While reading the article Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection many parts seemed relatable to things that my fellow classmates and I have talked about before with some of our classes. One bad grade can make it feel like you are going to fail the class and need to drop it. One part of the reading that really jumped out to me was “create adolescents who are ultra-focused on success but don’t know how to fail” (Scelfo‚ J.‚ Suicide on Campus and the Pressure of Perfection). That statement
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Concealed Weapons on Campus: Opportunity or Epidemic? “A well regulated militia‚ being necessary to the security of a free State‚ the right of the people to keep and bear arms‚ shall not be infringed.” The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution has started many debates over the years. The right to bear arms is an issue that many are passionate about because of the impact it may have on public safety. College campuses across America have been debating the issue of allowing concealed
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I. BASIC CAMPUS JOURNALISM Course Description: This course engages aspiring Campus Journalists in becoming skilled writers and critics in the different areas of journalism for a variety of purposes. Their writings should make them aware of their interactions among writing purposes and audience expectations as well as the way generic conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in journalism. Campus Journalists should be able to write effectively and confidently as writers
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Guns Must Be Allowed On Campus With college shootings on the rise‚ the recent debate between colleges is on allowing students and staff to conceal and carry on campus. College students and staff should be permitted to carry guns on campus with a concealed carry license‚ to protect themselves and others from sexuall assualt‚ combat school shootings‚ and make campus safer. The number of college students who are sexually assaulted is rising and not going away. “One in 5 women and one in 16 men are
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http://www.ehow.com/facts_5788552_benefits-open-campus-lunch_.html Budget * If students are allowed to leave campus and their parents’ homes are nearby‚ students can save money on lunch and eat from home. Social Contact * Students may spend time with others who they may not see if the lunch was confined to on campus. Students can go out and eat with friends. Outside * If it’s a great day outside‚ students can eat outdoors and enjoy the sun for a half-hour or so. This could
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When students are allowed off-campus for lunch‚ it can promote both positive‚ and sometimes rather negative behavior. There are some schools that would like to have this privilege revoked. However; this may not necessarily be the best solution to some bouts of bad behavior showing off-campus. In actuality‚ this would more than likely end up promoting even worse behavior‚ because the students would then feel the need to rebel against the system. Also‚ anger would result within both the negatively
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ENG 112 24 February 2014 Off-campus Jobs for International Students Lots of American students would like to find jobs while they are at college or even earlier. Unfortunately‚ international students in the USA aren’t allowed to work. It is unfair to those who come here with dreams. International students should be allowed to work off-campus. The limit on-campus jobs are hard to find. And the opportunity to get work experience should be available to all students. In recent years‚ college graduates
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Open Campus Lunch for Junior and Seniors The bell rings. It is time for lunch. Students all over the building feel the rumble in their stomachs. It is the ache of hunger. Unfortunately‚ the school cafeteria is not the place to go. Taco Bell or McDonalds will definitely satisfy the hunger‚ though. There are many pro’s and con’s regarding a open campus program for high school junior and seniors. On average‚ schools that have approved such a program have seen a drastic improvement in its students;
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questions to different students and recording the data in the table‚ it came to the conclusion that most students did not approve of the new Texas campus carry law that will be taking place by August 1st. From March 10 to March 11‚ I asked sixteen students the same question regarding the campus carry law and only five students approved the law being used in campus which is 31.3%. According to the Dictionary‚ “Margin of error is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey’s results
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think about business and giving in a new way. In addition to this Teaching Guide‚ we also have resources and the TOMS Giving Report at: www.TOMSCampusPrograms.com/educators Thank you for sharing the TOMS movement with your students! – TOMS Campus Programs Team 3 4 TOMS company overview The TOMS Story In 2006‚ American traveler Blake Mycoskie befriended children in a village in Argentina and found they had no shoes to protect their feet. Wanting to help‚ he created TOMS‚ a company
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