The assumptions this film of High School Musical makes of education or teaching is that they are committed to their extracurricular activities. In the movie made it where if one was into sports and that sports was a big deal and that one could be very passionate about. That meant that the students and faculty had very high amounts of school pride into their basketball team. The boy’s basketball team of East High School showed that they were very excited that they were in the big championship game
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Condom Availability in High Schools across the Country Andrew W. Sampaio Tiverton High School In 1991 the New York City Board of Education created a program to make condoms accessible to all high school students upon request. The program caused parental disagreement and the school board was taken to court. Parents claimed that making condoms available to students was a health service and could not be provided to students. The board argued that the condom plan was not a medical service. They
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High school athletics gain lifetime benefits Some people may say that having athletics in high school may take attention away from school. Some may say that it help kids be more focused on school and not on other negative things. I personally think that there should be athletics in high schools just for that fact that they would be doing something other than getting into trouble or causing problems elsewhere. “Research shows that people who play high school sports get better jobs‚ with better
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Causes of High School Dropouts: High school dropouts of today’s generation are very alarming and disappointing to see the amount of teens that have made the ultimate decision to give up. Teenagers suffering from drug addiction‚ alcoholism‚ pregnancy or financial problems are very likely to drop out. These all lead students into believing there is no reason to try any longer. Dropping out of high school is a negative decision‚ but can be prevented very easily. Bad decision making on teens parts
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Congress should require all future U.S. high school graduates to spend one year in service to their country before college. Support 1: If we had graduated high school students spend a year in service‚ the streets would be much safer. With all of the new civilian service participators‚ the streets would have much more protection. We would have high school students patrolling the streets of neighborhoods and there would be much more protection. Support 2: Graduated students would get good experience
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In my previous Academic History I went to Cape May County Technical High School. Throughout my high school career I was a very contentious student. I study very hard and put a lot of effort into my school work. In high school I really enjoyed getting involved. My Sophomore year I managed the swim team which I continued to do until I graduated. My Junior year is where I found my love for cross country. I ran both my junior and senior year and it really helped me mentally and taught me that anything
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Graduating high school is one of the best achievements in life. It gives you the chance to get into college and it also gives you the chance to work small jobs even without getting into college. To graduate high school‚ there are requirements to complete. Even if you wouldn’t enter college‚ these requirements are still required. These requirements include community service‚ in short‚ volunteering. Volunteering is very necessary and it affects our lives. It is especially required to graduate high school
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Tamera Wilson Mrs. Jenkins English IV/0091 College Prep 24 February 2014 SUCCESSFUL My standards are set high as I watch people try to bring me down each and every day. They try to tell me all the negatives things on how I’m not going to be anything. This makes me want to try harder. All my life I been struggling and stressing‚ that’s why I came in a pathway with aggression. Where I’m from I see nothing that can lead me to be successful in life. I had been though the worst but I still
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Grade Inflation Former Stanford President Don Kennedy argues the grades themselves don’t matter–what’s important is the academic quality. Kennedy proposes that the letter grade students score in classes is irrelevant but rather the knowledge gained is what really matters (Kennedy). Teachers and student’s themselves have given letter grades a priority in education‚ losing sight of what is really important. Donald Caruth suggests that there has been an upward shift in grades without a corresponding
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Community service‚ work done without pay‚ is becoming increasingly familiar to high school students nation-wide. Schools are encouraging student to participate in communities that contribute so much to their public education. However‚ requiring 100 hours of community service is asking too much of students and should be reduced to 50 hours. Students already have their hands full among homework‚ clubs‚ sports‚ and their actual lives. Because the work may not be volunteering if it is required‚ then
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