Do school uniforms help curb violence‚ foster a better learning environment or promote discipline in students? Many people think so and are pushing schools to require them. Opinions about uniforms and dress codes vary about as much as the reasons for having them -- parents seem to love them and students seem to tolerate them at best. Nevertheless‚ many schools have jumped on the bandwagon despite students’ expressed concerns about their freedom of speech. In a 1996 Long Beach‚ Calif. speech
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Knowledge is very powerful. We decide whether we want to know something or not. I disagree with the statement that the lack of knowledge can’t hurt you. The true knowledge often hurts; however it doesn’t mean that lack of it can’t hurt. Why can lack of knowledge be harmful and hurt us? Let’s start from a simple fact like not studying for a test or a quiz may or will result in a bad grade. Not knowing the material that we are studying can and will hurt us. General knowledge in a society is very important
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that uniforms should not be allowed in schools unless everyone wants them. You cannot deny someone their own individual rights as people in America. All people should be free to choose if they want school uniforms or not. Students who wear the uniforms may not think that they are comfortable‚ and it may distract them from learning at school. If the reason we go to school is to learn‚ then why let school uniforms distract us from it? Children should be able to choose what they wear for school without
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government. The president is given the power to recommend legislation to the Congress. He does this formally in January of ever year in the State of the Union Address. It is in this opportunity that he effectively says to Congress ‘this is what I want you to debate and pass into law’. Also‚ the president has the power to veto bills passed by Congress. This can hinder the effectiveness of the government as bills put forward by Congress could be vital‚ but due to the powers of the president‚ he can reject
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The most important aim of education is to prepare one for a career. Do you agree? The Graduate Employment Survey (GES) is conducted annually to survey the employment outcomes of the graduates‚ about six months after completing their final examinations. The 2012 survey is the first to be conducted jointly by NUS‚ NTU and SMU. The Ministry of Education publishes the results of the key employment indicators of the survey to provide prospective students with timely and comparable data to assist them
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Don’t forget your uniform again! When you hear this you want to rip your uniform into pieces or burn it. Middle school students should not wear school uniforms because uniforms don’t let students express themselves. Students like to express themselves‚ but schools with uniforms don’t let students express themselves and that’s not fair. Uniforms are also expensive and make schools expensive. Parents sometimes can’t buy the uniform and they think it’s not worth it. The last reason is that they are
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A world war is said to take place when all the countries in the world‚ or most of them‚ are directly involved. So far‚ the world has seen two devastating world wars‚ World War I and World War II. Both of them were begun by Germany in an attempt to expand her borders. Following this was the cold war between the US and Russia. Over the last fifty years‚ or so‚ there have been a few times when these two superpowers headed towards conflict‚ but good sense prevailed in the end and the much feared war
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Issue: Education is the single most important factor in the development of a country? Do you agree? IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION Today‚ having a good education is really important for people. So that‚ most people apply a lot of tecniques which help them their work and school. Education is the single most important factor in the development of a country. Countries need a lot of things for their future because educated people are good at many things‚ such as communication
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In " A Proposal to Abolish Grading" by Paul Goodman‚ Goodman suggests that grading should stop and that schools should use only testing as their form of instruction. He reasons that "grading hinders teaching and creates a bad spirit‚ going as far as cheating and plagiarizing" (Goodman 259). However‚ I believe that grading is a necessary process for a student’s success. To abolish grading and rely solely on testing would place students at risk for failing by placing them in a pressured atmosphere
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School Uniforms: Good Only for the Lower Grades The debate over school uniforms has been ongoing for years throughout the United States. Those advocating for school uniforms believe that one’s individuality is not determined by the style of clothes a student wears and that uniforms will build a sense of community. They also believe that students will care more about their education if they are dressed as if they are heading off to work instead of off to play. The opposition for school uniforms
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