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What High School Taught Me
High School. A place where I learned valuable things that I will carry with me until I die. I was always warned by my oldest brother about certain things I will face in high school, but of course I didn’t believe them. I always thought every high school experience is different for each person. Surprisingly, I found out that it is true, but somehow we all come to the same conclusions. Now of course we all wished that we could break into song and dance on the lunch tables like they do in High School Musical or have an amazing teacher like Mr. Schu from Glee or get away with skipping school like in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. In high school, I was that person that got along with everyone, and while most of those people weren’t considered my friends, they were considered friendly acquaintances. Starting high school, I had two best friends, which is impossible since you generally only have one TRUE best friend. By the end of high school those two best friends turned into one and then back to two. Now, I could go on about the drama and what went down that caused one of my friendships to cease, but that's a story for a different time. But despite all that went wrong and what went right in high school, things didn’t seem to click or make sense until I was two weeks away from graduating. In that moment I realized many things, and here are a few of them:
By Angelique Roberson6 years ago in Education
5 Ways to Engage Your Active Kindergartener
Kindergarten is a tough year for most parents and nearly all children. Once the sadness of separation is gone (I promise it will only take a month or less!), the real challenges may show themselves. The real lesson in Kindergarten is not necessarily the curriculum itself, but in learning HOW to learn.
By Samantha Rose6 years ago in Education
Why Study Racist Philosophers but Not Philosophers of Other Races?
In January 2017, students from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) launched a campaign called "Decolonise our minds" with the aim of drawing attention to the fact that a school focused in African and Asian studies holds a Philosophy Curriculum formed almost exclusively by white European authors. Although the intention was simply to make a call for the diversification of the study program, the reception in the British media was hostile and biased, accusing the students of wanting to remove all white thinkers from the program and of questioning philosophers that laid the foundations of our society. SOAS was originally created in 1916 to teach to future colonizers the language, history, laws, and customs of the countries to which they were being posted by the colonial enterprise, as a means to strengthen Britain’s presence in these colonies. According to the results of the aforesaid enterprise, it would be said that we do not know if, for lack of enthusiasm of the students or the poor preparation of the teaching staff, this attempt was not very satisfactory. Obviously (and fortunately) the circumstances have changed and today SOAS has an international and multiracial student body, and its mindset and objectives are very different. However, the radical rejection found in the press and in many academics throughout the UK seems to show an intellectual racism that we would like to believe was eradicated.
By Guillermo Fernandez6 years ago in Education
How University Was Not the Rebirth I Was Expecting
When I was in high school, I hated my life. High school was just not my stage, and I was desperate to move away from a dead end town and go to university. I was a stupid teenager, and on the night of my high school graduation, I deleted almost all of my Facebook friends. If they were from high school, they got deleted - except for a select few. I wanted to start over.
By Amanda Doyle6 years ago in Education
How Homeschooling Confined Me
It all started in middle school, as soon as I finished Grade 8, I was asked to join a home school. I was told that that it was going to be easy and eventually ended up making my decision. How old was I? Barely 14. And in my hands came this enormous responsibility of holding captive my future. The starting two years of high school, I had been involved in homeschooling. It was calm. I didn't particularly have to deal with a lot of people, but it was surely mind numbing to me. No friends, no enjoyment or activities, though it allowed me to stay in my comfort zone for quite a long time. I didn't attain a thing, not even the right knowledge, because my focal point was totally out of it. Every other day, whether it be morning or night, I was told to do one thing and that only. "Go study; you don't wanna cry on the last day!" Despite sounding dramatic, in the back of my mind, I knew it wasn't destined for me to be in that position, and I knew I made the wrong choice to begin with.
By Kínz Kanny6 years ago in Education
Mid-term Poisoning
Why is it that no one has ever noticed that the commencement of flu-season and mid-term season coincide? Or, I've come to wonder, have the powers that be noticed, but masochistically revel in the near-death experiences of studying students?
By Leigh Macfarlane6 years ago in Education
I Hated My Secondary School
If you read my other blog on why I hated my primary school, you'll know I put up with a lot of things a child younger than 10 shouldn't put up with because it was either dumb, irrational, or just pointless. Secondary School was another hell hole entirely. It wasn't as deep as a hole but there were twice as many demons, pitch forks, and fire. That much stress shouldn't be put on a year 7 to begin with.
By Emilie Westall6 years ago in Education
The Comedy of Your First Degree Submission
Let’s take a minute to travel a little bit back in time. When we were twelve, during our first years of high school, our final years in mandatory education, we looked up to those ‘big kids’ graduating and going onto something much more than ‘school.’ Onto somewhere more free without having to sit through Mrs. Chapman’s double math across second and third period or soggy sandwiches in the cafeteria.
By Charley Bennett6 years ago in Education
Handling Your First Assignment
You’ve graduated from college and made it into your first year at uni. You’ve successfully moved into your new student flat and enjoyed the madness of Fresher’s Week. You’ve started classes and began to settle into the layout of your chosen course. All seems to be going well. Well… all until your first assignment is introduced.
By Charley Bennett6 years ago in Education