conservative parents that believe in the white traditions. Brought together by the school’s orchestra, Reed and Jillian become more and more close as senior year passes and is starting to come to a close. Reed, played by Asa Butterfield, is a seventeen year old boy who is looking for the right girl for prom. Jillian, played by Lana Condor, was drawn to her school work and has no intentions of going to this mystical night. I would cast Asa Butterfield as Reed because the personality of Reed is tranquil and
If I essay Imagine, you are going on a fun trip with your family, but it is interrupted; with a car colliding with yours. You are brought to the hospital, and are in a coma; all of your family has already died. If you wake up, you would be an orphan, but if you die, you will lose everybody else that loves you. If you go, if you stay, it is all up to you. This is what Mia from If I stay was faced with. If I stay is a book by Gayle Forman, and a movie directed by R. J. Cutler. It is about a teenager
Are you a fan of delicious food? Yes? Well so are High School students. Most people have a favorite restaurant or fast food chain, and I bet a lot of those people go there for lunch. So why can’t the teens go out for lunch too? Well often times teenagers are seen as irresponsible, but this is not always the case. There are tons of responsible teens out there that could handle leaving school for lunch. Sometime the teens don’t even want to go out to eat, sometimes they just need a break to recharge
Conscription, also known as drafting, is a law that the government made for people to go to war. This law stated that anyone who was old enough and was able to fight in the war had to go, whether they wanted to go or not. People thought conscription was very beneficial, I on the other hand disagree. Personally, I do not think conscription is a good idea. It is unfair to force people to go to war, by forcing men to enlist in the army, the army force will not be as strong as it could be, and if conscription
Why do some people remember things better than others? Some people are better at memorizing things than others. It is said that genetics makes up about half of your ability to remember. As one can’t change the genes one is born with, but one can improve memory by rehearsal as well as improvements in diet, sleep and fitness. Do you think we memorize things differently now compared to the past? Well, it is a tough question to answer. In my opinion, in past we use to remember only special things or
Acceptance in Society From the beginning of time, acceptance has played an important role in society. It is only human nature, to try and be accepted into a group of people. Explained by Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, where social needs are expressed as the 3rd level before self-actualization. Which is what we all strive towards whether we know it yet or not. Acceptance or a sense of belonging can be reasons behind, how we form social groups like cliques, the reason we act the way we do and why we
class, boost my GPA, and finish my English prerequisite. Thankfully, this class did not fulfill that goal. As my first English class at the university, this class challenged the way I thought, and shed light on my strengths and weaknesses. In high school, I had a substantial amount of English experience under my belt, as I had taken all honors and AP English courses. While these classes provided a heavy workload, the essays that we wrote were not necessarily challenging. Most of the courses were
should be kept unseen by their children. Many parents believe that their children should not be unprotected from explicit content. ProCon.org believes that, “Children should not be exposed to sex, violence, drug use, or other inappropriate topics in school or public libraries” (ProCon.org). Parents just want the best for their children, and ProCon.org is just trying to support them with their list of pros to banning books. This quote is just one of multiple reasons why they think books should be banned
age, but it wasn’t until high school when I realized I wanted to pursue it in the future. I knew by the time I was doing two to three shows a semester, that I wanted nothing more, than to pursue a career in the performing arts. I wasn’t always fully invested in musical theatre. My parents introduced me to sports such as soccer and water polo as a young 3rd grader. While I spent much of my time playing sports, I naturally gravitated towards dance, music and choir in school. I didn’t realize until
and time is being changed; including in academics, there’s a lot of work to do off and in school especially to students. Whereas in our history there is still enough time for taking snacks before and after class, where in today there are factors in which taking snacks in the usual time is disabled. However, today eating snacks during class hours has become a norm for some students in their respective schools and the extent to which some teachers also go beyond to bear with it. Because eating snacks
Cohabitation is not a new phenomenon yet never be old and likely to be more and more popular in modern life. Despite opposing ideas, many people agreed and supposed cohabitation necessary for their lives. When we go to some areas where students rent rooms or houses to live, you can easily see couples live together as young people are now really familiar with cohabitation. Cohabitation is similar to a mathematics operation, it would give out the result but whether it is right or wrong depends on how
WHY PEOPLE SHOULD READ FOR PLEASURE The Declaration of Human Rights has stated that all human beings reserve the right to rest and leisure. They—human beings—have the rights to stop worrying about bills, heartbreaks, chores, and just be happy and relaxed. However, they tend to abandon this longing and continue on their journey of stressful life due to the fact that they lack money, job, good marks, or other stuff they consider essential to their lives. They do not seem to comprehend the significance
Will children be reading for fun in the next ten years? Most children today do not read for fun or even enjoy reading. In the passage, “Read with Purpose,” by Cheryl Barnett-Bey, she explains how she would just skim through the pages of a book instead of reading it, so she could receive the reading certificates. According to Barnett-Bey, “At present, very few people are reading to be inspired or to dream” (333). Barnett-Bey points out that television and the internet are big components to why reading
Bell took the time to produce a documentary, Trophy Kids, in which he observed the lives of several teens whose parents pushed them into doing sports that they may or may not even wanted to participate in. More than 7.6 million American high schoolers a year participate in afterschool sports, many of them having parents who encourage them to continue for the sole purpose of receiving a scholarship in the future. Pushing young students to excel past their athletic limits risks their physical health
student athletes describe their junior high school years. My junior high school experience did not greatly differ from this standard. However, towards the end of my junior high career, I began transition from childhood to adulthood. Specifically, when I made the decision in eighth grade to switch schools and made a personal commitment to play high school football. Since Kindergarten, I attended Sacred Heart School, a small, strict and protective Catholic school located in a small New Hampshire town
A long time ago in a school not so far away a peculiar event occurred,that I will never forget. It all started on the first day of school. It was my first year at Finley Farms Elementary and I was ready for the second grade, or so I thought. I entered my classroom and was happy to learn. The first day was amazing I even made a new friend named Tyler. It was splendid until it was time to leave. I left the school building eager to tell my mom everything that happened. I was a clumsy child even though
made it. The past nine years of my life I played softball year round when I decided to trade in my bat and helmet for a set of pom-poms and a bow. Making the switch from softball to cheer was a big change, I had neither the skill nor physical capability to do what the sport of cheer incorporated. Soon after switching sports, cheer started to consume my life. Since I recently started high school when I began cheer, it was an all around adjustment to a new sport and a new school. Daily practices started
it feels like we just met. However, we have grown together. We are a team. We have been through heartbreak, loss, determination, laughing until we cry, and sometimes just saying the dumbest things. A lot of people say I can’t wait to get out of high school, but for me I will be leaving behind a family I have come to love and cherish. They are not kidding when they say time flies because it does I feel like it was just yesterday, when I started cheering. Tonight as I walk through these gates to enter
conflict or obstacle I have dealt with throughout high school is self-confidence and not caring what other people think of me- not letting them control my happiness. This has been a struggle throughout high school. I think it all started freshman year when I went to a school where a lot of people knew people. I never really felt like I belonged. Everyone looked so much older than me and I didn’t feel like I really fit in. Since it was a small high school, there weren’t many clubs or activities to do
In a world of homecoming, friday night lights, and school spirit; my classmates and I are reaching the finale of our high school musical. Stressed seniors have exchanged their elementary school fantasy futures of ballet and astronomy for the hopes of making a living, not a life. The bell is about to ring and I’m contemplating what I want to carry to my next class and on with my life. My high school years as an athlete have greatly differed from my peers due to my elevated level of dedication and