ipl-logo

The Nation's High School Student Success Story

662 Words3 Pages

The Nation’s High school Students Success story From my point of view, before president Obama took office, was that high school students were struggling very hard to succeed, because students preferred to drop out of school rather than to receive a diploma. Back then there was not much of a good influence on the teens as there is today. Nerveless, this generations of students are willing to work hard because they have someone to look up to. For instance, president Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have spoken highly about receiving higher education. This makes students want to better themselves. Thus, Americans should be satisfied with the progress high school students have made, because they will be able to get better jobs, attend universities, and take care of themselves.
When students are in school from my perspective, some students are realizing that in order for them to better themselves they must graduate. President Obama has created jobs for students who want to succeed. For …show more content…

For example, this fall Bowie State University welcomed over one thousand freshmen this year and Morehouse brought in over five hundred freshmen. From my point of view how the teens view our president changed their way of thinking. When President Bush was in office there were more students dropping out of high school than there are today. For example, “back in the day” my vice principle would tell the students that were freshmen “to look to your left then, look to your right that person right next to you will not be graduating with you.” With that type of discouragement, it changed my opinion about education. By the time gradating day arrived only three hundred out of nine hundred students graduated. Just recently First Lady Michelle Obama participated in a rap video about going to college. With that being said the young teens have had a powerful authority figure to help them

Show More
Related
675 Words | 3 Pages

However, many don’t want to drop out from their studies; they want a better education and better jobs that will pay them well. Not to have to work in a job that pays them low wages and to top it off still have to pay the loan they applied for to stay in college. It’s an everyday struggle young people go through every year just to stay in college to get their education. In the book On the Frontier of Adulthood Frank F. Furstenberg state that “More youth are extending education, living at home longer, and moving haltingly, or stopping altogether, along the stepping stones of adulthood.” Young people not reaching their adulthood, and still living at home to pursue, there dream of going to college.

Read More
1065 Words | 5 Pages

The social pressure of achieving the American Dream has twisted the mind of a generation into believing that the only way to be accepted in society is to follow the assembly line lifestyle of going to college, getting a degree, and landing a high paying job. As soon as a student starts high school they are immediately pressured into going to college and planning the rest of their

Read More
1402 Words | 6 Pages

Today students are mostly millennials whom are perceived as being lazy and not achieving the same goals as their parents at the same

Read More
1257 Words | 6 Pages

Obama illustrates this to his audience when he connects the audiences school life with their outside of school life with Obama’s ultimate goal being to persuased the students to work harder in school. Obama makes this connection when he says “no matter what you do with your life, I guarantee that you’ll need an education to do it. Do you want to be a doctor or a teacher? You’re going to need a good education for every single one of those things. You cannot drop out of school and drop into a good job.

Read More
1052 Words | 5 Pages

Obama really wants the students to succeed in life. They are America’s future, and they owe it to everyone to do their best. America would not be the country it is today without people trying their hardest to do as best as possible. Even if you have troubles in your life, and don’t feel like you can do your homework, you have to try. People who had it worse than you succeeded.

Read More
1545 Words | 7 Pages

President Obama has also made substantial improvement in education for the African Americans. National high school drop out rates have been at an all time low, resulting in the high school graduation rate of 81.4% in 2013, the highest it has ever been (NBC, 2015). The decrease in the drop out rate has shown the most improvement in the African American community, with the high school graduation rates between the years 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 increasing from 67% to 70.7% (NCES, 2015). President Obama has increased the quality of education by investing $4 billion in the low-performing school to provide better quality education by enhancing the environment in which the learn in to be safe and secure (White House, 2015). He has also expanded access to college by helping students pay for it.

