Crank: High Voltage

I have always been a believer of doing something and doing it right. Even if I have to do it a certain way, I make sure that it is done the right way and satisfies everyone involved with it. I believe that everyone should be the same not just in one specific thing but in their life as well. If you want be have a career that you like then you really have the do all the process to get that career the right way. In Christopher Caldwell 's essay, “What a College Education Buys”, he talks about the…

Kenneth Jay Sissom was born on January 25th 1931 in Bedford Tennessee. He was born into a farm family that all together had 10 kids. They lived in a four bedroom house with two beds to a room and the “comfort zone” or the toilet was located outside and they had no water bill. Each of the children had their own daily chores to get done to go about their way of life at that time. “The work of the children worked mainly for their own parents on the home farm. On the contrary, it is a highly…

we talked about was our bodies and how they worked. By the time we got to high school, we were all matured and have the control to read the explicit content that is portrayed in Catch-22 and any other books that have this kind of content. Catch-22 may be challenged or banned in middle schools because of the content that they don’t want their students that are not mature or grown enough to handle the content, but in a high school where most of the students are mature enough to not laugh when they…

I agree that students are judged to be either book smart or street smart because my experience in Pattonsburg High School confirms it. In my small school of merely 75 high school students, students are considered either book smart or street smart, and like it states in the book, the two groups tend to not get along very well. I think that society believes that in order for a person to become successful in the world they must be book smart; however, I believe that some students are challenging…

It is often said that a college degree is better than just a high school degree but a college degree does not assure you a job. In the article College, Jobs and Inequality it states “That means recent grads have about the same level of unemployment as the general population.” In other words the author of the article…

My life goals are to complete my Graduate Program in School Psychology; this would lead me to fulfill my second goal, which is to become an independent individual who can be economically self-supporting and self-sufficient doing something that I enjoy and, in the meantime, helping the young generation. My third goal is to have a family of my own with a husband who is caring and devoted to his family. My first goal, at this time, is the most important one for me because this one can lead to…

in high school, I continue to struggle with the proper use of…

celebrate one’s efforts and highlights of accomplishments done while an individual ventured and completed their educational journey, any educational level (Elementary through University level). Recently my younger sister celebrated her graduation from high school and I celebrated my graduation from university. As everyone congratulated us for our accomplishments and hard work, I celebrated with them but also felt a sort of guilt, guilt that started from an early age in the realization of my…

Success defines the American dream, living comfortably- providing for my parents living as care free as a dog with a wealthy owner. Success is not necessarily a need but a want, and it’s imperative that I obtain it. My entire family tree is based on the basis of success and I plan not to stray away from what my family has accomplished. Morehouse is another great chapter in my book gearing me towards my degree. Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy is the cause of my success; SACA’s structure…

I play it for 13 years and on very high level. Time is one of the aspects that changed my personality. I have practice every day and that is a great commitment. I have a different schedule than other high school student and I have to adjust the preparation for school to that. I play high-level soccer and that means I have to work hard every practice. As a soccer player I always want to improve my skills, technique…