During elementary school, I slowly rose through the ranks until I reached the supreme order of grade seven. I still recall the significance of finally being able to use my school’s "geodome" and courtyard. However, I would be downgraded to the lowest ranks upon coming to high school. The night before my first day, I remember worrying about the teachers and the people. I thought that I wouldn’t make any friends nor would any teachers like me. I just wanted to finish high school and pursue post-secondary education. By eighth grade, I already had a general sense of my life’s direction. I wanted to pursue a political science degree and then become a lawyer.
In September 2012, I first entered the hallways of Kwantlen Park Secondary. I opened the front doors and saw the humungous cafeteria. I was
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However, coming to Kwantlen Park Secondary meant that many students experimented with drugs. After the bell rang, I marched into the parking lot. As I walked past one of the grade twelve’s car, a student offered me a “joint.” I was faced with a decision that could have changed my life. If I took the joint, it could have potentially sent me on a path towards heavier drugs. However, I refused and I am a very grateful that I’ve never had to experiment with drugs.
Overall, my first year in high school was very enjoyable. I was able to forge many friendships that I still hold today. However, I lacked social confidence and never ventured out of my small group of friends. Indeed, many of my classmates didn’t even know about my existence until grade ten. However, Kwantlen Park Secondary has fabricated me into the person I am today. I’ve learned to be confident and bold, yet grounded and wholesome. I’ve gained valuable life experiences and wonderful friendships. I entered secondary school hoping for it to end, but I’m sure glad I’ve had such an extraordinary
People say high school is supposed to be the golden years of your life. I don’t know what else in life is to come; however, my philosophy is to live in the moment and make the life you’re living in the present worthwhile into the future, not only for you but for those who surround you. I live my life participating in our community and getting involved in our school. The activities, and the people I’ve formed relationships with, are what have formed me into the person I am today. The person I am today is not perfect, but I have learned from the mistakes I’ve made.
High school is meant to be the time of your life, but for most seniors just like me it can be some of the most emotional and crazy time. The things in my past make me who I am today, and the things I do now are the first footsteps into the future. I’ve learned a lot about myself in these past four years, and I still have so much learning to do. This is my high school story; the good, bad, and the ugly.
8th grade, 8th grade from the opening day to the signing of the yearbooks. This is the year of memories, goodbyes, and regrets. 8th grade and I’m still realizing that there are people in the world that would die to go to a school like this. A school where every body knows everyone’s name, respects everyone, and where violence and fighting are about as common as the Yankees missing the playoffs. When I’m done with my homework and go to bed, as the days of 8th grade wind down, summer will come and go, and I will find myself in one of those giant, scary places called high school.
Along with my former eighth grade classmates, expectations were hesitant, uncertain, and frightened. To my surprise, I quickly grew comfortable, social, and began to support others to get through the tough transition. Being myself and discovering the good in the experience allowed me to help them navigate through the stressful change. My guidance opened their eyes to the potential opportunities for personal growth. I will pursue these personal attributes and views to help enrich the community at
A high school diploma is practically just a piece of paper anymore. You must have a college degree in order to get a well-paying job. Sure you can go into the labor force right out of high school, but you may only be making $40,000 a year. That much money may sound like a lot, but in reality it is not. People with a college degree tend to make twice that amount, if not three or four times that amount of money a year.
Started in 2007, this prevention program, taught in schools, helps children avoid illegal drugs by giving them refusal skills and a toolbox of knowledge. Designed around Ginger’s book, Sunny’s Story, the program offers a compelling message of empowering youth to be drug-free and say no to drugs. Many parents and school systems have used Sunny’s Story as part of their education program and as a stand-alone book as well. This story, read in elementary, middle and high schools, is developed to speak to every age group about the harmful effects of drug
David Sheff starts the story of his family with Nic’s birth and goes all the way long to the present days when his son had survived several years of drug abuse, rehabilitations and relapses. Sheff confesses that his son started to use different kinds of drugs when he was very young. At the age of 11 he would try alcohol and some pot. “In early May, I pick Nic up after school one day …When he climbs into a car I smell cigarette smoke. I lecture him and he promises not to do it again. Next Friday after school…I am packing an overnight bag for him and look for a sweater in his backpack. I do not find a sweater, but instead discover a small bag of marijuana.” (Sheff, 200...
