Wakefield High School

limits. This went on for a while, I guess you would say “escalading’. The I began to push back, by both avoiding going to their house and saying no. Then one night while delivering newspapers, I was at Packer Lane, a dead-end where I used a wooded cut through to go to the local market to by snacks (one of the benefits of being an employed 11year old). Suddenly there was Randy and Chris blocking my way. I tried to be nonchalant and not act scared, but I am sure I was. That evening at dusk I was sexually

at the high school level (diploma or GED) after release. In fact, a seminal study by Haberman and Quinn (1986) found that only 1.6% of former juvenile offenders earn their high school diploma. More current research has found that that number varies, but that less than 20% of juvenile offenders who were detained ever achieve a high school diploma or GED (Osgood, Foster, & Courtney, 2010; Uggen & Wakefield, 2005). Unfortunately, the National Center for Educational Statistics does not track high school

I will treat these students as if they will eventually change perspectives, even if they never do. Treating all students with respect, I believe that having high expectations and recognizing each student’s positive potential will contribute greatly to the students I teach. My performance as a teacher is also very important. I believe in continually reflecting on my teaching practices and improving them

me, as I grow older. My version of society is white middle class people who grow up going to catholic schools. These white middle class people are only associated with other white middle class people, and very seldom venture out of this little society. As stupid as that sounds to not associate with other people it is true. The reason this is true is because of where I live, where I go to school, and who my friends are. I guess it is just like

Personal Writing: The Evaluation of My Coaches      Throughout my high school basketball career I experienced several different coaches. Every new coach brought a different approach to coaching. The varying techniques of coaching brought about different attitudes and expectations during practices and games. I found that during practice, coaches had either the nice-guy or the drill sergeant approach. They also had different methods of coaching during and after the games

that I was bothered by; it was that I did not know one living soul for hundreds of miles and all I wanted was a friend.           Two days into the summer after sophomore year at Governor Mifflin High School in the little town of Shillington Pennsylvania I would find out the worse news that a

public schools, while others think that people should be able to express their religion in their own ways. In public schools, they are not allowed to hold prayers at all during the school day due to the mixed religion students that are attending the school. Over the past few years, this has become an extremely controversial issue in our nation. Many people find it proper to pray in school but many people also agree that it is extremely wrong and that if there is going to be pray in school, every

Wanting to return to school has been a dream for a long time. I am starting out a little late, at 45 years old, but I have finally found my passion, working in education. Since the age of thirteen, I have been working multiple jobs day and night, only to still be below the poverty line; stuck in survival mode for so long now that I need to have a permanent positive change that will help me accomplish more than I ever have. The reason for me going back to school is to get certified so I may

And yet, it seems like so little time has passed since we were middle schoolers, excited to move on with our lives and enter high school. Do you remember how we were in middle school, even as freshmen? Remember what we thought of, what we wanted to get out of life, what we thought high school would be like? Now, think how we've changed. Our perception of what high school was going to be like was definitely a little fantasized. It wasn't really what we expected, though I don't think many of us were

graduating tonight who paid little attention to studying or his grades until his junior year? As a senior he not only improved on his GPA, but put countless hours helping with the senior auction, Mr. CHS, and Prom. He took the opportunity to help his school and his class. I cannot forget to mention the Key Club members who worked long hours in unpleasant weather collecting canned food to give to families in our community. These are just some examples of how students have reached out to opportunities