Pressure To Come To United High School

Decisions are what direct a average person's life. Some decisions are easy some are hard. But that’s the way of life and how it works.

One of the most difficult decisions I had to make was which high school I should attend. I understood that this was going to be a major descsion that would set a path for my life There were two high schools that I was considering. I was deciding between New Berlin Eisenhower and Wisconsin Lutheran High School. These two schools both had pros and cons to them.

Personally, I have always been indecisive in all my decisions. Entering high school I had planned to take extracurricular classes pertaining to nursing. I was not exactly the most interested in that field of study, but I has been told that is the career I would make money in. The first day of high school I was not looking forward to entering the nursing class. I was sitting in my home room class waiting on my schedule anticipation rushing through my veins as I waited on my name to be called.

Magnet schools originally began as part of a mass effort to desegregate public schools. Today, they serve the same mission by giving students opportunities to select schools that best fit their needs. Ideally, these same students will enrich the school’s demographic makeup by representing different social and ethnic backgrounds. When it comes to the curriculum, almost all magnet schools use special course loads to incentivize students from various neighborhoods to attend. The goal

Making that decision lead me to make another life altering decision, this was to continue my education. The decision to continue my education allows me to build a brighter future for my children and intern to have them struggle less.

From choosing this Scarlet Letter, how I design the letter, to what pizza toppings I would like, or what movie should I watch, I have trouble deciding what to do. Indecision is a large, and a unfavorable part of my life, that makes it difficult to finalize a decision on a test, or even shower before, or after homework. Deciding is hard for me because it feels irreversible, and I cannot do anything about it after I chose one way or the other. In previous essays, I’ve written about the importance of choice, and how life is made of choices. This idea scares me, even though I see it as true. Since this idea frightens me, I think of the future effects, which creates more pressure on the little decisions I make day to day.

A student in their third year at Sherwood Middle School feels there should be an art class, and less fitness classes (Orlik). The school offers several gym and fitness electives such as team sports, basketball, and fitness for life. While these appeal to many and are great activities for students to be involved in, there are not many options aside from these electives. More students would be pleased if the opportunities that are provided for gym were provided for other subjects, too. For example, many students are passionate about science, as their teachers hope for them to be. However, while potential science electives have been introduced, they have yet to be added to the list of classes. When there could be at least three science electives, there is only one. Several students have trouble selecting the required six choices of elective classes because only one or two really intrigues them. From Family and Consumer Sciences to First Aid and Health, and from Publications to Engineering and Design, one could look at the list and decide that there is a wide variety. But, when compared to a list of high school electives, the few intermediate school electives likely won’t help students prepare for numerous courses that could be taken in future years. It is possible that one class that is taken in junior high could help a young adult determine a future occupation. Educators believe that electives build confidence and give voices to students who aren’t usually heard. These educators also feel that electives encourage groups of different students to work together and to find things in common (Rambo). A vaster variety of elective courses would provide middle school students with both preparation for high school and pleasure. The problem is not that there are too few choices, but that the choices are not so appealing to

The last big decision I made was about changing schools. I was a day student at the Gaffney site and lived on campus. While I was living in Gaffney, my papa began to experience health problems. Before I moved to Gaffney for school I took care of my papa so that my parents and grandma could work. When health problems put my papa in the hospital, I had to choose to stay in Gaffney or move back home. After talking with my parents, my grandma, and my advisor I decided to transfer to the Greenville site, so that I could be with my papa. The decision I made to move home worked out great. I was able to find a job, I enjoy going to school in Greenville, and my papa’s health has improved so much that he is back at work.

Magnet schools are free public elementary and secondary schools that have a focus theme such as STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), Fine and Performing Arts, or Career and Technical Education (CTE). Magnet schools offer specialized programs that emphasize on a theme that would interest the student or the parents would like for student to be interested in. However, for those in lower classes, they will be disheartened to find that low-income, ESOL, and special education students are underrepresented. The admission criteria for magnet schools is so stringent that it rejects those with failing grades, records of bad behavior, or many absences from schools. Students who meet the criteria that is usually rejected are those from lower socio-economic classes due to needs not being met. With lack of representation and harsh criteria to meet, it is often very difficult for students in social classes to meet this criteria and achieve a spot in a magnet school. It becomes a common theme of minority parents asking for something better for their children, yet schools discount these parents because it becomes evident to see these are the kids that the public school system does not value (Kozol

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.

Last year when I was a seventh grade, I made many intelligent eighth grade friends in the MathSci program at Roberto Clemente. All of them were wonderful students so it was no surprise when they got accepted into the programs they wanted to go to. Each one of them had worked very hard to make it to where they were today and inspired me to pursue the dream of attending a magnet high school at an early start. I knew that I would be competing with other bright students, especially the ones in the magnet programs, and that from personal experience that they would have an advantage over me. The only way, I thought to be able to compete fairly with these smarter students, was to even out the playing field. I took the opportunity to learn at Dr.Li’s

When the enormity of the fact that my decision to go to college or not to go to college hit me I decided to put all my efforts into getting into college. I started by talking with my school counselor so that I can organize all my information so that I could make informed decisions and not blunder through my college

The transition to high school is a pivotal moment in many students’ lives. They become more challenged in their classes and learn new ways to deal with ideas. The exposure from these new experiences forever changes the way they look at future concepts. Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, “Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.”

“There comes a time, that defining moment in our lives, when we just have to make that like changing decision…” From the time that we are young we are faced with making decisions – some easy some more complicated. It may be a major decision, or it can be a little more compact. No matter what form, we all are exposed to making decisions. I have made many decisions, but the one that has taught me the most came into play when I was in 8th grade on September 28, 2012.

One of the trade-offs that I faced before in my life is when I had to make a decision about what I want to do after high school. If I chose to further my studies, that means I would have to give up the chance to earn money and gain working experiences. When I made up my mind to continue studying, I hesitated about which university to choose because there are too many choices. For example, if I had chosen to study at local university, I would have lost the opportunity to experience the university life in foreign country. Contrarily, if I had chosen to study abroad, there would have been a bigger financial burden for my family. I had to make the wisest decision as it affects my future.