How can students be motivated to stay in school? ... The parent may mention how being a high-school graduate helped them or how they were hurt by being a high-school drop-out. ... In October 1999, some 3.8 million young adults were not enrolled in a high school program and had not completed high school. ... In the 1997-98 school year 479,000 students dropped out of high school (U.S. ... Not only are a sizeable proportion of students dropping out, an increasing number of students are completing high school by getting a GED or through other alternative means rather than earning a tradition...

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This Pill allowed women to complete years of study and launch their career without the interruption of a pregnancy, and in response a wave of women began to apply to medical, law, and business school (Tavaana). ... Women were catching up in undergraduate enrollment while men were looking for alternatives. ... Instead men pursue the alternative, most common being the military. ... Alternatives to college are out there and more and more men are opting for that route as they graduate from high school, giving women the leg up in college admissions. ... Meanwhile men have begun to opt for just as...

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The space utilized for this activity is the school gymnasium. Even in high school, children around the country are expected to participate in this activity. ... High school P.E classes are for the nonathletes. ... For many educators, school work for the classes involves the students lounging around watching movies instead of utilizing the school's weight room, track, and bleachers for physical activity to decrease or prevent weight gain. ... Younger children don't realize that they are lazy, the adult figures in their life should offer alternative healthier food. ...

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It doesn't even come as a shock to many people when we hear of shootings at schools. ... These communities need to provide alternatives for these kids, get them involved in sports and other activities and they need to stop fearing these gangs that have taken over the streets. ... This is getting out of hand, the days of little Johnny stealing a stick of gum from the corner store are over, now it is little Johnny going to school with a loaded .45 and shooting six of his classmates. ... We have recently observed the one year anniversary of the horrible massacre at Columbine high school in C...

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Alternatives -If California replaced the death penalty with a sentence of Life Without Parole, the state would save more than $90 milllion a year. ... -This money could be spent on schools, drug prevention programs, job training centers, after shcool programs, roads, or day care facilites; measures which truly prevent crime and make our neighborhoods safer. ... -Start a Death Penalty Focus chapter at your school. ...

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By the end of that year, I had received an award for the most improved student in our elementary school. ... By the time I had reached the eleventh grade, I was fed up with the high school system and had realized that everyone was telling the truth. ... At this time I had changed schools and although the school that I had changed to had some academic advantages, it also had academic disadvantages. ... When I had first started school, I wished to graduate early, and was denied because of differences in state requirements. Although academically capable, when I had suggested independent stud...

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Beccaria (1738-1794) was a leading figure of the classical school. ... Finally, the Classical School of Criminology stresses that the punishment should fit the crime committed. ... Secondly, the positive school relies strictly on the use of empirical methods to test hypothesis. ... Obedience to legal codes may be strained and alternative behaviour choices, such as crimes, become inevitable. ... Lowered self concepts and antisocial attitudes may stem from negative family and school experiences, and vice versa. ...

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I am applying for this course in Engineering because to be an electrical engineer has been my aim since I was studying in primary school. ... One of the reasons that I have chosen Electrical Engineering is has many alternatives. ... When I was studying in secondary school I chose two main subjects. ...

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School voucher programs provide choice in school attendance to low income populations. ... Vouchers drain tax dollars from public schools and reduce funding for reforms that can improve public schools. ... Yes, great schools do serve poor populations, but they are few and alternatives are needed. 5). ... After hearing about the ideas supporting school vouchers, I took the opportunity to discuss the possibilities with the Superintendent of Schools in Mendham, NJ. ... In many cities, this is how many of the children arrive to school, however some of the children I talked to were part of th...

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Think Piece #2 Even before I was in high school I knew I wanted to become a high school history teacher. ... Some scholars feel that high school students might not be mature enough to be able to teach themselves, and fear they will get out of control. ... If they get bored with your boring lecture they might find an alternative form of entertainment often resulting in class corruption. ...

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Rail trails are also extremely popular as an alternative to cars by providing the opportunity to walk or ride to work or school. ... Rail-trails tend to be flat and direct, and often connect residential and business districts, so many people find rail-trails convenient as a primary means of getting safely to and from work, school, shopping areas and other destinations. ... By providing transportation alternatives that link neighborhoods with shopping and entertainment districts and serving as pleasant options for commuting to work or school, rail-trails help reduce reliance upon transpo...

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Harper also envisioned that a two-year school would soon stand on its own; however, it would still be affiliated with the university. ... The idea of these smaller colleges came about because educators saw that a lot of students were not able to go away to a four-year college after high school and they also saw that extending high schools for two more years could never happen. ... By many, junior colleges are viewed as "high school with ashtrays" or "... places you went if you couldn't get in anywhere else, couldn't afford anywhere else or didn't know better". ... Junior ...

