Randy Taylor: Senior High School Student

High school is a big time for change in a teenagers life. They go through problems with friends, family, grades, and sports. For Andy Jackson, a 17 year old student at Hazelwood High School, he went through all of those troubles. He plays for the basketball team with his friends Rob Washington, Tyrone Mills, and B.J. Carson. One night after basketball practice, Andy was drinking alcohol and driving which led them to get in a car crash. Andy, Tyrone, and B.J. escaped the car with a few cuts and bruises, but Rob got stuck and burned to death. Rob’s death brought Andy to blame himself. He turns away from his friends, his girlfriend, Keisha, and his family. Andy changes negatively after the car crash; he becomes insecure, he closes up his feelings, and he turns emotionally weak.

I’ve learned that this teen is very independant. Her family circumstances have shaped the teens decision-making strongly enough that can rely on herself. Although it is briefly thought about, the teen has decided what she plans on doing after high school. It was clear to me that this teen was once more concerned with fitting in in previous years of her life and now is focusing on relationships that are more personal. The teen has accepted her consequences in regards to lack of academic participation and is set on achieving her short-term goal of graduating.

Arvin Estrellado is a hardworking freshman that attends Chino Hills High School and has a diverse set of interests and hobbies. As a member of the band, which takes up most of his time and quickly creates a schedule filled to the brim. Like any other student, Arvin has hobbies that he enjoys in his free time. Some of his favorite activities include playing his trumpet, playing video games, swimming with his friends, or watching Anime. Alternatively, he has a few favorite places where he loves to spend time when he gets the chance. These places include Huntington Beach and almost anywhere where he can hang out with friends. As far as school goes, Arvin works for his grades and is inspired by his brother. Although it has only been fourteen weeks

Carl Fletcher at the age of 17, has poor self-esteem and has become disinterested in school. Carl has very no positive peer relationships in his circle. Carl is in the adolescence stage of life. A period of life filled with transitional themes that include biological, psychological, and spiritual. These themes do not occur independently or without affecting one another (Hutchison’s, 2015). Carl’s is also challenged by his self-body image, substance abuse, and lack of a father parental figure at home which are contributing factors in his underachievement.

Chris Sheller is a successful sophomore in High School. He is about to graduate into the 11th grade as the soccer team captain and with 3 honor rolls. His family isn’t the wealthiest, so he has learned how to be humble and support himself and others. He has great social intelligence and is driven to meet his goals. Chris will be graduating this year with his best friend, Rocky. Differing from Chris, Rocky is more laid back. He is a successful C-D student with more interest in women than his schooling. He is not favored by his teachers, nor by his bosses. Although he does have a desire to work in the medical field along with Chris. Years later, Chris and Rocky are confronted with an opportunity that could change their lives. An invitation to Harvard University. They both choose to embark to the college to see what is in store. Because a teenager’s choices through life can affect their reputation as shown in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, teenagers often miss the fact that their reputation and the image that they uphold is incredibly important.

Four years…it can’t be that hard right? A handful of teenagers have little to no problem fitting right into the high school routine, their friends come naturally and so does popularity. What most outsiders don’t see is the peer pressure, broken relationship, and distress most students go through in order to maintain a social status within the high school domain. My goal for this project wasn't to inform students about the struggles that high school brings forth, the goal for me was to help students through not only my experience but the experiences of my friends and upper classmen. The actual product which came from this project has met and exceeded my goal of not only informing people about the daily struggles high school students are forced to undertake but guiding fellow students with our own experience

Much of his time after school whe would spend playing video games. This has become a passion and soon to be job. When asked what career he was pursuing he said; “Well you know what they say, do what you love and it won’t feel like a job.” He is planning on becoming a video game designer and some day designing his own popular game. His family has always been struggling with money. When he has a job he wants to make money to support his mom. She has had to work two jobs for many years to pay for Brian’s education.

