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Why We Should Not Pray In Schools
A question everybody has on their mind is,"Does praying help students in school?" Others may urge that students should not pray in school because most students are atheist or that students would not study because they would pray to pass exams , but on the contrary, students are most likely to excel in their schoolwork,learn to respect others/be modest.

Students actually excel more in school and have higher grades than those that don't pray.A recent study done by Oxford University, studied their undergraduate high school admission forms and saw that students that went to some type of religious private school, scored 50% higher on the SAT and on the ACT than other applicants that came from public high schools that are applying to Oxford.The
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