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  • The School Systems of France and California

    The School Systems of France and California

    Education is an important part in any society. Whether you live in America, France, or Africa education plays an important role. There are many ways of administering education to people. We will be seeing the similarities and differences between the Californian and French system of schooling. They may have different ways of educating people but the role remains the same in both places. It is here to help prepare you for the future. In the

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    Essay Length: 497 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Fatih
  • 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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    Essay Length: 1,494 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Integration of Middle School into a K-6 School

    Integration of Middle School into a K-6 School

    Proposal for the Integration of Junior High (7th & 8th Grades) into a K-6 Elementary School A small town school 20 minutes West of Flagstaff, AZ Table of Contents Illustrations 3 Purpose 4 Situational Overview 5 Potential issues 6 Social Diversity 6 Ethnic Diversity 7 Key Benefits 7 Personalized Attention and Performance 7 Peer-tutoring Leadership Skills 8 Less Transitions 8 Improved Extra-curricular Opportunities 9 Implementation 10 Conclusion 11 Appendix A 12 Appendix B 13 Appendix

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    Essay Length: 1,792 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Whats Going Wrong in Public School

    Whats Going Wrong in Public School

    What is going wrong with schools? There is a lot wrong with schools, and easier question these days is, What's right with schools? Sadly the list would be shorter. The public school system in America today is sadly lacking, not just in the field of academic achievement. Children are, in effect, risking their lives by attending school. Critical attacks from disturbed students are spreading like a plague. Every year, there is increase in the

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Vika
  • 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
  • Prayer in School

    Prayer in School

    Prayer In School A very controversial widespread issue today is the right to have prayer in public schools. The proposed amendment reads: “To secure the people’s right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience. The people’s rights to pray and to recognize their belief, heritage or traditions on public property, shall not be infringed. The government shall not require any person to join in the prayer or religious activity, initiate or designate school

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    Essay Length: 396 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Jon
  • Racism Today

    Racism Today

    There is an underlying problem that is promoting racism today. It is the fact that a lot of people believe, and try to make themselves believe, that racism no longer exists. Many people today live their lives oblivious to what is happening in the world around them, often trying to convince themselves that racism is not a problem in their world. Others think they know all about the problem, but don't really realize that they

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    Essay Length: 648 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Teaching Creationism in Schools

    Teaching Creationism in Schools

    Teaching Creationism in Schools The issue of teaching creationism in the public schools has long been debated. Over the years many different arguments have been made. First creationists tried to have the teaching of evolution outlawed. This issue went to the Supreme Court in 1968, where in _Epperson v. Arkansas_ the high court ruled against banning the teaching of evolution. Soon after this decision creationists began to call for 'equal time', or the equal treatment

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    Essay Length: 1,421 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Jack
  • School

    School

    Being in high school to me is hell, like being stuck in a box that you can’t get out of… and that deeply irritates me. My middle name is Ru Hong, which means big bird of luck which is kind of embarrassing when my friends ask me what it means; sure it’s funny but humiliating at the same time. I received that middle name from my grandparents who live in Taiwan who are very old.

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    Essay Length: 340 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Steve
  • Racism

    Racism

    In my proposal I would like to touch on the subject of racism and explain how this is an ongoing issue in our society. Even though we can’t completely stop this way of thinking, we can take the time to set forth more positive lifestyles. Being discriminated against because of the color of your skin or the ethnicity you were raised is unacceptable in our society today. Since the words of the great Dr. Martin

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Mike
  • Senior Year of School

    Senior Year of School

    The senior year of high school, what a pivotal time in a person’s life. Jim Swarthow was a senior as average as any other of his time. He grew up in an average sized town in Tennessee, and attended a high school with the population of 1,200 students. As a student he made fair grades, yet never cracked a book when he left the doors of school heading home. School was not very important to

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Anna
  • Analysis on Racism in Huck Finn

    Analysis on Racism in Huck Finn

    In July of 1876, a man by the name of Samuel Clemens began writing one of the most important and influential works in America’s literary history. Under the pseudonym of Mark Twain, the work was begun as a sequel to Twain’s popular boy’s adventure novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. As he progressed in the writing of the sequel, Twain, an author already noted for his humor, cynicism, and American social criticism, began to

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: July
  • Religion in Public Schools

    Religion in Public Schools

    Religion in Public Schools Are you religious? Do you have children? What kind of environment would you like your child in while he/she is in school? A century ago, most of America’s public schools were religious schools. Over time the state has redesigned schools in order to make schools for all children and not alienate any students. The Supreme Court then accelerated the movement in 1962 when it declared that prayer in public schools was

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    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Anna
  • School Uniforms

