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  • 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
  • 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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    Essay Length: 274 Words / 2 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 705 Words / 3 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 592 Words / 3 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 3,681 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: November 17, 2009 By: Jessica
  • 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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    Essay Length: 329 Words / 2 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 1,288 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: November 22, 2009 By: Wendy
  • 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
  • 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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    Essay Length: 573 Words / 3 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 426 Words / 2 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 1,498 Words / 6 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 536 Words / 3 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 2,355 Words / 10 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 5,200 Words / 21 Pages
    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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    Essay Length: 1,199 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: David
  • High School Dropout Rate

    High School Dropout Rate

    There are a number of sobering statistics concerning the high school dropout rate in the United States. One third of all students who enter high school don’t graduate.1 As of 2000, 10.9% of 16 to 24 year olds were dropouts.2 The dropout rate in urban schools is twice the rate of non-urban schools.2 Statistics also show that young adults whose families are in the lowest 20% of incomes are six times more likely to dropout

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    Essay Length: 510 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 20, 2009 By: Mikki
  • The Infringement of the First Amendment in High School Theatre

    The Infringement of the First Amendment in High School Theatre

    In the landmark case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969), John Tinker and his siblings decided to openly protest the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands to school (Goldman 1). The school felt that their efforts to protest the war disrupted the school environment. “The Supreme Court said that �in our system, undifferentiated fear or apprehension of disturbance is not enough to overcome the right to freedom of expression.’ School officials cannot

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    Essay Length: 1,277 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: July
  • The Pitfalls of High School Sports

    The Pitfalls of High School Sports

    Children are often exposed to sports at an early age. As they get older and start school they often participate in sports as a way to both make now friends and be active. As the children grow older, progressing into their teenage years, they become more specialized in their sports. The sports that the young people continue with grow in their favor. When the child reaches the high school level, sports take center stage. The

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Unequality in Education: Oakland High School

    Unequality in Education: Oakland High School

    From a structural aspect, Ronald F. Ferguson defends that the inequalities in education between blacks and whites come from the expectations and types of perceptions teachers have on them. These perceptions are extremely biased and Ferguson argues that these expectations lead to the large gap of test scores between black and white students Teachers’ expectations and attitude have an influence with the students’ own attitude and work habits towards school that perpetuates the large gap

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Andrew
  • How Holden Caufield Would Respond to High School

    How Holden Caufield Would Respond to High School

    “How Holden Caulfield Would Respond To High School” A high school is a very informative learning environment, albeit a very interesting one. The school presents a wide variety of people in a wide variety of surroundings. Holden Caulfield, the main character in J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher In The Rye, would not be unreasonably out of place in high school, but a few peculiarities would stick out. Holden Caulfield would be teed off middle scholars

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    Essay Length: 557 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Edward
  • High School Experiences

    High School Experiences

    Essay So far, my high school experience has been one of many choices being made. Throughout these past three years I have had to make many choices, many of which have impacted my relationship with my friends, teachers, and coaches. However, no decision was harder than one I made this year in this past soccer season. This decision was not exclusively my own but one I shared with my father. This dilemma involved pulling me,

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    Essay Length: 623 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 31, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Dropping High School

    Dropping High School

    Daniel Medina Due Date: 9/6/2005 English Comp. Writing Assignment #1 Although I've only been alive for twenty years, I have had many experiences that have been significant enough to change the way I am. When we are young we are just learning about life. The definition of young, according to Dictionary.com is as follows; being in an early period of life, development or growth. I think there are a lot of experiences that have helped

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    Essay Length: 669 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Anna
  • The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens. Easy a for Year 10, High School

    The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens. Easy a for Year 10, High School

    The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens is a pre-20th century short story, written in around 19th century. It is a Gothic story as a genre. A Gothic story is a type of romantic fiction that predominated in English literature. The Gothic novel emphasized mystery and horror and was filled with ghost haunted rooms, underground passages, and secret stairways. These ingredients are essential and crucial for Gothic story in order to create suspense to the readers. In

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    Essay Length: 402 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: regina

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