My Life Concept Project : My High School

“Life After High School” by Joyce Carol Oates is a brilliant demonstration of the tragedy that follows when individuals refuse to be true to themselves. The protagonist, Sunny Burhman, must reconcile her high status and the ensuing idolization of her character with the pursuit of her hand in marriage by the antagonist, Zachary Graff, whom she does not love. As Zachary presents her with a ring, she finally realizes that she no longer can lead him on; she rejects him. He commits suicide as a result, and Sunny assumes she was the solo motive for his actions, though it is later revealed she was not. Consequently, she draws upon the reader’s pity by renouncing her cheery demeanor and devoting her life to accomplishments rather than the pursuit of

All throughout school, students are ask what we want to be when we grow up. Many of us know or have a pretty good idea, but others have no clue what they want to pursue as a career in life, whether it be furthering their education at a university or attending a technical school. There are other students that plan to start work right out of high school. Either way we all have a plan, and the purpose of this paper is to inform you of mine. I personally struggle in making big decisions like deciding what to do with my life, but then I realized I have been asking myself the wrong questions. Instead of asking what I want to be when I grow up, I asked myself what do I want out of life? what are some of my goals that I wish to achieve? This led

As a senior that is graduating in about six or seven weeks, I am constantly asking myself questions like “What are you going to do with yourself?” as well as “What is my purpose in life?” I do this for the fact that once I graduate I am officially on my own and at that moment acquire a massive amount of responsibly and debt. As I discussed earlier, I would like to find my “vocation”, but I also have to pay bills. So until I can find my calling and make it profitable, I guess I’ll be doing the same routine that every other human does just to keep their head above water. But I believe that I’ll figure it out. I just have to keep on believing that there is a brighter future ahead of me, and all I have to do is find it.

In the first months of college, I wasn’t so sure if I wanted to pursue architecture, finance, or engineering; I was utterly lost, unlike many of my peers. Over the months, I pondered on what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Then, I realized I was never interested in obtaining a job where I would sit at a desk and stare at some numbers on a computer screen for 9 hours every day. Through my daily routine and utilization of time, I realized I found less joy in the courses I applied least outside of the classroom, yet was intrigued that with the many hours I worked in the studio. I could work on a skill in which I could use in the career I wanted; a path in which I could leave a legacy through molding the world the way I wanted to see

“What do you want to do with your life?”. In my senior year, I recall being asked that precise question by each person that I encountered: my family, teachers, strangers, and even myself. I would answer with a vague mention of my hope to attend college. However, inside I was clueless of exactly what I aspired to achieve in my professional life, and I was terrified at that fact.

The essay ‘Life After High School” by Annie Murphy Paul is about the effect of a persons high school experience on what they do later in life. Paul had been asked to be the commencement speaker at her old high schools graduation which made her wonder if our high school experience determines who people become as adults. To see both sides of the argument Paul interviewed some experts and read studies on the topic. Some of the research has shown that there some truth to the idea that high school has the ability to shape who we will become in the future. This includes research taken from the Wisconsin Longitudinal study, which is one of the largest and longest-running research project on the effect of high school. For example that jocks are in

My high school involvement has been as broad and developed as i could make it thus far. Throughout my time at Putnam City North I have played football, basketball, golf, tennis, ran cross country, and am a member of the swim team. I served as class president sophomore year, and am now an executive board member of our S.U.N. (Students United (at) North) council which is a much larger, school-wide student council that caters to the entire school’s events rather than just the events of my class. I also am a junior representative officer for National Honor Society, a member of the Spanish Club, and was Putnam City North’s recipient and representative for the Hugh O’Brian award. My S.U.N. council and National Honor Society council are currently

Throughout grade school, I struggled with what my future would hold. I had an idea about what I wanted to achieve. For example, I know I did not want to live pay check to pay check, but I didn’t have a clue about how to achieve that. My entire life my mother taught me to work hard for what I wanted, and then I could reap the benefits later. I didn’t want to wait for later. I wanted to have my cake, and eat to. I knew I love books so maybe I could become a writer. The school Counselor suggested I take a career vocational test to determine what would work best for me.