Read More
552 Words | 3 Pages

What will it take for me to be successful in high school is hard work, determination, and concentration. What I mean by this is I will do my to not only pass in high school but succeed and overachieve. I want this because I'll never like to be second and that includes high school to. I believe that second is never remembered and don't get the same opportunity as a person in first so that motivates me to do my best. This means that in high school I have to learn how to adapt to that environment especially since I'm expected to be a student athlete which is going to be two times harder but it will work out if I learn how to manage myself and require zero tolerance, now what I mean by this is that I'm going to have to step up to another level, I have to stay focus on my work and football.

Read More
612 Words | 3 Pages

To begin, a strong claim that Obama addresses is responsibility, he specifically integrates that every student in America has some responsibility. One can infer that he is informing the seniors of high school students, as they must know what their goals and plans are to benefit their future. He simply stated, “I’ve talked about your teacher's responsibility… I’ve talked about your parents responsibility… I’ve talked a lot about your government's responsibility…” (69). Obama

Read More
1824 Words | 8 Pages

I can agree with Obama when he says that education is the heart of this country. Taking responsibility and pursuing a career is the way to make Short 6 it in this country, but Obama feels that “American schools are not holding up their bargain” in regards to competition globally (159). He wants this country to be the best it can be just like many people do in the same respect. Education is important to me, and I know it has to be important to many others in the world.

Read More
992 Words | 4 Pages

For example, the former first lady “frequently visited schools or invited students to the White House to promote healthy lifestyles and discuss education and worked alongside students to establish the new vegetable garden”(Contemporary Black Biography). By frequently visiting schools and discussing education with students, she is showing the students that she cares about their goals and education. Discussing her experience in school with the students is beneficial because it teaches them different ways to achieve their goals. It also inspires them to pursue their passion as Michelle pursued hers. She also created The Reach Higher Initiative “to inspire every student in the U.S. to take charge of their future by completing their education past high school, whether at a professional training program, a community college, or a four-year college or university”(Reach Higher).

Read More
1517 Words | 7 Pages

It has taken many years for people in society to break out of the norms and expectations of how to grow up and live in the world. A huge factor in this “revolution”: attending college. Whether it is taking a gap year to discover the world and the waiting opportunities, or simply running with it all after high school to work, attending college isn’t considered a given anymore. Now not all cases are the same for every person, therefore they can only decide what is the best path for them after high school. Still, the benefits of a being a college graduate will never be diminished.

Read More
546 Words | 3 Pages

On September 8, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia, President Barack Obama issued a “Back to School” speech. In this speech, he outlined the importance of a student’s education and how it may reflect on their future. President Obama plans to encourage students to try their hardest in the upcoming school year by convincing them to “put their best effort into everything that they do” no matter how challenging life may get at times. Succeeding in school is not always easy due to other challenges in life, but it is definitely not impossible. Growing up, Barack was raised by a single mother who did not have loads of money to send him to school with the other American children.

Read More
365 Words | 2 Pages

Graduating High School A day I will never forget was the day that I graduated high school. All the emotions were overwhelming and hard to handle sometimes. It was hard to accept that one of the biggest chapters in my life was about to be over and I was about to start an even bigger one.

Read More
845 Words | 4 Pages

“We need every single one of you to develop your talents, skills and intellect so you can help solve our most difficult problems. If you don’t do that – if you quit school- you’re not just quitting on yourself, you’re quitting on your country.” (P. 8, line 62-64). In the above quote Obama uses patriotism to try to persuade the students, it gives the impression that if they don’t do well in school they will fail everyone, including the country as a whole. Additionally, he says “we” and “you” a lot which sets up to parallel sides and the direct language where he refers directly to the audience causes him to influence their opinions.

Read More
871 Words | 4 Pages

The high school that I was in gave me an interesting experience. I was able to learn and experience different lessons with in my high school. Three of those life lessons that I went through are when my school was placed on lockdown, another experience is a club that I joined which helped really mature. Finally the other experience I faced in high school was that some of my friends that I had wanted me to join them in some bad situations but I kept myself out of those situations.

Read More

More about The Nation's High School Student Success Story

Related Topics

Open Document