Movies make teenage years appear to be glorious. You go to high school, you get on varsity, you get the girl of your dreams, and a car to match. However, that is a pronounced lie. Unlike TV, teenage years are full of self-discovery, heartache, stress, and plenty of mistakes. No teen, despite generation, has had a completely smooth transition from adolescence to adulthood. Teenagers stumble, lose their way, and fall down endlessly. The United States has seen a multitude of generations in its time. As a country, it has been through traumatic events such as the Civil War, the Great Depression, and 911. Such events only amplify the typical battles that teenagers face. Though the US is not currently in the middle of a crisis, it has produced a generation of Millennials with the infamous title of being the world’s laziest generation. So do modern teenagers have it too easy? Though some may argue Millennials are a corrupt and lazy generation, it is an unfair assessment since present-day teenagers face different battles than previous generations.

Jorge does not have friends because he’s a loner, went to jail twice in the same year for Grand theft auto and armed robbery. his job is Pretty complicated, he is A weird person, does a lot of Bad Criminal Activity. He has No friends Because he thinks That “Friends are a Distraction from him and that he cannot trust anyone but himself but when he says he has friends he calls them their family since he believes in “ You’re either a family Member or an acquaintance to him and he only has trust Within the people that he has called family and thinks that the people that are his acquaintance are people that he cannot trust with and or cannot be with. Jorge Gonzalez had basketball scholarships From colleges such as IMG Academy, Montverde Academy, Chino Hills, and Bishop Gorman. And since now two years have passed, Jorge’s crime record is all cleared because he turned eighteen a few weeks ago, He is ready to change his life to be a better person and to still take care of his family. Jorge finally been accepted to go to Gonzaga University for his bachelor degree on arts, and All paid for because of his Basketball Scholarship, But his old life still haunts him at night thinking if he pulled the trigger and if it would change everything, Adrenaline pumping, heart speeding,

Sidney Jackson resides in East Orange, NJ. Her career goal is biology, but not sure. Sidney has concerns that she will be dismissed from the program if she does not do well. She did not pass her quizzes in math and reading. In addition, she worries that her parents do not trust that she will not do what she is supposed to do in the program. The student is dorming in the Vodra Hall during the summer program. She gets along with other students and is torn between going to hang out with them or to do homework. During Sidney’s academic career at NJCU, she would like to play basketball. Her goal moving forward for the rest of the summer program is to ask for extra help and study for

At some point we see his schedule from when he was a kid and his list of the things he wants to work on to help improve himself:

As a student, Kevin Louis is quite the typical kind of person somewhat can call a "nerd" or "geek". Currently a senior at Deerfield Beach High School in his last year of being in a public school, he still has a long way to go to hopefully do something great in his life and succeed at something good. Challenges from the past such as living in quite a harsh lifestyle with his family to make ends meet to sometimes not being able to eat between two to three days intervals, he tries his best to continue his education as a way to hopefully support his family in the end. With him being not so spolied in the past due to the limited amount of money his parents had to raise him, it quite help him be a bit discplined and be thankful of what he has. Though,

Mark lives a very odd, but yet, interesting life. He is one of the few people that is part of our small, exclusive friend group. He has a competitive edge to his personality, as he has been in a number of clubs, sports teams, and activities. The assortments include being a part of the National Honor Society, debate team, ski team, along with thousands of competitive online video game matches. Looking back in retrospect, throughout our middle school years, he had put about two months of playtime into the video game Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. He is now currently attending college at Michigan Technological University, with a near 4.0 GPA, to receive a degree in computer software engineering, but also manages to continue binge-playing video games just about every day.

Anne is a 22-year-old Caucasian female currently enrolled in college. She is enrolled as a full time student majoring in Criminal Justice. She lives in a single room on campus and is three hours away from her family. She is currently in the Later Adolescence stage of development and is dealing with several different life issues.

It was 2016, and I was finally a senior in high school. Being a senior in high school was something that I had dreamed of since my early middle school days, and at last, I was there. It was the last year in one of my least favorite environments, and I couldn’t wait to graduate and move away from the only place I had ever known. I had lived in the same town for seventeen years, and I had gone to the same school with the same people for thirteen years. I was looking forward to something new in my life. I was most excited for my senior year because it was the year that I was going to choose where I wanted to move away to and what school I wanted to spend the next four years of my life at. As the year moved along, I slowly realized that I wasn’t moving away and that I’d be staying home to attend college, which was one of the most difficult decisions that I ever had to make.