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Their Native Tongue At The Carlisle School
1,377 wordsIn a small town called Carlisle, Pennsylvania, lies a defunct boarding school with an endless amount of history. The school was called the Carlisle Industrial Boarding School reflecting the name of the town in which it was built. It was the first Boarding School established by the government for the Native American under the age of 18. Its main purpose was to teach Native Americans the white man's way. The Carlisle school's destruction of its students left a scar on Native American culture that ...
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Closed Campus Rule
1,348 wordsOPEN CAMPUS OR BUST Michael Parker is a teacher from a high school who has closed campus and doesnt even think that it is working. It hasnt reduced the number of bad things students do, merely relocated them (Parker, 1997, 1). Thats what the very respectable teacher said about the so called solution of closed campus. If closed campus doesnt eliminate problems, the new Reeds burg High School and school board shouldnt make such a foolish rule. The lack of freedom will create more problems than it ...
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Government Funding For Schools Needs
1,527 words... Funding Schools Appropriately You " re a ninth grader at a school in Philadelphia. The neighborhood is poor, even if not all of the students are. Your school has very little money for things like computers or technology. You walk into second period one day, sit down, and discover that the floor next to your desk is damp. The teacher explains that there is a leak in the roof, and that the school can't afford to fix it. The school can't afford to fix the leak or buy computers because it is ina...
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Leader Of An Ethical School
1,181 wordsWhen reflecting on what I have read in the book Building an Ethical School by Robert J. Star ratt, and the information obtained from my current Ethics and Social Responsibilities class, I feel I have an abundance of valuable information that will guide me in creating an ethical school environment when I am a school leader. When I think of an ethical school, I envision a school where all members of the school make decisions based on what is right and good. I read once in an article that real lead...
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Lowell Students
571 wordsWhen one mentions the name Lowell High School, one woulda think of academic excellence and first-class education. The students all enter Lowell High School by placing tremendous effort into their academic studies. The motive of the students is to attain one certain goal, which is to be accepted to a prestigious college. Each student has a different method however, of reaching that specific destination. Confucianism, Taoism, and Legalism also share one common goal, of reaching a state of perfecti...
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Involved In The Fight Against School Violence
894 wordsStopping School Violence In Your Community 2 years, 7 months and 3 days ago, our lives were changed forever. This marks the date of April 20, 1999. When the students arrived that day at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado they had no idea that 12 students and 1 teacher wouldn't be leaving by the end of the day. What could ever drive two high school students to the point where the only answer was death and suicide? Eric Harris and Dylan Kle bold took the only answer to their graves. And ...
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Several High School Students
869 wordsN. Snow English 1 A TTh-6 pm Assignment (Essay #3) 10/03/2002 Fighting for a Better Health As of today, America has undergone many issues involving health like diabetes, heart disease, and lung cancer. Many of the health issues are caused by components very well known to us such as pollution, alcohol, drugs, sexually-transmitted diseases, and so forth. Little was known about the fact that food, being an important necessity for human life, has started America's major epidemic among children and t...
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School B Many Parents
859 wordsThe purpose of my speech is to persuade that schools do not do enough to prevent harassment of other students. I. In the movies you always see the big jock shoving the little dorky kid into a locker or pushing his head into a toilet. This doesn't just happen in the movies, it can be a reality. A. From recent statistics shown, 1 out of 4 kids have been or are being bullied, yet 1 out of 5 kids have said they have been a bully to someone. 1. It's hard to believe but 100,000 students carry a gun to...
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Prayers At Public School Graduation Ceremonies
1,987 wordsPrayer in School: One Hypocrisy of our Democracy This paper deals with the stance of our schools and government on prayer in school. In this paper I will show how our government is hypocritical in its dealings of the prayer in school issue and how some of us as citizens are hypocritical as well. I will discuss the freedom of religion rights and how its interpretation affects prayer in school. Also, I will address the popular phrase, "separation of church and state", that is often used to argue a...
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Public School System Needs
1,924 wordsWhat to do about Funding in Public Schools The public school system in America has long has been an issue of discussion amongst people everywhere. The school system is something we deal with in every state and city in America. It is one system in our country that is in need of great evaluation when it comes to the issue of funding. There are funding gaps that are so large from school to school when it comes to the issue of funding that we have some schools that are barley in suitable living cond...
