Honors Classes

We see that in Long Beach, California, a place ridden with crime and racism, schools are trying to hold onto and provide for the small amount of honors students they still have left. However, in focusing on the honors classes, the school completely abandoned the regular students, concluding that they are useless and have no desire for an education. As the years have gone by, segregation and inequalities in schools have become less and less prominent, and this is an issue that we are hoping to stop out for good in the near

The Honors Program student embodies the virtues of independence, academic talent, intellectual curiosity, and persistence. In a brief essay, of approximately 500 words, please tell us how your reasons for admission to the Honors Program as well as your long and short terms academic goals speak to these four virtues. In doing so, you might consider the following questions:

Everyone filed into the classroom on the first day of school with boredom written on each and every students face. As I sit down in the last seat of the last row, I look to see if there is a child I may know. There's not. I should not be so disappointed. Taking honors classes in high school is absurd to the people I associate with. This year is different from any other year. It is junior year. I have to study like there is no tomorrow considering I made the wrong decisions last year. These decisions kept me from playing softball for a third year and to solely focus on obtaining the advanced honors diploma. Over the course of this experience I hope to gain experience I had not received in the years prior.

It all started when I was in eighth-grade. I remember my guidance counselor peering at me through her glasses that her nose could barely keep on her face. She suggested I take Honors English 1—a ninth-grade course. She looked at me with the sweetest expression, a face that held guidance and wisdom. She told me I was “gifted” in reading and writing, so it wouldn’t be a problem for me. I loved to read, and I even loved to write, so it wasn’t that much of a surprise that I qualified. To some kids taking an advanced course would be intimidating; The fact that you are in a class above your grade level comes with a lot of responsibility. To other kids it would mean they are capable of doing anything they want, but not really because it just meant

Since its establishing, the University of Kansas has exemplified the goals and determination of the abolitionists who settled on the bend of the Kaw River in August 1854. Their first objective was to guarantee that the new Kansas Territory entered the union as a free state. Another was to set up a college.

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for the wonderful job you did as the professor and director of the honors program. This has been my first year in the program and I can proudly say that it is an amazing opportunity to be able to be part of. We faced challenges, met new friends, and heard anecdotes from doctors from different fields, which I think that is moving forward to our future step by step going through the right direction.

The Honors Program will aid me as a student by allowing me the opportunity to not only continue taking challenging courses, but to strive and become the best. As an Early Admissions student, I had to adapt

Some of the most important activities that I am involved in include ECF Math Club, Student Math League, volunteering at SciWorks, and National Honor Society. After the years I spent in Math Counts in middle school, being a part of the math club in high school and the math team at Forsyth Tech has been especially rewarding and has allowed me to continue to appreciate mathematics outside of my regular classes. Our two math clubs have been some of the most enjoyable activities that I have participated in since my freshman year. I particularly enjoy participating in the different competitions that we enter, as well as working alongside my peers in the team competitions. I believe that it is important to challenge oneself whenever possible and I am able to fulfill this because of the ECF Math Club and the Forsyth Tech Student Math League.

Discussion ensued regarding the possibility of starting this program with the 2017-2018 sophomores and juniors’ class if they have met all the criteria, and how would students and parents be informed of Honors Credit program. Ms. McCrea responded that it might be possible for implement in 2018-2019 junior years for student because information would not have been shared and the topic of fairness would be questions. She also reported that information would be provided in the handbook under recognition and awards. Students will also receive information from the course guide, school website, AP teachers, counselors, email news blast to parents, and the Falcon flyer. Dr. Kamerzell suggested that team review any issues related to the board recommendations before the second reading on June 13.

My interest to enroll in the Honors Program is much more than “It looks good on transcripts”. Throughout my four years of high school, I decided not to enroll in AP classes, I refrained from joining any clubs, and constantly passed on many other opportunities due to fear of never being good enough. My desire to enroll in the Honors Program is to show myself just how much I am capable of. I have aspirations of earning my BSN at UCLA, and ultimately using my love for children and becoming a pediatric nurse. By being in the Honors Program my dream of getting into one of the best nursing schools in California seems more of a reality compared to a dream. This program would push me beyond my limits while at the same time allow me to interact with

The High School that the instruction will take place has two feeder Junior Highs that are very good schools, they have similar goals of getting students to be proficient in reading and writing skills. As can be expected, students that were in the honors classes in Junior High have a better understanding of how to think and write critically, whereas the students that were in the regular core classes struggle with thinking critically, even at the very basic levels, and wrestle with basic writing skills. These students have gotten used to doing reading guides, and copying notes word for word off the board, they have not developed the skills needed to write out and defend an argument in an essay.

I believe the Murray State Honors Program will help me in furthering my education and enriching my college experience. This program will challenge me and prepare me for the career and life I want to lead. Through this program, I would meet like-minded students from other cultures and learn from professors who are highly skilled in their fields. This program would give me the opportunity to network and meet a variety of people who share the same passion for learning as I do. This will no doubt have a positive impact on my life. The interpersonal, scientific and research skills I would acquire from this program will provide a solid foundation for taking the next step to the graduate or PhD level. This distinguished program will help drive me

One of the biggest myths in my high school was that the people in the top ten rank were the smartest students in the city. That because we were considered to be the best school in the city(another issue in and of itself), they were the ones that were going to be accepted into the high ranking universities and selective honors programs. But what most of my classmates (and myself at first) failed to see, was that the truth was actually very different. When one took a step back and actually looked at the credentials and scores of the people in the top ten rank when compared to the rest of the class, it became exceedingly obvious that the numbers don’t support the notion that they are the “elite” scholars of the school. Many of the “elite” were there for one reason only, they knew how to play the system by picking the easiest teachers for each subject. Now of course there were a couple of students that were indeed hard workers and very intelligent, our valedictorian is a great example of that. But the majority of them were anything but. Most of their test scores (AP, SAT, ACT, etc.), awards, and community service/extracurricular activities were noticeably less than the students who were deemed less “successful” than them. Now when I first started there I thought that maybe if I tried to do what they did, I would have a higher chance of getting into a great university, but I started to notice several little things about the previous classes and their top ten’s experience in

For every class I studied a ton and learned easier ways to help me work with either a problem for math or a writing prompt for english. I work my butt off to stay in all of my honors classes. I studied hard for my grades and took any extra credit assignment if i felt i needed it. Staying after school to finish assignments or redo tests or quizzes also helped my grades as well. I try my hardest on all of my assignments and it was incredibly difficult to achieve this honor and i am very proud of myself for being able to do it. Grades are only half of the honor, the other half is the community service project. For my community service I did three things. The first thing Was helping a church called church beyond walls which is a church for those

My greatest strength as a student is my perseverance. No matter the difficulty of an assignment, I choose to give it my all until the end. For example, a challenge I have faced several times as a student is working with uncooperative peers. With such a difficulty, I choose to stay calm and compromise ideas with others to solve the problems. Nevertheless, if the problem is not resolved I will continue to work on the assignment until it is complete with the my best work. I have noticed that I am not discouraged by such problems, but instead use these complications as learning points in my educational experience. However, considering my strength I have a promising weakness to balance out my work habit; I am a