we receive from others, making us lose our personal identity. We do not have control with ourselves; we are slaves to the system, in what we read, which formulates us to become someone else rather than ourselves.