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Please tell us in 500 words or less how being a high school student has impacted you up to this point.
As I sit in my AP Biology class, my teacher finishes instructing teaching us about the properties of water. To myself, I think, "Really, so that's why bodies of water don't completely freeze. That's why water freezes from the top to the bottom, rather than from the bottom to the top." My teacher had been talking about hydrogen bonding in water, as well as about Van der Waals interactions. The properties of water make it so that when it freezes, it is actually less dense then it is in the liquid state; many elements are denser in the solid state. For a while after learning this fact, I made many connections and brainstormed. I was able to understand why some creatures are able to survive deep down in the depths of the oceans where there are large ice layers on top.
Learning about the properties of water is just one of many revelations I have had as a high school student. In band, I have learned how all the major and minor keys fit together, and have a whole science of their own. At cross country practice, after a long run, my team mates and I have learned techniques to help our bodies recover, such as putting our legs in ice baths so that the micro-tears in our muscles heal faster with new blood flowing through our bodies.
High school has greatly impacted me up to this point. With seven classes peer day, it is like entering seven different worlds each and every day, studying them, and trying to decide if one prefers one over another. In one class I am in Graphic Arts, using a Heidelberg to create printed items with a typecast I made with a Ludlow. In the next class, Trigonometry, I am learning trigonometry identities, experiencing what it must have been like for the Romans to design the Colosseum. My high school education has been a great experience, giving me a broad understanding of some of the significant discoveries made up to date.
Having the opportunity to obtain a secondary education has been something I have taken for granted. Now though, I realize that not everyone throughout the world has the opportunity to obtain an education, nor as high of a quality one as I have had. Being a high school student has given me the building skills necessary to build a monument, a character that is willing to incorporate different ideas, and the ability to make contributions that will better our world.
Please tell us in 500 words or less how being a high school student has impacted you up to this point.
As I sit in my AP Biology class, my teacher finishes instructing teaching us about the properties of water. To myself, I think, "Really, so that's why bodies of water don't completely freeze. That's why water freezes from the top to the bottom, rather than from the bottom to the top." My teacher had been talking about hydrogen bonding in water, as well as about Van der Waals interactions. The properties of water make it so that when it freezes, it is actually less dense then it is in the liquid state; many elements are denser in the solid state. For a while after learning this fact, I made many connections and brainstormed. I was able to understand why some creatures are able to survive deep down in the depths of the oceans where there are large ice layers on top.
Learning about the properties of water is just one of many revelations I have had as a high school student. In band, I have learned how all the major and minor keys fit together, and have a whole science of their own. At cross country practice, after a long run, my team mates and I have learned techniques to help our bodies recover, such as putting our legs in ice baths so that the micro-tears in our muscles heal faster with new blood flowing through our bodies.
High school has greatly impacted me up to this point. With seven classes peer day, it is like entering seven different worlds each and every day, studying them, and trying to decide if one prefers one over another. In one class I am in Graphic Arts, using a Heidelberg to create printed items with a typecast I made with a Ludlow. In the next class, Trigonometry, I am learning trigonometry identities, experiencing what it must have been like for the Romans to design the Colosseum. My high school education has been a great experience, giving me a broad understanding of some of the significant discoveries made up to date.
Having the opportunity to obtain a secondary education has been something I have taken for granted. Now though, I realize that not everyone throughout the world has the opportunity to obtain an education, nor as high of a quality one as I have had. Being a high school student has given me the building skills necessary to build a monument, a character that is willing to incorporate different ideas, and the ability to make contributions that will better our world.
