Students say that it’s an invasion of privacy for schools to search for their personal belongings. However‚ those against it will say that it ensures safety in the classroom. Of course‚ both sides of the argument have their advantages and disadvantages. A few people think searching for kids’ backpacks and lockers should be allowed for several reasons. Though it might be an inconvenience to the students‚ some believe that it will positively benefit the school environment by securing the safety of students
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The debate on November 27th was about whether teachers should be allowed to touch students or not. This was debated by Kaitlyn on the affirmative side and Clay and Abdi on the negative side. Kaitlyn’s opening statement Started by pointing out that the debate is not about inappropriate touching of students its just about whether or not simple everyday touching is acceptable. Then she referred to an article written by neurologist David J. Linden that states that “touch is a way of putting people into
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In today’s age of Students will no longer need to carry textbooks to class. Due to technology students can now carry a laptop with them to class that has every book they need for class. Gone are the days of carrying four to six books to class. Hauling heavy backpacks and textbooks home and to class can be a very exhausting task. In fact it is known to cause stress on the back giving back pain to students and potentially causing long-term health issues The average backpack weighs about twenty-five
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in the hallway when you come upon a teacher giving a student a Saturday school. What could he have possibly done? Did he hit somebody or curse at a teacher? No‚ he was just chewing gum; a harmless activity that is prohibited in middle schools‚ but why? In fact‚ chewing gum speeds up you heartbeat and blood pressure just enough to wake up both the left and right hemispheres in your brain‚ accessing your memory and helping you to concentrate better. Do teachers not want students to concentrate better
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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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their mobile phone everywhere they go. But the question is‚ why mobile phones are not allowed to use by pupils at school? Mobile phones have many advantages especially for students. It helps us to communicate to one another. It would be a lot easier if students bring phones to school. For example‚ teachers cand send text messages to class monitor to ask how many students attend to school today. So‚ teachers do not need to use efforts going to the class early in the morning. Furthermore‚ students
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don’t they turn their phones off? Phones are disruptive don’t get me wrong‚ they can be used for work but if i’m in class trying to take a test or learn i’d rather not hear your phone. Most kids don’t put their phones up. Phones shouldn’t be allowed in school and here is why. First and foremost phones are disruptive. If a student has his phones on him he’s more likely to look at it and cause a problem. In other words phones are bad to have in class.For example Tyrus has his phones out during a test
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James Ingraham‚ a student from Drew Junior High School in Dade County‚ Florida‚ was paddled by his principal twenty times on 6th October‚1970 just because he was a few seconds late in coming down from the stage of the auditorium. Ingraham was punished so violently by the principal of the school that later he was admitted to hospital‚ and had to be away from the school for two weeks (Sterett). Even though this incident happened forty years back‚ the practice of corporal punishment is still taking
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appropriateness for young readers in schools. Much of the controversy roots from religious groups‚ parents‚ and school administrators who all find different aspects of the novels to be untruthful to their personal morals. In many schools‚ parents have challenged the content of the series to be immoral. Learning about wizards‚ although fictional‚ still goes against the thoughts of conservative‚ religious people. This debated series should be allowed in schools because of its strong example of true
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Among the 850 plus schools that have dropped the SAT‚ many report a significant change in their student body. The students on the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum are more encouraged to apply to the schools they otherwise would have written off because of their SAT scores. The NACAC study also shows that non-SAT submitting students are more likely to be women‚ first-generation-to-college‚ minorities‚ and students from low-income families and that going test-optional had increased a school’s
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