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In this letter, I hope to show you why I am interested in going to County Prep. County Prep has been my number one choice for high school. The County Prep mission statement says, “We are a dynamic, diverse and compassionate learning community…” From only this part of the statement, it shows me that this high school is not only an active learning community; it is also a distinct and caring community. This statement persuades me that every student that enters County Prep feels comfortable and that they are there because their future depends on this place. High school is the starting point to pick what you want to be when you grow up. I choose County Prep because it gives you a head start on college and I believe this is what my future depends

Holden’s struggle with school is a universal experience for teenagers. Students struggle to maintain great grades and stay connected with social aspect as well. In Catcher in the Rye, Holden gets kicked out of 4 schools and at his most recent school Pencey, he failed 4 out of 5 classes Holden does not have many more options for schools and as a result is struggling. Many teenagers can relate with Holden because 20% of high school students never graduate and over 1.2 million teens drop out of high school per year just like Holden. More studies show that 49% of students reported feeling a great deal of stress on a daily basis. When students have no more motivation it causes their grades to dramatically drop and the stress to pile on. Holden

The Catcher in the Rye, is a flashback from when Holden left Pencey and the events that occurred until he met up with Phoebe. Pencey Prep is where Holden attended school and where this story begins. Holden has been to many different boarding schools and failed out of every one of them, Pencey was the last school that he went to and that was the worst of them all, “It was a terrible school, no matter how you looked at it’(Salinger 5). To Holden, everyone there seemed like they were putting on an act to make themselves look better. Pencey can be viewed as a symbol of being an outcast because he can not relate to many people there for the reason that he is an antisocial person. For example, while everyone else was a the biggest football game

In the first chapter of this novel, we get introduced to the protagonist and narrator of the novel, Holden Caufield, from a rest home in which he has been sent for therapy. He refuses to talk about his early life, although he does explain that his older brother “D.B” sold out to writing for Hollywood. His story and breakdown begins in the school of Pencey Prep, a boarding school set in Pennsylvania. The setting for the early chapters in the narration is his "terrible" school, to which he describes the atmosphere to be “as cold as the December air on Thomsen Hill”. Holden’s student career at Pencey Prep has been destroyed by his refusal to apply himself. We know this after Holden explains he failed four of his five subjects, passing only English. Due to his lack of effort and determination, he was forbidden to return to the school after the term. The Saturday before Christmas vacation began, Holden overlooked the football field, where Pencey usually

Teenagers often struggles with school due to the difficulty to get good grades and interact with teachers and other students. Holden is at Mr. Spencer’s house because Mr. Spencer wants to

In the beginning of The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is an immature teenager. Holden gets kicked out of his school, Pencey Prep, for failing four out of five of his classes. He says, “They kicked me out. I

    One of the similarities between Holden and Salinger’s lives are they both attended private schools. Holden attended many schools that he continuously got kicked out of. The main school focused on in the story was Pencey Prep. Holden got ejected from Pencey as a result of failing four

High School is an incredibly important period of life. It influences your social, academic, and personal life for four years, and prepares you for college and a career. This is the reason County Prep High School is my school of choice. County Prep's thriving social environment, challenging academic curriculum, and wide variety of electives will help me successfully carry out my plans for the future.

This directly correlates with Holden’s dubbing of many people, practices, or labeling things as “phony.” He refers to the school and each of the students individually as “phony,” and calling out, “Sleep tight, ya morons!”(59) when he leaves Pencey for the last time. This demonstrates Holden’s use of “phoniness” to describe anything that doesn’t meet his

In the beginning of the novel the reader learns that Holden has been kicked out of his school Pency-Prep.

As teenagers start to become rebellious after WWII, the private education system is seen as a corrupt system. The education system is introduced via the Pencey Prep motto “Since1888 we have been moulding boys into splendid, clear-thinking young men.” On the same advertisement, Holden talks about the “guy on the horse playing polo” and says that he has never seen a single

While he is at Pencey, Holden experiences corruption many times. This may be one of the reasons that he does not try in his classes. At some point, he joins a secret fraternity, not because he wants

If Holden is trying to apply himself and does well in school, there is no reason for Holden is fail out of school or get kicked out. This is a very important moment in The Catcher in the Rye, which makes it a little sad that it happens so close to the end of the book. The reader does not get to experience this new Holden which is trying to have a bright future in which he actually applies himself in school, which has never happened before. Holden’s experiences in the mental facility, really help holden learn the priorities of life and to not fear the normal teenage experiences, which consists of changes.

Holden’s relationship with his own dorm room members while at Pencey Prep shows how Holden recognizes people who are genuine, while ignores or de -legitimizes people he feels

Holden says, "This is about the fourth school I've gone to"(Salinger 5). The reason he changed so much schools is Holden cannot bear phoniness and he doesn’t really have great friendships. And because he doesn’t have friends in school he cannot connect, hold on to a school. Holden lost his little brother Allie when he was a child and it was a really hard thing for Holden to get over. That’s why he is afraid and so picky while he is making new friends because he fears to lose his friends like Allie. And because Allie was a so sincere boy Holden can’t tolerate any “phoniness”. Will is also against schools because he think that schools are waste of money and waste of time. Will is a very smart guy, even a genius ,and he didn’t even go to a college but he can solve the hardest mathematical problems and theorems in hours that professors spend their years on. He managed those without going to college that’s why he thinks that schools are just waste. He says, “...you dropped 150