National Junior Honor Society

Cullen Heath · #1 02-07-2006, 05:34 PM

I recently got into the National Junior Honor Society.
I was put on to the Honor Roll (Completely different) for high Grades, then received a letter from Phoenix saying that I might get in to the National Junior Honor Society. I needed to fill out this big form, in which I had to tell about all the Volunteer work, Community service, group events and on and on and on that I had done in the past.
When I filled out the form, I sent it back to the place in Phoenix and waited for a reply. I waited for about five days, until the reply came. My Mom and I had to go to Flagstaff that night, so I put it in the car, waiting for myself to calm down from being nervous about wondering weather or not I got in.
I finally opened the letter and it stated that I had been accepted in.
I have scanned some pictures for you guys to look at. The one with my name is just the envelope, the one with the pin, I guess, shows that I am a member, and the other two are the front & inside of the letter.

The point of this Thread is to talk about which of you are already in and maybe share about your Ceremony (Hopefully you had one) or how many years you have been a part of the NJHS.

mitsur · #2 02-07-2006, 05:37 PM

Wow, congratulations! Thats a really high honor, not many people make it!

*Takes Cullen's hand and shakes it crazily*

Cullen Heath · #3 02-07-2006, 05:41 PM

Thank You!
I'll admit, I worked pretty hard to get there.
There was a total of 6 students from my school who made it, one being me.

Anyway, Thanks again!

OANST · #4 02-07-2006, 05:52 PM

Good job. That is quite an achievement. The only honor I got in high school was best joint roller.

Cullen Heath · #5 02-07-2006, 05:56 PM

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The only honor I got in high school was best joint roller.

Oh my God

^

Well, Thanks to both of you, it's much appreciated!

used:) · #6 02-07-2006, 06:07 PM

Good job on that, it takes the cake on your records other than the run of the mill honor roll.

SeaRex · #7 02-07-2006, 06:32 PM

Get out. Now. Run.

Trust me, I was in NJHS and NHS, and they were some of the biggest wastes of time that I've ever been a part of, NHS in particular. The entire philosophy behind the club was asinine. It's like... you're already an honor student, spending a lot of your time studying and working, unlike the majority of American students, so they give you community service. Like prison. The community service usually takes away from your studies, which are supposedly the focus of the club in the first place.

If you ask me, they should have given the failing students community service. That way, they could have actually contributed to society.

Maybe it was just how my chapter functioned (poorly) combined with the fact that I was raised in an area with some of the poorest excuses for human existence I could ever imagine (the South), but I found the entire thing to be a huge drain on my time. I dropped out after my first (or second... can't recall) year, put it "NHS" on my resume. Never looked back.

OK, so maybe don't drop out right away. But do eventually. If you want. You can still put it on your resume and it will still help you get into college.

[/end rant]

Cullen Heath · #8 02-07-2006, 06:58 PM

Really? They'll give me MORE community service? That's a good thing to know, (Thank you) but also a bummer to look forward to.
I am already pretty busy, and it would be hard to fit in more community service.
Thanks for the heads up. I wont want to drop out though, cause I already worked so hard to get there.

I guess I'll just have to see how it goes.

***Nate*** · #9 02-07-2006, 11:21 PM

Ummm... Can someone please explain for the sake of us poor foreigners WTF you are talking about?

SeaRex · #10 02-08-2006, 04:29 AM

They're American school organizations that reward honors students with community service.

C'mon, man! Use context clues!

***Nate*** · #11 02-08-2006, 02:18 PM

I got that much. I just couldn't quite see the point of it all. What's the upside, aside from fooling potential employers into thinking that you are both intelligent and philanthropic? And what do you have to do to get in?

SeaRex · #12 02-08-2006, 02:33 PM

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What's the upside, aside from fooling potential employers into thinking that you are both intelligent and philanthropic?

There is none. That's the entire point. Putting it on a resume might help you get into college, but that's pretty much it. Anyway, chances are, if your GPA is good enough to get into NHS, then you shouldn't have any bit of trouble getting into a state college, so the club is pretty much pointless.

I don't even remember what it takes to become a member. All I know is that I did my work in middle and high school (I'm not sure if that means anything to anyone who isn't American, but I'm sure you get the general idea), you know, like I was supposed to, and one day I was invited to join.

Cullen Heath · #13 02-08-2006, 02:34 PM

You have to have high grades, be respectful, and have a lot of community service.

AquaticAmbi · #14 02-09-2006, 06:54 PM

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Get out. Now. Run.

Trust me, I was in NJHS and NHS, and they were some of the biggest wastes of time that I've ever been a part of, NHS in particular. The entire philosophy behind the club was asinine. It's like... you're already an honor student, spending a lot of your time studying and working, unlike the majority of American students, so they give you community service. Like prison. The community service usually takes away from your studies, which are supposedly the focus of the club in the first place.

If you ask me, they should have given the failing students community service. That way, they could have actually contributed to society.

Maybe it was just how my chapter functioned (poorly) combined with the fact that I was raised in an area with some of the poorest excuses for human existence I could ever imagine (the South), but I found the entire thing to be a huge drain on my time. I dropped out after my first (or second... can't recall) year, put it "NHS" on my resume. Never looked back.

