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    out of high school. Now you don’t have to choose at 3:05 on the last day of school .Both of the options have their ups and downs. Asking former college students (family members), they said going to college and getting a degree is better, some chose to go straight to working. When you decide to work after high school and not go to college right away it is called a “gap year”. A gap year can be a great way to gain responsibility before heading to college. So would you rather go to college after high

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    The few years before high school was pretty bad for me and my family. We had some financial and personal problems that were going on at the time. I had a lot of problems in school, a lot of the teachers hated me. On top of that I had to deal with personal family problems, I had two uncles that were diagnosed with cancer. My mom would constantly be in and out of the hospital check in on them. Sometimes she wouldn’t even show up to dinner. This forced me to transition from a kid to an adult. My 7th

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    “Tomás, what school do you want to go to this fall" my mother Martha, said to me. This along with the many “Hey, where are you going this fall? Want to room together at Ole Miss?” forced me to think about my impending future after my high school experience. Being from Mississippi I was not an Aggie from birth, my mother attended the University of Texas makes hissing noises* and my father, Thomas Braly Jr., attended a little school on Mackinac Island that ceased to exist only 4 years after opening. So

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    envision my future, as it is always changing. As a child I thought of becoming a doctor, in middle school I dreamt of becoming a journalist, and my plans for the future are still shifting. However, there has always been one common element among my aspirations for the future, and that is the desire to engage in and improve the lives of others. This central desire is what leads me to choose Georgetown as the school which perfectly encapsulates my interests. When I think of Georgetown, I think of an environment

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    The school did it every year for graduating classes. Too bad I wouldn’t get to see graduation this year. Oh well, at this point I didn’t really care. Once I had my gear on though, all I could remember was football. Nothing else. Not even the cheering crowd

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    or college after high school or investigate careers in the area of computers. He would like to investigate a career in computer programming. After college and or training, he would like to work in a competitive employment in his area of interest or run his own business. During high school, Joseph would like to participate in the following: money and budgeting, public transportation, job shadowing, career exploration, college experience, cooking and nutrition and political awareness. After college Joseph

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    over a legal adult, and even afterwards I had to worry about him coming to my school to take me, which he has accomplished before. So when I finally started my Junior year I was feeling terrified. I would eat my lunches with my teachers and some had storage rooms that I was allowed access to if the time ever come to hide. Finally, everyone calmed down once we had confirmation that he was back in South Dakota and school returned to a sort of normalise. Honestly,

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    Last school year was a crazy one. Lots of different things going on, good and bad. I'm usually a C and D grade type of student. School has never been easy for me, i figured it just wasn't for me. I started to give up and not care about school, i stopped doing my work, i let my grades go down and it was bad. I had about 5 Fs, the rest were mostly D’s and C’s. My best friend Erika is an honor student, all AP classes and straight A’s in every single report card. Her parents were so proud of her, we

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    Life After High School In many public schools around the nation, students feel as if they are not prepared for the real world in high school. They believe they need less Calculus and more money management or other class that will be needed once out in the real world. Many kids feels as when they graduate they are just dumped out into the real world and know nothing about how to do the everyday tasks that are necessary to be a successful human being. From the info in this essay, you will hopefully

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    When thinking of life skills needed to prepare for after High School, what is most important? Is it academic knowledge for higher education and careers? Financial literacy? What about how to feed oneself and nutrition? ProStart is a culinary program for high school students under the Family Consumer Science (FCS) Department that teaches not only how to feed oneself, but also leadership skills and nutrition to make better eating choices- promoting a healthier lifestyle for the individual’s future

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