Walt Whitman High School

with mechanisms of implementation of such a leadership approach and manners in which the entire company shifted. I’m talking about Margaret Cushing, also known as “Meg Whitman” who currently holds CEO position of HP, an idol of a businesswoman. She was born in 1956 in Long Island, NY. Graduated with MBA diploma from Harvard School of Business. From that she became one of the planet’s most successful CEO and powerful leader. Prior to HP Meg held CEO and leading management positions in many large

moments, but we can’t stop the clock from ticking- it’s time to let go and fly! This long journey that began twelve years ago was a blank book, and we were all eager to fill the pages. We will always look back on the days we spent from preschool to high school- those days long ago, the world seemed so innocent; however, soon enough, we became aware that real life is different, and we began to face some of the many experiences of adulthood. As the years passed, we learned not to allow external circumstances

After reading at the Get Me High Lounge for many poetry nights which he hosted, Marc Smith thought of a way to make poetry less dry and boring, a way to spice up the readings and bring entertainment to the words which became Slam Poetry (Boudreau). Marc is known for saying that he

Technology can always be upgraded, the school system can be enhanced, disrespectful individuals can always ameliorate, lousy actions or issues can always be changed, and ignorance can be turned to knowledge. Currently, individuals are leaving school unaware of how to perform the tasks that await them outside of their parents care. Schools are not preparing students to live self-sufficiently once leaving high school. In order to resolve such issue, schools should require a standardized test on essential

Chbosky, the theme that you should celebrate everything you are because what you’re feeling is valid and shall pass is common throughout both books. In Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets the main character, James Whitman is a junior in highschool who wakes up yawping and quoting Walt Whitman. From the outside he looks like an enigma. He lives in a small town with his abusive dad who kicked his sister, Jorie, out and, his submissive mother. James is struggling with severe depression and anxiety. To help

“America the Beautiful, but who are you beautiful for?” echoes across the room, a student attending public school in South Bronx shared this two-line poem with her class as part of an assignment that her English teacher assigned. The objective: a letter to be shared with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This story along with many others is found within the pages of Savage Inequalities. Jonathan Kozol is best known for his social activism in the education realm and providing a voice for the voiceless.

remember ever as a kid dreading going to school? Somedays you just really didn’t feel like it, but you had to anyway. Now, was it you didn’t enjoy school whatsoever, or was it really the environment they put you in at school? Well, kids today are facing those exact same problems each day. It’s time to get to the bottom of it. The school environment children spend most of their day is a place many kids across the nation do not enjoy. There are many flaws in today’s school environment that some may not realize

term stress and can impact health even more. When under constant stress, also known as hyperarousal, blood pressure rises, breathing and heart rates speed up, blood vessels constrict and muscles tense up. The tremendous amount of academic stress high school students experience negatively affects their mental and physical wellbeing by taking a toll on their health now and possibly in the future. There are two types of stress; good stress, known as eustress, and bad stress known as distress. A small

in her life to create the poetry that she is known for today. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10th, 1830, in Amherst Massachusetts to Emily Norcross Dickinson and Edward Dickinson who were very well known during this time and had a high social status. Emily Dickinson was one out of three children. Her sibling’s names were Austin and Lavinia. Austin was the oldest, then Emily, then Lavinia (Kirk 10). Like her mother, Emily Dickinson often fell ill resulting in her having to spend

In 2013, a high school choir sang a song in tribute to the military. Several members of the 200-person choir had family members who were at the time deployed, at one time been deployed or had given their lives for the country they loved. Others had members of the police force or firefighting. The song was titled "Song for unsung hero." The director wanted to find a way to connect each individual to this song, to connect the audience not only to the song but the choir itself. The music was written