OK, so maybe don't drop out right away. But do eventually. If you want. You can still put it on your resume and it will still help you get into college.

[/end rant]

I'm currently in the exact same club and of the exact same opinion. It's such BS, but hey, it's a well-known extracuricular activity to put on college applications. Woop.

Anyway, I also agree with the point of giving community service opportunities to the non-honor students so that they could have some proof of caring about something although they fail to achieve the highest grades.

Besides NHS, which requires a 3.5 or higher GPA, I'm also in Key Club. President actually. No academic requirements for it, but arg, 40 hours total of hours I have to do for the two clubs combined.

Cullen Heath · #15 02-09-2006, 07:04 PM

I actually just got back (Well, at 6:00) from doing some "Community Service". I'm actually not sure if it would be considered Community Service, but more "School Service".
I went to the local Bashas (A food market only in Arizona) with a couple of my friends and we asked a bunch of people if they would be willing to donate some money to our school for new Fire Sprinkler System. We were there for about 3 hours and raised about 200 dollars. Our goal is to raise 40,000 Dollars for a new System.

mitsur · #16 02-09-2006, 07:43 PM

What is the point of going then.

From they way you guys talk about it, it looks like the 'honor-school' is just a front for a un-paid city janitorial service. Not to mention the orginization who made it is complaining about something.

Cullen Heath · #17 02-09-2006, 08:01 PM

Well, it helps you get into College, if you STAY in the National Junior Honor Society & the National Honor Society, which, I most cirtainly plan to.

Scrab Watcher · #18 02-10-2006, 01:13 AM

I've never heard of this NJHS thing, since I'm Irish, but if you are academically talented, try getting into the Centre for Talented Youth. They run summer programmes that, in Ireland anyway, are fantabulous fun. It's another world and the students are absolutely mad in the best possible way. I really can't recommend it enough. Or you could hop on a plane and take part in the Irish one: CTYI. Some Americans do come over here. Brilliant fun.

Fuzzleman54321 · #19 02-10-2006, 03:40 AM

Good Job Cullen!

Al the Vykker · #20 02-16-2006, 07:00 PM

I've been in National Honor Society for two years now (Junior year is the first chance you can apply in high school) and its prestigious in the regard it looks great on a college application, but in terms of service or community service your better off volunteering your own time, because the sponsored events aren't even that valuable or helpful to people.

Cullen Heath · #21 02-16-2006, 07:13 PM

Sure they're helpful. Any Community Service is helpful.

Kimon · #22 02-17-2006, 03:11 AM

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Sure they're helpful. Any Community Service is helpful.

He's speaking comparitively. Or in juxtaposition to other services.

I hope you ask me what I mean so I can feel smart.

OANST · #23 02-17-2006, 05:42 AM

Why, Kimon! What is that you mean?

wink wink
here's your chance.

Kimon · #24 02-17-2006, 05:57 AM

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Why, Kimon! What is that you mean?

Well, old and not so tasty, I'm glad you asked. You see, Quantum physics is about the characteristics of subatomic particles and it says that energy is not continuous, but in the form of quanta , or packages. If you know the structure of an atom and particles, then it is not nessecary to to study (at least not intensely) the science of nuclear physics. Another thing is very important, and that is during study of quantum physics you must forget about all logical physical laws, because the laws in the subatomic world are inconceivable for us.

So in conclusion, Al means that compared to other potential community service projects, the ones offered by the NJHS are not very beneficial to the community.

OANST · #25 02-17-2006, 06:02 AM

Shocking discoveries, professor. I would assume that we can all extrapolate a life lesson from your theorem.

Adder · #26 02-17-2006, 07:58 AM

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You see, Quantum physics is about the characteristics of subatomic particles and it says that energy is not continuous, but in the form of quanta , or packages. If you know the structure of an atom and particles, then it is not nessecary to to study (at least not intensely) the science of nuclear physics... During study of quantum physics you must forget about all logical physical laws, because the laws in the subatomic world are inconceivable for us.

So in conclusion, Al means that compared to other potential community service projects, the ones offered by the NJHS are not very beneficial to the community.

Okay... I get the quantum physics bit (very accurate explination, BTW), but I don't get why it's being used to explain different degrees of comunity service.

Cullen Heath · #27 02-17-2006, 10:16 AM

Very nice, Kimon.

Kimon · #28 02-18-2006, 08:31 AM

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Okay... I get the quantum physics bit (very accurate explination, BTW), but I don't get why it's being used to explain different degrees of comunity service.

The answer is actually heavily routed in a book titles "Theoretical Nuclear Physics" by John M. Blatt. Very informative, I'm sure you'll find it quite engaging.

ANYWAYS, yeah. Community service is good.

Dancing Steef · #29 02-18-2006, 10:21 AM

Congrats to ya Cullen Heath!

I felt the same when I began high school on the music program - I jus' got SOO happy for that, I been going there for almost two years now and got one year left

Love me school... it was hard to get there anyhow, but only the ones who had great grades could become one of the students - n' I was one of them

But yet again congrats to ya Cullen and Good luck with yer school

~DS~