Hempstead High School

“What college are you attending this fall?” “Do you have an idea what you’re majoring in?” Questions that almost every senior in high school came across; by teachers, other students, and even their family members. As graduation gets closer that’s when it starts to all become real, I applied for COD and realized that this is when I need to find the path that will lead me to a career I will want to do for the rest of my life. The reason I am going to college is to get the education and…

a better understanding of what women really want and should have for their hair. To become be a hairstylist on the side in the near future, hasn’t been easy. But it has developed my way of thinking what’s best for my own good. Back in Jr. high, when blue polo shirts was required to be worn for 8th graders. Before ending the day,my last period was…

that not only changed my perspective of a normal life, but of how I saw myself as a person. I started my sixth grade year like any other eleven year old did. New school year. New classes, faces, and teachers. I was always that quiet, shy, person. I had good grades, perfect attendance, and an average social life. For the first weeks of school, I had already gotten used to my classes, as well as making new friends.…

was good even if her face said something else. Going through middle school was tough, man. I mean a 12 year old boy playing dad and kid. I don’t know how I did it man”. Michael Callaghan grew up…

academic courses than on physical education. Although some obese student could benefit from the extra activity some are already engaged in extra activities after school (Driscoll and Ginsburg). Some people are already involved in sports so they shouldn 't be taking pe i school. It would just be a waste of time for some students. “high school student should be forced to get into PE courses because of fear of getting a low grade. Grades do matter and they are especially important to the…

bed. The next morning when I woke up, one of my sisters, uncle and I headed to the neighborhood school down the street to get us enrolled. Subsequently, the following week we began school, my sister was placed in the 7th grade and I was placed in the 3rd grade. Whenever, I went to school, I barely spoke because at the time, although I knew how to speak proper English I had an accent. Throughout that school year, kids would ask ignorant questions like “ Did you own a lion “, “ Were you always…

definition, is a group of long-established colleges and universities in the eastern US having high academic and social prestige. Schools of this much stature are except to hold and create the most intelligent. So, isn’t it ironic that a majority of students attending these “prestige” schools are culprits of grade inflation. Whether it is in movies like, “Legally Blonde” or “Gilmore Girls,” Ivy League schools are perceived to be better academically successful. Therefore, when the students do not…

in unlawful behavior (Esbensen, Ni He, and Taylor 2001:106). Based on peer-reviewed research youth join gangs because of parental, school and peer influences. A prominent force that invites youth to join gangs is parental influences. Research has shown parent relationships and family structure to have a key role: a questionnaire answered by youth in a public high school in different states in America (Esbensen et al. 2001:112-13) presented a comparison of youth in and…

considering 10 year olds have phones). My first account on a computer was my school email being in the sixth grade- never having that oh-so precious AIM account middle schoolers boasted about. And, I did not have unlimited…

mediocre class. Most of time students that finish high school with their diplomas go to college for a higher education meaning they are striving for a career – an ability that they are allowed and can do-. Unfortunately, many of the undocumented immigrants don’t have this opportunity. They are restricted to elementary and secondary education and do not have access to a future. Out of sixty- five thousand undocumented immigrants that attend high schools every year…