Corporate Sponsorship in Schools Across America corporations are regularly providing thousands of schools with financial assistance in exchange for advertising their products. Although I do not agree with every aspect of corporate sponsorship I do believe the benefits outweigh the risks. Due to limited funding by both local and state governments many school districts are unable to fund many programs deemed nonessential such as art and music classes as well as extracurricular activities including
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Feminist or Not? A Disney Princess Narrative Media has been a pervasive tool in affecting societal views on gender roles. Its extensive reach in today’s society‚ made possible with recent technology‚ has made it difficult for us to escape its influence. With the thought that children are generally more susceptible to external influences‚ it is thus vital to understand how media has played a part in shaping their perceptions of gender. Among media targeted at kids‚ Disney films have a considerable
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dad return home! My father travels on the late evening train Standing among silent commuters in the yellow light Suburbs slide past his unseeing eyes His shirt and pants are soggy and his black raincoat Stained with mud and his bag stuffed with books Is falling apart. His eyes dimmed by age fade homeward through the humid monsoon night. Now I can see him getting off the train Like a word dropped from a long sentence. He hurries across the length of the grey platform‚ Crosses the railway line‚ enters
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Schools should not enforce uniforms because studies have shown that there is no connection between uniforms and school safety or academic achievement‚ it violates a student’s right to freedom of speech and expression‚ and enforcing uniforms at public schools is unfair to people who cannot afford them. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics‚ as of the 2007-2008 school year‚ 16.5% of all the public schools in the United States required students to wear uniforms. Studies show
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Banning Cellular Phones in Schools Parents feel schools are no longer safe and feel reassured by giving their children cell phones‚ but do the pros outweigh the cons? In today’s society the use of cell phones is thought of as a necessity. Parents want to be in touch with their children at all times. Most parents trust the cell phone will be used as a communication tool. During school hours parents hope kids will use their cell phone in case of an emergency‚ yet‚ sometimes children misuse their
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School Weeks Should Be Shortened! Situation: Recently there has been debate on whether or not schools should shorten the school week to four days but with each day being longer. Why should schools shorten the school week to four days but with each day being longer you ask? Well‚ not to be rude but that is a no brainer‚ schools should shorten the week to four days but with longer hours because it will allow for many improvements. They provide many ways for school systems to evolve. Schools
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Standards for School Counselors ASCA’s Ethical Standards for School Counselors were adopted by the ASCA Delegate Assembly‚ March 19‚1984‚ revised March 27‚ 1992‚ June 25‚ 1998‚ and June 26‚ 2004. Preamble The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) is a professional organization whose members are certified/licensed in school counseling with unique qualifications and skills to address the academic‚ personal/social and career development needs of all students. Professional school counselors are
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Brooklyn There are many positive benefits for your teenager should they attend a military school. But‚ like most things in life‚ there can be a downside as well. Here is a report explaining what’s good and bad about study in a military high school. To start with if your teen is in trouble with serious health issues or a major attitude problem‚ they stand little or no chance of being accepted. Military schools today set very high academic standards. They are not therapy centers for kids with problems
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kids aren’t late for shool because they slept in and there are less crazy drivers on the road trying to find that extra minute so they aren’t late for school. School time needs to change so everyone can get something out of it. Sometimes with the time school starts and ends isn’t the best thing. Because‚ like myself and many others‚ when school starts a person can get in a lot of trouble‚ or even worse‚ in a wreck. Valentines Day is when it all happened for me. I woke up late from a late night
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in children all across the United States. School systems play a major roll to the increase of overweight children in the United States. School systems haven’t been taking physical education and health classes as seriously as they should be taken. In order to lower the amount of obese children throughout the nation‚ the school systems must change their ways of teaching and realize that health and physical education are as important as academics. Schools should ban high sugar and high fat foods‚
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