learning is to score well on a test‚ we’ve lost sight of the real reason for learning.” Students should not be required to take standardized tests. They stress out students and teachers‚ take up too much learning time‚ and they have no true purpose. It has been proven that 2.3% of time is used on testing every year for an average middle school. Usually main subjects like math‚ social studies‚ and science have more than one test. Taking only one test for each subject would reduce the time spent on
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sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States is a recent epidemic. Some critics believe that allowing condoms in high school will increase sexual activity. Supporters think providing contraceptives in high school would curtail the prevalence of STDs and pregnancies among teens within the United States. High schools should be allowed to give their students condoms in order to reduce the rate of teens receiving STDs and/or getting pregnant. During the 1960s‚ gonorrhea and syphilis were
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101 Persuasive Essay Topics By: Mr. Morton Whether you are a student in need of a persuasive essay topic‚ ora teacher looking to assign a persuasive essay‚ this list of 101 persuasive essay topics should be a great resource. I taxed my brain to create this huge list of persuasive essay topics relevant to today’s society‚ but I believe I am happy withthe results. I appreciate any and all comments or feedback. 1. Should students be allowed to have cell phones in elementary and high schools
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School uniforms are a good idea in public schools. Studies have shown that uniforms made for a safer learning environment‚ and 80% of girls and 62% of boys actually liked the uniforms. First of all‚ uniforms are less expensive to buy than regular clothes. Uniforms stay the same‚ year after year‚ unlike fads and styles that change on a seasonal basis. Having school uniforms also reduces stress that students experience in the morning from not having anything to wear. They would also save time in the
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Every school needs rules for a good learning environment. Have you ever gotten in trouble for something you did that was not bad at all? Some rules are good‚ and some rules are bad. All in all‚ I have two rules that I think that every school should have are 1. No disrespect toward school staff. 2. I think that our school should have a one hour recess. First off‚ I think that the first rule is a good rule because teachers work very diligently at their job‚ and students kind
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Should We Have Charter Schools? In the 1990s‚ the first charter school opened in Minnesota. The whole idea behind the school was that it would offer another option to low-income families. However‚ that is no longer the case with these schools. Mostly rich families go to charter schools. Today the Charter school idea has spread to 41 states‚ including Colorado. I do not think that charter schools should continue to operate‚ as there is little evidence that charter schools are better than the
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Should students have a dress code? Is having a dress code going to change a child’s mindset while in class?The idea of a dress code was made to sharply reduce to number of discipline problems. Doing so will require less children to be sent to the office for the attire that they wear. Students should not be required to follow strict dress code rules at school due. That they take away student creativity and individuality‚ cause harassment from other students due to their outward appearance‚ and even
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who attend public as well as private schools in the U.S spend up to 175 to 185 days a year in school. Some people think that the school day should be longer. People say that kids should stay in school longer as time goes on that kids lose knowledge over the summer. People want the school days to be longer. So they say that the school days should longer so students learn more in that day. “Studies on education of school budget shortfalls are challenging school districts to rethink the standard five
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to learn a lot more but then the classes would be longer people would fall asleep. Having school for 10 hours seems like a long time we already have 8 hour classes which all you have to do is add two hours. Which is pretty much like a detention but not as bad because you will have a lot more people in the classroom. But if they did this they would have to change their disciplines. The reason they would have to get rid of detention would be because people can’t be staying longer and people wouldn’t
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The Great Debate: School Uniforms If someone is asked what their opinion on school uniforms is and why‚ their answer is either “I support the idea because it is less stress for students” or “I don’t support the idea because it violates the first amendment right.” School uniforms and why they should or shouldn’t be in schools has been a debate for a long time. Uniforms have been such a debate that it reached supreme court attention in 1965 when a group of students wore black armbands to show
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