fallen victim to a school shooting. These horror stories many times have no explanation as to why the school shooting has occurred‚ leaving us in shellshock. Since the columbine shooting on April 20th‚ 1999 when thirteen people lost their lives‚ some due to religious belief‚ there have been thirty-one school shootings. This is a staggering number of shootings that have resulted in a death toll of 162 victims – not including the Oklahoma City bombing. Thompson tell us that the “school system is trying
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Graoui Later School Times More than 40% of all schools in America start before 8 A.M. every day (Dretzke). Research also shows that adolescents need a minimum of nine to ten hours of sleep every single day to perform at their best (Dretzke). This means students must go to bed at 9 P.M. on school nights to get the necessary sleep leaving only one hour every morning to get ready‚ eat‚ and commute to school. Because adolescents need a minimum of nine to ten hours of sleep every day‚ school should begin
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School Dress Codes Schools and students have two different opinions on dress codes. Students want to wear designer clothing to school to increase social status and individuality. Parents are buying expensive clothes for their children as a reward for good grades. Meanwhile‚ the students are getting robbed and killed for their clothing. Some schools enforce dress codes to discourage violence against students that choose to wear higher priced clothing. The school’s main objective is keeping
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In order to reinforce the school dress code‚ Stacy Carol is scheduled to have a disciplinary hearing to remove her lip piercing on April 10‚ but Carol refuses to take off her piercing because she believes it is a way to express her faith to her religion. “We have dress code to have order and discipline in our schools‚” superintendent Parker Gordon said. “We also want our students to understand expectations in dress. Employers have dress codes. We are modeling the business world with our expectations
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Many people have argued that‚ “Should we ban high school football?” One of the main reason’s why we should outlaw the sport is due to head injuries‚ or injuries in general. Now granted‚ we cannot protect kids 24/7. Injuries in sports are just common things that occur. We can only do our best to prevent children from hurting themselves. 60% of head trauma actually comes from football. This head trauma is commonly known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. Though CTE’s symptoms are not
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One’s introduction to high school is the foundation for higher level education and work until retirement. If the foundation is not set right‚ it can cause everything else to collapse. In an effort to regulate this and to help everyone succeed‚ schools throughout the nation are restructuring their education system by putting incoming freshmen in a separate setting from the rest of the community. While this seems like a good idea‚ it has some serious faults. In order to help the incoming high schoolers
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to first period.” said Keven Wyhoon a principal at Ballard high school. For many reasons I think that our school start time should stay the same. If we move the start times back it will affect many other thing than the amount of sleep students get. First if we come to school earlier then it will just push back our whole evening so we still have to go to bed later and end up getting no sleep. Gregg Shoultz a principal at West high school say’s “Practices are later for athletes‚ musicians and actors
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School dress codes are used for the purpose of equality and the opportunity for higher learning. There is a belief that what students wear can affect and distract others from acquiring the education they come to school for. While some clothing articles may seem disruptive in a classroom environment it is taking away the personal identity of students. Not being able to wear things that have been seen as inappropriate for school has left students striped of their individuality‚ feeling discriminated
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Drug Testing in Schools Normal everyday school: suffocating smoke coming from the restroom‚ trading money for “goods” at lunch‚ and popping pills before fourth block. There are illegal drugs present in most schools‚ readily available to students. A drug test will test for any illicit drugs a student might have taken. There can be random or mandatory testing in schools if a policy is adopted. Unfortunately‚ most schools do not have a drug testing policy. More drug testing in schools would diminish
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Year-Round School In America‚ most children spend all year wishing that it was summer‚ so that they do not have to be in school. They could probably never imagine not having those three months to do as they please. Would they be able to survive without it? As it turns out‚ two million of the nation’s children already do. An extended year-round school calendar would immensely improve the problem areas in the education system‚ including summer learning loss‚ the wide range of academic capabilities
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