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    High School Dropout Rate

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    There are a number of sobering statistics concerning the high school dropout rate in the United States. One third of all students who enter high school don’t graduate.1 As of 2000‚ 10.9% of 16 to 24 year olds were dropouts.2 The dropout rate in urban schools is twice the rate of non-urban schools.2 Statistics also show that young adults whose families are in the lowest 20% of incomes are six times more likely to dropout that those whose families are in the upper 20% of incomes.2 The U.S. Department

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    April 20‚ 1999‚ two high school students by the names of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold carefully and maliciously planned a massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado. They killed fifteen people‚ one being a teacher‚ and left twenty-three in need of hospitalization before finally turning their guns on themselves. This event influenced Elliot Aronson to write his book‚ Nobody Left To Hate‚ in hopes to educate people on why such travesties occur within our schools‚ and—most importantly—what

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    A. Background of the Study Tardiness has already become a habit of the high school students of Manresa school. Most of them come to school‚ attend their classes and scheduled appointments not on time. They all have their own reasons; traffic‚ working slow‚ waking up late‚ etc. Most of the students in Manresa School‚ are even residents of BF Homes. Some are even residing in the Manresa Village‚ and still‚ they are arriving late. They are residents who have been probably living in the village

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    James Maitland. I have had a very successful high school career here at Summit academy. Now that my time is coming to an end‚ I would like to pass on information to future senors. I struggled in Chemistry my junior year. The chemistry teacher was a cool guy‚ but I struggle in the class due to a lack of communication. The notes had been usually the class period when we had them. I did not ask enough questions during notes‚ work time‚ and before or after school. I watched videos half way through the year

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    My High School Placement

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    continued one after other until the entire school year felt like a huge let down. There is no year that I despise more than my junior high year‚ and that is quite a claim considering how awful middle school was for my fellow students and me. How could one school year be so incredibly bad? My eighth grade school year was the biggest disappointment of my life due to my insecurities‚ my actions‚ and my overall immaturity. Any kid that grows up with a public school education knows how hard going to a

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    Once you are a senior in high school‚ there comes a point where the glorified “disease” senioritis comes into the picture. Senioritis is the lack of care people give for school work and grades when one becomes a senior in high school. It’s basically just procrastination to the fullest effect. Some people claim that the disease started back in freshman year‚ but in reality those people are just really lazy. I believe that people get senioritis when they feel that they don’t need to keep on learning

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    A common theme throughout my high school career has been overcoming adversity‚ even when it did not seem possible to myself or others. During my freshman year‚ I developed an illness that caused me to miss school occasionally. Though it was difficult with advanced classes‚ I was able to get through it and maintain a grade point average of all A’s and A-’s that I was very proud of. Unfortunately‚ my health began to deteriorate during my sophomore year so much so that I had to take many classes

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    School Life in the 1950's

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    School Life in the 1950’s School Life in the 1950’s was harder than today because the facilities were few and inadequate. Teachers were stricter and corporal punishment was still in use. They had fewer subjects and wealth‚ discrimination‚ sexism and racism meant they could only do certain subjects. After World War 2 there was a baby boom and as a result in the 1950’s schools were quickly filling up as the children enrolled. The enrolments increased as much as 30% over the ‘baby-boomers’ decade. In

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    Growing Trends in High School Drop-outs One of the major concerns of education is the rate of students who are dropping out of school. Statistically‚ the dropout rate has decreased from a national average of 15 percent in 1972 to 10 percent in 2003‚ according to the National Center for Education Statistics‚ which rated 16-24 year olds (Child Trend‚ 2003). Though‚ there has been signs of a decrease‚ drop out rates continue to be a concern to the public because of the potential consequences

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    Metro Tech High School

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    to a high school where they’re going to be accepted in or simply to find out what they’re going want to do later in their life. A high school where students will grow and make a difference because it is not about just graduating and you’re done. It is about making memories and making it the best four years of the students’ life. Then‚ continuing that journey once they’re finished with high school because they have seen how much they have accomplished in those four years. Going to a great high school

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