Personal Narrative: Foul American High School

A few things that have influenced myself as I am today are my family history and my environment. Growing up, my classes were always fairly easy to me, so naturally I always had a higher than average grade. But when things got harder I started to work harder to maintain my grades. I always felt so accomplished when my mother and father would brag about my grades and intelligence and I wanted to always feel that way. My brother never applied himself in school and I would see how disappointed they were in him and I knew that I only wanted to make them proud. By the time I got to high school I had figured out that no one in my family besides aunts or uncles that were married into the family had ever gone to college and from that point on it was my next big goal to achieve.

I was told in the 4th grade that school will get harder and harder, I was told that middle school and high school will get harder than elementry school.

The initial shock of the significant workload and expectations can take their toll, but good time management skills can prevent multiple late nights in a row to get assignments done on time. Kelci Lynn Lucier has worked in higher education for ten years, and has experienced students struggle to try and find the balance between extracurricular activities, personal activities, and education priorities. Luckily, Lucier has four tips to help best use the time provided in a day. Lucier’s first step focuses on managing ones academic time and how it needs to be the top priority above all other curricular activities, stating: “It's important to remind yourself why you're in college in the first place: to graduate” (Lucier). Lucier’s second step is be able to manage personal time, she talks about how unrealistic it is to always be working, studying, or learning, she wants students to try and find time to do something fun with friends or a club. Lucier’s third step is to wkeep the students health in mind, it does no good to stay up until two in the morning studying over a history mid-term, only to be half asleep for the test anyway; sleep is important and without can only increase the stress. Lucier’s fourth and final step is to not be afraid to seek help with your time management, she states: “The most important thing to have for time

High School has definitely given me many potentials. Transferring from Leuzinger High School to Moreno Valley High School has made me noticed that I’ve learned a lot such as: how to problem solve, how to not give up on myself, and how to accomplish difficult tasks. For example, when I attended Leuzinger High School, I wasn’t open-minded. This is because I didn’t take any useful opportunity for granted such as tutoring or extra credit. Then, when I moved to Moreno Valley High School, I finally took a chance to take any opportunity into consideration because more people influenced me, which made me believe in myself. The first opportunity I took for myself was going to tutoring for honors pre calculus. Because I played sports, I had to balance

One of the biggest stressors college students face is time management. As a non-traditional student, I would like to say that I have all my "ducks in a row," but unfortunately I do not. College students, especially grad students, are tasked with juggling a job, family, and school at the same time. This can definitely prove to be a major issue when trying to stay on top of your game. However, with proper time management skills, one can easily overcome this issue especially when they are like me and tend to

Do you participate in sports? If so, you know that being in them takes a lot of time and dedication. Competing in a sport, no matter what sport it is, will also be stressful. Between all the time spent in practice, trading outside of practice, and games, many hours are put into that sport. To make it even more stressful, try to balance school work on top of all the practices, games, and training hours. Now, imagine being a college athlete. Trying to balance working out, practice time, games, homework and studying, and class time all while getting a good night of the recommended time of 8 hours of sleep is near impossible. These students make many sacrifices to play for their college. College athletes risk their bodies and safety, spend most

Middle school for me wasn’t that fun because the teachers seem boring. The reason I found it boring because all of my classes from 6th-8th weren’t all fun because I couldn’t listen to music.Sure I had my friends but the assignments were boring or as exciting.The only time I was excited for something was my 7th grade field trip because it was a day without school, we to Medieval Times, we ate, watch a show and not do work for the whole day.I guess my 8th grade field trip but it was at the end of the school year.the last three days of

It was fifteen minutes past midnight on a Tuesday morning when I was found, trembling, sobbing, barely breathing. I was covered in mud and leaves and my shoes were full of water. I felt like I had walked through hell and come out on the other side. I was barely in control of my own movements and definitely not in control of the words that spilled out of my mouth. “Just let me die,” I told the police officer, who had uncovered the spot in the woods where I was hiding, crouched behind a tree, concealed by bushes and waist high grass. I had spent the last five hours sitting on train tracks waiting to be hit by a train. I remembered the solo I had butchered, the entrance I had missed, the note on which my voice had cracked, and the three AP classes

The fall of 2005, marked the first I was assaulted by student. Classes were passing and I was in the hallway moving students along. I informed a student named Jimmy he need to go to class. Jimmy ignored me and continue to lean on wall talking to his friends. I informed Jimmy again he had to go class. Jimmy told me get out his face. Nonetheless, I persisted in Jimmy to go to class. Instead of going to class Jimmy walked up me and pushed me to the floor. Shocked and humiliated I pulled myself up from the floor and immediately contacted my union representative. Within hours Jimmy’s mom as the school. Throughout the meeting my principal excused Jimmy’s behavior and argued with me and my union representative. My principal and Jimmy’s mom

Since entering Hingham High School, I have developed into a leader equipped with skills that allow me to take roles in improving the community. My junior year, I became a Student Council fundraising committee head, where I was first introduced to taking initiative on a large scale and utilizing organizational skills to bring the school together. A noteworthy example of my leadership skills occurred when I, along with my fellow committee heads, were tasked with organizing the Hingham High lip sync. Initially, we worried that the event may be canceled as it had been the prior year when Student Council failed to sell tickets and assemble a team of teacher chaperones. Many members of the student body expressed their disappointment with previous

While driving in Denver a couple of months ago I looked over and saw a bus transporting elderly citizens who were not able to drive. Looking through their windows, a sad realization came to me. If you have to take a bus to get from point A to point B, you are most likely a second class citizen. Think about my logic. Who has to be bussed around? The very old, the very young, the disabled, and the poor. Our country marginalizes bus people. Sadly our nation does not value them. If you have to ride a bus, chances are that your voice is not heard and counted like the rest of the country.

All in all, I feel like my experience at Hopkins County Central High School was a success. I eventually revisited my earlier question of “Are you sure this is what you want to do?” and I can truly answer this with a “Yes”. I feel that teaching is for me, although I know that High School would not be my first choice of path. As I am pursuing more the Middle School age, but by no means would I turn down a chance to tackle the challenge of a High School classroom

Time management was a necessity with the demands of honor classes, club soccer, and sports medicine intern program. I was completing requirements for honor classes, and then immediately run to the field as an intern in the sports medicine intern program followed by club soccer practice and games on the weekends. I could not have survived my sophomore year without

In a far away city not even close to NP3, which is the worst middle school on Earth (Note: not the worst middle school on Earth), came a war between the 3 middle school students named Jacob, Dillon, and Gio, which is where they find their true destiny in the process of saving the world (and partly damaging it in the process).

I would have to be up in half an hour. Still, I stayed in bed until 8:00, when all community members had to eat breakfast. Once it was time, I walked to the community kitchen. Breakfast that day was eggs, bacon, and also some tasty pancakes. Once it was 8:30, it was time to brush my teeth. I entered bathroom 135, the clean one, and I figured out that I was out of toothpaste again. I would be in trouble if I was caught with bad breath. Worrying about the possibility of getting my first transgression recorded on my record, I tried not to talk too close to peopleś faces. Fifteen transgressions meant abandonment from the community. I walked to my bedroom to get dressed at 8:35, and I got out by 8:40. I entered the shower