Don’t wait go back to school you are never too old to return to school. That statement use to play in my head over and over and I never really got it and till two years ago. Change is always good for life and it’s what you do with it that makes a
And while I had my toys and my friends around I still had to be responsible about doing my homework and wake up every morning and wear my clothes to go to school. I learned to do everything by myself and. Finally after one year my dad decided that we can go to see my mom. At the first time, I did not feel anything when I saw her because I could not remember her as a mom. This really hurt me as
Returning To School Sandra L. Walker Professor Melody Debonnel English Composition 1 December, 10 2012 Returning To School Returning to school has allowed me to open and explore opportunities to find out things about myself that I didn’t know before re-entering school. Making the decision to return to school I decided to return to school after I had been out for over forty years. I graduated from high school in 1969, I enjoyed attending high school and I always knew that I wanted to further my education. I had my first child right after I graduated high school and my college was put on hold because I chose to start working and take care of my family. Many years passed and I still had college in the back of my mind, once my children got older and to the ages where they were able to
Everyone realized that this maybe the last time that we could all see each other before we went on stage, this was it. We waited 3 hours for everyone to finally arrive before we started graduation practice. There were a variety of people and a variety of attitudes towards this so called practice to match. The eager students all arrived early with their pens and notebook paper just in case a note was given on how to walk or where to place your cap. Next there were those who knew it was mandatory and decided to carpool with friends in their Nike shorts, t-shirts, and Chik-Fil-A bags in hand.
Tryouts began after school on a beautiful Monday afternoon. Instantly, I realized the skill of this team was way above what I had been accustomed to. For the first time, I began to feel unsure of my talent. The list was posted every morning following try outs. Every day I woke up and rushed to school with the anticipation that my name would not be there.
Watching cartoons were for kids and I was real close of being a woman. Some of my friends went to other middle school‘s, which means that I had to start over again finding new friends. The middle school I attended was Aspira Raul Arnaldo Martinez Charter School. The school was about 7-8 blocks away from home so I had to catch the bus throughout the whole year for me to get home safely to my parents. My favorite grade in middle school was the eighth grade.
On an online debate website, a student speaks out about thru experiences with homework communicating.” We kids nowadays have a lot of stuff to do. By the time we get home the day is almost over and we dinner and sports (Debate.org).” We have seven hours of school and when u get home with homework (tons) and you have dinner and sports so if we had less homework we would be able to eat dinner or eat late and no sports. On Scholastic news have parents interviewed about how less homework we should have.” What’s bad for” parents, is generally worse for kids.” School (for my son) is work,” one mother writes,” and by the end of a seven-hour workday, he’s exhausted. But like a worker on a double shift, he has to keep going once he gets home. (NEA Today).” Seven hours is a lot of the day working all day and we never stop five days a week and we have homework which is bad for us, it makes us tired.” Decades ago, the American Educational Research Association released this statement: “Whenever homework crowds out social experience, outdoor recreation, and creative activities, and whenever it usurps time that should be devoted to sleep (Scholastic news).” Kids need to play outside and have a social life they need to enjoy their free time but there is no free time because of all the homework.
Her friends are so important plus she will be going to school and cheering. I just knew in my heart when she left, that would be it. Her friends and school would take precedence over me. She is a teenager after all. It was after one in the morning and I could barely keep my eyes open.
The choice of even going to college is entirely one’s own choice. High school is like a mother holding her child’s hand helping her child cross the street into another street called college. College itself prepares one for the future, a future with no mommy and daddy to hold your hand or guide you. I can recall my first day of high school like it was yesterday. Faculty and teachers were right that the four years of high school will be over before we know it.
Most days she would come home on time, but it always seemed that, on days, she knew I had to get to class; she would either miss her train or take a later train home. There was an annoying amount of times I was late for my classes. With today’s education technology, I can now attend classes, interact remotely with my professors, download assignments and have access to my textbooks on my laptop or my tablet. Regardless of where I am, waiting for a doctor’s appointment, waiting for my charges to complete a course, waiting for my dinner to finish, or sitting in my bed as I am now, I can be studying, working on assignments or reading my assigned chapters. Having the ability to continue my education online while I work 11-hour days has made my future that much brighter.