high school

I'm fed up with my high school education. It's as simple as that.

As a conservative with strong views, I am not allowed to express them without being ridiculed in school.  Read More »

ok well this is my first blog and i just want to write what im feeling right now. im in class and i was thinking about my school and the people in it. and i come to realize there is a lot of racism in this school. not by the kids but by the teachers and administrators. my school is a mixed school you cant really tell which race dominates.  Read More »

Feeling the cool air pass through my hair as I peel out of the school parking lot with my windows down, the beautiful weather, the lack of homework, AP testing, it can only mean one thing: Summer is almost here!  Read More »

Lets see, when a high school movie is played in theaters and the "home" team wins, what sport is it usually? Football, Basketball, or Baseball. Why is it only these sports that get glorified down in Tennessee? Ice Hockey is becoming a big sport here, but it is impossible for hockey to get recognized here.  Read More »

If you haven't read the first part of the assignment here's the link. You might understand this better if you read Part one before Part Two. http://www.progressiveu.org/093253-dantes-inferno-english-assignment-par...  Read More »

If there is one thing that I care so strongly for I would die, it would definitely be my rights as an atheist. And saying the above is not a flimsy statement for me, as I believe this life to be the only one that I have; after my death, my body will disintegrate.  Read More »

So in my College Prep English class my teacher is having us read Dante's "Inferno". Here's a little bit of background for those of you who don't have a clue....Dante wrote three poems "Inferno" (Hell), "Purgatorio" (Purgatory) and "Paradiso" (Heaven). Together these three poems make up the "Divine Comedy". Basically it is about Dante being guided thru Hell and Purgatory by Virgil.  Read More »

I guess you could say I was the weird one in high school. No, not a “Look she’s wearing all black” kind of weird. Not a depressed weirdo. I was weird because I cared about school.  Read More »