They were dirty, and very worn out. I threw on my new shirt. Well, it really wasn't exactly new, but it was new to me. It was a hand me down from my Aunt. It was a red plaid flannel that I thought actually looked decent on me. I brushed my hair, and even straightened it. I put a red headband in with my hair teased into a pony tail with extra Hairspray. I did my makeup a little more than normal. I put eyeliner on the top and bottom of my eyes, and used a little bit darker foundation to make me look more tan as if I was actually going outside a lot this summer. I took one last look at myself before I walked to the high school for the first time. I looked decent, I thought. I thought I at least look a little bit better than I did on the last day …show more content…
I realized that my locker was the top locker, thank God. I hated it in 8th grade whenever I always felt like I had to wait for the girl whose locker was above mine to get out of the way so I could get all of the things out of my locker that I needed for class. I then took all of the books out of my backpack and stacked them side by side neatly into my locker. I bought a pink locker shelf to put in there, too and I put my books at the bottom of the shelf, and all of my notebooks on the top shelf just so I could be a little bit more organized this year. I pulled out my wrinkled schedule out of the plastic cover on the front of my notebook and started walking down the hallway to my first hour class. As I was walking, I heard the tardy bell ring and I started to get worried that I was going to be tardy to class on the first day of school, but I soon realized my class was just around the left corner. I was the last one who walked into class, of course, and everyone stared at me. I looked at the board and found where my assigned seat was, then walked quietly to my seat, and sat down. On the right side of me, there was a girl I had never seen before, and there was an empty seat on the left side of
Some kids at Templeton including me say they can't even bring their winter jackets because they don't fit in the lockers. Also putting the backpack back in the locker is a huge struggle for me and others. Everyday I complain about how these lockers are too small.
It was my senior year of high school I was sixteen getting ready to turn seventeen. It was my year. I was not your typical girl wearing makeup or play sports. Don’t get me wrong I would get all dolled up if I had something special to do. I had a part time job at Olive garden because my parents motto was “if you
It is a good idea is too put lockers in the hallways. This will make more space in the classrooms for the teachers, whether they need more shelves to organize, desks, or etc. They would have fewer worries about having everything cluttered. According to the website hats, coat, and more are stored in lockers, if the children do not keep the lockers organized the classroom make look unorganized (Syracuse Arts Academy).
One of the greatest controversies that is spreading throughout high schools in the United States is parents and their children against the enforcement of their school’s uniform policy. More schools have been adopting uniform policies within the past decade. Rules contained in the policy that are implemented range from wearing certain types of tops (shirts) in specified colors to students being required to tuck in their shirts. In the past, uniforms were exclusively for students who attended private schools because they were “well-off”, but now uniforms are being seen more frequently in public schools on students of all economic levels. Having gone through a school system that considered adopting a uniform policy, I would have to press against the issue of mandated uniforms, because it is simply un-American and unjust.
Let’s flash back in time to before our college days. Back to then we had lunch trays filled with rubbery chicken nuggets, stale pizza, and bags of chocolate milk. A backpack stacked with Lisa Frank note books, flexi rulers, and color changing pencils. The times where we thought we wouldn’t make it out alive, but we did. Through all the trials and tribulations school helped build who I am today and shaped my future. From basic functions all the way to life-long lessons that helped shape my character.
Almost automatically I responded “no dude, I haven’t worked out in almost a month”. The words came out so quickly that it was as if for some reason my brain wanted to convince others that I wasn’t “yeefed”. I was happy to hear him say those words but internally I felt I didn’t deserve it. Maybe that's why I was so quick to tell him I hadn’t been working out. I quickly pushed the thought aside and tied up my cleats for the soccer game.
At the beginning of the 20th century almost no parent or faculty had any concerns with how students dressed to attend school. Nowadays, though, this is a giant concern among students, parents, and school board officials. Many arguments have been made over the matter saying uniforms should be required and enforced in schools. But, uniforms should not be required as they ultimately eliminate freedom of expression, promote conformity over individuality, may have a detrimental effect on students self image, emphasize the socioeconomic divisions they are supposed to eliminate, and lastly, school uniforms in public schools undermine the promise of a free education by adding an extra expense for families.
The cold air whips me across my face; the sudden blast of the sharpness pierces my skin. My silent guardian does its best to protect me from the harsh elements. This small piece of headwear stands for much more than ‘just a hat.’ This simple, perfectly rounded, mauve coloured beanie has helped me survive through many a winter.
School uniforms are a boiling conversation point these days. There are so many well-built points of view about what route parents, students, and superintendents wish to go in. It has been disputed that school uniforms have the potential to make a school safer, that uniforms reduce harassment or self-esteem issues, and that uniforms return the focus to the students' learning. I disagree. I, in fact think that school uniforms do not help make our schools a more secure place, I think that they do not revisit the center of attention to student's education - they just shifted where the attention was previous, and that they won’t help cut down on harassment or self- esteem issues in school.
This old/new bus continued our route, and we all sat quietly, awaiting our stops. Everyone had a tired, almost forlorn look, as though they had been through much more than just switching buses. I did not have any concept of time as the bus chugged along, stopping occasionally to let people off, and all of a sudden I recognized that it was almost to my stop. I jerked out of the stupor I was in as the bus stopped in front of my apartment complex. As I gathered up my things to leave, I looked at my friends and said, "Well, this will make one interesting story at school tomorrow!"
After a long day of school don't you just want to demolish your backpack and fall into a nice long smoothing bath? Well imagine not having a backpack at all? How exhausted will you be? That will be a horrific thing carrying all the stuff you have in your arms. "Well you can get a locker, that's what lockers are for.” Backpacks have long already have taken the place of lockers. The irritating days of struggling with stubborn and difficult lock combinations, carrying a sea of books and speeding through the hallways to beat the bothersome tardy bell to collect the important materials for the next course are most defiantly gone thank to backpacks. Many people buy their locker and they ran out of capacity. And darn no lockers for you. And you'll have to carry all those books with you. Without bags, students are need to carry binders, heavy textbooks and an affluence of necessary materials and of course items for all of their classes in their tired hands.
“We cannot forget that reinforcing economic differences drives students further apart when schools should be drawing them closer together.” There are many problems in public schools with no uniforms. The use of school uniforms could eliminate some of these problems. Although school uniforms may take away a child’s individuality, there are more benefits than disadvantages to having school uniforms in public schools because school uniforms lessen the money spent on the latest fashion trends and school uniforms provide a positive school climate.
All individuals struggle with discovering who they are and who they may want to be in the future. School environment, either negatively or positively, impacts the result of this greatly. Uniforms in the learning environment have become a highly debated subject all across the country. Although some individuals believe school uniforms have a positive affect, those people should understand the negatives because uniforms promote appearance over character, lower student’s self-esteem, and conflict with the right of expression.
Uniforms. Yay! What? Or a nay - ay? There is an unending discussion in schools across the country about school uniforms and whether or not they make for a better experience in school for the students or just the teachers.
I opened my eyes at around 9:00 a.m.; I could not imagine that today was my graduation day. I was so excited to get ready for the day I had dreamt of for twelve years. I called my cousin Sandra to remind her to do my makeup because she is a makeup artist. I told her that I needed it to be flawless because I wanted this day to be complete in everyway. I took a shower to get ready for the hair salon because I was going to dye my hair red for the first time. I wanted a simple hairstyle; straight on top with curls at the bottom.