minutes’ drive from my aunt’s home. Nine years ago‚ two students in Columbine High School killed twelve students and a teacher before committing suicide there. Even today‚ many people regard it as a nightmare and don’t want to talk about it. Unfortunately‚ this tragedy is not alone‚ and during the last two decades‚ numerous school shootings have happened around the whole nation‚ and hundreds of people have died during the school massacres. Why do so many tragedies happen one after another? We couldn’t avoid
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throughout the school year to plan different vacations. Also‚ it is a less chance for students to forgetting information over summer break. Year around schooling would be great. Many students enjoy summer vacation‚ but it often can seem to be too long. People can find it hard to plan a vacation and find other things to do during the summer. Year around schooling keeps you in school‚ and that way you will not get bored and you can spend more time with friends. That way you will be in school long and
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Today’s youth are faced with many challenges throughout high school‚ but one of these‚ in particular‚ is stress. I know from personal experience‚ as well as the testimony of many of my friends and acquaintances‚ that school is a large contributor to adolescent and young adult anxiety and depression. The pressures of being academically successful‚ maintaining a healthy social life‚ and properly caring for one’s body are difficult to manage all at once. This can leave students feeling hopeless‚ abandoned
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English 2 May 8 2016 Ms. Acosta Should School start later in the day Have you ever thought about school starting later in the day? It would work with the day schedule. Most people can relate to wanting the school to start later in the day. A lot of teens don’t get 8 hours of sleep. 70% of students don’t get 8 or more hours of sleep for school‚ (Google ed. Liza L. Lewis web 25 apr.2017) some students‚ parents don’t really care if their child
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Are School Sports Good For Kids? There has been a controversial and long standing debate about one subject for decades. Are school sports good for kids? The average parent would probably say yes‚ as they believe it promotes sportsmanship and confidence. Unfortunately‚ they don’t know what really happens behind the scenes at school. Sports players often have trouble cramming in sports and academics‚ resulting in lower grades. Moreover‚ school sports requires funding‚ often thousands of dollars that
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“It is time that we face the fact that institutional school teaching is destroying our children” (Gatto). This is a quote by John Taylor Gatto on how our education is changing and how destructive our education is becoming; most of the blame goes to the government as well as the colleges. The Government plays a big role in dumbing down education by not really caring about how much our students are actually learning‚ instead they just pass them to try to compare with other countries education such
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(NCAAB Hall of Fame coach) said‚ “Sports do not build character. They reveal it.” High school sports are usually beneficial to all parties involved‚ such as the athletes‚ parents and the schools that have the athletic programs. The athletes that play high school sports learn countless lessons on life‚ how to be healthy with exercise‚ and the extra incentive to keep up the grade to play these sports. Parents of high school athlete’s get an opportunity to watch their child succeed at something he or she
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major trend for most schools now and for a lot of business owners. For example north warren regional high school has a random drug testing policy at this very moment. 1995‚ the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton that stated that schools do have a right to test athletes for the presence of drugs. The debate intensified in 2002‚ when the Supreme Court in Board of Education v. Earls narrowly ruled that it is lawful for schools to give random drug
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prevent the mother from having children later on. Detail C: The further along in the pregnancy‚ the riskier the procedure is. Conclusion Thesis Sentence (restated in different words): All in all‚ when getting an abortion‚ the mother is taking away her own child’s life‚ and she is also putting herself at risk when she has other options available to her. Grading Criteria Consider the following criteria when developing the outline for your essay. These criteria will be applied when
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School is Killing Kids!!! School is killing our nation wide students and kids. Stop the madness and change the start times. High school start times should be pushed back because it causes less car crashes‚ improve test scores‚ also decreases the risk of cellular damage. STOP risking kids and teens lives. Pushing back the start times reduces the dangers of car crashes. According to The teen who woke up her school without the right amount of sleep teens bodies won’t function the same. Which proves
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