My 8th-grade year was mediocre. I had some challenges in 8th grade. Not only, I had some pleasant times. My 8th-grade year wasn’t my best year, but it wasn’t the worst. I had some struggles with some teacher and friends. But, through all the drama it was an average year. My hectic school year all started when my schedule was changed. My guidance counselor thought that I needed to have Read 180 in 8th grade. I was told that the teacher who taught read 180 was really harsh. When I was told that I was shaken that she was going to be a cruel person. I thought that because I was shy at the time.My gym, science, lunch, and culinary art periods all changed. I was devastated because I have a passion for cooking and Culinary Arts was my favorite class. I asked myself “ Am I an imbecile that I need to take Read 180?” I kept blaming myself. The Read 180 teacher’s name was Mrs. Sheridan. When I first met her I thought she was a really nice teacher. Two weeks later she turned completely into what I was told by my friends. She raised her voice at me for nothing, Mrs. Sheridan had as much spite as Mr.Neck in the book Speak. I had other conflicts with my friends, but I didn’t let that affect my 8th-grade year. …show more content…
Her name is Mrs. Mina. She was my Literacy teacher. When I’m in her class she made me feel smart about myself. Personally, Literacy isn’t my favorite subject. However, I like to write stories. When I’m always in her class she made reading seem fun. When I’m upset she gave me the best advice. While I was in Mrs. Mina’s class I met one of my best friends. Her name is Diamond.Mrs. Mina wasn’t the type of person who would bellow. Mrs. Mina was as sweet as cotton candy. But, there was another teacher in the class. Her name was Mrs. Pugh. She was an unamiable person. For an example, I asked
I still had some family problems involving my brother and some wrong choices but I was more used to it as it was the same thing as the year before and it didn’t really affect me anymore and I just went on with school and sports. I had some problems in the start of the year with science but I slowly got better and raised my grade to a proficient. I once again played many sports and balanced my grades to the best of my ability, really only having trouble in music class. I got through 7th grade much easier than I did in 6th and enjoyed it way more. Sports, once again didn’t go too good on the team side of things, but my skill and playing time increased in football, volleyball, and softball. I kept around the same amount of minutes in basketball as years before, starting mostly at SG, sometimes PG, and hardly ever but sometimes playing
The Common School was established as an institution to help the elementary education in all aspects, as reading, writing, and arithmetic. In fact, the common school movement established the normal school as teacher-preparation institution, and elementary school of teaching for women. However, the common school was opened for all social level classes, and they focused more in a civic education. What this meant was the people were involved in their own self-government. Furthermore, the common school was divided in three part legislative stages. Permissive, encouraging, and compulsory, where the permissive stages were in charge of the organization for each single local school district. This encouraged a way to keep in charge of the election
When I think of the word academy, I think of bettering your education on a path that better prepares you for your specific career interests. At an academy that is exactly what I am looking for. My goals for attending an academy, is to take classes that challenge my interests and to come out of the experience, better prepared for the life, I specifically, want to live. I am not looking for your average high school experience. My hope is that the academy system will set me on a path filled with, yes, the average school requirements, but also classes and extracurricular activities that will better my learning in a field that I am actually interested in. When I come out of the academy , my goals are to come out a changed person, to be able to
My little cousin, Ella Jane, is in the stages of transitioning into middle school. A “skill” that I have recently mastered. A process that no one knew could be so challenging. That’s why I want to help correctly guide her down the path of priorities, extracurriculars, and friendships.
In high school, I was very involved with the school’s musical theatre program. I loved to act and sing, and I was pretty good at both, but I never got a part better than being in the ensemble. This was because I was not part of the “privileged” group of students.
Middle school: an educational stage which exists in most countries providing education between primary school and high school. I like to phrase it as the in-between stage of life. Middle school was not my finest stage of life, and it was, without a doubt, the most emotional stage of my life. Would I want to relive my middle school years? No, I would not want, but even though they were not the best, they served as a beneficial learning stage.
