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- 381: The Use Of Pencils As Weapons
- Violence in our schools has always been a problem, now more than ever before. Each year many students are injured and some are even killed during so-called school-yard brawls. In fact, more than 1,000 students are seriously injured per year during school violence in California alone. (http://www.geocities.com/area51/stats/7403.html) In most cases of serious injury, weapons were involved, including common school supplies such as pencils and pens. Historically, the school systems response to possession of weapons on campus has been at the very least confiscation of said weapons and suspension of the possessor, more commonly ...
- 382: A Separate Peace And A Real Wa
- ... Gene appears to omnisciently understand the reality of war and how it effects people. Throughout the entire story Gene is used to bring in the destructive reality of war into the everyday life at Devon High School where there is an attempt to create, and exist in, a separate peace. There is however quite an opposition to this reality-known by Gene-that is headed by Genes best friend Finny. Finny ... a force that is indomitable. The first game Finny invents is The Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session. This game consists of jumping of the limb of a tree into the river by Devon High School. As the game is invented both Finny and Gene agree to get it started they must jump out of the tree and in to the river first. Finny allows Gene to jump first. ...
- 383: Marijuana
- ... would create an infinite number of jobs. These jobs would drastically improve the unemployment rate that is rampaging America now. The economy will also benefit from the legalization of Marijuana. If the government sets taxes high they can insure themselves a large profit from the sales of marijuana. This would make marijuana a cash crop. A cash crop used for exportation as well as internal use. The prices could be as ... Marijuana comes when one looks at the widespread use of Marijuana in our society. Marijuana is one of the most widely used illegal substances in the world. In a recent survey performed in a suburban high school over 80% of the graduating class admitted to smoking pot. While over 80% may be a remarkable high statistic the survey also concluded that the under class students were also smoking their fair share ...
- 384: Down With Community Service
- Down With Community Service Dear Editor, I have recently read an article in the newspaper that concerned young people doing community service after they graduate high school. It stated that they should do two years of community service. I disagree with the article for many reasons. Many people will agree with me about the community service matter. I recently spoke to the counselor of my school about the subject of community service. He said that most young people mainly think about going to college and getting a job after they graduate; therefore, they would not have any extra time to ...
- 385: Rose And Graff
- ... the times the students are taught the same concepts but through opposite understandings and in a bias fashion. Mike Rose met many struggling students at UCLA s Tutorial Center, the Writing Research Project, and the school s Summer program. He first describes the loneliness students feel upon arriving at college, and that as they try to find themselves, they all to often lose themselves because they are bombarded with ideas that are so foreign to them. He introduces his audiences to Andrea, a bright young girl out of high school who, despite hours of memorizing in her textbook, could not obtain a passing grade on her Chemistry mid-term. How is this possible if she spent so much time studding? Rose explains that she ...
- 386: Bouldering
- ... to work from dawn to 9:00 PM, receiving very few breaks during the day. During his breaks he would study his spelling book, teaching himself to read. While working with his stepfather, a local school opened up for black people. But because of Booker's value to his family in the mines, he continued to work there at the request of his parents. Eventually, he talked his stepfather into letting him attend school a few hours during the day. Booker, however, ran into another problem. His stepfather wanted him to work until 9:00 AM and the young Booker found it difficult to reach school in time. He therefore did something that he was not proud of later in life. Washington learned to change the clock every morning from half past eight to nine so he could arrive at ...
- 387: Personal Writing: My Goals and Dreams In Life
- ... attempt to conquer my life long dream of receiving the best education possible, I have decided to attend Xavier University located in Cincinnati, Ohio. I am actively preparing my self to enter the world after high school by taking Technical Computer Courses, participating in non-profit organizations such as a Marketing Education Program called DECA, Urban Minority Drug and Alcohol Outreach Program, Habitat for Humanity, and many others the effort to better my communication, volunteer, and leadership skills. With exceptional athletic ability, during my high school career I was a representative of my high school as a member of the Varsity Basketball and Varsity Soccer teams. Athletic and Academic Awards, Extra Curricular Activities, Community Involvement, and Leadership positions all ...
- 388: I Declare My Independence from Homework
- I Declare My Independence from Homework In class, October 22, 1997. The almost unanimous declaration of the two-thousand students of Glenbard West High School. We declare our independence from any homework; we will no longer tolerate its injustice. When in the course of scholastic events, it becomes necessary to discontinue certain ineffective practices that have limited the extra- curricular ... has limited the time that students have to work, participate in extra-curricular activities, and furthermore it creates a less friendly student-teacher relationship, thus causing inter-personal stress. Homework causes overall dislike of the school system by students. Uncompleted homework forces many students to miss undue amounts of school in order to finish impossible work-loads assigned by teachers. It forces students to do repetitive work, even if they ...
- 389: Immigration to the United States (Maryland)
- ... problems for these communities that they already had. Many of these Hispanic immigrants are uneducated and cant speak English. How are these people supposed to get good jobs and support a family without a high school diploma? Many of these people live a life of poverty and uncertainty. I will now focus my attention to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. I have many family members that have lived on the Eastern ... Maryland their entire lives and they have told me they also have impoverished Hispanic immigrants living in their towns. In Kent County, there are 508 Hispanic immigrants living there. Of these 508 immigrants, 31 have high school diplomas and only 13 have college degrees. These are 64 households, and 10 of these makes under $15,000 a year. Caroline County has a population of 29,072, of those 178 are ...
- 390: Social Unrest
- ... other students, their own, and leave in the wake of their madness, emotional trauma for those who witness it. The real question is, however, why are they so angry? The answer to this lies in school hallways and cafeterias. Students in high school and even middle school, are bullied by other students, mainly your typical jock , to the point where they simply cannot stand to go to school and be picked on. So what do they do? ...
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