Step by step, I get closer to the platform. One person after another is handed their diploma, shakes a hand, and walks down the aisle.
As I write this, I am preparing to go to senior prom. The final dance, one of the only times in my life I will likely wear a tuxedo. It snuck up on me so fast I cannot believe it.
I bought my senior prom ticket Tuesday … It snuck up on me so fast I cannot believe it. I am not 18 yet. And I am going to Whitworth University in Spokane next year and will move from home.
By the time you read this, I will already have turned 18. I will no longer be a child; I will no longer be a little boy in the eyes of the government.
Money plays a huge role in everyone’s lives. Some people have a lot and some people have very little.
A few days ago, I went on a field trip as a volunteer with my little sister’s fourth-grade class. The trip went great and was a lot of fun.
Recently I caught something pretty serious: I caught sight of the calendar.
We all do different things over summer. I worked.
Graduation: a goal, an award, and a life changing event. Which is it?
Every year as it gets closer, we all get tired. Students start to slow down and work less.
Commonly stated by students around the world, “I love to procrastinate until I have to stop.”
The problem with school today is the pace in which we need to learn everything.
The other day I was walking out to my car to drive to school at the college and I realized I wasn’t a kid anymore.
Being a junior in high school doing the Running Start program, people often ask me what I want to be when I grow up.
A distraction can be anything: a TV, a radio, a pet. The No. 1 most distracting thing by far is the Internet. Most people can’t go a day without it; they have it wherever they go.
The school system is one place feeling the budget cuts more than others. Teachers and staff are being laid off left and right. School districts are scrambling to find ways to cut money while keeping as many staff as possible. However, sometimes it’s just not possible. In fact, last year 38 staff members, including some teachers, were cut from the North Kitsap School District.
Running Start is an amazing program that enables high school students to take classes at Olympic College and graduate with an associate of arts degree by the time they receive their high school diploma. The program gives participants a running start in their education. You get 15 credits worth of classes per quarter and you just have to cover the cost of fees and books — about $100 a book and around $65 for fees. You can even take classes at the high school and college at the same time.
