I realized there was something wrong with me when I noticed myself scrutinizing the extracurricular activities of my daughter’s friends‚ and wondering how they’d look on a college résumé. How would Model U.N. stack up against Mandarin? Would playing a violin or a lute stand out more? What about foreign service trips vs. summer “nerd camp” vs. Indian cooking classes? Archery‚ fencing‚ or diving—which would be more likely to catch the admissions officer’s eye? We were talking about a bunch of seventh-graders
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Guns Allowed In School Buildings “On [ Feb. 1]‚ Price Middle School located in Atlanta fell victim to yet another shooting in a rash of shootings that seem to be sweeping across the nation in the midst of the gun control debate” ( Landry). How can people make the choice to kill dozens of innocent children who just wanted to go to school and live their lives? More and more people are making these horrible decisions every day. There is one good solution to this epidemic‚ but parents and school
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Topic: Students should not be allowed to wear religious symbols Wearing religious symbols among the students nowadays is one of the most discussed topics in many schools across the countries and is currently battling over whether or not religious symbols should be allowed in schools. This issue is getting a lot of people up in arms. Some say there should not be the slightest hint or religion within the school system‚ while others feel that not allowing it is stifling the freedom of the
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always have a high level than students so they don’t have enough experience to evaluate teachers’ work. One more thing‚ evaluating teachers’ work sometimes is not objective because of students’ personal feeling; some students do not like their teacher when they receive bad mark and something like that. However‚ students should be allowed to evaluate teachers’ work for many reasons. Firstly‚ it seems to be more equal in evaluating of teaching and learning‚ teachers and students also have right to evaluate
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“Seriously‚ I am.” No he wasn’t. He never was‚ his mind was on the game. He looked at the brace once again and refit it‚ just to be sure. Then the letter arrived. This was the day that Dylan had never seen coming. He should have. He didn’t. Being on choice meant that his school
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SHOULD STUDENTS BE ALLOWED TO EAT DURING CLASS Imagine a classroom filled with students who are all eating their favourite foods. There are candy wrappers and potato chip bags littering the desks and the floor. Students should not be allowed to during class because you are disrespecting the students of the class. In spite of that‚ eating in class could possibly a life death situation for some people. Firstly‚ and most importantly students should not eat in class because students with
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Children should play with toy guns because this practice can teach gun safety‚ encourage imagination‚ and reduce the fascination and allure of real guns. Parents are becoming increasingly more hesitant to allow their children to play with toy guns. Many parents believe that letting a child play with toy weapons will lead to that child being prone to violence. Contrarily‚ studies have been unable to identify a link between toy gun toting children and violent crimes. This argument is unfounded‚ but
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STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BRING HAND PHONES TO SCHOOL In this modern era‚ hand phones have already been the usual needs in our daily life. Hand phones are created to make human communication easier. Besides‚ hand phones nowadays are equipped with a number of useful features to improve our knowledge and social life or to entertain certain people with its multimedia functions. In my opinion‚ this kind of technology has its disadvantages for students if they bring it to school. Then‚ what are
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Should Students be Allowed to Wear School Uniforms? Throughout the years‚ there has been much debate with schools across the country on whether or not students should be allowed to wear uniforms. Through past experience with this argument‚ it’s safe to say that wearing a uniform is not a bad thing at all. Why? For one‚ uniforms stop other students from being judged on how they look‚ two‚ they save families money and students will not pressure their parents into buying clothes some families can’t
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Should concealed carry be allowed in schools Schools should allow legally licensed concealed carry permit holders to continue carrying on and in schools. Concealed carry minimizes or eliminates school shootings‚ and it can decreases crime rates. People carry everywhere else so why not on campus? In the wake of the Newtown shooting and other mass shootings throughout the United States‚ many people feel opposed to guns‚ which is the entirely wrong reaction. Because if guns had been outlawed
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