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    Jail. Gruesome. Tiring. To a teenager those words could only describe one place: high school. High schools have made their way into the backbone of society through the fact that over many generations, millions of students across the globe are forced to wake up and attend every day. Many students have cried out for help in ending these means of slavery, and their cries have been heard. School is a big waste of time, and it is time to lay it to rest. Getting up early to do meaningless work is best

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    American dream. The United States offers someone to have freedom to make a name for themselves and become an entrepreneur in any industry they want. Therefore, it is easy for immigrants to come from other countries and have a chance to succeed in life. Every American wishes to be the great corporate executive officer (CEO) of a thriving company to make millions of dollars; however, achieving this goal becomes extremely difficult when you find out the great challenges that every CEO has to overcome

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    their brother. The small community culture is something that has had a major positive influence on my life. One of the impacts it has had on my life is the importance of friendships. Going through high school you pretty much had to stay friends with the people you have been around since kindergarten or else you wouldn’t really have any friends. It teaches you to choose and make real friendships. After

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    would the world be like if nobody moved beyond high school? Background information: America’s first college was founded when the colonists arrived from Europe and founded New College”, which was later to be renamed to Harvard University in 1636. In the late 1800s and early 19th centuries the number of schools increased from 25 colleges to 241 colleges in 1860. According to BLS, of the 3.1 million people ages 16 to 24 who graduated from high school between January and October of 2016, only 2.2 million

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    My Life Is My Education

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    guys”. I know for many of you this not an easy day but this is part of life, people come and people go, what’s important if what they leave behind. My life was very different from a lot of people. Many of my friends did not know what it was like to be in my shoes because in the early 2000’s being a Muslim girl in a household of two older brothers was not easy what so ever. As with everyone else there were many chapters in my life, some were very interesting, some very sad, many filled with problem

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    Many high school students sometimes wonder if continuing their education after high school is truly worth it. Obtaining a four-year degree is a very expensive and time-consuming task. After graduating from college and getting a Bachelor’s degree, the goal is to find a job that fits their chosen profession and earn more money than if they would have not gone to secondary school. The worry of many students is that they will not be able to achieve this goal in finding a job with their degree or that

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    Social Location Paper

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    societies, our minds, behaviors, and overall beings are affected by everything that we each experience and witness since birth. Henslin (2015) defines social location as, “the corners in life that people occupy because of their place in a society” (p. 2). This means that different aspects and characteristics of one’s life have placed them into specific groups within their society, which can often affect their ways of thinking and in turn, their behavior. Being identified with a group can shape one’s thoughts

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    Life Defining Experience

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    One of the most life-defining experiences that I’ve ever been through happened during the summer before my freshman year of high school. Back then, I was living in Marshall with my dad and my two younger sisters. Marshall isn’t that big of a town, merely hosting 400 residents. Everyone had a connection with one another, including my classmates and peers. We were all friends because each and every one of us knew better than to exclude another person, especially because there wasn’t enough of us kids

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    PSEO Goals

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    graduate from High school There are a lot of goals I wish to accomplish. These goals are not only going to benefit me in High school but after it. I have a lot of goals I want to reach like, getting an A in all my classes and getting into PSEO. There are many more that I want to accomplish but some are harder to reach than others. There are some goals that I find more meaningful and important for my future like the ones I’m going to talk about.. A goal I want to reach in high school would be

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    The Importance of Being Ready Joy Ripslinger Assumption High School 24 October, 2016 The Importance of Being Ready High school is the stage of final preparation before one may choose to attend college. It typically eases the mind of a high school student to know whether he or she is ready for college. Not only does the comfort of feeling prepared apply to school, but also many other stages and events in a teenager’s life. Teenagers in high school are often times self-conscious beings, and strive to

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