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  • Proficiency of Deaf High School Graduates

    Proficiency of Deaf High School Graduates

    Running Head: English Proficiency Different English Proficiency Levels of Deaf High School Graduates Erek Brewer The College of Saint Rose Historically, the English proficiency levels of Deaf people, let alone high school graduates, have not been viewed as very high. An important question raised by this statement is whether mastering spoken and written English is even a possibility for deaf individuals. In spite of concerted efforts by educators to facilitate the development of literacy skills

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    Essay Length: 1,109 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: November 27, 2009 By: Yan
  • Describe the Various Obstacles Raul Faces on His Road to High School Graduation?

    Describe the Various Obstacles Raul Faces on His Road to High School Graduation?

    Chapter 1: Question1: Describe the various obstacles Raul faces on his road to high school graduation? Answer: first of all is the lack of his economy problem; he rather buys the jacket on the street than in the store, because he thought he never got the good deals in stores. He didn’t fully pay the man who had sold him the blue down jacket; he decided to pay him later when he had the money,

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    Essay Length: 533 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 23, 2010 By: Edward
  • Research Paper (controversy with High School Students Playing Professional Sports Directly After Graduating)

    Research Paper (controversy with High School Students Playing Professional Sports Directly After Graduating)

    The NBA has been known for being an enormous source of entertainment throughout the world. It provides the world with the excitement of professional basketball games throughout the United States and even in foreign countries. The NBA is famous for signing the greatest basketball players who graduate from college or come straight out of high school. Fortunately, the NBA has changed its policy as of June 26th 2005 by enforcing a new age limit rule,

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    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Tasha
  • War on Iraq Article in High School Newspaper

    War on Iraq Article in High School Newspaper

    At 7:12PM on Wednesday, March19, 2003, President Bush authorized a full-scale war on Iraq and the Saddam Hussein led regime by uttering just two simple words. "Let's go," President George W. Bush said to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfield Wednesday at the close of a nearly four-hour meeting in the Oval Office. The war on Iraq, which has been given the title "Operation: Iraqi Freedom", is the result of months of Hussein's refusal to let United

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    Essay Length: 675 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • How the Use of Drugs and Alcohol Affect High School Achievement

    How the Use of Drugs and Alcohol Affect High School Achievement

    How the Use of Drugs and Alcohol Affect High School Achievement A student at Lakeside High School, called Ann for purposes of privacy, had a grade point average of 3.6 through her sophomore year. During her junior year, she dropped out of extra-curricular activities and became withdrawn from other social activities. As she was introduced to the world of hard drugs, Ann's grades dropped to C's and D's. At her graduation party, she was rushed

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    Essay Length: 3,020 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: July 15, 2009 By: Vika
  • High School Experience

    High School Experience

    Football, to me, is more than just a game. I have probably learned more valuable lessons from it than from school. When I joined the team senior year, I didn’t realize what I was getting into. Even though I had been playing since fourth grade and knew it was hard work, nothing would prepare me for the effort I would put into football that year. We worked all summer in the weight room and ran

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    Essay Length: 428 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 8, 2009 By: Monika
  • Compair and Contrast High School Vs. College

    Compair and Contrast High School Vs. College

    High School and college are alike in numerous ways, but they are also very different. Freedom is the main difference between high school, and college, but classes, teachers, social aspects, and cost are other major ways that college differs from high school. High school is mandatory by the state, and usually free if you go to a public school. College is usually completely voluntary, and very expensive. In high school, your teachers tell you what

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    Submitted: November 10, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Decleration of Independence for High School Students

    Decleration of Independence for High School Students

    I have constructed new rules that I wish to be put im place. I hereby state the following as new rules regarding high school students & students attending Livingston High School in Livingston, New Jersey: No more standardized tests. SAT's, Stanfords, GEPA's, HSPA's and any other standardized test no longer will exist. They are in no way a source of seeing how much a student has accomplished and learned throughout education. It only measures how

