KENT RIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH LANGUAGE SECONDARY THREE NORMAL (ACADEMIC) HEAD START PROGRAMME DISCURSIVE WRITING 1. What are some reasons teenagers take up smoking and how can one successfully kick the habit? FORMAT Question: What are some reasons teenagers take up smoking and how can one successfully kick the habit? Planning Paragraph 1: Introduction give statistics discuss reasons teens smoke: to fit in‚ to cope with stress discuss how one can kick the habit: reducing the number
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School districts across the country use discipline policies that take students out of the classroom and into the criminal justice system at startling rates‚ this is known as the school-to-prison pipeline. Statistics show that these policies extremly target students of color and those with a history of abuse‚ neglect‚ poverty or learning disabilities. It is difficult to identify the exact reason for the pipeline‚ but the three main causes are discrimination‚ lack of opportunities‚ and zero-tolerance
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How to Write a Discursive Essay A discursive essay is an informal essay about a controversial topic. The writer of a discursive essay attempts to present both sides‚ while showing why he favours one side over the other. Discursive writing is a good way to learn how to structure an argument logically and anticipate and counter the arguments of the other side. These fundamentals are essential for a good essay. Introduction 1. Introduce a controversial topic in the first paragraph and explain
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The zero tolerance policy has been getting more and more heat from media and parents alike within the last couple of years. For children being sent home because of their hairstyles‚ or because they simply don’t have any hair at all‚ such as the little girl who shaved her head in support of her best friend going through chemotherapy. Although these things are understandable within the stance of following rules and the student code of conduct‚ is it really that important enough to deny a child their
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Bullying in School Proposal Randy Stites DeVry University Week 8 Final ENGL135/Advanced Composition Professor: Steve Singleton Brandon Bitner was a freshman honor student at Midd-West High School from Middleburg‚ PA. Brandon was an accomplished violinist. In school he found the ability to express his interest as we as he by wearing black clothing and eyeliner. School was also his biggest torment. On November 9th‚ 2010 Brandon took his own life by stepping in front of a moving tractor
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INTERAMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO FAJARDO CAMPUS HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT BULLYING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Reina V. Reyes Oquendo F00045391 GEEN 2313 Table of Contents Page Introduction 3 Bullying 5 Areas affected by bullying 6 Recent research 7 Methods to access bullying 9 Pikas Method 10 Findings 12 References 13 Introduction Every day we face situations that affect
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public in recent years is school violence. Bullying is a typical type of that.It is not a new problem in the world today‚ especially in Vietnam this matter has long become a national serious issue‚ a burden for all the teachers and administrators across the country. According to the Dantri Internet‚ by the year 2011‚ phenomenon “school violence” became a hot issue in society (Nguyen 2011). In fact‚ there are so many recurring causes leading to eruption of school bullying. As a consequence‚ It brings
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system that only benefits those who are already wealthy is a concern that many have. While this view is held by many people‚ others believe that capitalism is beneficial since it provides ways to move from social class to another social class. In school‚ one always tries to achieve passing grades to advance to the next level‚ but what if capitalism were to prevent this “advancing to the next level” in our social classes? The opponents of capitalism make the claim that capitalism leaves us in the
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------------------------------------------------- School bullying School bullying is a type of bullying in which occurs during the time period a child is in school. Bullying can be physical‚ verbal‚ or emotional. According to a study by Yale‚ bullying victims are at least 70% more likely to commit suicide than non-victims. Bullying happens everywhere‚ in all different forms. There are six primary types of bullying: physical bullying‚ verbal bullying‚ sexual bullying‚ relational bullying‚ reactive bullying‚ and cyber bullying. Physical
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School Violence: Bullying The word violence is defined as‚ “an intense‚ turbulent or furious and often destructive action‚ force or exertion of physical strength so as to injure or abuse” (Oxford‚ 1316). Associating that term with the safety of our children within a public school setting will bring about an immediate reaction to discover what is root of the problem and what‚ as a society‚ can we do to prevent this behavior in the future. Violence in public schools is a growing concern for parents
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