A high school diploma is meaningless‚ they do not prove that the graduate has acquired the minimum expected knowledge or preparation. The education system fails in encouraging students to learn and not just obtain a passing grade. In high school‚ most of the students are more preoccupied on socializing than in acquiring an education and cheating is common among students. Cheating and plagiarism among students have increased during the years and a high percentage of people have admitted that they
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Plattsmouth High School is a co-ed‚ public high school in Plattsmouth‚ Nebraska. It is part of the Plattsmouth Community Schools. PHS holds classes for pupils in grades 9 through 12. There are around 500 pupils enrolled and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12:1. State proficiency tests show 78 perent of pupils are proficient in English and 65 percent are profiient in Mathematics. The graduation rate is 95 percent and the College Readiness Index is 6.5. To graduate from PHS‚ pupils need 240 credits
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stereotypes. Along with stereotypes‚ stereotype threats often follow. It is these stereotypes that negatively affect performance‚ and at high schools stereotypes are found. This is critical in a place where performance matters most of all. Stereotype threats or self fulfilling stereotypes are a big issue and are important to address at campuses like ours with a high number of Latinos in our community. In the article‚ “How a Self-Fulfilling Stereotype Can Drag Down Performance” Sociologist Min-Suing
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Playing sports often helps players become more sociable and strong friendships. School sports can improve grades and help players gain more confidence in themselves. Playing sports can be the only thing some students look forward to during the school year. Scientific studies have concluded that athletes pay more attention during school so they can get better grades to play in games. Some people might argue that sports keeps kids from focusing on schoolwork but studies show that when kids are in
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School Cheer A game was played in 1869‚ between Princeton University and Rutgers University in New Jersey‚ and by the 1880s‚ Princeton had formed an all-male pep club. In 1898‚ U of M was on a losing streak‚ and a medical student named Johnny Campbell assembled a group to energize the team and the crowd. Johnny picked up a megaphone and rallied the team to victory. Cheerleading grew from there. It wasn’t until 1923 that women were allowed to cheer for the first time. During this decade‚ cheerleaders
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decade the concussion rate in high school football have skyrocketed. High school football has become a very dangerous game to play and concussions has been the main reason. Preventing concussions means trying to stop concussions as a whole but reducing concussions means finding ways to help high school players chances of getting a concussion lower but parents‚ scientist‚ and coaches work on both at the same time. How can we help prevent and reduce concussions in high school football though? Players‚
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computers and technology‚ because sports can help students academically‚ it can help students be more organized‚ and high school sports can lead students to also playing in college. First reason why the money should go to sports‚ is that sports can help students get more involved in school. In the article: “Should Sports be eliminated from high schools”‚ the author wrote‚ “In fact‚ high school sports could benefit students academically.
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My goal once I graduate is to become a licensed vocational nurse. I will need to complete my high school diploma first. When I am finished I can start taking CNA classes for a year or two. After working and saving some money‚ I will continue my education to become a LVN. I hope i can get alot of hands on training during the CNA program. I choose to finish my high school diploma because of my daughter. Back when I was younger I was not really interested in continuing my education. Now that I have
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INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONALISM ON TEACHER PERFORMANCE IN BUSIRO COUNTY SECONDARY SCHOOLS‚ WAKISO DISTRICT BY MARGARET NABUKENYA BA (EDUC.) Mak. (2007/HD04/10605U) A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD OF MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MAY‚ 2010 DECLARATION I‚ NABUKENYA MARGARET‚ hereby declare that this dissertation is an original work produced by me‚ and
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to the school day. According to the interviews in the clip from sixty minutes poverty greatly affects the lives of children possibly more than the parents. The students interviewed for the show shared how they felt responsible for their parent’s financial issues. The children viewed themselves as another mouth to feed and body to clothed. Believing they are the source of their families problems will put pressure on their educational experiences. Many high school students feel that school is less
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