Years have passed and now I have reached Junior High School. I should be happy because of my "smartness"; I was chosen to go to a special school for student enrichment. However, I am not happy because the school my mother selected for me is far away from the neighbor, and the school district where I lived had just built a brand-new school within walking distance from my home; most of my friends are attending there, and I could not understand why my mother chose to send me across town. However, my mother enrolled me in a different district, which meant I had to travel either by city bus or walk. The bus trip would take about an hour and the walk was at least 10-15 miles. My mother had this brainy idea to enroll me in this school for enrichment; somehow this was supposed to be good for me. It didn't make sense, nor did I care to share her enthusiasm of starting over in a new learning environment. I was thrust out my comfort zone and probably would not have protested as much if the change wasn't so drastic. It'll become clearer what I mean by this. The first day of school was filled with the normal awkwardness; however, it was also permeated with amplified anxiety as I realize this school was not in a great neighborhood. Some would call this the hood. I thought I was attending a school for smart people. Now I am getting the meaning of some of my early teachings that there are two types of smart; street smart and book smart. I am realizing that these two types of people
It was mid-morning when I pulled up to school, still wondering if I made the right decision by enrolling. Instead of feeling calm, cool, and collected the only thing arriving early did was increase the feeling of impending doom. My mind was racing a mile a minute. Am I going to be able keep up to the bright minds fresh out of high school? It was time to find out.
To many freshman the first day of high school is the opening chapter of a new novel, a fresh start to a sometimes embarrassing middle school experience we would all just love to erase from our memories. August 13th, 2012 was the beginning of my four year long narrative at Cypress Bay High School. Despite my desperate desire to grow up, become an adult, and move far away from my parents for college all that did not seem possible because I had never previously attended a public school. I was struck with fear that I would not be able to adjust to the fast pace dynamics of a large high school.
Being a senior in high school has showed me many problems with my school. I have had both good and bad experiences so far. Most situations are not as extreme as they were at Fremont High School. With that being said, some problems with my high school might surprise you.
The first day of school is a book just opened with the story yet to unfold. My story starts in a new unfamiliar place. It was intimidating to walk into the halls of Larned High School. Coming from a school of 80 students to a school of over 300 students was a massive change.
The Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the United States of America. It was implemented in 1789. It consists of 9 jurors and one of them being the Chief of Justice. The president of the United States recommandes who gets a position on the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court not only has the power to take federal cases but also has the ability to declare the executive or legislative branch actions constitutional or unconstitutional which is also known as judicial review. The Supreme Court took upon the cases Brown v. Board of Education and Heart of Atlanta Motel v. US. According to these cases, the Supreme Court does not concur with the idea of segregation in America.
Gateway Charter Academy Middle/High School is a charter secondary school on 1015 E. Wheatland Rd Dallas, TX 75241, in the Gateway Charter Academy school district. As of the 2015-2016 school years, it had 343 students. The school received an accountability rating of “improvement required.” 98% (336) of the student body is African American, 1.2% is Hispanics, and 0.6% is white/Caucasians, and Asians make up the last 0.3% of the student body. Texas Association of School Board states that the local school board shall rely on the school district professional staff to select and acquire instructional resources that “represent many ethnic, religious, and cultural groups and their contributions to the national heritage and world community” (Texas
Describe a setting in which you have collaborated or interacted with people whose experiences and/or beliefs differ from yours. Address your initial feelings, and how those feelings were or were not changed by this experience.
Houston Elementary School is a small school in a rural area. Many of its students are stricken with poverty, and find it a struggle to cope with day to day life. Teachers and staff do their best to aid the students in this however they can. They modify their instructional methods to where students feel comfortable, they provide food for the students to take home over the weekend, and they do their best to ensure that every student is being cared for.
The author seems to feel strongly that Collegiate Preparatory High School is a superior high school to Exover Academy. Before I present a well-reasoned critique of her argument, it is important to note that the author is a parent of a Collegiate student. This suggests she could hold a bias in favor of Collegiate, especially considering that she is arguing in favor of Collegiate. Perhaps she wants to justify her decision to send her child to Collegiate - clearly no parent wants to feel that they sent their child to the worse school, so she may be enacting psychological mechanisms to bolster her self-esteem. With this in mind, we may begin to critique her argument.
Saint Martin de Porres High School in Cleveland, Ohio is a co-ed catholic college preparatory institution on a mission to provide a quality education and invaluable work experience to inner city youth. The vision Saint Martin de Porres High School has for each student is to attend a college or university. Thus far their goal has been achieved; however the school does not guarantee your student a baccalaureate degree. Saint Martin students usually fall under the category of first-generation college students. Their lack of knowledge and experience about higher education sets them at a disadvantage when it comes to academic success and graduation completion. Formal research has yet to be conducted on the success of Saint Martin de Porres High School students. Due to personal ties with Saint Martin de Porres High School, it is necessary to look into these issues to preserve the longevity of Saint Martin and to ensure the success of its graduates beyond high school graduation.
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
While reading Too Cool for School by Ellis Cose I have became aware of various aspects of my ‘schooling’ experience. I realized that I may not have had the best schooling experience, but I never pushed up against the system to get any better. Throughout my life I have attended over 10 schools some very high end others bottom of the barrel. Like Cose, I always knew my intellectual abilities, but I was always so dissatisfied with my situation I didn't make the best of it. Instead of soaking up as much knowledge as possible and making a lesson out of my situation I became complacent. I started to slack off and allow myself to become stagnant to what I knew my abilities were. I allowed myself to be a product of my environment when I should I have
Throughout many cities, in specifically Los Angeles, five high schools were faced with discrimination. Lincoln, Garfield, Wilson, Belmont, Roosevelt high schools was targeted in many racist ways. These high schools had restricted rules towards students. Majority of the student populations in these schools were Latinxs. They faced problems that were not as necessary problematic. According to Jose Angel Gutierrez, “English was the only language allowed spoken in the classroom and schoolyard. Severe punishment awaited the bold who uttered their native Spanish language within earshot of school officials”(2). Students were forbidden to speak Spanish during school hours. Students were forbidden from using the bathroom, especially during lunchtime. Students were denied to be taught their Mexican-American history. Students were mostly being led into the labor industry instead of going to college and getting a degree. According to E. Esparza (2006), “We had a huge conference that summer of 1967, in which college students — there were a couple of hundred — came together from throughout Southern California. It was basically almost everyone who was in college then, because there was less than 2% of all Chicanos that even enrolled in college”. Students were discriminated by many teachers and administrators. Administrators were not responsible and repeatedly called out, leaving small staff to teach the students. Students did not only receive these discriminatory actions, they also
I chose University Meadows Elementary School K-12 education center not because it was the closes school in my neighborhood but because of the title that the Elementary school had. I actually had three other schools that were in my neighborhood or close to it. I at first assumed that the Elementary school was a private school because of the word University at the beginning of the schools title. Also because of the title of the school I thought that the school I would be visiting would be large, well-funded, and have a verity of different students that attended the school.
Growing up, I hated school. The sinking feeling I got hearing people talk about academics was distressing. Every time I heard the words “mathematics” or “language arts” used in speech I would cringe reminding myself of what I struggle with. Looking back at this struggle, I realize that it helped define the essential components of my personality. Without this hardship, I would not have the resiliency, enthusiasm, or diligence that I have today to face my educational and real - life endeavors.