than 25% of students nation wide have been offered‚ sold‚ or given illegal drugs on school property.” Adolescence who abuse substances are at risk of long- term impairment of cognitive ability and memory‚ lack of motivation and self –discipline‚ and have reduced school attendance. (American Academy of Pediatrics‚ 2007) While some professional organizations may disagree with randomly drug testing students‚ some schools who have adopted student drug testing are hoping it will serve as a deterrent and
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School lunches are not always healthy. According to research from multiple health organization studies more than 40% of all students in the U.S were overweight. Many schools are changing to healthier alternatives and I think it’s a wonderful idea. Several students would be getting better meal choices and along with it they would get decrease chances of obesity‚ promote good nutrition‚ and even improve academic performance. Upgrading to healthier nourishment would benefit all students in many different
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Throughout the years researchers have proven how beneficial education on eating disorders actually is and how schools should have a required curriculum. Educating adolescents about positive‚ negative causes and effects of eating disorders can have a significant impact or prevention and treatment. Before educating teens about eating disorders most high schools in the country ignored the taboo topic. Schools were not sure if educating teens on eating disorders was their place to educate or for the families.
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Many people have argued that‚ “Should we ban high school football?” One of the main reason’s why we should outlaw the sport is due to head injuries‚ or injuries in general. Now granted‚ we cannot protect kids 24/7. Injuries in sports are just common things that occur. We can only do our best to prevent children from hurting themselves. 60% of head trauma actually comes from football. This head trauma is commonly known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. Though CTE’s symptoms are not
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In order to reinforce the school dress code‚ Stacy Carol is scheduled to have a disciplinary hearing to remove her lip piercing on April 10‚ but Carol refuses to take off her piercing because she believes it is a way to express her faith to her religion. “We have dress code to have order and discipline in our schools‚” superintendent Parker Gordon said. “We also want our students to understand expectations in dress. Employers have dress codes. We are modeling the business world with our expectations
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his demand for school uniforms. This is when school uniforms became the "hype" of the nation. That is also when many people came to the conclusion in their own minds that school uniforms should come to affect‚ which is because it SHOULD take affect!In 1999 two armed students killed 13 people within class coarse. Those two boys were able to bring in weapons because they had long‚ baggy clothes on which hid the weapons. This made the nation thinks highly of protecting schools and school uniforms/dress
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fallen victim to a school shooting. These horror stories many times have no explanation as to why the school shooting has occurred‚ leaving us in shellshock. Since the columbine shooting on April 20th‚ 1999 when thirteen people lost their lives‚ some due to religious belief‚ there have been thirty-one school shootings. This is a staggering number of shootings that have resulted in a death toll of 162 victims – not including the Oklahoma City bombing. Thompson tell us that the “school system is trying
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Graoui Later School Times More than 40% of all schools in America start before 8 A.M. every day (Dretzke). Research also shows that adolescents need a minimum of nine to ten hours of sleep every single day to perform at their best (Dretzke). This means students must go to bed at 9 P.M. on school nights to get the necessary sleep leaving only one hour every morning to get ready‚ eat‚ and commute to school. Because adolescents need a minimum of nine to ten hours of sleep every day‚ school should begin
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School Dress Codes Schools and students have two different opinions on dress codes. Students want to wear designer clothing to school to increase social status and individuality. Parents are buying expensive clothes for their children as a reward for good grades. Meanwhile‚ the students are getting robbed and killed for their clothing. Some schools enforce dress codes to discourage violence against students that choose to wear higher priced clothing. The school’s main objective is keeping
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One’s introduction to high school is the foundation for higher level education and work until retirement. If the foundation is not set right‚ it can cause everything else to collapse. In an effort to regulate this and to help everyone succeed‚ schools throughout the nation are restructuring their education system by putting incoming freshmen in a separate setting from the rest of the community. While this seems like a good idea‚ it has some serious faults. In order to help the incoming high schoolers
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