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  • Junior And Senior High School
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    Give a Boy a Gun Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser describes school shootings by looking at one school, shooting that happened in Middletown, Colorado. This book is loosely based upon the real events at Columbine High School in Littleton. Two students were teased and harassed by their peers. Eventually, they take them hostage at a school dance. Gary and Brandon were very close friends and they both have something in common: they were both teased and harassed and teased and sometimes even physica...
  • High School Freshmen
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    The American Dream: Is It Really There? After being stuck en route for an enormously long period of time, would you think that the destination had better be worth all the time spent getting there? Many people would say yes. Think about it. If you were on a journey which lasted months, possibly years of your life, you would want to arrive at your destination seeing the same thing you had dreamt of during the trip. What if, when you got there, you discovered that the dream was actually a myth? The...
  • High School Drop
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    Many Texas teenagers drop out of school every year. Although the drop out rates we hear are often exaggerated, retaining students is still a very large problem for many schools. Reasons for students dropping out are numerous and often complex. Solving this problem often gets confusing and sometimes even seems hopeless. However, the good news is that dropout rates have fallen over the years and continue to do so today. More Americans are receiving their high school diploma today than ever before....
  • The Best Years Of My Life
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    Looking back now, I can see that people were right when they said that my high school years would be the best years of my life. Most teenagers complain that their lives are unfair and that high school is the worst part. I know this to be true because I have done my share of complaining. Even though I have many responsibilities, probably more than most people my age, my teenage high school years have been very carefree and enjoyable compared to future years as an adult and I have learned many lif...
  • Sex In High School
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    Abstinence: To chose or not to choose? Many teenagers just don't understand the responsibilities that go along with being sexually active, they don't even think about them. But maybe they should sit back and think before taking part. People should not be having sex just to have it, but because they are in love. The only time premarital sex may be okay is in the boundaries of a loving, trusting relationship. Other wise you will most likely regret it when you get older. There is so much feeling th...
  • Colleges Across America To Censor Student Publications
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    Imagine yourself as a journalist today who is frozen and wakes up in the United States 100 years from now. The country has changed quite a bit from what you remember. Technology has definitely advanced, language seems to have evolved a bit, and nothing looks the same, except fashion. Due to a recent trend that brought back the 90's you are strangely up on the recent fashion trends. As you roam the streets, you try to gain a bearing on this advanced country so you pick up a newspaper. You notice ...
  • Charles Drew
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    Charles Richard Drew was a very famous and innovative surgeon and educator. He helped to create two of the larges blood banks in the world. not only did he create two of the largest blood banks, he developed a technique of plasma storage. This development is so significant because he helped to save the lives of hundreds of soldiers in World War Ii. Charles Drew was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D.C. He was the eldest of five children born to Thomas, carpet layer, and Nora Burrell Drew, who...
  • 5 Percent Of Segregated White Schools
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    On May 17, 1954 the United States Supreme Court struck down the separate but equal doctrine in American public schools (Willoughby 40). The Constitution of the United States of America, Amendment XVI states that: All persons born or naturalized in the United States of America, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make ore enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the U...
  • High School Cliques
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    Life in a High School Bart Hayes Eng 102 sec. 065 4/27/00 Cliques are small groups of between two and twelve individuals. Cliques are small enough that the members feel that they know each other better than do people outside the clique. Members of a clique share common activities and friendships. They are social settings in which adolescents hang out, talk to each other, and form closer friendships. Groups of friends, called cliques can be important for social upgrading, but in most cases the en...
  • Film For Young Teenage Girls
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    "Never Been Kissed " Never Been Kissed"Never Been Kissed" is an adroit film for teenagers to go see, but more specifically I would say that this is a film for young teenage girls. This film opened in the year 2000 and will most likely be alive in the hearts of those who saw it for a very long period of time. It will probably go on to be a classic to the girls who saw it even if they grow up to be older women. "Never Been Kissed" could be described as a funny and big hearted motion picture that h...