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    Essay Length: 835 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Anna
  • High School Vs College

    High School Vs College

    High School vs. College As we go on in life we face many challenges and new situations that we deal with. A new situation that most people deal with is college and all the changes that come along with it. What many people don’t realize is that high school, in many ways, is similar and differrent from college. Not only are people changing but the surroundings and work change as well. There are some things

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mike
  • Platte Canyon High School Girl Murdered

    Platte Canyon High School Girl Murdered

    On Wednesday a small town was shocked by the murder of a young 16 year old high school student. A 53 year old drifter, named Duane Morrison, entered the Platte Canyon High School in Bailey, Colorado. He took six female students into a classroom for nearly four hours. It is reported that he sexually abused some of them and he did not want to negotiate with police. Mr. Morrison claimed he had a bomb

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    Submitted: November 11, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Ignorance in Your High School Principal; My Trip to His office

    Ignorance in Your High School Principal; My Trip to His office

    I walked into his office. The look on his face was distasteful. He made me feel inferior to him. Not the way you should feel around your high school principal. I didn’t feel welcome, or even accepted. His beady eyes burned holes in my skin. I sat. He gazed into my tired eyes, and he asked me the following, "What’s going on?" How am I supposed to respond to this sort of question? If I

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    Essay Length: 1,361 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Max
  • Student Chronicles: Tales of a High School Student

    Student Chronicles: Tales of a High School Student

    Student Chronicles: Tales of a High School Student Jan. 8, 2007 A.D. It's a pretty good day, all things considered. School has just started back, I got my schedule, and I have the same classes as last semester, unfortunately, and where still on this ridiculous A day B day schedule. By the way my name is Marquis Harding, but everybody calls me "Slim." I'm in the 12th grade at Stratford high. My story takes place

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    Submitted: November 13, 2009 By: Jon
  • Archetypes in High School Movies

    Archetypes in High School Movies

    David Denby explains the typical high school movies in detail in his article called “High-School Confidential: Notes in Teen Movies”. According to Denby, there are three character archetypes in high school movies; the popular girl, the jock, and the outsider. For some reason these movies usually take place around the time of prom, where miss popular expects to be crowned for her…popularity. Denby described the first character type, the popular girl, as usually a

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    Submitted: November 15, 2009 By: Fonta
  • The Columbine High School Shootings

    The Columbine High School Shootings

    Every major spectacle carries with it the potential of a new way of looking at the past and implications of a future. Usually within a brief period after the event, a consensual "explanation" is fashioned through the news media and by the political pundits who occupy much of the space and time dedicated by the media to the event. Political pundits seated in front of the camera become part of the event, often becoming a

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    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Teaching Project Management as a Life Skill to Previously Disadvantaged High School Students in Langa

    Teaching Project Management as a Life Skill to Previously Disadvantaged High School Students in Langa

    Teaching Project Management as a Life Skill to Previously Disadvantaged High School Students in Langa The application of project management skills can be a catalyst for real transformation. It can enable previously disadvantaged individuals to create strategies for the successful undertaking of many of the required tasks of daily living. These newfound skills are completely transferable to the work place and in fact can prove to be a valuable asset irrespective of their career choices.

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    Essay Length: 482 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: Monika
  • Sexual Education Programs Taught in High Schools

    Sexual Education Programs Taught in High Schools

    Sexual education programs taught in high schools nationwide would be much more effective if instead of focusing exclusively on abstinence only programs, they taught a much more comprehensive program, which informed the adolescents how to be safe when it comes to dealing with sexual activities. Abstinence only programs are the widely favored programs of the past and of present time, but now more and more adults are starting to believe their children would be better

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    Submitted: November 19, 2009 By: David
  • Weed and Soil Assessment for the Parking Lot Islands at Central High School

