Essays on High School

Being born as part of generation Z, and growing up alongside the growing technology of our generation, it is no surprise anymore that the platform of our education is also advancing, such as requiring the students of new generation to have all these advance technology…

Growing up, my older sister always talked about how great her first year of High school went. She would constantly tell me that going into high school allowed you to have more fun and that it wasn’t as boring as elementary school. As time passed,…

Globalization and neoliberal ideologies have jointly propelled the internationalization of higher education in recent decades. By means of liberalism, universities are becoming business enterprises, and by virtue of globalization they are seeking to expand their business beyond national borders. The definition of internationalization of higher…

University rankings where individual institutions are classified according to their scoring in a variety of indicators have become widespread as a tool to measure performance and homogeneize the field of higher education. Rankings are an inevitable consequence of neoliberalism in higher education “as they are…

The last few decades have been revolutionary in the history of mankind. Today almost everyone has a chance to pursue higher education, which was unimaginable a hundred years earlier. However, does the opportunity to attend college mean that the majority of the population should pursue…

Zekkyou Gakkyu, Ishikawa Emi’s Manga, is a compilation of horror one shots. Each chapter has different characters and plots, but the main focus is that horror is added in the mundane events and lives of Japanese high school students; some were of life in school,…

Dress codes have been evident in the school system since the early 1900s yet they have always been problematic and there is evident tension between the teacher and the students and between the students themselves. It should be simple: that students should have the right…

First, in high school, most of my classes were assigned to me by a guidance counselor that helped me choose and set up my schedule for the upcoming year. At Hampton I have what’s called a major curriculum that tells me what classes I need…

The name Jesse Carmichael may not immediately ring a bell to many music lovers but the American pianist and guitarist has made a huge contribution to the music industry as part of hit pop-rock band, Maroon 5. Carmichael has been part of the multi-million record-selling…

Joe Flacco is an American football quarterback who currently plays for the Baltimore Ravens in the National Football League (NFL). Before that, he had played college football in Pittsburg then in Delaware and got immediately picked by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2008 NFL first-round…