Essays on High School

It was February 14th 2018 valentine’s day, a day of a huge massacre that took place in Parkland, Florida. Students between the ages of 15-18 waking up and getting ready to go to school not knowing what they are about to face that day. Some...

On April 20, 1999, two armed students entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado and fixed their aim on their classmates and faculty. Less than an hour later, those two students, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, had murdered 12 students and one teacher and wounded...

How do you define terrorism? Although many people would define it differently and there is no universal definition of terrorism, we hear the word ‘terrorism’ being used almost every day in mass media and social media. The definition is vague and when a mass murder...

In the early 1800s to the late 1900s, the growing number of refugees from the world wars and civil wars left a lot of children uneducated and in need of agents for socialization. Laws were written in order to compel school attendance. At the time,...

Skipping classes is one of the naughtiness that is often done by students in several countries. Many people assume this activity as one example of irresponsible behavior. However, various sides determine the division of external and internal factors in this case. Doubtless, every action happens...

Schaumburg High School is a public high school that has been serving the northwest suburbs of Chicago since 1970. Schaumburg High School, or SHS, pulls students from Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, and Hanover Park. The mission statement of the school, is: “Focused on student learning and...

How would you feel if you were controlled by people or a certain group? Would you do something that you don’t want, like smoking, drugs, and drinking alcohol? Let me inform you that you are damaging yourself as an individual, and making others control you...

In the years before I took English 1010, I did not know that a discourse community was a thing, let alone a widely known thing. After I read the information that my professor gave to me and researched a little bit about them I now...

It is an undeniable fact that high school students, especially those partaking in advanced courses, tend to experience large amounts of pressure. This pressure can come from struggling to maintain outstanding grades and meet the expectations of their teachers and parents, all while balancing a...

School has many sets and drawbacks. There are countless opinions from thousands of students about things they regret and what they loved about high school but pressures are upon the most antagonizing part of the four years served. By examining the academic, physical and emotional...