In many schools prayer is not allowed anymore. I personally disagree with this. I understand that some students and teachers do not believe in the power of prayer‚ but on the other hand there are those who do. Why is prayer being took out of schools because of those who do not agree with it? What about those who do? Prayer should be allowed in schools and for those who don’t agree with it can simply ignore it. We the people have the right to pray. Praying is something we as Christians
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have the Freedom of Food Choice. In 2012‚ the United States Department of Agriculture. established new laws to help increase the nutritional value of food in school lunches. Today many students are disagreeing with this new healthy food act because they aren’t receiving the amount of calories needed to go through an entire day. Different school districts are trying to establish new policies in order to give students the amount of energy they need as well as the nutritional values of the food their
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Uniforms‚ Reduce Bullying In public and private schools‚ students are constantly being judged on what they wear and how they look. These judgments influence students to pick on others and induce bullying. If schools make uniforms mandatory‚ this cause of bullying would be eliminated‚ thus reducing the number of bullying incidents. Therefore‚ school uniforms should be required for all students because they will reduce bullying‚ relieve stress and make school a safer place. People are judged on what they
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The Wait Schools around the United States have been changing their lunch programs to a healthier option that will cut down on food that is unhealthy to the body. The high obesity rates were the leading cause of why schools began to cut out unhealthy food because of the results of “ child obesity has doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years” (Childhood Obesity Facts) . The reason why this will lead to an unhealthy life is that adolescents will not change their eating
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Homophobia in schools Homophobia is a problem in many public and private school systems‚ denying homosexual students a safe learning environment. Everyday a student is discriminated against because of his sexual orientation. Gay‚ lesbian and bisexual students are being verbally‚ physically‚ and academically abused. Homophobia is taking hard working students and creating a negative and damaging learning environment for them. It’s time for a change. Words like “faggot‚ queer‚ homo‚ fairy
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Since the Columbine massacre safety in schools has been heightened by an extreme amount. Schools have begun to have active shooter drills as of recently and some schools have random locker searches. Since the tragedy‚ metal detectors have been placed at the entrances of the schools‚ dress codes have been more strictly enforced‚ and carrying school ID’s is mandatory. Recently‚ as of last year at Smithville‚ we started having active shooter drills. Active shooter drills aren’t only a thing in Smithville
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If you ask me‚ I’ve never really been too hype about the idea of school uniforms. I don’t know which I hate more‚ the idea of looking like the other 200 girls in my school or having to wear the same thing every day. Though imagine never having to worry about matching those cute blue jeans to some shirt in your closet or shopping for name brands you can’t even afford. Even though school uniforms reduce one’s expression of individuality‚ they level the playing field ‚encourage a healthy learning environment
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study conducted by EducationNext‚ “moving to middle school leads to a substantial drop in student test scores in the first year of the transition‚ and the relative achievement of middle-school students continues to decline in the subsequent years they spend in such schools.” One aspect of the educational system that I think can be vastly improved is middle school. Although middle schoolers are faced with numerous challenges‚ the middle school curriculum does not allow students to explore their interests
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Should there be all day summer school July and August? The last school bell rings‚ and it signifies that it is summer time. The principal looks at the students’ average mark; he was not impressed by the grades students received. So the principal decides to operate a summer school for students during the summer time so that they can review what they have learned during the year. That’s not a smart idea; since it’s important that students learn about survival skills and etc. through outdoor learning
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Many children that are required to go public schools that require school uniforms could very easily be going through the same thing. They may come from a low-income family that does not have the money to buy school uniforms for them and their siblings. Lemouse of HealthGuidance said that children may need to shop at thrift stores for uniform clothing. It is not hard to shop at a thrift shop to buy regular clothing‚ but it is very difficult to find uniform clothing at a thrift store. But shopping
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