    Weed and Soil Assessment for the Parking Lot Islands at Central High School

    Weed and Soil Assessment for the Parking Lot “Islands” at Central High School Jackie Doughty, Bridgette Minor, Akya Rice, Kendra Robinson, Jessica Scott, Lakita Scott and Kristy Tippey ABSTRACT: Part A of this lab was performed to determine the extent to which an assortment of weeds have encroached in the parking lot “islands” at CHS since the school was built two years ago, when there were virtually no weeds present. Six quadrats of samples were

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    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Wendy
  • High School Cliques and School Violence

    High School Cliques and School Violence

    High School Cliques and School Violence There is an overabundant amount of cliques in high schools throughout the United States. Many teenagers believe the only way to be recognized is to be affiliated with the popular crowd. There are many factors that bring about cliques in high schools. Some are based on wealth, style, and race. But in many cases there are cliques that are a combination of these elements. Socioeconomic status is often

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    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Mike
  • High School Grammars Importance

    High School Grammars Importance

    Do you think high school grammar is important? Yes. I think it is a very important part of high school, and it helps you in many areas. Grammar can have a huge effect on how intelligent you sound and whether what you’re saying or writing makes sense. There are many reasons why grammar is important, and why you should work hard to learn it. It will help you while writing papers to get into college

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    Submitted: November 29, 2009 By: Monika
  • Anabolic Steroids: And the High School Athlete

    Anabolic Steroids: And the High School Athlete

    Anabolic Steroids: And the High School Athlete Anabolic steroid abuse has become a national concern among high school athletes. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of athletes using these performance enhancing drugs in high school almost double the number using since the 1980's. These athletes feel that steroids gives them the competitive edge that they think they need to boost themselves past the competition. Steroids have been used in bodybuilding and other

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    Submitted: November 30, 2009 By: Max
  • Steroids in High School

    Steroids in High School

    November 19, 2007 At the age of 10, I would jump off the couch and chair to be like Superman, I would spin, put my hand in the air and scream to be like Michael Jackson. Nowadays, high school students do much more to be like their idols. Many high school athletes contribute to the steroid epidemic by taking steroids to emulate the abilities of their sports idols, others take steroids to look like the

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    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Max
  • Shades of White: White Kids and Racial Identity in High School

    Shades of White: White Kids and Racial Identity in High School

    Shades of White is an ethnographic study of two high schools. One, "Valley Groves High School," was suburban, and the "whitest" high school in the region. Here the student body was comprised of non-Hispanic whites (83 percent), Hispanics (7 percent), Asians (5 percent), Filipinos (2 percent), and African Americans (2 percent). The other, "Clavey High," was metropolitan and more thoroughly multiracial--African American (54 percent), Asian American (23 percent), white (12 percent), Hispanic (8 percent), Filipino

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    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Jon
  • High School Dropouts

    High School Dropouts

    High School Dropouts Entering high school is the beginning of a whole new learning experience. Transitioning from middle school, high school presents more classes, students, and a bigger campus. It brings new expectations and responsibilities to each of us. High school also offers fresh chances to make new friends, try new sports and activities, and really explore who we are as individuals. The goal is to maintain good grades, score high on the SAT test,

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Jack
  • 4th Amendment in High Schools

    4th Amendment in High Schools

    Introduction: March 7, 1980: two freshman girls in a New Jersey high school were caught smoking in the bathroom by a teacher. The teacher sent both girls to the principle’s office since smoking in the bathroom was a violation of a school rule. Both girls were questioned by the Assistant Vice Principle, Theodore Choplick. In response to questioning by Mr. Choplick, one of the girls admitted that she was smoking in the bathroom. However, the

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Dress Code in High Schools

    Dress Code in High Schools

    Some of the rules set fourth by the government in the Rio Rancho Public Schools district are irrelevant to the needs of the students. These rules are not helping to provide the proper quality of education, but instead are interrupting classrooms to deal with this so-called problem. The students these days do not need rules such as: dress code, identification cards, and truancy (not attending school). We are old to understand the consequences of our

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: David

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