#high school
“As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be?”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes
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“We all start with all there is, it’s how we use it that makes things possible.”
― Henry Ford
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Sketch prompt was Homicidal School bus!
Just a quick reminder…
If you live in the United States (I don’t know about other countries) you have the right to start a GSA (gay-straight alliance) at your school, as long as your school allows clubs
“I would tell parents, love your kid, love them unconditionally, don’t try to change them.”
– Jake Hofheimer, teenager
Jake agreed to share his journey with sports columnist Bill Plaschke.
Attack on titan : high school
I don’t think I’ll ever be able to thank my high school color guard and winter guard team, as well as the band as the staff of all three for all they have done for me. Entering high school was a really rough time for me, and throughout my four years there I faced a TON of bullshit. But both my teams, the band, AND the staff were there to support me and help me through everything. Yeah, there was definitely some drama, but in the end we all came out of it together and I could never be more thankful for that.
Thank you high school band class, for making me who I am today and teaching me so many lessons that I will need as I continue this adventure called life.
One of the most daunting aspects of applying to college is the sheer number of essays you have (wait, get to!) write.
What do I mean? Say you’re applying to eight to ten schools. Each has anywhere from one to five (hi, MIT!) supplemental essays. Quick math tells us that’s between eight and fifty college essay prompts to respond to. And that’s after you write the personal statement for your Common App.
But guess what? ❗YOU TOTALLY DON’T HAVE TO WRITE 50 ESSAYS. In fact, you may end up writing fewer than ten.
Why?
I’ve developed a pretty simple step-by-step process to help you see which essay prompts can overlap. Follow my lead and it may not only save you dozens of hours or writing, it could improve the quality of those essays.
How?
The secret involves doing a little bit of research and creative brainstorming before deciding on your topic.
I’m excited to announce that Strive Scan and I are hosting a Virtual College Fair on Wednesday, October 6th.
➡️Register for FREE todayto virtually connect with over 65 colleges & universities. ⬅️
During this free event, you’ll have a chance to hear from different colleges & universities from across the U.S., Canada, France, Australia and the U.K.. You can choose which colleges you want to hear from by registering for their sessions, and ask questions of the college representatives live.
Get online right at 3 pm (PST) to catch my opening session “How to Develop a Preliminary College List in Under an Hour.”
It’ll be an interactive session in which you can actually develop an initial college list—or refine the list you’ve already started—in less than 60 minutes. For real.
Registration is FREE for students (domestic and international), counselors/professionals, and parents! See you there!
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Read the full guide here.
If upholding Christian values is a priority to you in a college setting, Pepperdine University might be a great fit. For this private Christian university in Southern California, a traditional liberal arts academic curriculum and strict religious philosophy go hand in hand. If you’re interested in the highly moral and conservative atmosphere at Pepperdine but aren’t sure how to approach answering their supplemental essay question, we’re here to help.
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Show Notes
My guest for this episode is Edward B. Fiske (known to most as “Ted”). Ted served as Education Editor for the New York Times from 1974 until 1991, and is well-known to college bound students and their parents as the editor of the Fiske Guide to Colleges, a staple of any high school counselor library and the nation’s best-selling college guide. He has co-authored a range of other books on college admissions with Bruce G. Hammond, including the Fiske Guide to Getting Into the Right College, What to Do When for College, Real College Essays that WorkandAcing the New SAT.
Ted’s book has been a go-to reference for me (and many other counselors) in our work with students and I loved getting a chance to go behind the scenes and hearing how the sausage is made. We discuss, among other things:
- Why did the Fiske Guide happen in the first place?
- How does Ted avoid sounding generally positive about all schools?
- How the Fiske Guide ratings systems differs from that of US News and World Report
- Who actually writes all 882 pages of the Fiske Guide
- The best approach for students who have no idea what they want
- Some of the biggest mistakes students and parents make when searching for a school
- The dangers of narrowing your college choices too early on.
- One quality Ted finds essential to having an amazing college experience
Straight To Chopping
July 20, 2018
If you don’t understand the title, click on the video camera
Hello there everyone!!! Today has been quite a day and I thank Spinraza for my newly discovered data. As you can see in the photo above, I actually took a selfie photo of myself in the mirror of my bathroom. I was actually a normal (ew) teenage girl for a few seconds! This isn’t something that happens very often, folks, so mark it on your calandars! I’m kidding about marking your calandars, or am I?
