It is true that using cell phones can lead to bullying and make some people use it inappropriately‚ but with strict teacher monitoring the technology will be used correctly. John Cloud depicted in Gadgets to Class: “... kids can use devices only with a teacher’s permission... and make sure they use the technology safely.” (John Cloud) John Cloud has done extensive research in schools that allow technology. John Cloud not only found any repeat offenders of using the devices inappropriately‚ but found
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to express my opinions about your recent article (Should mobile phones be banned in schools? – 27/11/12). This subject is definitely a hard topic to discuss due to the fact mobile phones have made a huge impact to our generation. I was intrigued by the writers’ perspectives and by the contrast of their viewpoints. In the first paragraph of Barkham’s article‚ he talks about the many fears of teens having the ability to use their devices in school. These include how it may “unleash cyber bullying”
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November 12‚ 2014 Contraceptives Should Be Offered In Schools About 3 in 10 teen girls in the U.S become pregnant before the age of 20‚ it doesn’t have to be that way. Birth control and other contraceptives should be offered in schools to teens. Having these contraceptives available in school-based clinics are giving our most vulnerable students a chance to prevent future pregnancies and educate students how to practice safe sex. This would not only be benefiting the students by protecting their futures
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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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Among the 850 plus schools that have dropped the SAT‚ many report a significant change in their student body. The students on the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum are more encouraged to apply to the schools they otherwise would have written off because of their SAT scores. The NACAC study also shows that non-SAT submitting students are more likely to be women‚ first-generation-to-college‚ minorities‚ and students from low-income families and that going test-optional had increased a school’s
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Should students be required to wear a dress code if the school enforces one? Many schools around the country enforce strict dress code policies to decrease distraction from the learning environment and prepare students for the reality of having a dress code in a job. Most states have set up laws to allow the school board to set the dress code and its limitations‚ as long as it does not invade the student’s constitutional rights. People who agree with the dress code policies think that today’s students
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August 2012 Should Vending Machines be Allowed in Schools? In 1886 the first fizzy ‘soda’ was made when Joseph Priestley reproduced carbon dioxide in an experiment and dissolved it in water‚ noting its pleasant taste. From there on Dr. John Pemberton‚ Caleb Bradham‚ Charles Alderton and Charles Hires revolutionized his invention‚ and created four brands of soft drinks which are being sold all over the world‚ in convenience stores‚ vending machines‚ coolers‚ and in packages. Even schools all over
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things so you did not have to carry your stuff with you. School should allow for the students of District 8 the same curtesy. Children are still developing and to carry a heavy bag around daily can be damaging to the body. I am asking for reconsideration that lockers be put in the schools to maintain a student’s health‚ storage‚ and management of books and supplies. I have had three children go through eight schools‚ in six states and two countries‚ and this is the first school system that there have been
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and gentlemen‚ I am a worried healthcare worker wanting condom vending machines in government schools. First of all‚ if condoms were available to student then teen pregnancy rates wouldn’t dramatically decrease. This would cause both male and female student dropout rates to increase; students would not have to drop out school to take care of their children. The distribution of condoms in public high schools will lower the rate of pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease among teenagers. The incidence
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doubt that mobile phones‚ as a new industry of modern technology‚ have got into people’s life. As sensitive reflectors of information and fashion‚ more and more mobile phone users have appeared in the campus everywhere. While some students are enjoying whatever mobile phones have brought to us‚ there are others who stand against it. This essay will explain the possible effects of mobile phone use on university students‚ focusing on the benefits and drawbacks. The main benefits of mobile phones in university
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