Rot & Ruin

From my experience, as a student myself, I can relate to the impression of being unprepared for life after high school. During my high school years, many teachers do not clarify the lesson and expect students to understand the materials by a certain time. Learning only half a chapter and must learned two chapters by the next day. Some schools, however, only cover subjects

When I graduated high school I had no idea what I wanted to do, all I knew is I was done with public school and could live my life as what I thought an adult was. My father and most of my family believed it was important for me to go to college, and get a kick start with my life. Though they weren’t wrong, I had no idea what I wanted to do and no discipline to do my studies to the full extent of my abilities.

One of the most important decisions in any teenager’s life is what they decide to do after high school, the choice is usually between college and deciding to get a job and start making money. Although the cost of education in America continues to rise, the benefits of a higher education are substantial and can be seen in the success of anyone who has a college degree.

I had thought that high school would be no different than the past. Work hard, pay attention in class, and meet standards for every teacher. I was wrong. My teachers were supportive and only held the most basic of standards for all their students. They worked hard to provide us with assistance to succeed in class and be caught up in lessons. By the first grading cycle, I had exceeded all previous expectations my family had of me. I was both joyous and sad though. Now that I had reached the only goal I ever cared for, I was unsure of what to focus on next. This led me to ask my peers for advice and I realized that most of them also did not know what they wanted in the future. Thusly, after thinking and conferencing with others, I began thinking for myself what I wanted for my future. I was still being held at a high standard by family and friends, however I now had time for myself. I was free to decide what kind of future I wanted. Though afraid as I was of my unknown future, I was

I just can’t believe there is only few more days of high school left. As the days are getting closer and closer, it's getting sad. I still remember the day I stepped into Maine East High School as a Freshman, at that time, all I wished for was to graduate from this school with good grades. High school was not the way I imagined, it is way different from what I thought and definitely different from Middle School. Freshman year was the “exploring/adventure” year, finding where each classes were, what activities/clubs were offered at this school and many more. Freshman year went quickly and then Sophomore year came up. Sophomore year was probably the least stressful year in high school but from Sophomore year my family and friends started asking me the scariest question “What are you doing after high school, which career?

Congratulations! You have finally finished high school, so what do you do now? Do you go off into the real world, or go to college? College is a huge investment, but is it really worth it? Well if you don’t have the proper education your life will most likely be more difficult than a college graduate. College is valuable and you should attend it.

There you are, a teenage version of yourself. You’re most likely only seventeen or eighteen years old, but maybe you’re younger or maybe you’re older. Regardless of your age, you’ve clearly just had a serious discussion. The time has come for you to start making decisions about your life after high school. You know a lot about college. College is probably the only choice you’ve even considered. But do you really want to be in school for at least another two years? Is college even worth paying for? Why shouldn’t you just find a job and move on with your life? In this essay I will examine the valid opinions of other thinkers and attempt to provide a compelling argument about the importance of post-secondary education.

The life after highschool is like being released into a minefield, if you take the right steps you get closer and closer to where you want to be, but if you take the wrong ones, you blow a chunk into your body that could either heal or permanently damage you. Of these steps in life many feel like college is the only first step but there are options because not everyone is ready financially or mentally to go straight into college. Lawrence B. Schlack in his article “Not Going to College is a Viable Option”, states many alternatives including taking a gap year which is “taking time off for travel, work, or public service before making life decisions” there is also “military service, cultural immersion while working in an overseas country, doing

When thinking about the future, college is usually the first option on student’s mind. It is the place to go if someone wants to have a successful life, but there is more than one way to get to a destination and that applies to life after high school to. College is important, but careful considerations need to be put in on the debt that would have to be paid back, the other options that are available that could earn as much as a person with a degree, and the stigma of not going to college because there are many different roads that can lead to success.

As pretentious as it sounds, I don’t think succeeding in high school was particularly difficult. I say this aware of the privilege attached to that statement, but from what I both experienced and witnessed, the simple acts of paying attention and completing assigned work got most people through. Conversely, college will require significantly more time, effort, and discipline, which I intend to embrace because my motivations as a student have completely evolved. Despite the relative ease of high school, I did work hard, but only to uphold my class rank both out of competition and in preparation for college applications. School felt ineffectively structured around testing, and not around actual intellectual growth, contrasting the whole philosophy of college. Now, I sincerely crave knowledge to grow not only as a student, but as a person, to expand my view of the world and attempt to understand its many complexities. Investing in myself, and my future requires more than high school ever would, and that’s fairly reasonable all

For now just focus on school and listen to your parents. No one in this world can take your education from you except yourself. Start preparing for college freshman and sophomore year, always push yourself to do your best and never settle for “just okay”. I remember just last year I was thinking that life after school is going to be “rainbows and butterflies”, but looking at life now it’s going to be fairly difficult. After high school you can either go to college or work and I personally don’t know which one I want to

People will be more willing to hire you for jobs, you will get good grades, and be held at higher standards. Narrative Self Analysis On a normal day in school, my behavior changes throughout the day, meaning i am both a great student and a poor one. Usually my behavior depends on if I have friends in the class or not. With friends, I still do my work

In this POW I’m explaining what path I am going to take after I am done with high school. Like whether I’m going to college or not and where I’m going to live. I’m also going to create a plan like how much my bills would cost and I’m going to afford everything.

I finally got back into the swing of things and I tried to get my grades back up. I was mostly successful. I have gotten better at doing my work, I found out she wasn’t right for me, and I know I belong here. I am glad I was able to get over most all those trials but this is just the beginning. Honestly I have no idea of what I want to do after I leave high school job wise. I kinda want to go to college, work with computers, get married and have kids. I know those are things that will not happen until a long time from now but I can’t wait to see what’s next on this crazy train of

     Graduating and getting out on your own is a difficult step to make. There are a lot of things that you have to take into perspective. The choices that you make when you get out of highschool believe it or not are crucial and life altering. Decisions that you have to make are ones like what you want your career to be, where you want to live, and a big decision is buying a house. In making these decisions you have to do a lot of research and things to be prepared. I did a lot of research in hopes of finding a career that I would like and three things that I could see myself doing was owning my own spa ($100,000 yearly salary), managing a spa($60,000 yearly salary), or being an