Anyway, the reason why I am so excited about this, and other things, is that if you look closely at the photo of me there, you may notice something different about me.
Is it my hair?
No.
Although I do believe an older man called me, “young man” yesterday…. May need to keep my hair a bit longer in future???
That’s off track.
Is it my shirt?
No.
But it is the shirt I wore for my last injection. So that’s kind of significant.
Is it my makeup?
Just kidding, I don’t wear that. Much.
If you guessed before reading about all these little random thoughts, brownie points for you. If not, then you definitely aren’t Sherlock.
I am sitting up much straighter than I am normally able to tolerate.
Why is this a big deal? Well this means that my upper body is beginning to have a bite of the good stuff. Meaning Spinraza is actually sharing the love and allowing me to sit a bit more normallyregularly straight. I used to sit up straight and tall, but that was directly after I had spinal surgery and then I got a new chair that was technically a loaner and it screwed up my posture which lead me to this moment in time.
Don’t get loaner chairs, kids. It’s a trap.
But something that really surprised me was the fact that my physical therapist…
I know you’re reading this so here’s a hello from across the Internet to you! Have a Reid wave you Criminal Minds mutual lover you ❤️
I’m sorry but that had to be done…
Anyway, my physical therapist emailed my grandmother about the photo I edited with all four injection photos side by side:
That one ☝
She noticed that my posture changes with each photo. Keep in mind, as she said, that I could have been seated differently, or maybe I wasn’t as tired one day compared to another… But let me give a little recap of each injection and how stressful each one was in comparison to another.
Thefirst injection photo was taken after a relatively easy procedure. I had severe anxiety that day before hand, but after it was all over, I’ve never felt so relaxed… This was taken at around 11-11:30am for a 10:30am appointment.
Thesecond injection photo was taken after the doc decided to use a shorter needle, so that was a bit uncomfortable compared to the first one. The headaches after that procedure was absolutely hellish, but other than that it was alright. This was taken at around 9:30-10am for an 8:30am appointment.
Thethird injection photo was taken after the doc couldn’t get a clear enough image of the entrance to my spinal fluid and accidentally hit a nerve (literally and metaphorically). That one was not fun. This was taken at around 11-11:30am for a 10am appointment.
Thefourth and final injection photo was taken after the worst pain experienced in my entire life, and that’s saying something since I was a reckless child and have had my chair topple onto me numerous times. For some reason my back went into complete spasm. Luckily this occurred when the needle was taken out, not being put into my spine. I never screamed so loud and for so long. Okay, maybe when they’d put more medication into my foot IV after my spinal surgery, but I whimpered more than screamed.
Anyway, I underwent a lot of pain after three of the injections, and a lot of stress. But my posture noticeably is different in each picture. Oh, and no, my dad most likely had nothing to do with the fact I look fairly straighter in my chair as he also sees everything that happens to me during the procedure as I ask for him to be in the OR in case something happens and I need him. Which I did this last injection so it was the right move on my part. So he is as stressed out as I am, and tired.
My other deduction about my seating is the fact that it got ruined after I was put into a loaner chair for about a year and my excellent, newly fixed posture went in the toilet since the company I used couldn’t completely accommodate the way I sat until my actual chair was ordered. They tried to fix it once I got my chair that I would really use and I absolutely could not tolerate sitting any straighter than the Leaning Tower of Deziree.
My terrible 5 minuet edit depicting a long dead joke. But it was worth the effort.
The next bit of news I have for you all is that I tried something that my previously mentioned physical therapist suggested. I made a video of me doing said activity, but Tumblr is a pain and wouldn’t let me add a title or photos along with the video so I posted it just before this post. The link to it is here for those of you who want to see it immediately this second instead of at the very end. Either way, you will see it. The commentary is comedy, so enjoy.
Lastly, I finally completely finished semester 1vof my senior year!!!
Now all I have to do is finish two classes to be completely finished with high school. Beyond excited to actually be able to do what I want to do for six months and just read because I will have nothing else to do. Actually, I should really start doing that now as I have more time… Hmmm…
