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- 151: Pesticides Are Affecting Our F
- ... that are heavily consumed by infants and children. Which means that even if the government has the pesticides registered it is still harmful to a childs health. In conclusion, children are at a very high risk of becoming intoxicated by carcinogenic pesticides which can cause cancer, brain defects, damage to the nervous system, and birth defects. If producers do not reduce the amount of pesticide used on food which is ... effects. This chemical should be banned from the market because of these serious health effects. Pregnant women and infants in parts of rural Quebec face a health risk because their drinking water is contaminated by high concentrations of fertilizers and herbicides. A provincial Environment Department study shows that indeed pregnant women and infants who drink from wells with high concentrations of nitrate are at an elevated risk, the study also revealed that 35 per cent of the wells had excessive concentrations of the herbicide metribuzine. The health effects associated with exposure to this ...
- 152: Teaching Ethical And Moral Values
- ... use interchangeably: They are a set of socially shared conceptions of what is good and bad, right and wrong, desirable and undesirable. Our values influence our orientations, actions, reactions, and interpretations. According to most American High School Institutions, educating students on these values is one of their essential goals, but yet the teaching of these values is not evident. The school system seems to focus on fundamental aspects and fails to notice the impact that morals and ethics have on individual students. In order for students to become complete individuals in our society, the educational ...
- 153: Teen Pregnancy
- ... slowly but steadily. "These recent declines reverse the 24-percent rise in the teenage birth rate from 1986 to 1991" (Teen Pregnancy Facts and Stats 1). Usually only one-third of teenage mothers receive a high school diploma. The rest of the mothers usually end up on welfare. "A majority of both boys and girls who are sexually active wish they had waited. Eight in ten girls and six in ten boys ... haven't fully developed, such as lungs, heart and brain. These babies get sick easier than normal weight babies. As a result from what was motioned above, teenage mothers are considered to be in the high-risk health category. They need good prenatal care as soon as they find out they are pregnant. A doctor, nurse, or other medical practitioner gives most of the information about nutrition. Prenatal care can ...
- 154: Spy Games - Creative Essay
- ... Thursday we had decided to draw up entire new names and careers for ourselves. Agents usually have more aliases than friends, so we decided to change ours every month. It was kind of hard juggling school work and memorizing new alias information each month. Yet when we were out in the `real world' doing maneuvers it all seems worth it. The table was round, so there really was no one at ... asked. Everyone nodded in agreement. From there we went about the table saying who we now were and what our profession was. My alias was John Inglis, and I went to one of the local high schools. As a part time job I supposedly worked for McDonald's. Everybody's main story was that they went to high school. It helps give credibility to your story. Perhaps the only thing that varied from person to person was their name, and their part time job. After some more talking, we decided on our ...
- 155: Arthur Kornberg
- ... into the sweatshops as a sewing machine operator. He, along with his brother Martin, 13 years older and sister Ella, nine years older, was encouraged by loving parents to obtain a good education. The public school reinforced this ideal. Education was the road of opportunity for social and economic mobility out of the sweatshops. His early education in grade school and Abraham Lincoln High School in Brooklyn was distinguished only by his "skipping " several grades. There was nothing inspirational about his courses except the teachers encouragement to get good grades. When he received a grade of 100 in ...
- 156: A Lesson From Oliver
- ... t see squat in this light. Where was I? Oh yeah: what's new today? Not much, of course...yet. This month, then?" Yes, well now, there was food for thought. I'd just finished high school a couple of weeks back. "Now for the rest of my life. What next?" I'd been pondering this one for most of the past ten months. "University? College? A career? A job? Any meaningful ... poor perceptiveness of my peers. You might say I was not encouraged in that direction. Clearly I wasn't cut- out for the typical menu of local summer jobs gobbled up by my more robust school chums, which mainly included lower-rung positions with private lumber companies, cutting down trees, or the Ministry of Lands and Forests, replanting them. I needed a lower-rung position in some less obvious sector. ...
- 157: Dance Education
- ... social relationships can be illusive, monotonous, time consuming, difficult to keep up with, and expensive. In my search for the ultimate exercise experience I have done weight lifting, stair stepping, bicycling, running, swimming, step aerobics, high and low impact aerobics, water aerobics, yoga and team sports. To meet people and make friends I've tried night clubs, gyms and self-help books. Then I found dance. The experience of dancing with ... viable part of most physical education programs throughout the country. Perhaps the most prevailing form of dance in the field of education is modern dance. Terry explains what this form of dance has to offer high school and college students: Physically it can strengthen the body, correct (in most cases) faults, develop coordination, enhance accuracy of movement . . . Emotionally, dance aids students in adjusting themselves to group activity, to leadership, to discipline, ...
- 158: Racism in Colleges
- ... very dirty. They were given the oldest and most worn out books and equipment that were available. There weren't even many teachers who were qualified and were willing to teach at an all black school. Even though education was instituted for African Americans, which was a step in the right direction, it was a very small step and still didn't give blacks the education they deserved. This treatment prevailed ... and may even be suspended from the college if charges are filed. This is just one example of the racial prejudice in colleges, even in a small college of 9,000 students. In a larger school the problems are understandably magnified. At Rutgers University in February, the school was racked with controversy. The president of Rutgers, Francis L. Lawrence, was caught saying that black students do worse on the SAT tests because they are genetically inferior to other students, particularly white ones. ...
- 159: School Has To Be More Fun
- School Has To Be More Fun Over the years school has become a very hated place for students. Many say it is because the classes are boring, others may tell you that it is because they have to wake up early for the sole purpose of going to school. The only way to make students like school once again is to make it fun, and how would we do that one might ask. Well, it s quit simple really, build a school arcade. ...
- 160: Proposing A Solution
- Have you ever seen an eighth grader, who has no mental or physical disabilities, struggle through basic third grade math? Throughout high school I have and it has become a common sight in our schools. Some were placed in remedial classes, while others sat next to me in some of my honor s course. Students are being passed through school without being taught the basic skills necessary to be successful in today s society. Measures need to be taken so that these students are not pushed through school and thrown into the real world ...
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