What reasons makes a post-secondary education so important to young men and women. The post-secondary education will help with finding a job of your choice, it will help get you ready for the real world, and if you go to college or not there will be more job opportunities. So the post-secondary education is going to help you through a life of struggle and hard work.
After the evening activities, we all piled back into the dorm and started heading to each other's rooms. It was a Friday night, and it was nearly impossible to go to bed before 12:00. As our group of friends all sat there, the idea of getting stoned got thrown into the pot. Being at a Christian school, not very many of us had ever done that before, especially not in the dorm. "There's a first time for everything," one of the girls piped in. We all agreed it would be fun, but knew the consequences if we were to get caught. After contemplating it all, we decided to at least wait until 1:00, when everyone started going to bed.
In societies all around the world, young adults today - from all kinds of socioeconomic backgrounds - are feeling the pressure to pursue a post secondary education as much has they have in previous generations. This is often the influence of those individuals who have taught us everything that we know up to this point; parents, teachers, government figures, scholars, and even celebrities. It is at this time in our lives when we must begin to analyze certain elements of a post secondary education, like what is the purpose, who benefits from an individual’s education, and who should pay for it? The answers to these and other related questions will vary between societies, between nations, and between individuals. How we perceive the objectives
1.Tell us about yourself, your family, community and why you have decided to pursue a post-secondary education and your field of study?
Hello, everyone I'm Idrissa and I'm 20 years old. This is my first year in college, I took time off from school, after I gradauted from high school. The reason why I decided to go back to school, is becuase I want to get into business school. I'm majoring in philisopshy for undergrad, becuase i already know what I want to do as career wise. I have a ton of passion to be a portfolio manger, so business school is eessential for me. However, I don't think it's unnesessary for me to go school for six years to learn busineess.
The use of drugs and mind-alternating substances has been a part of society for decades. The ‘high’ that people attain from the use of such substances is very attractive and exciting however, the effects of this use are minimized. Particularly for youth, a group of individuals who are seeking independence and experimentation, drug use represents the balance between taking risks and taking responsibility for one’s actions. However, the developmental processes of adolescents are known to not encompass the maturity required to fully think through such decisions. As such, the use of a ‘smaller-scale’ drug like marijuana is even more minimized. The purpose of this paper is to discuss what the risks of using marijuana are for youths, why they are the most affected, how this problem has progressed over the last three decades, and what preventative measures and treatment options are in place. It will also discuss what schools, parents, and government agencies could be doing to help improve the issue, and the impact that this issue is having on society.
Ron Rodriguez from County Academy used drugs every day to function. He became so wrapped up in his lifestyle of buying and selling drugs that he felt like a prisoner. His grades dropped below average. For 2 years, he asked for help saying, “Should I go see a therapist?” to anyone that would listen. Ron would flush his system out before the annual drug test, and pass. When County Academy decided to give random drug test instead of annual tests, Ron received the help he needed. The school counseled him, in privacy, and told him he needed to go to rehab. Ron received the help he needed because County Academy found a student whose life was being taken over by drugs and helped influence him to get the proper help he needed. Today, Ron attends County Academy as a junior; he is drug free. This story serves as a great example of how drug testing helps keep students away from using drugs. Drug testing students can help prevent the use of a mind altering substance. Testing potentially offers guidance for logical decisions to be made. A school having random drug tests could help lessen drug use and offer help to those feeling controlled by substance addiction. Drug testing in schools are a potential way of enabling better brain development. Testing can teach a student about becoming employed, for most jobs require a drug test for pre-employment and future employment. Drug test teach students to be accountable for their own actions. Non-prescribed drugs are currently illegal for children and adults to use for personal satisfaction, such as achieving a euphoric state of mind or selling for profit. Drug testing in schools is a positive reinforcement on students.
From the freshman year of high school experience I had low self-esteem and was very depressed because most of my best friends from middle school attended a different high school. Indeed, my parents had forced me to attend different high school that I did not want to attend; therefore, I lost all my contacts with my best friends from secondary school. My parents believed a high school named “John Marshall High” was a ghetto high school; thus, I was forced to enroll in high school named “Eagle Rock High” that was thought to be a better environment for me in education. I was very depressed during that time so I stayed home all day and listen to music while doing homework to relax my anger at what my parents had done to me to be forced to leave my best friends. After I had stayed in Eagle Rock high for months, there have been so many clubs to join yet I did not join any of them because I felt that I did not adapt to the school environment enough yet to be able meet new people in my high school. After my second semester ...