during the weekdays and dread coming to school for seven and a half hours. The school board plans to add one and a half hours to school each day. Most schools start early in the morning and get out early in the afternoon. I’m not a morning person so I don’t like getting up early. On the weekends I sleep in really late unless we have to go somewhere. My school (Dinwiddie Middle school) starts first period at 7:35 and we get out at 2:30. Some school far away from DMS start a hour later‚ so
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Reasons Why Parents Should Read Aloud to Children One of the greatest gifts that a parent can bestow upon a child is the gift of literacy. Reading is a wonderful pastime‚ and the key to unlocking many academic puzzles. Parents should read aloud to children as part of a regular routine‚ one that can be thoroughly enjoyed by both parties. Firstly‚ reading aloud to children poses the benefit of being quality time spent together. Parents need to have special time with their children‚ and reading
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believe that schooldays should be shorter. I believe that School days should definitely be shorter and everyone agrees because kids are coming home tired and fall asleep waking up the next day with nothing done until the weekend and a whole cycle start again. School days are 6.5-7 hours long and because of this stay/work at home parents don’t get much time to see there kids and because of this kids get disconnected from their families and don’t talk much to them. During school when kids act up and
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Cell Phones are frequently used by students in schools‚ and it shouldn’t be much of a problem. However it is beginning to become detrimental to those students learning. Students‚ while in class are being distracted by their cell phones‚ and as a result students are paying less attention in class. Students are also using they’re cell phones to cheat in tests. Last of all‚ Cell Phones are a very effective tool in verbal abuse (through text messaging). While in class students are learning things which
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Imagine teachers carrying guns in school. School boards are trying to reduce the amount of shots fired in school‚ how will adding more guns achieve that? Although guns have been used for protection for decades‚ they will only cause more harm if used by teachers. Protection on school grounds is undoubtedly essential‚ but adding more guns will ultimately lead to a more dangerous environment. Teenagers are constantly playing video games; they love the challenge of playing a difficult level and the
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Up In Smoke Drug use is often viewed as a way to create or enhance an activity‚ but some drugs are commonly used for other reasons. In “Illumination Rounds” by Michael Herr‚ Herr documents his experiences during the Vietnam War. He writes about the wide use of marijuana to help soldiers‚ and even journalists‚ cope with the stress that comes from being in a war. The use of marijuana to relieve stress is still prevalent in today’s society‚ both in popular culture and real life. Many artists such
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Why you need to ask the question After reading through all previous chapters‚ you probably understand how important it is to know why you’re going to college. However‚ you might still be unconvinced. Why go through so much trouble? Can’t I just go to college and hope for the best? Even if I don’t have a clear cut plan or reason‚ isn’t it okay to go anyways? You wouldn’t do anything else that matters with no plan To go or not to go to college. This question can be a big turning point for your
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face”. Children usually cannot wait to become an adult. What they do not realize how much responsibility it actually takes. The age children should be considered adults is 18 because their brains are more developed and they are able to support themselves. When children graduate high-school they leave optimistic and ready to start the rest of their lives. A lot of the time you have to be a certain age to be able to do certain things such as driving. “A slight majority‚ 53%‚ think teens should at least
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of the reasons why kids should be able to play sports. Firstly‚ kids should play competitive sports because they learn essential life lessons. For example‚ autor Kristin Chessman quotes Jim Taylor‚ Ph.D and sports psychology author. "Kids learn essential life skills‚ such as hard work‚ patience‚ persistence‚ and how to respond positively to setbacks and failure‚" (Chessman). This way‚ kids who never give up on their dream will try harder to become successful. In addition‚ children learn how to work
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According to the U.S Natural Center for Education Statistics (U.S Department of Education) 20 years ago‚ there were 14.1 million students in the U.S College and Universities. Since 2011 the number has risen to 19.7 million. So the question is‚ “ Why do students go to college?” Robert S. Feldman‚ the author of P.O.W.E.R: Learning Strategies For The Success and Life‚ most students when asked‚ “Why are you going to college?” responded with because they wanted to make a lot money. Feldman believes “that
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