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    School is boring. College cost too much money. Is college always the best way to a lasting career? What field of work should I go into? I don’t know what I want to do with my life. I heard vocational schools are for people with bad grades, is that true? I have heard all of this from my peers in high school. Truthfully, I have asked myself some of these same questions, especially in the last few months with high school graduation being less than 18 months away. For me, high school has been mostly

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    valuables, and boxes are stacked all the way to the ceiling. By this time, I have been accustomed to the process of putting my valuables in a storage locker. I had to leave my house and stay with a friend of the family. From middle school to my sophomore year of high school, I lived in seven different places. Therefore, it was convenient to have a storage locker to keep my belongings in. It was comforting to know that my stuff would still be there when I found a permanent place to stay. When I

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    these individuals has had his/her own unique journey through life. Sometimes this aspect of their identity can define their life; it can especially shape their life in terms of what they experience. For instance, LGBT teens are three times more likely to be bullied, 90 percent have been harassed at school, and more than 33 percent will attempt suicide, which is four times more than our straight counterparts. The journey through high school can be tough for LGBT students, but it can be just as enlightening

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    stress sweat to having long term effects such as chronic depression. The Cause and Effect of Stress on High School Students Stress is mostly a physical response in the body, humans start to produce a larger amount of certain chemicals and hormones like adrenaline. Thirty percent of teens reported to have high levels of stress as a result of school and 31% reported being overwhelmed or sad because of school.Another 31% of teens said their stress level went up or were sure

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    Ivory Tower

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    There has been an issue with high school education and college education. Some would take the college road, but others would take the high school education. However, the primary idea of the movie” Ivory Tower”, Jullien Gordon Speech and the website “The Classroom | Synonym,” in my opinion, is the comparison and contrast of high school education and college education. The movie “Ivory Tower” highlighted numerous situations dealing with college tuition, the education, the different types of colleges

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    Reflection Paper

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    education that I have received at Jefferson R7 High School has prepared me for life beyond high school. The three Rs of education, reading, writing, and arithmetic, was a large focus of my schooling when in elementary school, which formed the base in which I would later grow upon. The education that was given to me formed a well-rounded student that has the tools to solve problems and find information that is sought after. When I was in elementary school my teachers focused on learning to read and defining

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    In my family, college is a very important aspect of life. We believe fully that receiving an education is one of the most crucial points of life. However, other families do not have those same ideals in their life. Schools are wondering whether or not students should start thinking about college in middle school or even grade school. Many different people have several different opinions about what kind of education students should be receiving. In my opinion, there are three main reasons as to why

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    chapter in my life. A very long and meaningful chapter in my life, which molded me into a man, bettered my mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. This chapter has been filled with some many memories and life lessons. This chapter of my life was my favorite, so far. This chapter of my life was high school. 5On the day of June 12, 2017, was the day I would receive my diploma and officially graduate from the school I have been attending four years, Derby High School. This school has played

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    School plays an important role in our lives. Many people will spend more than fifteen years at school in order to get the qualifications that are required to work in a specific field. Those years are broken down into several levels, some of them being more enjoyable than others. Two very important levels that people go through are high school and college. Even though some think that these levels are almost the same, there are significant differences between them. The cost of high school is not the

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    There are two different types of people that take different routes to adulthood, there are treaders (who become adults to quickly) and swimmers (who take their time to becoming an adult). Treaders have fewer opportunities in life because they started life earlier. Swimmers have more opportunities because they take longer to become an adult and get a higher education. Swimmers plan out their path to adulthood by getting an education, waiting to marry until they are financially stable while treaders

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