The one minute I regret the most was the minute I decided that I would not return back to school. As my middle school years began, I entered in with the mindset that I would be on top of everything: My grades at the very highest, my GPA way above 2.0, homework assignments turned in on time. As that school year began to progress, that desire to remain on top of everything academically began to diminish over time. My grades, and GPA began to drop. As I was beginning to notice this all happening, I began to take action towards improving that mistake, just to later on go through the same motions. This problem showed up all three of my middle school years.
“ Crack, Boom, Pop!” “ The ceiling is falling, the ceiling is falling, oh my gosh run!” We get out quickly and safely. This is literally our school! The principal asked us what changes we would want in our school. We said we need lots of new things and changes in our school. It is old and run down. We need jerseys for our athletics team, A Floyd County Buffaloes Dodge ball team, and an entire new look to our school.
Through the school years I have been to two schools. Some of my years were near-perfect but, others were a train wreck. I would have to say that my worst school year was sixth grade. Thinking back I have found many issues that lead me to think the year was a train wreck. First off, in the first semester I had an I.S.S. which stands for in school suspension. I regret doing what I did to earn that because it was as boring as a sack of wet sand. But as my wise 8th grade teacher Mrs.Moncada once said “You can make any choice you want. But, you are not free from the consequences that come with that choice.”
Essay Topic: If you were to look back on your high school years, what advice would you give to someone beginning their high school career?
In my honest opinion, the uttermost difficult part of being a teenager is planning ahead a successful life. High school years are one of the most prominent stages of your life. It determines whether or not you will proceed to college as well as what college you will attend. Getting into a superlative college, is another struggle countless high schoolers stress deeply about. Once you are accepted into the college you desire, another struggle you would be necessitated to do is find a well-paying job that would suffice your expenses. All of this constitute toward your high school years because if you do not achieve the required grades, you will not be able to enroll into a commendable college, which also means there is a high possibility that you
All of my high school years have been structured to further my academic success in college. One goal of mine was to complete the STEM certification during high school. With this accomplishment, I have proven to myself that I will be well prepared to perform to the best of my capabilities in college. Being an engineering student will not be an easy task, but I have prepared myself the best I could to achieve my goals. Unlike many other seniors, I have chosen some of the most difficult classes our school offers so that I can better prepare myself for an engineering curriculum. This year, I wanted to receive a better education in all of the main STEM classes, so I enrolled in many AP math and science classes. In addition, I took a rigorous two week professional course in Autodesk Revit to prepare myself for courses that I will likely be using in my elective classes. I am hopeful that this will give me a head start with the classes I will take freshman year of college and afford me the opportunity for greater academic success as a college student. However, I am not counting on my senior year experiences to guarantee me success. Everything I do is to the best of my abilities. Preparation connects my life to success. Whether I understand a subject perfectly or if I’m
My experiences with High School have been increasingly good. I started the year in agony. I hated everything about it. I didn’t have hardly any friends in lunch with me. I also didn’t like a lot of my teachers. I struggled with getting around the school. Thankfully, that has all changed. I’m starting to realize my opportunities and experiences are bigger and better than last year. I’ve met so many new people and made countless friends. I’ve learned more about myself and who I am.
I am a student who has a passion for helping others. I have been a part of a couple of clubs and organizations in and out of school which focus on helping out the community. There is one in which I have been involved in for four years. I started of as a club member and in the beginning of my third year I was chosen to be the president. Through this club I have had the opportunity to lead a group of students through a pathway of success. I have been able to encourage members to pursue a higher education, and help out their community. We have all been able to work together in several occasions. I have been able to get them to participate in soup kitchens, concession stands during football games, and helping out in the elderly home. Last year our club was able to collaborate with the autism club, and together we helped create a garden.
Miss Kellogg was a young and very beautiful teacher, but she often didn’t teach us much. She was related to several students in my school. Which led to multiple discussion about her family most days. It honestly didn’t bother me much though. It gave me and my friends more time to talk to each other and not pay attention. Unfortunately, two of her nieces were in my class, and they were obviously her favorite students. They didn’t like reading out loud either so this meant I was definitely getting called on. I knew that day I would have many ‘reading opportunities’. I had a love/hate relationship with this class, and mostly a hate relationship with reading.