failures each school has. It is to show that schools have better high school graduation rates without sports. Therefore‚ sports should not be allowed at school to save districts money‚ and improve students‚ grades. One of the major issues in America is the countless time’s students have academic failure rates due to sports. Amanda Ripley stated‚ “More than 20 nations have better high school graduation rates” (10). The article also claims that “In the spring of 2012 Premont Independent School District
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addresses the inevitability that some adolescents have or will engage in sexual behavior. Twenty-one of the fifty states have school districts which provide condom availability programs (Brown‚ Pennylegion‚ & Hillard‚ 1997). Providing information about contraception and how to have “safer” sex is an integral part of comprehensive sex education. Providing condoms in schools is a much debated aspect of some comprehensive programs. In contrast‚ abstinence-only programs discuss abstinence‚ or refraining
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High school graduates must confront the difficulties brought to their attention made by college. One of many questions that they have to find the answer to is how will I pay or get to college. Many colleges have scholarship opportunities‚ but not all scholarships will apply to them. This makes it unattainable for them to receive a scholarship for college or incoming college students might not know about types of scholarships. Countries like Germany and France are now offering free college to international
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Teenagers have what is called their natural sleep clocks. Therefore‚ waking up early and going to sleep early is difficult. Being a high school student is an extremely hard job to have‚ but could it benefit teenagers that classes begin and end later in the day? It most defiantly does benefit the teenager‚ but you cannot forget about the afterschool activities. If high school classes begin and end later in the day‚ students will be more focused and successful. It is very difficult for a student
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those are the things people think of when they hear the word "actor". For a high school theatre student‚ however‚ they see "budget"‚ "time"‚ and "reuse". These are things athletes don’t have to worry about‚ because a majority of the equipment and outfits are purchased by the high school. It doesn’t cost much to make a high-quality theatre set as long as you have the right people‚ so why not fund it? The problem with high schools is the fact that people want to see their children compete against other
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Whether U.S. News’s data tell us anything useful at all about the relative merits of these schools‚ they certainly don’t tell us which ones would help our own children thrive. Yet in today’s data-driven world‚ a number—however it’s determined—can overshadow what our own eyes and instincts tell
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Halloween arrived and our Huskies did all kinds of different things on the spooky holiday. Many high school kids were discouraged to go out and have fun with crazy costumes since lately it is commonly mention that there is an age limit for trick or treating. Many people argue that high school students shouldn’t go trick or treating anymore since candy is mainly bought for little and young kids. Many students also believe that we are too old for it as well‚ but is this true? Well‚ true or not many
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leg propped behind them for support. They wore black tee-shirts‚ one declaring “Indian Pride on the Rise‚” the other showing a heavy metal rock group “Twisted Sister.” Both wore high topped basketball shoes and hair free flowing to their shoulders. One spoke to me. “Hey‚ are you the lady who is talking to dropouts? You should talk to me. I’m a professional dropout.” I did. And to many others. Their stories spoke of racial discrimination and rejection by teachers. “The way I see it seems like the whites
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curfew certainly isn’t the proper approach. A mandatory curfew wouldn’t help eliminate crime‚ however it would get teens in trouble just for going home from work‚ and it’ll infringe on the rights of parents. If they want to reduce crime I think they should go back to
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but instead experiencing the dreadful summer slide and making next year that much harder (Davis). Because summer seems to be a time where all academic skills are forgotten‚ school districts and state officials are fighting to lengthen the average U.S school year of 180 days to 200+ days (Davis). The idea of lengthening the school year is a great solution to erasing the summer
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