English 121 February 4‚ 2013 The Reason I Returned To School Hello! I am Betty and I am going to tell you why I decided to return to school. I always thought about it‚ but never took action. This way I can better my life and the people around me. There are three reasons why I returned to school. I returned because these days you need a degree or some sort to get a job‚ to better my education and pick up where I left off‚ and lastly because I had a very
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acquiring enough exercise. Many youth in this day and age care more about spending time on the computer or watching television than going outside and getting exercise. This is where the government and school board should step in and encourage teens to take physical education throughout their high school career. According to the WHO‚ about 18 million children aged 0-5 are overweight worldwide (Kita‚ Joe). If these children continue to live on their lives without getting the proper exercise they need
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Cursive should not be taught In 41 states there are cursive taught reading and writing. In my opinion‚ I believe that cursive should not be taught because it confuses kids‚ student are used to regular writing‚ there’s no time for cursive. The percent of parents who recommended cursive is 35%. First of all‚ I think cursive should not be taught because it confuses kids. You may think that kids like cursive because it’s so fancy but in reality kids hate it. It takes away
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of life are created through the baseline of their childhood. Educating a young child about sex can be a difficult subject to come across. Schools around the world have slowly incorporated some type of abstinence-only sex education for children‚ yet‚ the sex education that students receive lack a good foundation for them. The abstinence- only sex education program only focuses on promoting abstinence from sex‚ character building‚ does not teach about contraception and condom use‚ avoids talking about
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Single Sex Are Better For All Students Single sex schools will help students improve in a majority of things. Single sex schools are better for all students because they improve the students’ behavior‚ grades and health. Single sex schools are better for students because they are not surrounded by students who pick on the opposite sex constantly. The students would not have to worry about being shy because the opposite sex does not attend to the school. “At certain ages‚ opposite sex in the same
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High School Should Provide Music Education It is a common misunderstanding that music is a free form‚ random art. Music has different meanings for different people. Music is unique in each person’s life. To a musician‚ music is their life. They eat‚ breathe‚ and live music. Music is their passion. For others‚ music is a hobby‚ a pastime. When students play a musical instrument students develop key brain function that not only enhances musical learning but also academic and social skills. Music
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effective contraceptives‚ abstinence-only sex education is not the proper teaching for teenage students. Critics of abstinence-only education propose that merely telling students not to have sex‚ and expecting them to take note‚ is unrealistic. Sources‚ such as the Alan Guttmacher Institute‚ a sexual and reproductive health and research organization‚ show that nearly half of all adolescents will engage in some sort of sexual behavior before they leave high school. Therefore‚ it is vital to provide students
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Sex Education Research Teens often consider engage in sex without knowing all of the other things that come along with it. This happens because they are usually told not to have sex and are not educated about sexual activities. Sex education is a good thing because if they are going to be involved in sexual acts they should know the benefits and consequences. There are schools that provide programs about abstinence‚ but fail to give detail about sex. These consist of a negative approach to intimidate
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Girls are far more likely to thrive‚ get GCSEs and stay in education if they go to a single-sex school‚ according to new research‚ which reveals pupils who are struggling academically when they start secondary school reap the biggest rewards of girls-only schooling. The analysis of the GCSE scores of more than 700‚000 girls taught in the state sector concludes that those at girls’ schools consistently made more progress than those in co-ed secondaries. The fact that pupils with the lowest test
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someone who truly supports the idea of multicultural lessons taught in schools. You’re right about the cultural change in America and that kids should be prepared for it. I would hope you get more people to come and show support. Joyce Maples would get a letter from me stating that: I’m happy for your support on the idea on multicultural lessons being taught in classrooms. In your letter‚ you provided me your appreciation for the school Halloween party and how the children’s costumes challenged the
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