Essays on Student Life

Introduction The literature relevant to the relationship between school discipline and academic performance in schools has been reviewed in this chapter. The chapter was divided into sections: Discipline concept, theoretical framework, conceptual framework, and literature review. Empirical Review Concept of Discipline Traditionally, school administration discipline meant pain and fear of punishment. Some discipline may mean something negative, such as blindly obeying orders, kneeling, manual work, firewood and water for teachers and parents, caning, and other forms of punishment. This...

Who else to influence your aspirations in life than the person you look up to most? For me, it was my mother. At the same time that I was sitting in school and dreading every second of it, my mother worked full time as a...

Living in Glasgow I have been exposed to the city’s amazing architecture all my life. This is where my initial interest in the built environment came from and it considerably developed when I started secondary school since it is in the heart of the city...

Illness, diseases, and syndromes, all these words symbolize suffering. But for me, the connotation was so different. My illness gave me a chance to get inspired by the field of medicine. My childhood memories of unexplained minor bleedings, skin bruises, and fatigue caused frequent hospital...

I first found my passion for drawing when I was 13 years old. My school had a technical drawing class. I always had to finish the assignment given first and with utmost neatness as a curious and competitive individual. This was the first stepping stone...

The importance of inspecting human behaviors in architectural design is particularly outspoken by the profound architect Fumihiko Maki. I also agree that the built environment should be shaped with greater concern in the human-focused investigation. The relationship between spatial layout and a range of social,...

Homework is defined as tasks assigned to students by school teachers that are intended to be carried out during nonschool hours.Homework was invented by Robert Nevilis in 1905. He was a teacher who thought students needed more practice at home to understand about the lesson....

In my family dynamic, I think my mom and dad had different parenting styles as I was growing up. I think my mom had more of an authoritative parenting style while my dad had more of a permissive parenting style. My mom was authoritative because...

My academic and personal achievements have been a great part of my life. Getting to be in Link, Restorative Justice and Student Leadership, I have learned a lot. My personal achievements have ranged from being president of Venturing Crew to getting job interviews to beating...

Studying abroad is considered by many “ A once in a lifetime extravagant experience”. This experience is thrilling as students take the first step into a new journey. This first step isn’t just about going to university, but also the first step towards adulthood, independence,...

One of the greatest experiences of college level education aside from moving out from your parental home and getting a sense of independence is you have the opportunity to travel abroad for your studies. When students travel abroad for their studies, they get the opportunity...

I am from Mexico. The city where I live is called Obregón city in Sonora State (at north of the Mexican Republic). I attend to Obregón city campus. I came to John Abbott almost alone; I said this because the other two girls that are...

Texas A&M University and I both hold similar goals of exceeding expectations and creating new and distinct boundaries for the future. I, like Texas A&M University, constantly strive to go beyond my limits and learn new information everyday through dedicating my spare time in the...

My study of fashion merchandising will contribute to my long range career plans by giving me an in depth look into the business side of the fashion industry. The fashion merchandising program at Kent State has a graduation requirement of studying abroad/away. They have studying...

Food is a common way that people cope with their issues. In college, students like food a lot, and it is important that they eat well. Many different things have causes and effects on food, one being stress. When people are stressed, they deal with...

In today’s world where globalization is taking place all around the world, there is a rapidly growing interest in studying abroad for university among high school graduates. This trend is believed to continue to rise as more and more parents and students have now acknowledged...

Oprah Winfrey once said, “where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” And while I never define my obstacles as ‘failures,’ instead it is a way to become more strength, I mark my success by my repeated perseverance through adversity. I have faced several...

I am writing this essay about why I deserve the scholarship. To start, Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher once said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” And while I pride myself in my numerous academic and...

Nearly seven million students in K-12 miss an estimated amount of eighteen days each school term. Research shows that student achievement suffers after only five absences. Students who miss more than ten days of school are more than twenty percent less likely to graduate from...