The Year Of High School

When junior year ended last summer, I felt like I knew exactly what was coming my way-- after all, I watched three different groups of my friends go through senior years of their own. It was finally my turn to experience senior year, something it seemed I had known about for years, and I felt like senior year would be easygoing and uneventful. Now, it has taken just a few short months to realize how incorrect I was. If senior year has taught me anything, it is that one never really knows what comes next for them, even if they have a good idea. The monumental highs, as well as the deepest of lows, have kept me on my toes throughout my senior year.

Junior year was full of many new experiences. We were now classified as upper classmen! Just like any of the other years in high school this year had just as many ups and downs. One of the main stresses in eleventh grade was the SAT. For sure one of the scariest things that I have ever had to do. All of the preparation going into it and the amount of studying made me feel as if I wasn’t going to have a brain by the time the testing was over. I took college and career readiness, which really helped prepare me for what was to come. By this time in high school I had already had my job for a little over a month, so I already knew what to expect once school started. I am thankful enough that at my job you get to leave at seven because I hear many

Since Early College High School was founded in the year 2006, the school and its students have always been at disadvantage. The school has lacked several opportunities such sports, scholarship opportunities, etc. However, a topic that has been the spotlight of discussion amongst students over the course of eleven years has been the lack of extracurricular activities. This problem does not only affect students, but it rather affects faculty members as well. Although there has been a slow but gradual increase in solving this problem, this change has come forth at a lengthy rate. It has been 11 years since change has been prompted, and although the current students are benefiting from this change, there have been several generations of

There’s four main seasons that occur throughout the year. I’ve always loved the saying “like the seasons we change.” When I hear this saying I like to think of a tree; how it can go from being a little sprout, to small tree with only branches, to being so full of life with colors and leaves everywhere. This tree withstands the scorching hot summers, the brutal cold winters and all of what is in between. This tree stands strong and continues to grow and mature through it all. I would compare myself to this tree as I have grown, and matured as well. Throughout my four years of high school I’ve changed just like the seasons.

Towards the end of my senior year of high school, I was preparing for the next chapter of my life. I would be attending UC Davis in the summer for a four weeklong orientation program, specifically for first generation college students. This was the first time I would be leaving home by myself to a different country and it was the first time in over eight years that I would be exposed to the American culture. I did not have any roots in any American city nor did I have a so-called “home state.” However, if there was one thing for sure, it was that Germany was my home and it has been for the majority of my life. In this paper, I will be discussing how the following topics in sociology: culture, socialization, and identity are related to my move from Germany to California as well as how I felt during the entire situation.

In the book Thank You for Arguing, the author, Jay Heinrichs presents the reader with the fundamental tools to master the art of persuasion. Heinrichs applies current events and topics to the book to grab the reader’s attention and spark their interest in the wonderful world of persuasion. The ultimate goal by the end of the book is the ability to apply the tools and techniques mentioned throughout the book into your arguments, hopefully resulting in success. I know that reading this book has equipped me with the knowledge and tools to shape my arguments correctly, and strategically in my favor. Hopefully this paragraph is a reflection of that. Now think back to your high school experience, do you recall the heart wrenching moment when you

The high school lifestyle is full of good intentions and evil ones. And as any other movie relating to high school there’s that one girl who wants to be the center of attention. That girl is Madeline. She’s quite promiscuous if you were to ask Yvette. Yvette the straight A’s student, well known, leader of many clubs and of course you can’t forget the boyfriend, Jordan. Jordan the captain of the basketball team, everyone praises him. Yvette and Jordan have been together for two years and are the “it” couple everyone envys. Madeline wants what they have. She craves the attention and what other way to get it, by starting rumors of her and Jordan being seen together. Poor Yvette, she didn't know what to believe, the rumors which wouldn’t be the first time to spread about Madeline taking what doesn’t belong to her or Jordan, her charming boyfriend. Madeline’s

The 1979-80 school year was my sophomore year; the 1980-81 school year was my junior year. For both of these school years the Mid-Valley Junior High School and Mid-Valley Senior High School continued to operate in a campus environment in Olyphant.

