High school. An institution that teaches and prepares students between the ages of 14-18 for the real world, or so it seems. High school. A place where some people are actually getting “high.” On what? That is not anyone’s place to say. High school. Four years of hell or heaven? Some may take this time to rethink their high school experience or their impending high school experience. To others, high school was nothing but a bump in the road. For others, it was or is their whole entire life. It is a place where you learn new assets about yourself, others, and the world. A place where you either challenge yourself or take the easy way out. Surviving high school is everyone’s goal in life, and these are the steps to take to succeed in that goal. …show more content…
By this time, the successful or nerdy kids will know their limit on school work and have challenged themselves quite enough and will move on from the institution. However, your goal is to stay in the institution forever. If you improved as a person, then you did the entire experience wrong. Relying your parents while also disrespecting them is a great start to forever living your high school experience. Even if you do graduate, you can still act like a high schooler. High school does not discriminate by age! It has too much other factors to discriminate, so you are the least of its worries. Thus, try to get a small part-time job that will finance your ambitions of drinking and taking drugs. High school is the greatest time of your life and so it is essential to live it as long as possible. All in all, high school is a place where students should not challenge themselves. Of course, everyone has a different high school experience depending on personal preference and the school itself. No matter what, this is the perfect guide to follow in fulling the experience. The goal is to only fulfill oneself in high school and not in any future endeavors. Life is too short on worrying about the real world. High school is the only world that matters. Good
Existentialism in the Real World As my high school saga comes to a satisfactory conclusion, I am left feeling very accomplished, educated, and rounded as an individual. And as I prepare for life beyond high school, I do feel a little worried. How could it get better than this? The great friends, the great moments, all the school activities and events. There’s no way things could get better right?
Most students seeking a secondary education after high school and choosing what they are going to do, it is a challenging phase to go through, especially being eighteen years old. In high school, people are barely given the freedom to go to school and come back without guidance. At times, people seeking secondary education are strung along by "counselors" who make it seem like the next four years of our lives will be "the greatest years of our lives. " This isn't an argumentative essay about how students are deprived and stripped of their independence. Nor is it a persuasive essay about the challenges adolescents face going through this transition of "finding themselves.
What do you think of when you think high school? For many people, the words “high school” make their stomach churn, others automatically smile, and for the rest of us we have mixed feelings about it. For me, my high school years were the years I felt more like an outsider than ever. So many of my high school days were spent obsessing over how I felt like I failed to fit in. Every night I would think about what I could do to fit in.
Good morning, I welcome you all here today to the 2015 Science National Honor Society Induction Ceremony. I am honored to been asked to speak and to celebrate this wonderful occasion. I would like to congratulate to the students for being honored today for your achievements in leadership, community service, scholarship, character and your enthusiasm on science which are shown through hardwork and dedication that each of you has displayed. I would also like to congratulate to the parents and families for showing unconditional support, motivation, encouragement and love on these remarkable young people which is why they are here today and continue this way in order to lead them to the path of success. In addition, I would like to congratulate
I believe that you never stop learning that we obtain knowledge in all aspects of life, but school is a major way that we broaden our horizons. This is one of the reasons I want to pursue medicine, you never stop learn and acquiring knowledge. With knowledge comes determination, achieving high grades and taking advantage of all possible opportunity take determination and determining how much it means to you. Personally, I have been determined my entire high school career to achieve high grades, be in the top of my class, and enter college
Prompt 1: Personal Statement I am sincerely honored and excited to be considered for membership in the National Honor Society (NHS). I believe NHS’s ideals are qualities needed to succeed in both high school and in life. I have learned in order to maximize my personal growth, it is important to dedicate myself to, not only grades, but to leadership, service, and community. Other qualities I utilize daily are respect and humility towards others and towards myself. Prioritizing is paramount to be well-rounded as I balance high honors, varsity team sports, work and community service.
High school has impacted my life in so many ways. High School taught me so many things, from personal relationships to creating a relationship with my education. As a freshman, I made a huge amount of mistakes and I regret doing foolish things, but I’ve realized, I was only maturing into the young adult I am today. Freshman year, I was out of focus and I was only trying to find myself. I would also prioritize other things and ignore my parent’s advice, where they would tell me to focus in school and give it my full attention.
To the Younger Generation, oh how I wish there was an easy way to get through this thing they call high school. To be honest, I would search for that every day of my life as I go through high school and I can say that there is no easy way. High school is a necessary evil that is different for every single person that attends. It is fun and then it is not want you would like at all. As you venture through it you will soon realize these things and this is my way of telling you how to best go through it with the most ease.
Sometimes high school seems like it will last forever but it is just a fleeting season, and in four years it is over. A lot of people also look forward to leaving high school and going to university. Some see it as an opportunity to get away from their parents and experience new freedoms. Others see it as the first step to being able to learn more about what they want to practice in their future career. Others look forward to impacting the new area in which they are moving to.
In some opinions that would be a good thing considering high school I was a totally different person. When I walked into my freshman year of high school I was a nervous wreck. Once I started to get the hang of the whole high school experience, my mom picked me up in tears and from that day forward my life has completely changed. My mom had left my dad and no one had seen it coming including myself. The next few months
Our society has been founded on the principles of beginning one’s life through flourishing in an education system. Building a foundation to build on as one ages has proven to be substantially beneficial, yet it is not without its advantages and disadvantages. Being a high schooler, my experience is well defined and unique compared to those who are younger to me, as they are still going through what I have passed and learned from. High school is distinctive in that it not only prepares you for the life upcoming, but creates an environment analogous to the difficulties of the modern world. As I step onto the campus, I am enclosed in a border, one that a student is not allowed to cross during the school’s operating hours, which leads to severe
The past four years of my life hold both my highest of highs and my lowest of lows. High school can be a very awkward time period in a person’s life. Four years ago, I made the intimidating switch from St. Mary’s School to Algoma High School. There were certain aspects of high school which made me nervous, but academics was not one of them. I learned how to be a responsible student in my earlier years, and school had always come relatively easy to me.
There will be a lot of tutoring opportunities if you are struggling with a subject. Also, know your teachers and coaches are there for you. The social life in high school will change drastically over the years. The friends you have now 90% of the time won’t be the friends you end up with.
High school grows you into the person you are. I have great memories, good and bad, some learning experiences and some that I’ll take with me the rest of my life. My high school experience has influenced my development as a person inside and outside of the class by making me more independent, choosing friends wisely and teachers motivating me to attend college and accomplish goals I have set for myself. I have gained my independence slowly throughout high school. The importance of being independent is being secure with who you are and what you believe in.
For some people, high school was the best days of their lives. For others, it was the worst. I landed in the middle. Do I ever wish I could go back to high school? The answer; absolutely not.