The Importance Of Education In High School

Learning that school is something to be glad about was one aspect I will never forget. School helps spark and form the character of discovery in one’s mind. To find problems in the world’s society and attempt to fix them so future generations will not be forced to make that same mistake. Other than social media, education is the most powerful tool to train an adolescent’s mind. Coming from the Nobleboro Central School I have this story. The first trimester was a long one, I had never presented a project before and didn’t know the first thing about talking out loud in front of a class. Also, my English was considerably bad with papers handed in, in rough draft form. My English is still a little rusty, although my past teachers have guided me past the few trimesters preparing me for an average High School paper. Concludingly, the first trimester of public school was a real learning experience with mostly a C average in most of my classes which left room for improvement. The second trimester I had an understanding of school and was trying more and more on improving how I could understand teachers. This time of education at public school was the aha moment wherein I could explore the true reasons of presentations, tests and open book exams. The third and final trimester was a matter of consistency in grades. Because of this, most of my trimester average grades were in the B+/A range. Thankfully, because of this I had finished the 8th grade with most subjects having a yearly average of a

In middle school curriculum was much more harder then I have expected classes were much more intense.I didn't have that

When I was twelve, I had no appreciation for school. I saw it as nothing more as a

I remember going into my freshman year of high school nervous but excited because I thought I’d learn so many new things. Next thing you know I found myself dreading school. Was I being lazy? Was it my lack of motivation? I still can’t grasp why exactly I lost that excitement or that yearning to go to school. I was raised to have the idea that school was a place to learn not socialize. But at the age of 14, what teenagers don’t want to socialize and that’s what got a hold of me. I spent too much time worrying about other things that didn’t involve my education.

Then again, how significant to the school system are you, as a person, when you are angsty and don’t know anything about anything. These were years when I developed personally. I found some people I liked - most of whom I do not talk to anymore - and I realized it is perfectly fine to be the quiet girl. Freshman year was also the year I dyed my hair dark, cherry red and wore black eyeliner on my waterline, and if that doesn’t say anything about how much I have grown and changed, I don’t know what does. There is a defined line between ninth and tenth grade, though. Ninth grade I pushed myself too hard to appear smart - working tirelessly on any essays Mrs. Kalasunas wanted done, overachieving on simple projects about the Renaissance, trying my very hardest with geometry. Sophomore year, I relaxed - too much - but I relaxed. I was okay with an 85 percent on an essay, I was okay with not studying for US History, I was okay with relaxing. I regret my vacation of sophomore year, but it taught me that high school really is not that difficult if I do what I am told to

When I got to high school, my grades started to climb. I was trying. In middle school, learning was hard for me, so instead of trying, I chose to give up. When faced with failure in class, I caved and quit without a second thought. When I encountered failure yet again with my grades, this time being worse, it made me feel like nothing, so I decided to conquer it and become something. Feeling ashamed of myself for being a poor student has brought me to improve myself. At first I wanted to improve my grades so I didn’t look dumb, but now I was doing it for me and my future. If my friends didn’t make an effort to receive good grades in school, I wouldn’t be the same student I am today. They helped change me for the better, and they don’t even

A climax of my life was moving from New Jersey to California over the summer between 6th and 7th grade. Luckily I had already made the transition from elementary to middle school, but I still had considerable adjustments to make. For instance, I came from a grade of 250 students to a section of just 80, and was introduced to the concept of honors classes. Nevertheless, I found that the academic adjustments were minor, and the bigger issue was cultural. My New Jersey hometown is tiny and has a library with limited resources. On the other hand, Beverly Hills’ beautiful library boasts a newly renovated children’s section. While many of my friends’ parents rode the train to commute to New York City, Beverly parents all seem to drive. My family

Growing up in a low-income household, I was told to always focus on my studies and go to college so that I can have a career and not work minimum wage jobs for the rest of my life like my parents. Since my parents are both immigrants to the U.S., with little to no high school education, they weren’t given the same opportunities that me and my siblings have, being American citizens. My parents would tell me, “I work these long days and nights, so that you won’t have to” and I always took this to heart because I want to make sure that my parents sacrifice would not be in vain. I came from a low-income community where many of my peers did not continue their studies because they felt that it will just prolong their entry in the workforce. Many of my girlfriends did not have the same family support that I had growing up, and ended up pregnant and high school dropouts. Living in this environment, where being a Latina can either lead to teen pregnancy or lack of education caused me to work twice as hard as anyone else to ensure that I can do something better with my life. Through long hours at the library, taking AP classes and attending college workshops in the weekends, I became the first in my family and my friend group to graduate with honors in high school and go to college. Being a first-generation college student, it was tough to adapt to a higher paced environment, since I came from a semester system.

