Ashlee Johnson Punishment vs. Discipline 04/29/10 HFS 4213 Children cannot possibly benefit from “discipline” in the form of punishment. Simply put‚ punishment is disrespectful treatment of a child that will result short-term cooperation but further behavior problems long-term. No child should have to endure such negative modification methods intended to humiliate them with a goal of teaching appropriate behavior. Sadly‚ however‚ some adults think they are doing what is
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3‚181 year-round schools in the United States alone? In the articles called Year Round School vs. Traditional Schedules in Public Schools by Grace Chen and in the paper Should School Be Year-Round? Published by ReadWorks both help to explain year-round schools. There are several new and interesting approaches about year-round school‚ and there are also some positives and negatives of year-round school. There are many approaches that might interest you about year-round schools‚ but here are three
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Eaton 2-25-15 School spirit is a common sighting at many public schools in the present day. But in most schools‚ administration puts a limit on school spirit in order to keep their school intact. They limit the school spirit because school spirit can create rowdy and anxious students that lose focus on their school work. With the proper amount of school spirit that is allowed‚ there could be a happy middle that benefits both administration and the school body. Even though school staff has the opinion
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My philosophy of the role of the school counselor is that school counselors play a tremendous role in the life of their student and is very important for us‚ school counselors to be aware of our role in the students’ life. We play a big role in their development of different areas such as personal development‚ career/academic development‚ and social development. As stated by Erford (2010)‚ The range of concerns and problems that professional school counselors are expected to address continues to
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School Safety In the last decade‚ school violence cases have drastically increased. Between 1997 and 1999‚ there was a rash of school shootings‚ the most notable occurring at West Paducah‚ Jonesboro‚ and Columbine. These examples are just a few instances in the long list of tragedy that occurs in the school setting. There is a broad spectrum of school violence and misconduct that keep school officials on alert: handbook violations‚ drug use‚ harassment‚ bullying‚ fighting and school shootings
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My earliest memories of school fill me with dread‚ resentment and an overall feeling of being ‘let down’ by my teachers. I only have fond memories of my lower school – it was warm‚ my teachers were kind and I had a lot of friends. As soon as I moved up to middle school‚ the lovely warm feeling school gave me popped and dissolved as quickly as a bubble would when it hits the ground. Transitioning to middle school for me summed up two words ‘big changes’‚ naively I could never imagine this change
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There are numerous educational issues teachers‚ school administrators‚ parents‚ and students face each and every day ranging from acceptable dress codes to Common Core standards to teacher assessments to effective sex education‚ but none as life threatening as the issue of gun control. Many schools across the nation have been the unfortunate victims of violent crimes. In 1999‚ 12 students and one teacher were fatally shot at Columbine High School in Colorado. In 2007‚ 32 college students were shot
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School Uniforms Many public schools are now going to some form of dress code or school uniform for its student’s body. Take a stand for or against a dress code or uniforms. I’m for school uniforms for it’s a great idea for schools to implement a policy on school uniforms because statistics show that students who wear uniforms make better grades‚ then the students aren’t distracted on what others are or aren’t wearing. Students would feel a sense of equality with one another as they are wearing the
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This paper is for adolescents who have started a sport in middle school or grade school and want to play at a high school level. Soccer is a sport that changes skill level. For instance‚ I remember when I was playing midfield in middle school. It was one of our biggest games and we were down in the second half. The other team had the ball and it looked like they were going to score again to put the game out of our grasp. A forward from the other team was dribbling at me. I stabbed at the ball‚ got
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it’s a one-day story” (as qtd. in Kemp). Barack Obama‚ as well as the residents of the once top-notch country of America have witnessed in disgust the well-known‚ unfortunate phenomenon that has faced the nation since the eighteenth century‚ school shootings. School violence is arguably one of the most controversial topics in America‚ mostly because the causes and methods of prevention are debated frequently. The only undoubtable detail is how catastrophic the outcome is. The devastating issue has only
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