  • High School Shootings
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    High school shootings have been occurring all over the country. All incidents leading in one or more deaths. Jonesboro, Fayetteville, Edinboro, Pearl, Moses Lake, Grayson, Olive hurst, Be htel, West Paducah, Springfield, Littleton. Itll never happen to me, you say, well, it could. And after it does everything is different, and has changed. Just a death can change you, but death from terrorism is even more difficult to deal with. That is why the students are so concerned. Some people are blaming ...
  • Sex Among Teenagers In High School
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    Should High Schools Provide Birth Control Information and Condoms Teenage pregnancy during the late 90+s has risen tremendously throughout the years. Many studies have found that the number one age group of teenagers that become pregnant are between the ages of 15 and 16. This age group is just entering a world of it+s own called High School filled with homework, parties, drugs, and last but not least sex. Although most would disagree with me, I believe that high schools should not provide infor...
  • One High School
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    Throughout the country, in each and every school there are cliques the development of cliques is inevitable. While some cliques deliberately exclude people, most cliques include a group of friends who are very close. As a result the people who are left out of a clique feel lonely and angry. Many outsiders are taunting them every day, which only makes them angrier. Eventually these people snap and take their anger out innocent people. The Columbine shooting proves that. To prevent this the high s...
  • Research Into The Role Of The Teacher
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    Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS I CHAPTER 1 1 INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2 7 LITERATURE REVIEW 7 CHAPTER 3 17 METHODOLOGY & METHODS 17 QUESTIONNAIRES: - 22 INTERVIEWS: - 22 ETHICAL ISSUES: - 23 CHAPTER 4 25 RESULTS AND FINDINGS 25 GENERAL FINDINGS - ANSWERS TO THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS: - 35 CHAPTER 5 44 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 44 APPENDICES 49 APPENDIX 1 49 APPENDIX II 50 APPENDIX 52 BIBLIOGRAPHY 55 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION As part of the required course in Educational Research Methods (a com...
  • Girls In High School
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    Billie He inl October 30, 2002 Writing 121 Daphne Gabriel i My Addiction "Hi, my name is Billie and I am addicted to high school". This is no joke. I'm a freshman in college yet my heart is still wondering the orange and brown halls of my high school. There are really two types of people in the world, those who loved high school and those who hated it. I loved it, every back stabbing, heartbreaking minute of it. Every one I know finds this obsession annoying, but their opinions haven't stopped m...
  • High School
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    High School, A Realization of its Benefits" Leon Botstein, who penned "High School, an Institution Whose Time Has Passed", stating that high school is all "about cliques and the artificial intensity of a world defined by insiders" (page 472). It is easy to see why Botstein argues that high school is all about the image and fame since people are self-conscious about their status and respect. This is relevant to every high school in the nation and it is like a disease that has been infecting many ...
  • Social Problems Of High School
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    Many people continue their education beyond high school to advance their careers. That is why I began working on my bachelor's degree. I wanted a job that did not involve standing at a cash register. However, I gained much more than that in those four years. When I finished my bachelor's degree in 1996, my emotions were very conflicted. On one hand I was very happy and proud to have completed the program. My divorce and suddenly becoming a single parent made my last year of school very difficult...
  • High School Drop Outs
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    Essay High school drop-outs This essay is about high school drop-outs and why it is a major problem for our youth. Drop-outs are faced with unnecessary challenges that could have been avoided if they stayed in school and graduated. The age that people drop out of school is about when they are about 16 or 17 years old. In the last 20 years the earnings level of dropouts doubled, while it nearly tripled for college graduates. Recent dropouts will earn $200,000 less than high school graduates, and ...
  • High School Drop Out Rate
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    Dear Department of Transportation, It has come to my attention that more young people are involved in fatal and near fatal automobile accidents, and that you the Department of Transportation have developed a plan that you hope will saves lives, lower insurance costs, and reduce health care cost. The plan would require everyone to have a high school diploma before they could get an automobile license. Personally, I think this is a great plan because it may save my life as well mas the lives of ma...
  • High School Billiards League
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    There are a few things that our school district could use. One of them is a High School Billiards League. This is due to the people willing to join, possible locations to hold it, and the benefits that the school would get. A High School Billiards League is something that would the whole school in general. People are one example. There are many people from our school own school that would be interested in joining if it is formed. I know of at least 20 people that would sign up immediately. A few...

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