8 November 2012 Writing Exercise 2 – Change in High School “Since you started high school‚ how have you changed? Write to answer this question.” My high school years have been the most transformative years of my entire life. Although many aspects of who I am have essentially remained unchanged‚ some alterations in the way I behave around others and basic mentality ultimately left me with a completely new persona. Before I was in high school‚ I was a very sensitive person‚ always worried about
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I’ve been in MHS since my freshman year‚ I walked into the school knowing A handful of students and now I’m walking out knowing everyone. I have built so many different relationships good/bad ones throughout my four years being here. I’ve experienced my good and bad days here. I’ve had accomplishments and failures. I feel like I matured a lot‚ not from the school itself but the path I took in this school which is something I hope no other student ever experience. Everything that I know now that I
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High school students today deal with overloaded schedules‚ hours of homework‚ and heightened academic and extracurricular expectations. These demands leave students overstressed and with no time to themselves to relax or reflect. A typical day can find a student waking up at 6:30 to rush to school for a club meeting‚ followed by a typical school day‚ sports practice until 6:30‚ SAT prep class until 8:30‚ then home to eat dinner‚ shower‚ do homework‚ and finally fall into bed exhausted. High school
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High schools should start their school day later than they do now‚ in order for students to get the best out of their education. High schools throughout the United States start their school day at times that are too early for students. Teenagers have a biological wake time‚ and when schools start early in the morning‚ it interferes with teens biological clock. According to a study done by Harvard Medical School‚ young adults need at least nine hours of sleep every night. The study also shows that
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Sex education should be introduced at high school. DISCUSS Sex education is the imparting and acquiring of knowledge through teaching and learning of sexual activities and sexual behaviour. Sex education is now a growing phenomenon all over the world starting at adolescence. Therefore it is firmly believed that sex education should be introduced at high-schools because it informs individuals about the different types of Sexually Transmitted Diseases‚ enhances the knowledge of ethics and morals‚
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nearly impossible feat. Another reason schools should start later is something that no one can control. To understand‚ you need to know that melatonin is a chemical released from the brain that‚ in short‚ makes you tired. Studies posted on teens.drugabuse.gov show that the teenage body slows its melatonin production later in the day than adults and children. So‚ teenagers are very tired in the mornings‚ and are more awake in the afternoons. If high schools started later‚ students would spend
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High School Sports Should Not Be Banned Do you think that high school should ban sports? Well do you? I didn’t think so either. Some people say that we should ban sports from our school. I wouldn’t want to ban sports from high school at all. I wouldn’t because if we did then some students wouldn’t be able to find something that would make them want to come to school or get good grades. I’d say that sports make kids want to come to school and excel at it. I believe that kids that participate in
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or above of the opportunity to participate in after-school activities creates a caste system that would stigmatize students who do not make the mark. If this policy were in place now‚ I myself would not be able to participate in any activities‚ clubs‚ or sports due to my grade average. Those activities are the places students make friends and find a safe fun environment to socialize and express themselves in the stressful pressure of a high school day. Speaking from experience‚ without something to
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college is just a natural progression for high school students. In this day and age‚ is going to college important? Throughout high school‚ students are pressured to continue their academic career by attending a four year college as soon as senior year is over. College might not be the answer for most students‚ there are many disadvantages
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The dropout age should be raised to increase the rate for a smarter economy. Students should stay in school until 18 years old for three reasons. The first reason students should stay in school until 18 is to earn a significant wage amount. The second reason is it causes students to be more informed about the world‚ and students who stay in school have a less percentage to go to jail or public assistance. The last reason is raise the dropout age so more students graduate high school. Furthermore‚ Students
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