I remember feeling useless when my friend discussed school, what did I know? I never stepped one foot into a school until I was sixteen. She complained about algebra, and chemistry and things that I’ve never seen in my own work at home. I felt behind, but that didn’t change that I was stuck at home doing close to

Depending on who you talk to, you get different opinions on what subject that you’ve studied in high school will help you most out in the real world. Ms. Bow tried to tell you it’s being able to diagram sentences and understand Shakespeare. Mr. Roberts, on the other hand, has a picture of a toppling bridge that says "Engineer missed just one Trig assignment." If you’ve spent a lot of time staring at Mr. Groon's podium during lectures, you’ve read that "He who knows only his own generation remains always a child." But what does this all mean, how do we truly apply everything we’ve learned in the past four years to the rest of our life, and what really is the most important thing to take away with us from high school? Well, I’ll tell you my

Through out school, starting all the way back from kindergarten and up through high school, students are taught a various amount of skills. In kindergarten students learn basic shapes, the ABC’s, and colors. In first grade it is numbers all the way up to one hundred. Then kids begin to learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, history, science, algebra, English, and then BOOM. Nowhere in that long list are students taught any sort of actual communication skills. Nor are they taught any hands-on experience, besides if they are looking to be a welder, a wood worker, an auto mechanic, or working with pottery in their future. Nowhere in school are students taught how to express empathy. When it comes close to the final deadline and it is time for students to graduate, it can become confusing, and students may appear as to be lost in where to go or what to do. In some cases school can seem to blind students with a lot of homework, which does not seek any importance in ones future. Mark Twain, who was an intelligent American writer, once said, “I have never let my school interfere with my education” (Guise).Therefore, there is so many life skills that students are not taught in schooling how to excel in life.

At my old high school, athletics were a very big deal. The school was pretty much known for how great the sports teams were. There was so much school spirit and everyone supported every sport. Whether it was a car wash for the cheerleaders, or a bake sale for volleyball, you could bet on school support. With a school like this, everyone becomes a part of a family. We even had a saying that we put on almost all the shirts: “Ex Familia Fortitudo”. This means strength through family. To me, this is how all schools should be. But, in situations like this, the education aspect is sometimes forgotten. The students often lose track of what the goal is.

Reminiscing the anecdote of my high school life had shaped me to be a responsible person. Missing a place for further education after completing grade 10 was a complete failure. I had to go back to the village and live as a villager with norm subsistence lifestyle. My family’s perception towards me is for me to pass grade 6 exam to the high school (8 – 10), and then to national high school and eventually to college or university. When I do this, I will promote my family’s name as well as my clan’s name.

I still remember my first day of high school and how in middle school, the teachers had said that high school would give us freedom because we were transitioning into adulthood, but that was not the case. Like all freshmen, I did not know my way around the building, but ended up in the gymnasium where freshmen had to sit for orientation. Teachers dismissed all grades except for freshmen, and they began to play a slideshow of rules. “Rule Number 1: Wear Uniforms, Rule Number 2: Use Your Inside Voices.” After listening to so many rules, I became more terrified of getting in trouble than I was about not learning anything. It was only the first day and we were already being saddled with rules and guidelines that would not help me in college.

Planning your future is an important part of being a high school student. What you do after you graduate high school has a very big impact on the rest of your life. Many parents start a college fund or a savings account so that their child will have money to use when they go to college. If their child doesn’t want to go to college, some parents will give them the money to buy a house and get a good job in what they want to do. In this day and age, college is almost a necessity if you want to live a good job. Higher paying jobs require at least an associate’s degree; though there are some fields of work that do not require any kind of college.