Twelfth grade

Violence amongst teens in relationships is often talked about as being something that is far too common in this day and age. However, when it comes to identifying the factors of where the dating violence stems from, I don’t usually see a lot being talked about. For example, where the dating violence is taking place, which neighborhoods dating violence is most commonly happening in. Additionally, the overall question is whether or not the environment the teenagers live in, is putting them at a higher

Over the last year, I have discovered that the number one rule in life is to never judge a book by its cover. Throughout my high school career, I became close with my boyfriend’s best friend, Mikey Lucrezio. He had a rambunctious, hilarious, lively personality that could sway the mood of any room he walked into. Mikey was a Varsity baseball player, a member of the National Honor Society, and one of my good friends. Senior year, I was greeted every day in Biology class with him screaming at the top

After Revisions, easily read version: High school seniors have hundreds of thoughts buzzing and zipping through their minds on a daily basis. Tweets, texts, Snapchats and more are constantly demanding attention. Along with these day to day distractions, life-altering decisions lurk around every corner. The times they are brought to life, these choices are either handled straight on or avoided until the future is determined by lack of action. As an upcoming high school graduate, choices made now will

In the late 1980s, I attained my first full-time job was an Office Automation Clerk with the U.S. Secret Service in their Personnel Division, Employee Benefits Branch. At the prime age of 17 years old, I evenhanded graduated from high school with honors, within one week away from my 18th birthday. During my senior year in high school, I decided it would be a good idea to at least take the entry level clerical federal government examination. Although, I was planning to go to college full time immediately

Outliers-The Story of Success is a sociological, and psychological non-fiction book, which discusses success, and the driving reasons behind why some people are significantly more successful than others. Malcolm Gladwell explains this by dividing the book into two parts, opportunity and legacy. Opportunity discusses how select people are fortunate enough to be born between the months of January through March, and also includes the idea that those who are already successful will have more opportunities

During my senior year of high school a program called Genesys Works started at my school. Genesys Works is a non-profit organization that teaches high school seniors professionalism. Genesys Works takes upcoming high school seniors through an eight week training program that trains them in Information Technology (IT) or Accounting as well as ways to become a better professional so they will be able to have an internship during their senior year of high school. When I finished my training I had earned

Have you ever had a person in your life that just points out all the shortcomings in your work? For me this was my 9th, 11th, 12th grade English teacher, Mrs. Paula Jacques. She would assign us work that was beyond most of our writing abilities that I myself at first thought was just to prove that we had no idea what we were doing. Part of this was true, but the actual reason and lesson did not come from the subject, but from the work. Mrs. Jacques expected a lot from us from the very beginning

Chick-fil-A Chronicles: The hectic life of a former employee Living on Earth can be expensive, but it does include free trips around the sun, not to mention free oxygen. Many things aren’t free to people which is why my mom prompted me to get a job. She got tired of investing her hard-earned money on my lavish needs. My first real job was a cashier for Chick-fil-A, in a food court at a local mall. Chick-fill-A is often merited for their service and food, but is still considered fast-food. As much

How I made it to TTU I entered the halls of White County High School a very shy girl with a fear of speaking in front of my classmates. A teacher of mine picked on me every day doing everything a shy kid hates: making me read aloud, write on the board, answer questions, and much more. Mr.Carr was determined to break me out of my shell. One day, he made me go up in front of the class and correct a sentence on the board. Something strange happened that day. I had to make the word “Travers” show possession

My biggest fear in life is failure. I always try to prove myself to others and make sure that I can get the task done on the first try. In life, there will always be mistakes made and that is where I am still learning. The fear of upsetting someone because of my own optimal performance can be a positive objective to overcome. Once I overcome that fear I have more choices to do what I want instead of what others want me to do. The fear of not living up to someone’s expectation is a fear that most