There are numerous educational issues teachers‚ school administrators‚ parents‚ and students face each and every day ranging from acceptable dress codes to Common Core standards to teacher assessments to effective sex education‚ but none as life threatening as the issue of gun control. Many schools across the nation have been the unfortunate victims of violent crimes. In 1999‚ 12 students and one teacher were fatally shot at Columbine High School in Colorado. In 2007‚ 32 college students were shot
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Everything is quiet. I’ve finally fallen asleep. Then‚ suddenly‚ an unearthly blaring alarm fills the room. It’s 5:30; time to wake up for school. My outreached hand fumbles over the buttons of the digital clock‚ desperately seeking the snooze button. The sun hasn’t even come up as I slowly begin to roll out of bed. I begin my morning routine‚ still half asleep‚ and arrive at school close to 7:00. By first block everyone has lost the energey they might have gained from breakfast‚ and now begin to put
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Nowadays‚ there are more and more students choose to have a part-time job in the spare time. Surely‚ a par-time job can provide cash and working experience to them. But‚ as far as I am concerned‚ the high school students should not be encouraged to take a part-time job due to the following reasons. To begin with‚ students in high schools are still too young to enter the work force. Usually a student in high school still lack of requisite abilities to make one’s own living as well as to handle
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focuses on charter schools and the legislation related to charter schools. A focus will be on policy and the major driving force the policy and how it affects academic achievement across the state. The controversial charter school is one proposed method to provide a better education to students. A charter school is a school which receives public funding but operates independently. Charter schools are an example of alternative education. The accountability for charter schools is typically the same
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Ewald & Miss Arends English I‚ Period 1 May 22‚ 2014 Do our schools violate the 1st Amendment? Imagine going into a place and not being able to talk about what you want to say. In example‚ a boy in a public school in Mississippi signed up for a talent show. The day came for the show and he got up on stage and sang Matt Redman’s‚ “10‚000 Reasons (Bless the Lord).” This song was bringing a lot of debate and controversy to the staff and students. While he was singing this song‚ the principal turned of
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should have a part-time job before they graduate from high school? The purpose of this essay is the explain the reasons why teenagers should have a part-time job before they graduate from high school. First of all‚ this would allow teenagers to be prepared for the real world. Often some teenagers will go out on their own unprepared and dependent on family or friends for money. Secondly‚ this could help teenagers become more responsible. Furthermore‚ having a part-time job would
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many kids in Sandy Hook Elementary School. This has caused much debate on both school security‚ and gun laws if guns can be easily bought and registered under a man’s name. This brought much scare and sadness to all of America to think that a man walked into an elementary school and shot faculty and students. Many people started panicking about this event debating on whether their children are actually safe at school. Parents worried to drop their kids off at school one day‚ and never be able to see
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continue to grow rapidly is school shootings. In 2015 there have been more than 45 school shootings. This has left schools with a tragic event they will always be haunted with. In order to protect the school‚ teachers should have the right to carry a pistol on campus to make it a safer place for students‚ faculty‚ and staff. No matter how prepared you are it can still happen‚ and being armed could bring down risk of school shootings or protect more people during one. School shootings can happen at anytime
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Picture this. A kid walks up to his lunch table at school and says‚ “Aw man I didn’t have time to make lunch this morning; looks like I’m going to have to buy.” The student walks up to buy lunch and all he sees are reduced fat items and unappetizing meals. He walks back to his lunch table without anything to eat. The rest of the day he can’t focus in class and he is tired because he didn’t have lunch. The story shows that the kid has the same problem as many students in America do today‚ he doesn’t
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firearms have been a part of American tradition. Firearms have been used for protection‚ hunting and sport. However‚ because of the rise in crime rate and the fight to conserve our right to bear arms this has become a very hot topic‚ prompting national debate. When I began researching gun control the first information I found was about school shootings. ‘The Academy for Critical Incident Analysis at John Jay College of Criminal Justice reports 294 attempted or actual school killings with at least
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