    School Uniforms

    What are you wearing today? Does it reflect your personality, your heritage, your style, anything? What if you were told that you could never wear those clothes again? Would it be for the better or for the worse? Different people have different opinions about school uniforms. School uniforms create unity within a school, consequently reducing conflicts, bullying, and crime. The uniforms eliminate a source of distraction and differences among students. Families also save money by

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Top
  • Teaching World Religion in the Public School System

    Teaching World Religion in the Public School System

    Teaching World Religion In America, the idea of teaching world religion inside the public schools is often seen as reprehensible. This, unfortunately, is caused by the many different interpretations of the separation of church and state in the Constitution of America. This program of study has helped many children in other nations to have a greater awareness and understanding of the religions that surround them in the world. We believe that the teaching of world

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: July
  • School Play

    School Play

    Characters: June: Main character, well spoken and smart (Asian) Hailey: June’s best friend, also well spoken and smart (Australian) Ali: The big and macho character that likes June (Middle Eastern) Alana: Hailey’s friend, June’s enemy Dominic: One of people in the play who is just plain funny Mr Milletti: The teacher Setting: This play is set in Picnic Point, Sydney. The school that is mentioned in the play is Picnic Point High School. SCENE 1:

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Artur
  • 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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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Edward
  • Why Is Violence in Our Children’s Schools Increasing?

    Why Is Violence in Our Children’s Schools Increasing?

    Why is violence in our children's schools increasing? Our society wonders what the child that opens fire against his or her classmates are feeling or what's on their mind. I believe that the lack of parental involvement in the student's life may cause violence. Media violence can also be looked at as a potential cause for the increase in school violence. With the divorce rates skyrocketing, children spend less time with their parents, and the

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: regina
  • School Uniforms

    School Uniforms

    School Uniforms Does a school uniform make your child safer? In studies done by several well know psychologists it is overwhelming the difference that a school uniform can make. Children are less violent, more aware of their studies and less likely to steal. School uniforms can make for a safer and more productive learning environment for your children. In the first example we are showing public schools without uniforms. This produces more violent behavior in

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Andrew
  • School Uniforms

    School Uniforms

    An on going debate continues currently in America regarding uniform policy suggested to public and private schools. Thinking about this issue has led me to believe that making school uniforms mandatory would help improve schools in this country in many ways. First and most important, school uniforms would eliminate the pressure of fitting in and relieve the tensions between the new students and those who are already there. A dress code will expedite the process

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Edward
  • Racism

    Racism

    It's one of the most explosive topics around and one that people rarely greet with sincerity. Everywhere you go, and everywhere you look, there is always somebody different. Imagine walking down the street and having people stare at you or call you names, or talk behind your back, just because your skin is a different color, or your of a different religion. We all seem to ask our selves the same question over and over,

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Anna
  • Racism in Pocahontas

    Racism in Pocahontas

    Racism in Pocahontas The film Pocahontas, produced by Walt Disney films, portrays the tension between the Powhatan tribe and English settlers during the establishment of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the “New World.” In examining this film using the article “Ten Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Racism and Sexism,” it quickly becomes apparent that although there are forms of racism as described in the article (what will be referred to as

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Monika
  • Huck Finn Book Banning Project. Why It Should Be Banned from Public School Curriculum.

    Huck Finn Book Banning Project. Why It Should Be Banned from Public School Curriculum.

    Book Banning Project 'Huck Finn' a masterpiece -- or an insult Renton High revisits teaching of book after objections raised Wednesday, November 26, 2003 By GREGORY ROBERTS SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/149979_huck26.html 'It's not just a word' "Huckleberry Finn," first published in 1885, chronicles the journey of a rough-hewn, 13-year-old white boy and a runaway slave down the Mississippi River on a raft through the antebellum South. What's wrong with the book, Clark, Phair and

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Edward
  • School Uniforms Dont Stop School in Violence

    School Uniforms Dont Stop School in Violence

    What's more, it's still unproved to many that having Johnny wear a tie to school, and Susie a plaid skirt, will help them learn better. And critics of uniforms point out that most policies have been adopted at the elementary school level, which is not where the serious problems of violence and gang activity have flared. In fact, when uniforms were tried at Forestville High School in Prince George's a few years ago, ''the

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Racism

    Racism

    "...Everybody jumped on him, beat the hell out of him... Everybody was hitting him or kicking him. One guy was kicking at his spine. Another guy hitting on the side of the face... He was unconscious. He was bleeding. Everybody had blood on their forearms. We ran back up the hill laughing... He should have died... He lost so much blood he turned white. He got what he deserved" (Ridgeway 167.) The skinheads who performed

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Top

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