Numerous students are unsure of what they aspire to be when they graduate High School, most wait until their junior or senior year to thoroughly ponder it, some even wait until they’re already in their first or second year of college. Then in college, 50%-70% of students change their major at least three times before they graduate. Finding or even thinking about sticking to something, like a career for a long period of time can be intimidating for anybody. That’s why I personally think it’s preferable to at least have a slight idea, in order to somewhat know the necessary classes to take to stay on the right path.

Freshman year was full of experiences and one key one that stood out that helped me model my life. I was on the wrestling team and one of my friends wanted my weight so I wrestled up to a higher weight class. I went into my match and right off the start we headbutted. I blacked out but was still able to stand so I went back and kept wrestling. I gave it every bit I had but still lost. The thing is there was no one to support me until my senior year where now I have a loving family. Due to that at the time all my matches the only person I could go for confort was myself. I was so disapointed in my self for losing I went to the back and just cried a little bit until a senior came down and talked to me. He told me the only reason I lost was because

I am not typically the kind of person who plans ahead when it comes to life decisions. While I usually complete homework assignments before they are due and take care of other responsibilities as soon as they arise, when it comes to life decisions, I usually find myself stumped. The thought of graduation and entering the “real world” is extremely exciting, but equally terrifying. Completing this assignment was difficult for me because thinking about the future often makes me nervous, and having to think about all of the steps I need to take to help me reach my end goal was eye-opening. At the same time, I really enjoyed the assignment because it made me take a serious look at all of my goals and helped me organize

I’ve just entered my senior year of high school. I know that this is a very important year. I have a lot of decisions to make and not much time to make them. These decisions will either make or break my life, and I want to make sure that I make them to the best of my ability because there is no turning back. I need to make sure I definitely want to attend college. The decision is totally up to me. There are many positives and negatives of attending college. Go over them, and then decide. I know myself better then anyone else, and I won’t let anyone else tell me what to do. I will make sure if I am going to attend college that I have something in mind that I will want to do, to succeed in. Choosing a major can be a

Upon being asked about my future, I have always been met with anxiety and fear of such unknown. Growing up, as more and more of my peers developed their specific interests and even revealed desired career choices, I only felt lost in terms of what I wished to purse. I found that I was easily overwhelmed if I allowed myself to read too deeply into the dreaded “what am I going to do with my life” question. I have come to realize that it is much less anxiety provoking, however, if I view this matter on a smaller scale. After all, I do have aspirations and goals that I strive to achieve on a short-term basis.

One of the crucial moments in my life was the decision I had to take; as to what I was going to do next in life. Having completed my Advanced Level in 2013, I realized that it was not the end of my career as a student. I needed strong academic foundation along with other soft skills to meet the challenges and survive in this commercial world as a successful individual. In view of these thoughts, I was unable to make a firm decision as to what my career direction would be. After a month or so of various discussions with my parents, friends and other learned people I was able to reason out the best choice for me.

Prior to taking this course I didn’t have much knowledge on the variety of careers that were possible for me to pursue. All the career is that I knew of where ones that I had come into contact with, or seen on TV. I’ve never actually seen a list of different career paths you could take with different degrees. And that’s definitely why I wanted to take this course, because I had no idea what I wanted to do in the future. All I knew was that I would go to school, get a degree, graduate and then have the best career I could. Because I knew I had so much time I’d always kind of postponed actually thinking about what I wanted to do in the future, I just had a vague idea about where I wanted to be, the amount of money I would be making, and how long I wanted to go to school. Because I knew I was never the type to be in school for 8+ year, But I knew I wanted to be successful. As I got into college the idea became more pressing, relatives and everyone else would