School plays a vital role in my life. I have spent more than fourteen years of my life at school so that I can have all the qualifications, credits, knowledge, and the degree to do anything and to be anywhere I want to be in life. Two out of the four levels of school, high school and college, are th...

The Syracuse City School District and the Westhill School District are similar in that they are both regular public schools located in a midsize central city. Most people would think that the academic performance of each district would be similar. However, statistics show a surprising d...

Finally, it's time to tackle my senior year. It has taken me a lot of hard work and time to get this far, and I'm looking forward to the challenge. As I look back at my prior high school years, there are many things I did right, but also many things I could have improved on. So I'm...

“Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Throughout the thousands of political speeches given during our country’s history, there might not be a better anthem for political participation on an individual level....

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Throughout the thousands of political speeches given during our country's history, there might not be a better anthem for political participation on an individual level. Af...

The common public school is improving, but it is not without its faults. President Bush and company have created the "No Child Left Behind Act" to improve the quality of public schooling, but we feel our plan, "School Should Be Better Act," is better. "No Child Left Behind...

Moving from high school to college is not just a transition, but it is a lesson in life. No one can prepare for college life, even if an older sibling and/or college friends go through it before it is impossible to learn from them, you have to experience it yourself. This social life is just the s...

George Fischer Middle School is a large school and has students attending from six Putnam County towns and two Dutchess County towns. On the average, the graduating class has close to 500 students and the typical class has 32 students attending. The school has two cafeterias in order to accommo...

Are High School Athletes Ready for Pros? Imagine being eighteen years old again. You are a broke high school teen who struggles to make it day to day on the joke of a paycheck that you get from your minimum wage job down the street. You wonder if your rusted and sputtering car is going ...

Two Systems into One In the past twenty years the United States school system has been accumulating quite a bit of criticism. Evidence shows that the United States has been lagging exponentially compared to almost all the industrialized countries. This specifically refers to Asian countries that...

Schools After graduating from high school you look back on all the grades mastered, the teachers you had trouble with, the people you encountered, and you realize how much intermediate and high school differ. The major points in which intermediate and high school vary are the way the scheduling...

High School, College, and the Job Market A person who chooses to further their education tends to go further in life then one who just finishes high school and goes straight into the job market. Education these days is very important when looking for a job. Most employers look at education firs...

Peggy Orenstein's seminal book has become a clarion call for change within the public school systems regarding the disparity of treatment between boys and girls. The book draws felicitous attention to the critical issue of American culture's deleterious effects upon its young women. Accor...

School Violence Violence in school systems has existed for a long period of time. School violence consists of fights, vandalism, shootings, and any act that physically or psychologically harms another child. Any of these acts should be taken serious, even among kindergarten kids. Recently the ...

Last fall our school board decided to make it mandatory for students to attend school year-round. There were many issues to look at before making this decision. I feel that year round school can both benefit and hurt children. There are many issues that people are for and against for year ro...

Our School System has changed many times during my schooling period up to now. It is now crucial for us to have to pass the new TAKS exam to graduate. This exam can either make us or break us. It is an issue that should not get in the way of graduation for students: something so small – a standard...

Some people think that making the transition from high school to college is a simple process. I think that college is more complicated than high school as far as classes and teachers. If I had to give a future college student advice about entering college for the first time I would tell them the fo...

From the early stages of my life up to my middle school years, I was always a spoiled brat who would always demand things her way. But when it came time for my high school years, especially the last two years, it was serious business all the way. I had to change my stipulating life to a high flier, ...

I have participated in 3 different sports in my last six years of school. When I entered the 9th grade, things began to change. They weren't the same "go out and have fun" sports; they became "go out and win." This was new to me, but I feel that it has taught me many valuabl...

Schools today aren't in the best condition. There is teasing, violence, discrimination, cliques, and poverty. There is much to say about how having mandatory school uniforms will help these problems. My question is, will uniforms help these problems enough to dismiss the hurt that they would caus...

Two students killed and thirteen others left wounded, six schoolmates shot by fellow classmate, 13 people dead and 23 wounded in a High School, Four girls and a teacher are shot to death and 10 people wounded during a false alarm in school…Those were the headlines of all newspapers at ...

Feb. 2, 1996 Feb. 19, 1997 Moses Lake, Wash. 2 students and 1 teacher Bethel, Alaska Principal and 1 student killed, 2 killed, 1 other wounded when 14-year-old Barry others wounded by Evan Ramsey, 16, at his high Loukaitis opened fire on his algebra class. school. Oct. 1, ...

Final Draft Quality education is critical to the future of America's children. However, we cannot educate our children in schools where weapons, gang violence, and drugs, threaten their safety. Many local school districts have made uniforms an important part of an overall progr...

High School Dropouts Even now, in the 21st century, where life evolves around degrees and technology, society is still faced with elevated numbers of teens that withdraw from school before completing their high school education. Where does this gradual deterioration of these teens ...

Against School Uniforms Picture yourself wearing all black clothing, you have multi-colored hair, piercings everywhere, chains dangling from your jeans, and you're walking down the hall at your school with a bunch of your friends that dress the same. To some people, it may look like a fashi...