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- 161: 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 honors course. Students are being passed through school without being taught the basic skills necessary to be successful in todays society. Measures need to be taken so that these students are not pushed through school and thrown into the real world ...
- 162: Single Sex Education
- Single Sex Education? Why would anyone want to go to an all girls' school? This is a question I have often pondered. Can you imagine school without the obnoxious comments from boys, football games, and gossiping about boys? This doesn't sound like a lot of fun, does it? You girls may think about this and decide there are no advantages to an all girls' school, but in reality, all girls' schools have many. Believe it or not, having boys around is not the most important factor in our education. In fact, boys in the classroom are actually a setback. ...
- 163: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... a little bit about what I hoped to search for. "El Dorado is a town that is what you could classify as "red neck," they are, in most cases, very conservative people. I went to high school there and then later on I was a teacher at the high school for nineteen years. I don't live in the town, I have a house about six miles out of town and I drive down and stay there weekends, but I know about most ...
- 164: The U.s School System
- ... is a student, it is ever so simple to criticize the way that schools are conducted. The ideas of students towards their schools may be somewhat misguided by their varied emotions and attitudes for their school. However I believe that my thought out reforms for the American school system, are not only objective, but valid. For many students, going to school is more than just part of the daily routine. A lot of students see their role in school as a stepping stone not only to their future life, but to their future success. Some ...
- 165: Gangs
- ... became more rigid, 7.and society at large became concerned with gangs as a social problem and worked toward rehabilitation. Changes in Ethnic PopulationsThe 1950s During the 1950s gang fighting rose to an all time high in cities like New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles and Cleveland. Gang members were usually in their teens. Codes of dress (black leather jackets were popular) and mannerisms were an important means of ... 100,000 members. In 1987 Louisville reported 1000 gang members, Albuquerque 1757 members and Fort Wayne 50 members.Reasons for Gang MembershipGangs are still largely populated by young people from disenfranchised neighborhoods characterized by overcrowding, high unemployment, high drop out rates, lack of social and recreational services, and a general feeling of hopelessness. Some experts estimate than more than 80% of gang members are illiterate and find it nearly impossible to get ...
- 166: The Tragic Challenger Explosion
- ... outcome from this sorrowful occurrence. First, who exactly were those astronauts that died on the Challenger? Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, born in 1948, was the famous winner of the teacher-in-space program, was a high school teacher at Concord, N. H., a wife, and a mother of two children. She touched the lives of all those she knew and taught. As a school official in Concord said after her death, "To us, she seemed average. But she turned out to be remarkable. She handled success so beautifully." She also wanted everyone to learn more, including herself. Demonstrating ...
- 167: Affirmative Action
- ... caused by poverty and discrimination, we are merely covering them up and pretending they do not exist, and allowing ourselves to avoid what it takes to make a dent in them--augmenting Head Start, improving high schools and spending more equally among schools" (Jacoby 36). The implication of racial preference has given high schools permission to replace the tradition of achievement with a culture of entitlement. The feeling of the absence of enthusiasm for achievement is illustrated by John O'Sulllivan editor of the National Review hen he said, "Restoring high standards in high school will take time; but it will not even begin until the corrupting influence of racial preference is removed". By not admitting under qualified minority students to America's premier universities, ...
- 168: Written Speech On Teen Suicide
- Imagine you're standing atop a high bridge, you take a deep breath, say one last silent goodbye to your friends and family, and you leap to your death. By doing this, you're making a permanent solution to a temporary problem ... without any explanation. Sadly, teen suicide occurs nearly 5,000 times each year. Even more amazing is that 400,000 to 2 million teens attempt to commit suicide each year. Psychologists and therapists, teachers and school couslers, leaders of youth groups, and researchers who study society and young people have come up with a list of reasons as to why the teen decided to kill themselves. The list of culprits is ... be expected to take their lives. On July 7, 1987 Todd became one of those men. He shot himself in the head in his room. His parents didn't expect anything. He just graduated from high school, had a bright future ahead of him, and didn't really have any physical or emotional problems. Even after they looked through his journal there wasn't really any clue, but his last ...
- 169: The Town of El Dorado Springs
- ... a little bit about what I hoped to search for. "El Dorado is a town that is what you could classify as "red neck," they are, in most cases, very conservative people. I went to high school there and then later on I was a teacher at the high school for nineteen years. I don't live in the town, I have a house about six miles out of town and I drive down and stay there weekends, but I know about most ...
- 170: Creatine Supplements and Athletes
- ... that with increased muscle creatine content via creatine supplementation may allow for an accelerated rate of resynthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). The accelerated resynthesis of ATP would allow individuals in athletic events that use the high intensity ATP-Pc energy system to perform longer. Short and long-term studies of creatine ingestion, has found one side effect; weight gain in fat free mass. Other theories of side effects stemming from creatine supplementation have been proposed. These side effect, most all be negative, have never been documented in scientific literature. Athletes ranging from high school to the Olympics have reported tremendous improvements in anaerobic events and gains of fat-free mass from creatine supplementation. Creatine supplementation works in the real world. With the overwhelming evidence from theory to application, ...
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