Get Through High School

When people tell you that high school would be the best time of your life, you don’t really understand the magnitude of what they’re saying until your time is coming to an end. A lot of people say that you “find yourself” in college. I, however, had the advantage of finding myself in high school. These past six years have been awesome, and I really mean it. I know it might not seem believable for a high school student to enjoy school, but I’m not lying about this stuff. I felt this way even before there was a scholarship to apply for. My mom taught me from a young age to enjoy going to school, and as much stress as it might have caused me over the years, I still loved every second of it. It’s easy to focus on the undesirable parts like sleep

Being a freshman and trying to keep up with the new schedule and having all theses new classes is hard. Then you have to deal with seniors and juniors who act like they know everything because they're a grade above you, guess what we're about the same age. When I was in sixth grade you were an eighth grader, still only a couple years apart so what changed? The school? Whatever it was it slowly getting fixed everyone is starting to get nicer and helpful. One thing I want to accomplish is to be nice and friendly to everyone. I don't want to treat people with disrespect because I was raised better than that, I have manners and that is what really shows. Now if we talk grades, I'm just trying to get through

Starting high school, I was not a perfect student. However, over the past three years, it is clear that my grades have drastically improved. Whether it was adjusting to AP classes or balancing extracurricular activities and homework, I became proficient at handling the twists and turns of high school. By smoothing out my rough edges, I have become a student with distinct goals and a strong work ethic. Having experienced both low and high ends of academic success, my abilities and mindset can be molded to any situation. I am confident that I have the talent, ambition, and the adaptive abilities to become part of a guaranteed

Tip 4: Be kind to your classmates. If you are not kind to your classmates it will ruin your high school/middle school experience. You will not have as many friends and the people you are mean to will be mean back. This would just make it hard to enjoy school.

I entered my school academically oriented and athletically lackadaisical. But after seeing how the school took inner-city kids and taught them that athletic victory and academic victory lead to success, I decided to be victorious in both ways… and this meant hard work. Sophomore year it meant playing piano for school-wide chapel every week and tutoring Rico, our soccer team’s goalie, in Pre-Calculus. Junior year it meant starting the school’s first book club, joining the wrestling team, and gaining ten pounds of muscle in the gym. And senior year it meant becoming a varsity soccer captain, winning our team’s first Regional Championship, and being the first student in the school’s history to receive the AP Scholar Award… though I still struggle with Spanish and Tupac references here and

Number one : Your grades are above all most important. Don’t abuse free time, use it to get a little work done then laugh with your friends. Pay attention in class and please please please listen closely to your teachers. Number two: Love your class. It makes life so much easier. You're in a small school, as long as you're not completely weird you’ll fit in. Friends are essential to a smooth ride through high school. Plus if you get behind on an assignment they can help you catch up. Finally number three: Just keep going. High school will not last forever and it will get straight up depressing at some point, but by all means don’t give up, it’s gonna be ok, and you’ll get through it. It’s been a wild ride for me. I wish you and whoever reads this the best of luck and the funnest of

Once you’ve been in school for nearly 12 years of your life you think you know all of the tricks to conquering the school year. When a problem arises you think you know the easy way out of it or the perfect way to avoid it. Some kids probably believe that as you continue on through your education these problems will just simply decrease. As a junior in high school, I’ve come to find that that assumption couldn’t be more false. High school came as a scare to me and I felt that I was the only one going through those typical teenage problems; however, after reading How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, by Paul Tough, I began to gain some of my confidence back.

Over the last 5 years I believe I have developed a more humble approach to life because of the lessons I learned through this experience. Now I treat others how I would like to be treated, and try not to react too quickly and get angered over little things. Coming into ninth grade at a new school, I had a clean slate and I was determined to keep it clean and I have. I had a couple of good friends at the new school and they welcomed me, and introduced me to their friends. I knew that if I made good friends and put them first and cared about them, that I would have true friends for

An important thing you learn about high school is act mature. Nobody likes that immature person or persons. The more mature you are the more respect you will get from teachers, classmates, and upperclassmen. Your mature friend/s are someone you can talk to, your immature friend/s are someone that are there for a laugh. Choose which friend you will benefit from

There were students from all around the world who had different cultures, religions, and hardships. I perceived that high school is a race, a race where I can run at my own pace and my goals are the prize. I entered an environment where the opportunities were endless and I was allowed to accomplish whatever I want. My confidence began to flourish. I started involving myself in school work and began to participate in class. During my sophomore year, I engaged in numerous group activities such as the school play, science competition team, and advanced arts. I earned respect and developed a reputable character in school. I reached a milestone in my journey during junior year when I was inducted into the National Honors Society, played varsity tennis and became class

Being kind to each and every person you talk to can be challenging, but the impact that you may have on them can be remarkable. School is one of the cruelest places for a pre-teen or teenager. Girls and boys can single you out and laugh at you because you do not look the same. Many children feel as if they are not as good as others.

Make sure you stay out of trouble throughout your high school years. Don’t get involve in anything that you know it’s bad for you and make sure you hang with the right people. Don’t hang out with people that don’t motivate

At the end of eighth grade year, I was ready for high school with all of the new experiences and challenges that comes along with it that it brings. Throughout the summer I had participated in activities that allowed me to become familiar with the school and some of the students. Unfortunately, school didn’t start good at all. All the amazing people I had gotten to know during the summer, I didn’t have any classes with. On top of that, I am such a pariah in my EGE class. From the first week of school I knew that connecting with my fellow peers in that class was going to be a challenge because

That doesn’t sound like a positive start to high school, and it wasn’t. After years of apathy, of ‘it doesn’t matter if I fail, nobody cares, it doesn’t matter,’ of aspiring to nothing, I was suddenly confronted with ‘it does matter.’ I faced real consequences for my decisions. Where before I been up to my neck in pure academic diffidence

First and foremost, making friends is easier with a positive attitude. In other words, if someone approaches you and you act mean and hateful then they won’t want to talk to you. I always struggled with making friends. I never know the right words to say. Making friends is something most people can do because they have done it since they were little. Whenever we go on our band trips, my friends always want to talk to the other bands. When we go over to them, I stand there awkwardly while they start conversations. I always worry that I will say something and offend someone. Since we first started band I’ve gotten a lot better at talking to people. All it took was me