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Many groups of people assess within the educational community, such as policymakers, administrators and school, teacher and administrators and parents and students. ... Monitor program effectiveness planners use assessment to identify program strengths and weaknesses, designate program priorities, assess alternatives, and plan and improve programs. ... Parents and students use gauge student strengths and weaknesses determine school accountability and to make informed educational and career decisions. ...

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Everyday, millions of Americans face congested roads to school,work, or the grocery store and then back home again. ... In the twenty first century, it almost essential to own your own car to be able to get to work, school, or run errands. ... Whether going to the gym, grocery store, work, school, or play, Americans could carpool more and lessen the number of cars on the road and pollutants in the air if they would rely less on the independent attitute towards the automobile. ... Natural gas seems to be the most immediate alternative to gasoline. ... Americans wo...

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Another counter argument to the abolition of affirmative action is that minorities for the most part are brought up in poor neighborhoods and therefore their education is not as good as most of the white people whose income level is higher and subsequently have better schools. ... The 10 Percent Plan provides the top ten percent of students in poor schools the opportunity to go to many different colleges. This act does not put one race above the other like affirmative action, but simply gives finical aid to the students that deserve to go to school though they cannot afford it. ...

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They can visit castles, take river trips, or explore imaginary lands With selective viewing television can richly contribute to school readiness" (Chen, 122). ... Another solution is to remind children there are alternatives to deal with problems, such as compromising. A final solution could be a special program implemented in schools that teaches children about media violence. ... What these parents and other concerned adults should do is channel that energy into areas, such as commercials and school programming, that will help educate children in understanding that...

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It has been during our current thirty year crime wave that we have seen the number of juveniles incarcerated, on probation or parole or in alternative programs like wilderness and boot camps, community based school or work release programs increase to nearly one million under supervision (Abruzzese 1). ... Schools are often a breeding ground for juvenile offenders because groups of kids are able to gather and cause trouble. In fact juveniles are most likely to commit violent crimes right after school (Sickmund 26). ... From the sentencing in the courts to after school programs, almost everythi...

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Imprisonment is the modern day form of slavery. Under the 13th amendment which was ratified in 1865 made slavery illegal except for means of punishment. Imprisonment has thus been seen as the ways to deter crime, protect the good of the public and for rehabilitation. The United States is the largest...

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Whether it is for school, for a job, or while applying for a Social Security Card, we are asked to pick a category to put ourselves into on these important forms. ... Alternatively, if the categories were to be more exact, processing the forms may take more time and create more errors. ...

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This incomplete view of America's history can be found in its schools" curriculums. ... In order for the people of this nation to learn it's complete history these alternative views must be present in the classroom, as the classroom is the basis of all students" knowledge. ... The diversifying sense of American history has become apparent in the curriculum that is offered by schools. ... Minority views are not fully represented in most textbooks, but school curriculums have changed to allow these views to be present in the classroom. ... On top of this many schools offer presenta...

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As part of this policy, the BIA set up special schools for Indian children. The most famous of these was the Carlisle Indian Training School in Pennsylvania, which forbade the use of native languages and religious practices. ... The conditions imposed on Native American's have forced them into alternative ways to maintain lifestyle on Indian reservations. ...

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If they feel a strong need to engage in the kind of behave there are alternatives to help prevent pregnancy and disease. ... The best to resolve the problems is to have programs at school, facilities for teenagers to ask questions, parents at home to tell them to wait until marriage because it is such a sacred activity. ... The prevailing peer milieu a respondent that they encounter at school also conditions them no to engage in pre-martial sex so that they don't become single parents because they see the difficulties that the person is going through." ...

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There these individuals set out to establish an alternative to the two fixed parties, called the Libertarian party--champion of freedom and personal liberty. ... Moreover, nearly three out of four Americans had the "option of voting Libertarian on November 3 -- far more than for any other 'alternative' party." (18:1) Best-selling author of Why Americans Hate Politics and Washington Post reporter A.J. ...

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Rates are highest among unmarried women and for women with less than a high school education, with the smoking rate for low income, Medicaid enrollees estimated at approximately 35%. ... School-based programs are reported to be among the most effective means of preventing tobacco use among youth. ... Even if school-based programs are effective only in delaying the onset of smoking among children and teens, they are still worthwhile, according to experts. ... The value of using school-based curricula for adolescent pregnant women smoking has been questioned, in part because of the lack of ev...

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The problem that schools are learning the hard way is the law supports preferential treatment, not quotas. California schools learned this in the 1980's, the late 70's was actually when it was first recognized and the courts ruled unconstitutional to use a quota system. ... Bollinger involving University of Michigan's law school, and Grotz vs. ... The law school is ____ up to for highly qualified White students were not accepted into the law program but black, less qualified students were accepted. ... The white race began establishing residency in the suburbs, which...

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