The biggest challenge presented to me as I make the transition from high school to college will be becoming more responsible as I grow into a young adult. ... Time management is the most important aspect of the transitional period from high school to college. ... Learning how to succeed on my own in school will make me get through the high school to college transition easier by allowing me to be able to have more of a sense of independence. ... This independence will not only help me move through college more smoothly, but also help me prepare to become a part of the working community. If I ...

• Word Count: 401
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Although critics urge that working part-time can interfere with a teenagers education some students should hold part-time jobs while going to school, but only if they work 20 hours or less because it helps build independence, responsibility, and some work skills. ... Also some might argue saying that students drop out of school for these low dead end jobs. ... When teens start there first job they show and acquire more independence and responsibility. ... These types of jobs are good for teenagers to start and have when they are young because it prepares them for high and better qualified ...

• Word Count: 722
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

I am excited about beginning the management curriculum, and I am currently taking AP Microeconomics at my high school. ... I find it rather ironic, yet appropriate, that I wish to begin my college career in the city that is the country's capital, which symbolizes independence, justice, and equal opportunity. ... I am currently the treasurer of my school's chapter of the Junior Statesmen of America. ... Their ebullience and passion reinforced my interest in attending the school. Perhaps in the future, I will be the one who encourages a high school student to take interest in my univer...

• Word Count: 503
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A sense of independence existed as I was a very young child. ... My entire high school career was spent performing for crowds. ... I really enjoyed letting myself be known in high school. ... My sister went away for school many years ago. ... We talk about school, cars, music and girls. ...

• Word Count: 1552
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• Grade Level: High School

"My Place" by Sally Morgan is a biography about the reader's home and school life throughout her years at primary and high school and university. ... Sally Morgan expresses at one point in her reading "My Place" that she only had one goal during her high schooling which was to leave school. ... She also had the desire for a university education and the "independence of a professional woman" (page 36). ... Clarke was a member of this "elite" and gained high intelligence and elite status through the study of these particular subjects. ... Teddy is a well-educated boy for his...

• Word Count: 1928
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School