In every school there are stereotypical groups such as the jocks, the intelligent, the cheerleaders, and the regular people. But not everyone sees the difference in the grades from freshman to seniors. Freshmen's come into the high school with a fresh new mind. Ever go to a freshman cafeteria? They are very loud, talkative and very energetic. Ready for what’s coming next in their new school and their new life. The opposite of how a sophomore cafeteria or any other grade. From coming to highschool as a freshmen to becoming a senior has its ups and downs. As a high school student seeing and going through all grades, there is a big difference on how they act. All grades act in a certain way by the grades and as years go on and on they lose that kid energy and start maturing. While maturing is a great thing, losing that energy and full of joy can be a bad thing. In the first place freshmen have the most open minded thoughts. They come through those doors for the first time with a fresh start. All come excited and ready to learn. They learn new rules by their teachers, counselors, and principals but they learn the life of …show more content…
a high schooler by their other classmates. They have an energy that not all grades have. But just as they have energy they are the ones with a bit of a reckless thought, knowing they are in a new environment means new friends and more freedom to do what they please. As a former freshmen it was hard to not be spontaneous and be just like all other students. They are fresh meat, meaning more of the upper classmen will tease them for being freshmen. A sophomore is the one where you are almost an adult but not quite there yet. They are just in the middle. Hidden from the other grades. Still learning the high school life and finding techniques on how they manage their time as a student, friend, and son/daughter. Sophomore have the most difficult transaction from being a child to starting to become a young adult, trying to have a social life while trying to be a great student was the most difficult thing. The freshmen attitude is fading away and now there is a different unknown feeling. Trying to find your place in high school. Trying to make lasting friendships while also trying to hold a high grade in school. When going through junior year, there are major changes that they only know.
Students are learning to drive, finding a girlfriend or boyfriend, getting that first job, their first of many to come. But also having the pressure to be doing good in school knowing there is only two years of high school left to bring that GPA up. As a junior things start building up and things become more difficult. LIfe as you knew it changes and most junior’s start realizing if they want to get somewhere in life you need to work for it. As other grades have it, there are teachers there that remind them of the assignments that are due, they keep on telling those that haven’t turned in an assignment to finish it. But as a junior most teachers stop reminding them. They start treating juniors as responsible teenagers. It is time to grow up and face up to the
responsibility. Once senior year starts, it is a rollercoaster. Past seniors go on to tell the younger grades how senior year will be one of the most stressful hard years in high school. But they did not talk about how senior year will be a sad one. Knowing you will be leaving soon, knowing you are about to start a new journey with other strangers. Days go by faster as you start getting busier and after a while you start wishing the days had more hours. As a senior you start doing things on your own. There is no parent holding your hand, it is the student who fills out the application, it is the student looking for ways to pay for college and filling out applications for scholarships. It is the year where you make important choices for your future. The pressure is on and so is the race to start deciding what college to go to, what career to choose from the billions out there.
Walking into Walnut Hills High School right now would have anyone thinking the just walked into the middle of a tornado. Everyone you look there are students running in and out of doors, in and out of cars, and most certainly either turning in missing assignments or retaking tests. There is only one way for you to explain all this ciaos, Senior Year, the year that all teens await with so much excitement and ambition and the year that every single hour long study dates pays off. For the class of 2021 this isn’t just their final year at Walnut Hills this is the year that friends separate and head off to their different university to follow their dreams.
As many people have told me before, it is a very different ballgame than middle school’s easy going years. There is much more work, the classes are harder, and the environment is completely different. Many people’s grades may slip and they may cower in fear at the barrage of assignments they receive class after class. Unlike other people, I am confident in my ability to excel at all classes and to sustain exemplary grades. Therefore, while many are trembling in fear at the prodigious assignments and work is bombarding them from all angles, I will be at ease, knowing that whatever obstacle is thrown my way, I will conquer it and be its own
Throughout the length of schooling, students go through various changes. In their first year of school, children are required to make the transition from being at home for the entire day to being in school for a number of hours a day. These transition periods happen many times through the schooling years, but the most drastic changes occur during the transition from high school to college, where students weather numerous lifestyle changes. While each individual student goes on their own journey, certain themes remain common between different students. Studies are done to look at these themes identifying the numerous differences and similarities.
The attitude seniors take on is a mixture of mental and emotional factors. Students uncertainty about their identity and what lies ahead in their future plays a role in senioritis. Another factor is opposition to becoming an adult. Students often become more irritable and their behavior toward their teachers become unacceptable. Students who find themselves in this situation do not realize that since they are young adults, teachers during their senior year will treat them like adults. So if hubris behavior is shown, consequences will be suffered- just like in the adult
Walter Kirn successfully unearths some of the worst aspects of senior year. However, these reasonings are not sound enough to condone the discontinuation of it. Any issues found are the fault of the student or the school administration, not the grade level itself. Senior year is worth holding on to for both the persistence of learning and for solidifying relationships. Kirn mentions with pleasure his choice to leave high school early. Nonetheless the four year high school experience should not be demoralized by those who wish to value it for the irreplaceable opportunity it is.
At the start of the semester, my oblivious state of nature associating with the Chinese culture reached an unacceptable level. Implementing a necessary change, I decided to educate myself on different cultures starting with China. I failed to ponder that such a rich, deep culture existed outside America. Encompassed by this country’s unique yet suffocating melting pot culture, my outlook believed ideas such as uniformity between American Chinese food and Authentic Chinese food. After this course, my bigot perspective widened as I witnessed diversity in the world. Before this class, when I thought of Chinese food, my connotation jumped to thoughts associated with chop suey, but as I progressed my education, my mindset gradually pondered foods like steamed buns or “New Year Cakes” with authentic Chinese food.
