Persuasive Essay Every school day‚ at least 100‚000 students bring guns to school‚ 160‚000 students skip classes because they fear physical harm‚ and 6‚250 teachers are threatened with bodily injury. At one time school was considered to be the second safest place to be beside the home. Unfortunately‚ the situation is much different in the 21st century. President Ronald Reagan first made school safety an issue in a 1984 radio address pointing out that violence in schools negatively affects learning
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History and Government Ms. Thomas Cell Phones Should Be Allowed While Driving – Agree or Disagree In my opinion cell phones should not be allowed while driving. The reason in which I say this is because if you have your cell phone out while driving you can cause injury or death upon both you and/or another individual either in your car or another. While driving you are to pay full attention to the road and where you’re driving to and not the phone it is a distraction. For an example‚ On July
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School officials search phones to get information for a reason‚ but did they have the right to search your phone? School should have the right to search my phone‚ IF it’s reasonable. Principals or officials need permission or a warrant to search a phone. To search a phone it has to have a reasonable cause. And if officials ask to search your phone you have the right to say NO! A lot of schools and other places do not follow orders like these‚ and it ends up bad for them. But they can take your phone
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Cell Phone should be banned in high school When I was in high school‚ I saw many students in school using cell phones. The students were supposed to come to school to learn‚ but instead they were texting. I was one of those students. I did not pay attention in class and my grades began to drop. Finally my parents took my cell phone away‚ and my grades started to go up; from personal experience‚ I know cell phones should be banned in high school. Cell phones distraction in class. Student would
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isn’t safe and that it shouldn’t be allowed for years. It has already been passed in 18 states and many public and private schools have already begun allowing it. Guns should be allowed to be concealed by select teachers in all schools. Teachers should be able to carry firearms at school. “the arming of teachers would have a greatly immediate impact on violent behavior in schools by criminals.” (Ayoob). As Ayoob says‚ there wouldn’t be as much violence in schools if teachers and staff were trained
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Why Gum Chewing Should Be Allowed In School Some would have you believe that gum chewing is a nasty habit and that it should be banned from schools. At SAS it is banned--- just like it is banned in all of Singapore. However‚ chewing gum should be allowed--- promoted in fact--- because of the many significant benefits of gum chewing. Not only does it improve oral hygiene‚ but it also improves concentration and mental ability. In addition‚ through expecting students to not abuse gum chewing by
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A dress code for a high school should emphasize modesty and appropriateness for a particular setting not conformity to a particular style. I believe some school rules should remain the same regarding the dress code particularly rules about modesty. Girls should not be allowed to wear short dresses or strapless shirts. They are not allowed to have any cleavage and tank tops are not allowed. St. Tammany Parish high schools all follow the same rule book. Male students are supposed to be clean shaven
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Teens and Mobile Phones Text messaging explodes as teens embrace it as the centerpiece of their communication strategies with friends. April 20‚ 2010 Amanda Lenhart‚ Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project Rich Ling‚ ITU‚ Copenhagen‚ Telenor and University of Michigan Scott Campbell‚ University of Michigan Kristen Purcell‚ Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2010/Teens-and-Mobile-Phones.aspx Pew Internet & American Life Project
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Supporting Cell Phone Use in the Classroom Mark Geary ell Phone use is increasing‚ though it is still repressed more than accepted as an educational tool in US high schools. This article discusses how cell phones have been used in a charter school for at-risk students‚ as well as how and why they should be used on a broader basis. Also discussed are some future possibilities for cell phone use based upon the emergence of web 2.0 applications that support mobile phone use. My first experience
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I think students should be able to have the ability to have a phone present with them at all times even at school. There could be an emergency and the child might be far away from a phone when they need medical attention right away. Some medical emergencies include choking‚ seizures or children with broken bones at school. Emergencies can also happen with the teacher. The teacher could be in need of medical attention. A teacher could have a heart attach or a Stroke. Things could happen on
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