Persuasive Speech: How To Stressful School?

One study on the effects of amount of sleep on GPA showed that those who got less that 5 hours of sleep per night received just under a 3.1 GPA on average (Source B); on the other hand, those who got 7 or more hours of sleep per night received just under a 3.4 GPA on average (Source B). This is most likely because "sleep helps the brain to commit new information to memory" (Source H) which improves learning and memory. Delaying school start times would help to improve the GPA's of students.

Everyone has heard of the "freshman 15," and everyone does their best to avoid it. However, many are avoiding the freshman 15 for all the wrong reasons. People are so wrapped up in how others perceive them that they are willing to sacrifice their own happiness in order to live up to a certain standard. Well, I am not here to talk about weight or body image, I am here to talk about happiness.

In the summer of 2003, my family went on a trip to Disney. I dressed myself in a non-matching outfit and my mother told me to change before we went out. I threw a fit, accused her of calling me blind, and refused to talk to her the rest of the day. It was totally unnecessary and over-dramatic; especially, since my mom was only saving me from embarrassment. Recently, there has been controversy over a certain topic. Are kids deluded narcissists, too coddled, and spoiled? Kids in this generation have awards handed to them like candy, believe that their online appearance is a true reflection of themselves, and are taught from an early age that “life is fair”. This is a problem because our generation is not learning how to deal with real life problems on their own, is relying on social media for their self-esteem, and is completely spoiled and ungrateful.

"It will probably rain tomorrow,” Margie said, “but the picnic will not be cancelled since the park has a shelter.”

Brittney Smith a 17 year old girl who goes to Maplewood High School where she is an honor roll student, a cheerleader, and is the student body president for the Junior classmen. She enjoys spending time with her family, hanging out with her friends, and she make sures that she makes the right decisions for the school. Brittney usually gets along with everyone in the school even the unpopular kids, but there is this one person she doesn’t like or can’t stand to be around. His name is Andre Jones, Andre is the captain of the basketball team and star player. Even though Brittney is around Andre during basketball games, she still refuses to talk to him or go near him.

Education is the backbone to society. A society that is uneducated cannot think rationally. The education of youth guarantees our future. It is the foundation and the building block which ensures each generation will succeed when they reach adulthood. Success as a student is influenced by both internal and external forces. Internal forces, such as mental and physical health, along with external forces such as the length of the school year and day, and parental involvement will have a major impact on a student’s success in education.

The first reason why you should care more about your sleep is because it can improve your daytime activities. For student like us, by getting enough sleep, we can be more focus in class. A medicine instructor at Harvard Medical School, Lawrence Epstein says that the sleep deprivation can affect student performances in class. Another statistics by Health Research Funding also prove that sleep deprivation will cause

First, kids brains function better if they do not have a lack of rest. Many people don't realize that a lack of sleep could cause major drop in kids grades. Kids who get the right amount of sleep don't just do better in school. Studies show that lack of sleep is unhealthy. Kids get into a habit of going to bed at 11 or 12 and then

3. Growing Up: Growing up is the process of becoming more mature and wise. As people get older, they begin to see the world in new ways and use past experiences to shape their decisions. The process of growing continuously adds more stress to lives, while simultaneously adding better rewards.

Ready I’m going spastic: I really don’t need to drink.. or pot.. I think they calmed me down if anything.

Starting Tuesday January 17, 2017 – TODAY - all students must park in the upper student parking lot. This includes late arrival and early dismissal students. We are having to do this because students have taken over the front lot and our visitors do not have anywhere to park.

In 2009, Kyla Wahlstrom, Director of the University of Minnesota Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement (CAREI), reported that in schools delaying start times, the academic trend following the change goes exclusively towards higher grades. This shows that if you sleep more you will most likely get better grades because it is easier to remember things, and focus in

Specific Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to motivate my audience by discussing the problems with not exercising regularly, offering solutions to the problems, and showing them different activities that can make exercising enjoyable.

It refers to a specific kind of speech which aims to influence the target audience through the use of proper words and suitable arguments. The speaker uses his communication skills to convince the listeners to agree with the idea, opinion or attitude being presented.

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. As high school went on, the workload grew, but I also grew, so I was perfectly capable of keeping up with the work. This type of growth came rather easy to me. It was important for me to have one thing I could be confident with through all of the drama and chaos in my life.