At the very beginning of my freshman year at Harris County High School, I looked at my schedule and I realized I was in Journalism. I was absolutely ecstatic; Jesus himself couldn’t make me any happier. The fact that I actually made it in made me all tingly and excited! At first I thought that Yearbook would be like every high school movie ever; all of the smart, unrecognized, but the necessary people got passes onto the football field to snap a few PERFECT pictures. Honestly, I thought every picture I took would be perfect. I never knew how to edit a picture beyond a snapchat filter, and I didn’t think I’d have to learn either. I thought every teacher would let you interview whomever you wanted, whenever you wanted. I never realized how hard choosing people to interview would be either. My biggest mistake was believing it was an easy free period.

You are in 7th grade. You don’t know why this year in middle school exists. You think this because 6th is the beginning and 8th is the end. Why don’t you just take this one out and get middle school over with? This year isn’t totally worthless, for girls at least. This is the year of your first kiss, mean math teachers, confusing friend problems, and your regular, tortuous girl lives.

My 8th grade year is like the song “ Don’t Stop(color the walls) “ by Foster The People.To begin with I may have small talk but big thoughts. This year I have really discovered who I want to be. If you're not one of my close friends I may seem quiet, and shy but it's really because I am always thinking, dreaming, comprehending the things in the future and past. Although it may not seem like it I want to do important things in the world, like save the planet from disaster. Secondly I'll draw until I've broken every law. Lately when i'm frustrated or sad I have found myself through meaningful art. In my basement there is a cement wall completely covered in paintings and doodles that my close friends and I created to express ourselves. That's

Imagine. Your starting year of high school and you start the path of your future. You receive your first report card, then your first award, and you think about further your learning. The thing is, your typical high school will set you on a path that leads to success. But the only success you will achieve in that high school is to graduate to that high school. Fast forward from Freshman year to the end of your junior year. You plan to get a college education but you only have so much resources at your average school. What if I tell you that I am in a school that will get you on track for college readiness from the start of your high school career. Damien Memorial School leads you to a direction that will advance your knowledge through the supportive

When people think of graduating, they’ll usually think of high school or college, the “important” graduation ceremonies that are usually called milestones in people’s lives. But a middle school graduation, no matter how small it may seem, is the one that marks a major turning point in anyone’s growing up story. Middle school are the three years of your life in which you change the most. Going into sixth grade, most kids are young, excited, naïve students, as we see in the sixth graders our school has today. But right now, as we graduate middle school and prepare for what comes next, we’re all completely different people than when we came in, and, therefore, better (hopefully). Throughout these three years, we’ve become real people with proper

Toward the end of my junior year of high school, I was given a blue paper with a space for teacher approval and space for an ‘X’ mark. This was the senior classes sign-up sheet for what classes we wanted to take in our last year in high school. Having always been interested in and fascinated by the sciences, I put an ‘X’ next to Biology II – Honors. I had never taken an honors science class before, but I was able to get my teacher at the time’s signature in the space next to the class name. I had performed well in her class, and I deemed myself ready for an upper level course. Time went by, and I was suddenly in the classroom of Mrs. Hogan, the honors biology teacher. After the first day consisted of introductions and what was to be expected of the students in that class, we began to learn. Suddenly, my passion for that class disappeared. I had no idea what any of the terms she was using meant or how the unit that was being taught made any sense.

In the previous paper that I handed in I stated that children have the biggest aspirations because they want to become fashion designers, pop stars, and astronauts. I was one of those children, always changing my future profession to the next big thing. I wanted to be a fashion designer, a chef, a doctor, a teacher, an artist, etc. Then for a while I decided I 'd be some world renowned author. I was determined and persistent and I wouldn’t let anyone tell me otherwise. I wrote and rewrote stories, rather fragments of stories. But then people started to tell me that there was no money in majoring in English, that being an author wasn 't a career. One man even went as far as to say that fictional works come from the devil. Waking up from that dream, I realized I had no plans for reality. Senior year of high school I took a course titled, "Law and society". I was amazed at how much I liked and was good in the class. So I decided that my new career oriented aspiration would be corporate law.