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    Perry Unified School District has made a school board decision that all students attending schools in the city of Iowa must wear school uniforms at all times. School board has come up with the decision because they believe that the mandatory use of uniform reduces violence within the school. It is also representation the community. They also believe that students who wear school uniforms behave more appropriately in the school environment and it help reduces social outcome. I agree with the decision

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    addresses the inevitability that some adolescents have or will engage in sexual behavior. Twenty-one of the fifty states have school districts which provide condom availability programs (Brown‚ Pennylegion‚ & Hillard‚ 1997). Providing information about contraception and how to have “safer” sex is an integral part of comprehensive sex education. Providing condoms in schools is a much debated aspect of some comprehensive programs. In contrast‚ abstinence-only programs discuss abstinence‚ or refraining

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    the American public school system‚ everything is built on an unstable foundation called standardized testing. Standardized testing consists of strict curriculums with certain information that must be retained until a test is prepared. Standardized testing is a rinse and repeat method where children memorize facts and reiterate them multiple times. But there is an absence of critical thinking‚ which consists of knowledge and skills that can be applied to an endless amount

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    50-80% of year-after-year test score improvement were temporary and were “caused by fluctuations that had nothing to do with long-term changes in learning” (Procon Headlines).Standardized testing has been a hot topic in the educational field since its began in the early 1900s. Many parents‚ teachers and students agree that standardized testing is not a reliable source for seeing students performance. So what can we do? As a student in high school I propose changing the tests to form to the ever-changing

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    running for student council secretary. Before I explain to you why I am the perfect person for this position‚ I’d like to describe to you the responsibilities and duties a secretary has. The class secretary keeps an accurate record of meetings‚ student activities‚ programs‚ and sessions. They prepare the agenda for each meeting and they record the minutes while we hold our parliamentary procedures. Not just anyone can be excellent secretary‚ you need to be an responsible‚ dependable student. Which those

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    Teen’s Health Causes Condom Distribution in Public High Schools The average age for the start of puberty is eleven years old. During adolescence‚ teens undergo changes within their bodies. This is the time where they begin to form their own identity. As a result‚ it leads to experimentation in a vast number of ways. Dress‚ personality‚ and drugs are all types of experimentation that teens go through. The most important is sexuality. Decisions being made by teens today are resulting in consequences

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    found that only 31 of 125 schools incorporated grade point average (GPA) into athletic eligibility (Bukowski). Many students in high school do not have academic requirements of any kind for students to be able to participate in sports and other extracurricular activities. In many schools and communities‚ it seems as though sports are taking over people’s lives‚ overshadowing other important commitments in students’ lives. Students are made to believe that athletes rule the school‚ and grades are often

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    As education and common core modernized with time‚ educators had difficulties comparing students’ academic levels and determining national standards. An educational pioneer named Horace Mann created a standardized test in 1845 to give “children equal opportunities” (Gershon). The idea expanded globally and each nation created their own forms of testing to accommodate for their country’s academic system. In Thailand‚ for example‚ O-Net is the form of testing which not only is the basis for the national

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    leg propped behind them for support. They wore black tee-shirts‚ one declaring “Indian Pride on the Rise‚” the other showing a heavy metal rock group “Twisted Sister.” Both wore high topped basketball shoes and hair free flowing to their shoulders. One spoke to me. “Hey‚ are you the lady who is talking to dropouts? You should talk to me. I’m a professional dropout.” I did. And to many others. Their stories spoke of racial discrimination and rejection by teachers. “The way I see it seems like the whites

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    I disagree to a large extent that scholarships should not be given to students who financially well off . Scholarship is often a some of money or other aid granted to a student due to merit in order for him to pursue his studies. If a student is financially well off‚ he or his family will have the ability to finance his education comfortably without any external help. Many scholars have been breaking their bonds with the companies that provided them with their scholarships in recent years. Many

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