High School Education

Did your high school prepare you for college? For me I say no, due to a few factors I lacked entering my freshman year. In today’s society young teenage adults are going to college believing themselves ready, may be in for a rude awakening.

High school did not have me prepared for college. College requires students to develop a

My high school experiences have become imprinted into my memory and parts of me. I changed entirely from the first day I walked in as a freshmen to the last day I walked across the stage with my diploma. Not only do I look different but I act, think, and understand differently. I realize now that an individual’s character is largely constructed by other people’s opinions, unwritten rules, and a subliminal hierarchy. The reality of high school makes it difficult to escape the ideal image of a perfect student, friend, respectful significant other, and model child. With all these different forces pulling students back and forth, the primary goal is to be accepted; despite how much change one must undergo. From my high school experiences I know how to deal with labelling, peer pressure, alienation, and cliques. Thus my former high school social lessons and knowledge allow me to reshape my perception, values, and self-image to this day.

My teachers hated me, I was never there, and the worst of all my work ethic was in the trash can. I knew how to write a resume before I knew what I wanted to do with my life. High school didn’t really teach me anything besides how to procrastinate, how to get a good grade without doing hard work, and the infamous “Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.” Did it prepare me for college? Heck no.

My high school experiences have become imprinted into my memory and parts of me. I changed entirely from the first day I walked in as a freshmen to the last day I walked across the stage with my diploma. Not only do I look different, but I act, think, and understand differently. Our identities are a process of social encounters with different groups of people, contrasting systems, and self-defining moments that we face in high school. I realize now that an individual’s character is largely constructed by other people’s opinions, unwritten rules, and a subliminal hierarchy. The reality of high school makes it difficult to escape the ideal image of a perfect student, friend, respectful significant other, and model child. With all these different forces pulling students back and forth, the primary goal is to be accepted, despite how much change one must undergo. From my high school experiences I know how to deal with peer pressure, alienation, and cliques. Thus, my former high school social lessons and knowledge allow me to reshape my perception, values, and self-image to this day.

“Freshman myth”, the freshman myth is high school seniors that get affected by the transition from college life. They are overly optimistic and confident in their ability to manage the challenges they will encounter in college. This freshman myth being blamed on by high school because in high school there is no help preparing students for the transition from high school to college, giving future students high expectation on academic, social and personal experiences for when entering college. But this becomes a domino effect because high schools can’t exactly help because they are faced with several budget cuts and lack of support to help high school students in that stage of their lives before going off to college. “Many counselors are overwhelmed and can’t help students like before and are left with little time to help students make such a jump in transition from high school to college and the transition in academic, personal and social challenges” they will soon face on their own. “Statistics show an estimated 18 million students enroll in college in 2008 and almost 35% dropped out or failed out in the first semester because they were over confident, no prepared and lacked unreal expectations for entering college after graduating high school”. Not being prepared for college and expecting it to be exactly like high school effects some students because they believe being on their own with their own rules and no parents on their back makes it easier, but if they do not have

I have realized that college is on a completely different spectrum than high school. My whole educational experience I had a routine, I was at school Monday through Friday and all my classes were one right after another. The bell told me when I had to be there and when I had to leave; I had all my classes every day. In college, I have some classes Monday through Thursday, I have another class only on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I am not at school at all on Friday. I was still stuck in that high school mind set where whenever I am at school is when things that I need to attend are going to take place. Otherwise, there were constant reminders. In college no one’s behind you making sure you’re doing what you are supposed to, it is up to you. This experience was like a splash of water in the face. I have opened my eyes and I finally really understand I am not in high school

Do you know what we are learn in high school? I do, because I have experience first-hand. We spend 4 years in high school learning information that can be beneficial in our everyday lives, while some things in anyway have feasible real-world applications. High school is mediocre because of the information we are learn, method we learn, and the information we retain.

My senior year of High School at Arsenal Technical High School I took a course that was supposed to be a dual credit class but I recently found out that it wasn't. While in this class I earned my A+ Certification. I asked Mr.Smith if there was a way i could test out of this course since i took it back in High School and earned a Certification. His response was to email you.

Jobs are harder to get and college seems to be increasing in cost, getting into college is a great step but it is up to the student to be focused and motivated to being successful or it would have been for nothing. A college education in this day and time can possibly raise the student’s chance of economic success in the future. There are facts stating an individuals with a bachelor’s degrees will most likely earn about 60 percent more than those with just a high school diploma, now a person with a high school diploma will earn about 40 percent more than high school dropouts. Knowing this fact will give a very strong incentive for students to want to attend college and to be more successful economically than others who are less educated.

High school is supposed to be four years of learning everything that will be needed to become a successful adult after graduation. However, it is the opinion of many that high schools are not educating students on things that will truly help them succeed in adult life. There are many supporting statements for this argument, many students have to take classes that have nothing to do with what they plan on majoring in, most students that graduate have no idea how to do their own taxes or anything like that, and they feel like teachers do not give them enough freedom in the classroom.

The reason I was not prepared for college in high school was because I didn’t understand the material the teacher is teaching and the class was always loud. The teachers who taught me beginners English and Math didn’t necessary prepared me for college material because it was basic high school class. I know that English wasn’t my best subject, but I needed more help in high school on that subject to prepare for English college courses. The teachers at my high school was

It seems like everyone gets a high school diploma in the United States in the year 2016. Or do they? Is it necessary to to get a high school diploma? As a country, we have made some progress diminishing educational barriers such as race, gender, and geography but poverty is still a barrier that can keep a young adult from graduating from high school and in turn, continue the cycle of poverty. Does getting a high school diploma have any effect on “generational poverty”?

Through out high school I have worked hard to accomplish my goals of keeping my GPA high and doing my best in every class. I have always put my academics before anything else, which can be challenging at times but in the end, worth it. I have been involved in sports, church, mission trips, and school clubs during my entire high school years and it has benefited me greatly. It has taught me to juggle school while being active in my community and learning life skills. My academic performance has improved by being involved because it has taught me to organize my time, stay motivated to complete tasks, and plan well. Being able to multitask is a great skill to have during college because life becomes very busy. I feel well prepared to pursue my

Learning is not always accomplished in a classroom sometimes as students we must venture out into our communities to fully comprehend the material. Community based learning (CBL) at the College of the Holy Cross, allows for a hands-on learning experience. This semester I will be interning at Burncoat high school as an aid in one of guidance offices, through the MassEdCo program. Through this program, I hope to educate students about the college admissions process, while also learning about the current education system.