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Fine Arts Programs In Schools
2,030 wordsCorporal Punishment Corporal punishment has been around for many years, even centuries. Many schools allowed corporal punishment, but is it necessary to us it in public schools? Can it be taken too far? Up until the 60's and 70's, corporal punishment was a natural thing in schools and as court sentences. It wasn't until the later part of the century that parents began to complain about the treatment of their children. Many parents believe that there are other options of punishment and discipline...
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Smic Offers After School
619 wordsSMIC is extraordinary in many ways. The only school that comes to my mind that actually has a river running through it! The lunches are controversial. School is a just as much a learning experience for the teachers as apposed to the students, and things getting done three weeks, let alone three months, after promised deadlines are commemorated. All these exclusive factors make SMIC a memorable and (if you don't mind me saying) quite exquisite. The thing that I love the most about SMIC is that co...
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New York States Public School Students
686 wordsFederal and state governments provide funds for specific purposes through formula grants and discretionary grants. Formula grants are awarded on a per-student basis, which makes them to penalize schools in the same way that formula funding does. It is important to have a support in small public schools funding from congressional staffers, who should be familiar with the particular school and with its problems. It is the public responsibility to provide all the information to these people. State ...
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Lower And Upper Tracked Students
1,822 wordsThe pounding of my heart echoes in my ears as I glance around the classroom. Adrenaline and fear mix in my veins as I look at them. These are my competitors; just like those that I face on the basketball court or on the track. I have to beat them all. John stole my highest grade, Suzie beat me on the research paper, and Casey aced the math test. Not today though, today is my day. No one will be able to beat me and I will show them who is truly king of the hill. I life my pencil and begin the tes...
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Later Conflict Between Mr Keating
978 wordsTopic: How does Peter Weir convey the impression that Welton is a very traditional school? In the film, 'Dead Poet's society', the famous film maker, Peter Weir uses many interesting techniques to convey to the audience that the school is a very traditional place. The devices he used are the colours, sound effects, imagery, the sequencing of shots and scenes, and of course, characterisation. These devices set up the later conflict between Mr. Keating, the new teacher and the establishment of the...
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Certain School Rule
693 wordsHigh school life in my father's time period was different than mine because he lived in Vietnam, yet it is also similar in certain ways. During the decades that have passed, not everything stayed the same. Technology has increased to benefit the world today. Relating to change, schools also alter in determination to enhance the school's environment and performance. Schools today differ in the rules, homework, and clothing from the past in my father's time period, which I think the changes are mo...
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High School Dropouts And Graduation Rates
2,928 wordsDropout rates are increasing because of the increase in population. On an up to date research accomplished by Thomas DeLeire and Ariel Kalil related to dropout rates in America, they used enrollment and graduation data from school records to obtain the following results. gThe ratio of high school graduates to grade nine enrollment three years earlier in California has consistently hovered around 0.69-0.74 throughout the last half of the 1990's, suggesting a four-year dropout rate of about 25-30 ...
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Schools The Students
607 wordsSchools Should Not Discuss The War In Iraq. (Agree or Disagree?) The war in Iraq and whether it was right or wrong has dominated world headlines in the past few months. There has been debate between various nations and the U. N, in Australia there were protests and rallies which involved students and even teachers from schools which took a day off to join in. This raises the question about whether the war in Iraq should be discussed in school. My answer is yes, its to further educate these young...
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Riverside High School
811 wordsJennifer Martin sat in the assembly at Riverside High School, on the first day of her senior year, waiting to be recognized as the student with the highest grade point average in her class. This ceremony was a tradition in her school where grades were very important. She had always excelled in school and was excited to begin her senior year getting credit for all her hard work and dedication over the past three years. As Riverside's principal was giving the usual speech about how a "good student...
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Significant Difference In Violence In Urban Schools
2,392 wordsJoseph Kis iel Research Paper: Final Draft Are Students Safe Anywhere? For most people, living in the suburbs means living a better life: fresher air, better schools, basically an all around cleaner and safer environment. Does that mean living in the suburb guarantees a safer environment? There is always one thing that is inescapable wherever one lives, and that is violence. Violence is everywhere, and for the most part, I would like to discuss the violence in America's schools. What I would lik...