I was told that this, my junior year, would be the easiest year of my high school career. And no, they were absolutely wrong. It was not just school and grades that I was concern about either. I had other things to worry about, things like, driving, clubs, friends and family. I however had no idea that it would be this difficult. Throughout this school year I have learned many things; like the value of sleep, whose really your friend, and that although very important, grades are not everything.
When a student gets out of college the game plan is supposed to be, get a job in the field that you went to school for and make money so you can start your life. That particular situation is rare considering not all students get a job fresh out of college. For the students that don’t, they have to go back home and settle for a regular job and start paying off their giant student loans and put their life on hold. Even with having the job they wanted the student loans come right around the corner. After college is when the student’s life is supposed to start and the part where you get a car payment, pay rent, utilities, but none of that is possible when you add the enormous amount of money that the student will be in debt by. With the amount the students have to pay fresh out of college, more students are sacrificing more time struggling to pay off the student loans then they spent in school. Student loans are set-up in a way to be flawed and not always completely necessary to the student.
When entering college freshman students face difficulties by not knowing how to adjust to the new expectations college brings. A freshman student tends to approach college with the same mentality used throughout their high school years. But as the first semester start, they encounter a variety of challenges, including having to change their study habits and knowing how to wisely manage their time. The book “The Elements of Learning” by B. Banner, Jr., and C. Cannon, introduces the elements a student must possess in order be successful in college. The research made by my team, “Collin’s Angels”, will determine important factors for freshman success, and the changes that a student makes in order to succeed through the first year of college.
All or most of us have gone through it. The countless hours we spent filling out college applications, scholarship applications, visiting colleges, and taking the dreaded tests. Whether it was the PSAT, SAT, ACT, or other college entrance exams, it was a big hassle. After visiting such a great number of colleges, the advantages and disadvantages of the schools seemed to run together in my mind. The endless paper work and deadlines seemed as though they would never end. When I thought about college, it seemed like it was not real, like it was a figment of my imagination. I imagined what it would be like, wondering where I would go. The questions of "What did I want to major in?" and after I decided that, "What schools had my major?" circled around in my head. When filling out questionnaires for college searches I was asked about what size college I preferred, whether I wanted to be in a rural or suburban area. Did I really know how to answer these questions that would so greatly affect the next four years of my life?
During high school, I did not have to study as hard as I do now that I am in college. Usually, I would be able to study the day before the test and score a hundred percent. Although, occasionally, I would be able to skip a few classes and get the notes from a classmate or of course, resort to guessing. However, now that I am in college, the lectures require much more attentiveness and are more complex: composing more information, meaning that one has to proportion time more responsibly and take an advantage of good study habits. My learning skills have made a complete transformation since I have been in college. I learned new things and I actually enjoy learning new things. Nevertheless, these changes required a lot of self control and practice. Going through these experiences have changed my entire persona about learning such as study habits, being more attentive during classes, and going through greater extents to succeed in certain classes.
“What are your plans after high school?.”, This is a question that everyone is asked multiple times throughout the course of their lives. Sometimes it is just something that they themselves ponder in their own thoughts. What someone does after high school should be something that is not only interesting to that person, but will ultimately lead them into a career that they will loved and enjoy. A great career that is definitely worth considering is that of a paramedic. The job description of a paramedic is very broad and can have many affects on a person's life. But not only is this job greatly fulfilling to someone’s personal life, it is also very fulfilling to someone else’s life as well. It is a fast paced, adrenaline fueled job that requires more than the faint of heart. It requires a person who not only enjoys the thrill of the rush and a hard adrenaline pump, but is also content with
Are the new standards and expectations the world has for teenagers really creating monsters? The amount of stress that is put on students these days between trying to balance school, homework, extra curricular activities, social lives, sleep and a healthy lifestyle is being considered a health epidemic (Palmer, 2005). Students are obsessing over getting the grades that are expected of them to please those that push them, and in return, lose sleep and give up other aspects of their lives that are important to them, such as time with friends and family, as well as activities that they enjoy. The stress that they endure from the pressures of parents, teachers, colleges, and peers has many physical as well as mental effects on every student, some more harmful than others. The extreme pressure on students to get perfect grades so that they will be accepted into a college has diminished the concept of actually learning and has left the art of “financing the system” in order to succeed in its place (Palmer, 2005).
As I look back on my life, I can truly say that I am grateful for the opportunity to start again. My family flied our war and politically torn country of Eritrea four years ago, seeking shelter here. Through my parent's struggles to build a better life for all of us, I have gained a deep appreciation for hard work and dedication which I applied to my education to achieve my dreams.
Time flies so fast. Looking back, my high school is just like a movie, a lot of things happened. High School is four years of growing up and probably a time in your life where you go through the most changes. In high school you are able to discover yourself and find out who you are as a person. Each year is special and unique in their own way. My journey through high school was a tough one, especially because I decided to not only focus on academic work but also to invest quality time in extra curriculum activities. I wanted more than just academic excellence; I wanted to be a leader, I wanted to add value to every aspect of my life, I wanted a rounded education and not just mere schooling. My success story is what I will like to share with you; how I really made it and how this defines my personality. My journey in High School was scary, exciting, and successful.